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Wear your fockin gear people(accident on Geary&Spruce)

Burning1 said:
WKN,

Kudos for you for stopping to help out.

I realize that in retrospect that hindsight is 20/20. I post this for the benefit of everyone reading this, not as a criticism.

If you come upon the scene of a motorcycle accident, please do not remove the rider's helmet except to administer life saving aid. Treat the helmet like a knife wound. Try not to touch it. Don't move it. Don't remove it.

The only exception is that if the rider isn't breathing, you may need to administer CPR, and if so, the helmet must be removed with extreme caution.

The helmet helps support the head, and to keep the spine aligned. Removing the helmet increases the risk of spinal injury.
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He said he's an EMT and firefighter, not your average joe. He knows what he's doing.
 
i don't get it. why the heck would someone lock up their brakes on the highway, other than to stop and pick up a dropped bag of money?
 
That video was the worst piece of riding I have ever seen. Almost like there was a mechanical failure of the rear brake (but I doubt it). :wtf
 
CAVUDAZ said:
That video was the worst piece of riding I have ever seen. Almost like there was a mechanical failure of the rear brake (but I doubt it). :wtf
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Engine/transmission could have seized. Do you have any idea how weird it is to pull the clutch in and still have the back tire be locked? :laughing
 
Junkie said:
He said he's an EMT and firefighter, not your average joe. He knows what he's doing.
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Oops. You're right. I originally read that as 'An EMT and a firefighter also stopped.'

WKN, apologize for my incorrect reading of your post. If you don't mind my asking, what was your reasoning for removing the helmet?
 
maybe cuz the helmet was a little saucer ? you didn't read any posts before that? Tell me, what part of the neck does it support, when it covers only the top of the head?

Anyway
 
As far as the video, note the title... "when chaps go bad". his chaps got wrapped up in the rear wheel.
 
RRR70 said:
Huh? Are you saying that that behemot with tiny rear rotor,single front rotor and plush suspenssion has "one of the best stoping distances out there"? You can't be serious.
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According to Lee Parks (tested brakes for a living for many years) it is in fact one of the best stopping distances out there.

The very best he tested was a Sportster 1200.

I think you would find your GS500 will probably stop as well as an R1 or maybe even better.


This has been gone over so many times on barf I don't know why people still believe that Harleys lack stopping power.


Even a big Roadking compares to any modern sportbikes in stopping distance.:thumbup



More likely to be rider error.
 
The longer rake and trail provide an advantage to stopping power.

To me, I read it as yet another Harley rider thinking that you have to use just the rear brake to stop and it cost him. I've run across this multiple times.

Hope he heals up.
 
Brown81 said:
According to Lee Parks (tested brakes for a living for many years) it is in fact one of the best stopping distances out there.

The very best he tested was a Sportster 1200.

I think you would find your GS500 will probably stop as well as an R1 or maybe even better.


This has been gone over so many times on barf I don't know why people still believe that Harleys lack stopping power.


Even a big Roadking compares to any modern sportbikes in stopping distance.:thumbup



More likely to be rider error.
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Well... they tend to require considerable effort on the brakes vs a sprotbile, and it's also quite possible to overheat the brakes on them. That doesn't mean you can't get a very quick stop or two on one.
 
AbsolutEnduser said:
maybe cuz the helmet was a little saucer ? you didn't read any posts before that? Tell me, what part of the neck does it support, when it covers only the top of the head?

Anyway
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I'm more interested in learning from WKN's professional experience than I am in entertaining your assumptions.
 
Junkie said:
Well... they tend to require considerable effort on the brakes vs a sprotbile, and it's also quite possible to overheat the brakes on them. That doesn't mean you can't get a very quick stop or two on one.
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You can get a very quick stop every time on one. Unless you were tearing up back roads or something, which this guy wasn't.

And, yes they do take a bit of effort at the lever.:thumbup
 
Squidly McSmearstain said:
The longer rake and trail provide an advantage to stopping power.

To me, I read it as yet another Harley rider thinking that you have to use just the rear brake to stop and it cost him. I've run across this multiple times.
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Wheelbase being the main factor.

And, I read it the same way.:cool
 
Junkie said:
As far as the video, note the title... "when chaps go bad". his chaps got wrapped up in the rear wheel.
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I didn't pick up on that correlation (chaps in rear wheel). But it does better explain what happened in the video.
 
Sane_Man said:
The Hardley, has a belt drive to the rear wheel. :ride
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Only since the 80s, and I sure heck couldn't make out the year (or even the make) from the video. Could have been a Virago for all I could tell!

But irrelevant in any case, because...

Junkie said:
As far as the video, note the title... "when chaps go bad". his chaps got wrapped up in the rear wheel.
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Right in one- the YouTube description reads "Chaps came appart. They got sucked into my back tire and locked it up. I made my first payment on my new Victory Hammer S about three days after I got out of the hospital. Plano Texas, President George Bush Tollway just past I75 overpass." Yikes!
 
Junkie said:
the low center of gravity doesn't hurt either
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Actually, that is probably the most important factor!:laughing

Train sized wheelbase+"lowrider" styling= braking win.

Perfect example of going after a "look" and arriving at performance by blind luck.......
 
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