Last Saturday was first time I've ever seen a bike street crash

[NONE_too_SOFT]

Originally Posted by itgirl

wow. i thought we were all brothers and sisters on two wheels, whether we know eachother personally or not. i woulda stopped to see if he was okay, whether he was squirming or not. i thought that's what bikers do. i am kinda disappointed.

whats he gonna do kim, he's not jesus, he's not gonna heal his road rash. He said he made sure the guy was up and moving around. whats stopping gonna do except possibly cause more harm.

[JoJoYZF]

Originally Posted by NONE_too_SOFT

whats he gonna do kim, he's not jesus, he's not gonna heal his road rash. He said he made sure the guy was up and moving around. whats stopping gonna do except possibly cause more harm.

Very good point. And like he said, he woulda stopped if the guy was still on the ground and everything, but if hes up and going, theres nothing more that he could have done.

[Gunther1000]

Originally Posted by TIGGER

I'm thinking similar thoughts... if I was guessing,I'd say that he had a mechanical failure of some kind which locked up his rear tire. BTW braking and letting off can not cause a classic high side. However, he may have had the rear lock up,went side ways and "stuck" thus causing a high side like toss of his person.

Ya, what he said.

[fnfalman]

I did stop for another motorcyclist on Sunday, but he didn't crash. It sounded like his spark plugs were done for (very old Yami cruiser) and he was creeping along the shoulder of the carpool lane. So I ran interference and blocked traffic for him while he was moving all the way across the four lanes freeway to get to the exit. Talk about hairy shits with the fucking cagers honking at you. I was about to kick one bastard's door in as he scraped by us.

But, sorry, itgirl, I don't have much sympathy for dumbasses who raced on the street (myself included), and who especially didn't have no damn gears on. Like I said, if the guy had been all fucked up I would have stopped but he was already up and hobbling about without much bleeding or broken anything and his own riding buddy stopped (too bad the other riding buddy didn't) to help him out.

[z06boy]

He was up and moving around PLUS his own riding buddy stopped to assist him as well so I can see why the op didn't stop... especially since he was playing around/racing or whatever. Too many things could have come up...the guys have an attitude with the sportbiker...somehow blaming the op for his own f*ck up...possibly a witness stopping along with a LEO and able to identify both as racing...blah...blah...blah...

[smileyman]

Keep to the code!!! If a pirate falls behind, leave him! Well that is that pirate code...I think i woulda stopped and checked him and tried to scramble before any complications arose...Sure not gonna stay and sing Kum ba ya...

He had a buddy there for his transport and comfort, i am sure FN woulda done the right thing if it was a medical emergency....

[marko138]

The Pirate Code.

[DLIT]

First thing I woulda done is ask why the hell he locked the back up.

[Gunther1000]

Ya know, Maybe his chain broke?

[Amber Lamps]

Originally Posted by Gunther1000

Ya know, Maybe his chain broke?

Dude I owned a Sportster,the list of things that could have caused the rear wheel to lock up is LONG!