mully95
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Looks like a darkside tire on his bike with low air pressure.
Rocket Crash...
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He definitely wasn't too particular about which side of the lines he rode on.
Buck Mossie
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That is interesting... I need a monitor with more resolution, on my laptop i can not tell he's using a car tire...
B
It is sad to see that sort of thing happen. However, just because you have a fast bike doesn't mean that you have the skills to ride it fast - and even if you do have the skills to ride it fast it doesn't mean that it is safe so to do.
As has been mentioned before, he was taking some very bad lines around some of the bends. (The bike with the camera was not too wise with his (or her) riding either.) Coming into a bend on the wrong side of the lane for a good line around the corner, coming in too fast, braking while going round the bend, extra weight on the back, these are just a few of the things I noticed. There is probably more to it as well.
As has been mentioned before, he was taking some very bad lines around some of the bends. (The bike with the camera was not too wise with his (or her) riding either.) Coming into a bend on the wrong side of the lane for a good line around the corner, coming in too fast, braking while going round the bend, extra weight on the back, these are just a few of the things I noticed. There is probably more to it as well.
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Yes, rider ability did not seem great, but I am no fantastic rider either. Looks like he went through a dip in the road then locked the rear. ABS may have saved this crash 
1olbull
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I think ya'all nailed this one pretty well.
1) Weak rider skill - Rider all over centerline and can't pick a decent line. Rider leans away from turn instead of into turn, thereby decreasing his available lean angle and control.
2) Mr. Binson on the triple is a squid for not recognizing the above and then continuing to push the guy to go faster. Either grease the dude or back the hell off him!
3) Rider's use of the rear brake only and using it too sharply combined with release of the throttle set up the rear loss of traction and subsequent high side. Trail braking works best if necessary to scrub off speed when entering a curve.
Just my 2 cents worth . . .
1) Weak rider skill - Rider all over centerline and can't pick a decent line. Rider leans away from turn instead of into turn, thereby decreasing his available lean angle and control.
2) Mr. Binson on the triple is a squid for not recognizing the above and then continuing to push the guy to go faster. Either grease the dude or back the hell off him!
3) Rider's use of the rear brake only and using it too sharply combined with release of the throttle set up the rear loss of traction and subsequent high side. Trail braking works best if necessary to scrub off speed when entering a curve.
Just my 2 cents worth . . .
ksquared
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I'm with you and Bob - looks like a classic overapplication of the rear brake. Unlike Rick, I don't think the guy was out of his element at the beginning; he used pretty good speed judgment, though his lean angles were a little shallow and his apexes a little early, in my opinion. These are both signs of some inexperience in this type of riding. But as he rode on he clearly began "feeling his oats" and increased both his straightaway speed and acceleration out of the corners. I think he just got on it too hard, figured he was over his "comfort zone speed" for entry into this corner and instead of increasing his lean angle (which seemed doable - it looked to me as if he had plenty of road - but the camera angle may have had something to do with that), he got nervous, tried to stand the bike up, hit the rear brake, skidded and lost it. When that happened, I think he then got off of the rear brake at which point the rear wheel began to spin (traction having already been lost) and followed the direction in which the front wheel was already pointing, thereby "snapping" him around and forcing him to leave the road tail first.
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Just my take on it after watching it several times his rear shocks were soggy and not copping on a few corners he got a bit of wallow and like Mittzy said I think he hit a dip under brakes which caused the a wallow and scared him into panic braking and applied his rear brake to hard
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Probably not the best road to try and stay in front of a Speed Triple .. on a loaded up Rocket. Always horrible to watch a rider go down.
Rocket65
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I slowed the crash down so that I could watch it frame by frame. Looks to me like he decided he was too fast for the curve, gave it too much back brake and the back end came around on him. Lucky crash. Stayed on the little grass ledge without going over the cliff. He was intimidated by the sportbike on his tail and was going over his skill level.
