Anatomy of a Highside

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["Dangerous" Dan K]

You owe whoever took those pics a case. I owe them a beer just for viewing. Who was it?

Also, any idea what caused it? I hear I may ride a highside-likely bike this year so I'll pay close attention...

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Source: http://www.triumph675.net/forum/showthread.php?p=533235

[MotoFreak]

Wow...that WAS a nice SV and a brandy new ensemble he had on...poor bastid didn't even see it coming. Guess you can highside an SV! Good shots too.

[Dieseldan]

hahahahah i was just going to post this lol


he is ok bike is repairable

[obsolete]

That is amazing! What a great photo set. P.S. that guy likes sandwiches.

[R1]

I believe i can fly
see me soaring through the open sky
i think about it every night and day
to spread my wings and fly away

I believe i can soar
see me running through that open door

I believe i can fly
I can fly

[butcher bergs]

I hear I may ride a highside-likely bike this year so I'll pay close attention...

Don't close the throttle.

[Femmekat]

Holy Crap... Chuckwalla just opened a couple weeks ago with brand new pavement, no?

[Dieseldan]

yup, it was lol

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chuck norris doesn't highside. he points his fist where he wants to go and finishes the race.

[wiggeywackyo]

His eyes tell the story, in the 3-4-5 sequence. They go from "I want to go there." to "Oh. Cripes."

Good Set.

[moto316]

what the hell is with the rear tire tread in the 10th pic?

[Paul_E_D]

Amazing sequence. The eyes are priceless...


Don't blame the pavement. The rider ran out of skill very quickly.

[CEO]

Amazing sequence. The eyes are priceless...

LOL You can see this is the exact moment where he messes his drawers!

[JudyGT]

that was way too interesting...
how did that happen?
great photo

[Paul_E_D]

I'm gonna go with too much throttle for his angle of lean followed by a sudden release of said throttle.

Staying on the gas wasn't likely to save him either. He ham fisted it pretty badly and had no idea that slide was coming. The best way to control a slide in my experience is to know it's coming and be mentally one step ahead of it instead of reacting to it.

[CEO]

I'm gonna go with too much throttle for his angle of lean followed by a sudden release of said throttle.

+1 if you look at the relation of the knuckle guards on his gloves to eachother in each picture you can see him snap the throttle closed once the slide starts

[butcher bergs]

The best way to control a slide in my experience is to know it's coming and be mentally one step ahead of it instead of reacting to it.

I'm sure that works great for first timers. Along the lines of telling them to "go faster".

[Paul_E_D]

Lol! First timers have to crash to learn it, just like everyone else. Or, take baby steps with corner speed and throttle application. You can progress up to it, but you still have to cross the limit to learn where it is. No shortcuts IMO.

[FirstDuc-1098]

somebody put those together as a gif

you can see the tire falling in at 3 and 4, then drops the throttle at 5

probably concentrating on posing for the camera and then felt he was going to lowside

[KawiSmurf]

somebody put those together as a gif

Using just the pics from the first post:

[obsolete]

Wow, in the gif you can see the chop and then him trying the hell to drive it out. Nuts!

[FirstDuc-1098]

thank Mark, that is cool