Why you should slow down going over speed bumps...

[Grahamm]

Oops...! 

http://biertijd.com/mediaplayer/?itemid=38393

[alexanderfitu]

Bloody hell! He is so lucky the bike didnt land on him!

[stevierst]

I'd never expect that from a speedbump

[fazed600]

Dunno if this says anything for Hardly suspension.....

[Hodge]

...and that's why we should all wear good protection.

[Exupnut]

.....and thats why we should all open our eyes.

[ChristoT]

Bloody hell! He is so lucky the bike didnt land on him!

It came foccing close! Nasty wipeout that.

[Chris]

Ouch! That's going to leave a few marks! He's lucky the bike didn't land on him... Love the fact the next bike waves his arm to tell the others to slow down... as if they couldn't figure that one out for themselves. haha

[Chillum]

I don't know how this guy doesn't have broken arms and legs - and the bike came within a gnat's cock of flattening him. Very lucky.

[justy1]

hes lucky he was wearing a lid!!! i counted at least 4 times his head hitting the road!

im guessing he may of broken summit, by the looks of it hes only wearing a shirt



justy1000

[ChristoT]

by the looks of it hes only wearing a shirt

justy1000

I don't think so... biertijd.com is a Dutch website. I didn't see enough, but by the looks of it, the rider is Dutch police. Had he been merely wearing a shirt, there would a) be no shirt, and b) a lot more red! Looks like he's wearing leather trousers too. Who wears leather trousers but no jacket?

As for the speed bump, one does not expect one's bike to do that! He wasn't even going that fast either...

[richfzs]

Not quite ChristoT, its Mexico.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/9725766/Police-motorcyclist-fails-to-notice-speed-bump.html

[ChristoT]

Not quite ChristoT, its Mexico.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/9725766/Police-motorcyclist-fails-to-notice-speed-bump.html

I stand corrected. HOWEVER, I was right about the gear and the rider's links to a police force!! 

And I stand by my point about unexpected behaviour of the bike.

[wezdavo]

I have seen this type of thing a few times when i used to race motorcross..
 
When approaching a bump you need to be on the throttle, if you shut it off you put all the weight up front..
 
Saying that thou i dont think this would of helped him on a bike like that over big bumps at speed
 
Ouch!!!

[simonm]

That seems like a poorly designed speed bump, I've been over a few fcukers like that in my cage.  The entry angle of the bump looks too sharp and the bump itself too short.

The second biker who has cut 90% of his speed still looks jolted as he goes over it.  Killer bump.  Certainly does what it says on the tin.

I've found the best way to handle speed bumps is to stand on the pegs, though I don't know if that is accepted practise or not.  It certainly wouldn't have saved that poor sod.

 

[Dead Eye]

On bumpy terrain I remember what my instructor always said "bottom tight, top loose" - this basically translates into "hold on foccin tight with your legs and keep your arms loose"

Worked well the other day on some bumpy roads

[chris.biker]

I wonder if all the weight in the panniers added to the rear lifting so high.

[Davebo]

Can't believe no one has said he was a 'policeman caught sleeping'. (I'm so funny). 

[simonm]

I wonder if all the weight in the panniers added to the rear lifting so high.

I don't think so.  I reckon it was the speed.  Like hitting a kerb on a bicycle at full whack 


The extra weight at the back certainly didn't help though