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Back down to earth with a bump. Youtube is the cure for over confidence. - simonm - 24-02-13
If you feel you're over confident here is an hour of youtube to bring you down to earth..
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Some are ludicrous to the point of funny, some are gut wrenching. Certainly changes my riding for a day or two. Car drivers and motor bikers can be pillocks in equal measure ;-)
Re: Back down to earth with a bump. Youtube is the cure for over confidence. - stevierst - 24-02-13
I could only watch a few minutes of it, I started to feel a bit sickened.:-[
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Re: Back down to earth with a bump. Youtube is the cure for over confidence. - simonm - 24-02-13
I think you have to face your mortality sometimes and this is a good way to ensure that you're over cautious rather than gung ho.
I really would advise you to watch the first 40 minutes or so.
It does refresh your perspective.
Sorry the content isn't fluffy bunnies ;-)
Re: Back down to earth with a bump. Youtube is the cure for over confidence. - steeeve66 - 24-02-13
shocking the number of cars that just p*ss off after hitting someone
Re: Back down to earth with a bump. Youtube is the cure for over confidence. - simonm - 24-02-13
(24-02-13, 03:54 PM)steeeve66 link Wrote: shocking the number of cars that just p*ss off after hitting someone
Agreed. Shocking too how many bikers are at fault who don't say sorry or apologise to the people that nearly run them over and just stomp after their bike when they caused the whole accident....
Re: Back down to earth with a bump. Youtube is the cure for over confidence. - Jacko - 24-02-13
Watched around 15 mins...
Overtaking on junctions or down the nearside seems to be a common theme.
Agree about the amount who just foc off.
Re: Back down to earth with a bump. Youtube is the cure for over confidence. - simonm - 24-02-13
Congrats for nerving up to watch any of it :-P. I watched it to see common themes about things to avoid. Apart from the stupid tourist things on scooters one of the other reoccurring themes was cars/trucks pulling across lanes and the bike simply moving too fast to stop in time or never seeing it coming.
I guess the advice is that in heavy traffic keep your speed down
Re: Back down to earth with a bump. Youtube is the cure for over confidence. - justy1 - 24-02-13
fazer 600 at 3:46. no one on ere is it? :rolleyes
thats made my arm feel all funny watching that. :\
justy1000
Re: Back down to earth with a bump. Youtube is the cure for over confidence. - Lazarus - 24-02-13
some of those are easy to do (target fixation), others are stoopid and the remainder are others being a dick on the road.
fecking LOL'd at the clip at 1hr 08 mins in!!!
Re: Back down to earth with a bump. Youtube is the cure for over confidence. - simonm - 24-02-13
1:06:20 is seriously unfunny.
Re: Back down to earth with a bump. Youtube is the cure for over confidence. - simonm - 24-02-13
(24-02-13, 04:17 PM)Lazarus link Wrote: some of those are easy to do (target fixation), others are stoopid and the remainder are others being a dick on the road.
fecking LOL'd at the clip at 1hr 08 mins in!!!
Hell yah. 1:07:54 to get 6 more seconds of joy.
1:07:37 is funny too.
Re: Back down to earth with a bump. Youtube is the cure for over confidence. - pilgrim - 24-02-13
Just got to 27 mins and had to laugh at the guy who ended up lying on top of the mini van thing :lol
Other than that, up to now, scary :eek and how far do some of those bikes slide??!?!?
Re: Back down to earth with a bump. Youtube is the cure for over confidence. - fireblake - 24-02-13
If I ever go to Russia I must remember never to filter?
Mickey
Re: Back down to earth with a bump. Youtube is the cure for over confidence. - Tori - 24-02-13
I didn't 'lol' at any of them :'( I just pitied for their skin, all those bare arms...ouchy! Alot were asking for trouble. Some were very unlucky. There must have been alot of broken bones in there for sure.
Re: Back down to earth with a bump. Youtube is the cure for over confidence. - chris.biker - 24-02-13
09.35 is the time for me, thank fully must of them seem to be happening abroad, frighteningly though they can come straight here and drive.
Re: Back down to earth with a bump. Youtube is the cure for over confidence. - Bracechenko - 24-02-13
Some awful riding, only watched 8 mins but most of them were idiot bikers!
Re: Back down to earth with a bump. Youtube is the cure for over confidence. - bozboz - 24-02-13
Does every cage in Russia have a dash cam? :eek Dont like viewing this kind of utube vid so 7mins is enough for me!
Re: Back down to earth with a bump. Youtube is the cure for over confidence. - Lawrence - 24-02-13
Dash cams are popular there due to the amount of insurance fraud... people throwing themselves in front of your car for example.
24:03, how lucky was he :eek Almost followed his bike over the edge.
And :eek :eek to the one immediately after that one, I bet he was stinging for a while.
Re: Back down to earth with a bump. Youtube is the cure for over confidence. - chaz - 25-02-13
Well thats filled an hour in, makes you think, but 2 minuets on the bike and it will be back to normal?
Re: Back down to earth with a bump. Youtube is the cure for over confidence. - dock - 25-02-13
Just watched 15 mins of this and just realised ive bitten all my nails off. :\