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Old 06-30-2017, 07:56 AM
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Old 06-30-2017, 08:03 AM
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Not the sort of video I want to watch before going out for the day on my bike! I don't know how fast he was going but he was going really fast? At first sign of trouble wouldn't you back off of the throttle, easy like? No doubt that he was hurt and will be spending a lot of time recovering!
 
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Old 06-30-2017, 08:14 AM
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Wow! Hope he is not hurt bad. Be it me for to notice one thing in the video was immediately his face slammed the ground and he slid on his face. Man that was hard to watch.
 
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The comments on the f/b post said the people filming stopped and helped him. He was ok considering, I imagine some pretty bad road rash.
 
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Looks like the rider was partially under his motorcycle as it was sliding on the concrete. Anyone know where this happened?
Probably start wearing skin grafts now...
 
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Default The Death Wobble in action...

Sorry if this doesn't show up for eveyone, I found it in my Facebook feed. Sometimes FB stuff doesn't link well... but it was posted as a public video, so maybe everyone can see it...

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Old 06-30-2017, 08:48 AM
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I see on the Facebook comments that the guys bike kept wobbling every time he tried going faster for 5 or 10 miles. That's how they ended up filming him. If my bike were wobbling like that, my butt would have been parked long before he crashed. Sometimes we make our own misery.
 
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My '09 FLHP had a tank slapper problem if I let go of the handlebars. Dealer was unable to fix it and told me not to let go of the handlebars.
Right at the start of the video, you see the riders left arm is down.
Good video for training, "if it happens to me". WWYD?
Would a rear brake application slow the oscillations?
 

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