I am sure having only his right hand on the bar contributed when the right floor board hit. May well have been some mud/dirt in the curve.

I live 72 miles from the dragon. I have scrapped my boards more then one time on the dragon. Not hard to do, when you are pushing it hard. Also pretty easy to ride at a very brisk pace with out scraping unless your on a softtial which is why I do not ride my fatboy on the dragon, not enough lean angle.

Well, there are many who can. Really depends on Skill level. Google Yellow Wolf on the Dragon. That old man gives sport bikes a run for their money, he can ride. It's rare when I get passed on the dragon, and I'm on a 800+ pound road king or road glide.

I agree, do not forget the old Porsche drivers and Vette drivers. I am on the dragon frequently, however you will never see me there on Friday, Saturday, Sunday or Monday. When I go, its early Tuesday, Wednesday or Thrusday, and I'm off it before 11am in the morning. I do not like it when there are many people there at all, doesn't matter if I'm on one of my bike or in my Grand Sport.

I have crossed it more than once at 0800 and seen only two or three other people the whole 11 miles. That is when its nice.

 

Negligence and errors is what insurance covers.

 

He simply fell off the Harley.
Sure he was going too fast for the curve and scraped the floorboards but then he fell off.
No I do not think he bailed when he heard his floorboards scrape. Having one hand on the handlebar didn't help. It's part of the reason he fell off.
He wasn't about to cross the center line until he fell off.

oh and he had short sleeves instead of a leather coat. ouch but no serious injury

 

I think you should forward that to HD for inclusion in the Owners Manuals. They could put it alongside, 'Do not operate the motorcycle with the steering lock on' and all the other gems the manuals contain.

 

Absolutely true!

I bet that he bailed because he was riding a rental...

this dude is simply a reminder that we always need to pray to never meet a dumbass like this one when we are out riding

 

Yea but once the insurance adjuster watches the video, they could sue to recover their losses. The policy might have an exclusion for intentional damage. Good luck collecting however.

 

I really dont understand what happened here. Can someone explain how you just fall off the bike like that? Surly it had to be intentional. I've gone down several times, went off the road, made all kinds of mistakes but I've never just slid off the side of the bike!?!

From the beginning of the video it looks like dude knows how to ride, then he sees the photographer, waves and hits the eject button, seems weird to me.

 

Leaving the bike may be what is taught to Russian riders, if you think you are about to crash, hop off. I too don't see how this wasn't intentional, physics keeps riders firmly seated while leaned over in a curve. A high side is the only way a bike ejects a rider. Not the case here.
I am sure military pilots are taught never to eject from an airplane that is still flying.

 

No. That's what insurance covers.

 

Been to the Dragon many times, you can have a lot of fun on that stretch without being in danger of crashing. Do I ride my Road Glide through the sections as quickly as I do my BMW? No, I don't, I stay within the capability of the machine and some do corners better than others.

The only time it was ever sketchy was riding it at midnight in the rain, that was a very careful trip through the 318 curves.