speed wobble crash
Cruiser
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From: CA
Glad your buds allright! I say ride how your comfy, Im here in Cali witch means "no personal choices on anything without breaking a freaken law." but if your comfy then your good to ride. some mornings I wake up and no coffee or creamer in the kitchen it's early im cranky and just don't care. riding to the store with no helmet is almost as good as a cup of coffee, ALMOST, so I do it. other times I am about to jump on and ride somewhere and I think to my self, Better grab my helmet. so if you like a full face helmet wear it, if you like the half then wear it. if you like no helmet don't wear it.
I gave up on following the tax trail, they spend our money on too many stupid things to follow along. a helmet MAY or MAY NOT save my life, but it's not going to save someone ellses life! so it should be a choice,
Get comfy and ride.
I gave up on following the tax trail, they spend our money on too many stupid things to follow along. a helmet MAY or MAY NOT save my life, but it's not going to save someone ellses life! so it should be a choice,
Get comfy and ride.
Tourer
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From: charles town, wv
I have worked as a Chief Deputy Coroner for 11 years and have been to ( sadly) around 30 or so motorcycle fatality over the years. At that time in the state where I worked helmet laws were still in effect untill my last year working in that position but in my unofficial opinion and from what I have seen ( also working in a level 1 trauma center at the time and getting every motorcycle MVA for 200 miles) helmets really do not help much in a motorcycle accident.
Tourer
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From: charles town, wv
just sayin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Someone mentioned hitting the throttle to cure this, like the old dirt bike saying, when in doubt apply throttle. My first instinct would be to hit rear brake only to straighten it out. Don't know which is correct.
Road Captain
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Same question here but I've been riding almost 40 years. If you are talking about a tank slapper I've heard of that but never really experienced anything like it bad enough to cause a crash. Sure, I've felt this situation a few times but it didn't throw me from the bike and was easily cured by slowing down a little.
Someone mentioned hitting the throttle to cure this, like the old dirt bike saying, when in doubt apply throttle. My first instinct would be to hit rear brake only to straighten it out. Don't know which is correct.
Someone mentioned hitting the throttle to cure this, like the old dirt bike saying, when in doubt apply throttle. My first instinct would be to hit rear brake only to straighten it out. Don't know which is correct.
I would do the same thing (right or wrong )I don't know ?
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From: Reno/Tahoe
Trying to legislate personal responsibility never works, and it ends up on a slippery slope that erodes freedom. The bottom line is that it is your life, you assume the risks. As an adult, we have no one to blame when we take risks and life smacks us around.
Trying to convince someone to not take risks is futile at best.
By the way, I wear a helmet, not because of the law, but because I have a family.
Trying to convince someone to not take risks is futile at best.
By the way, I wear a helmet, not because of the law, but because I have a family.
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From: Chesterfield, VA
Interesting thread ... glad he's OK.
My opinion is the helmet will save you if you hit your head. If you don't well OK.
That blunt force trauma is a bitch.
As far as wobble, the only time it happened to me was on concrete highway doing about 70 with 50 mph winds but I never lost control.
If I had a violent wobble, I think I would try and use both front and rear brakes sort of hard without locking. From what I understand, most violent wobbles happen when cornering downhill with excessive speed. Ever wonder why bagger front tires last forever? Because all the weight is on the rear. You push them into bad situations and that front tire ain't going to grip.
My opinion is the helmet will save you if you hit your head. If you don't well OK.
That blunt force trauma is a bitch.
As far as wobble, the only time it happened to me was on concrete highway doing about 70 with 50 mph winds but I never lost control.
If I had a violent wobble, I think I would try and use both front and rear brakes sort of hard without locking. From what I understand, most violent wobbles happen when cornering downhill with excessive speed. Ever wonder why bagger front tires last forever? Because all the weight is on the rear. You push them into bad situations and that front tire ain't going to grip.