Harley pass at the Gap
 

sure most of u have seen this, but worth watching again and again and again



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whVXD3ex9DA

repost, but it is a classic so I will allow it. I love the RV kid thinking they were going to get beat up.

So many things wrong with that video.

Can't remember the last time I had my ass kicked by an entertainment attorney and an oral surgeon.


Why ALL riders should be required to take an MSF course. Might have used the FRONT brake had the rider known that 70% of the braking is in the front brake.

Same could be said for the rider who took out the rider on the last ride with Drewpy and me.

The last death at the gap was cause of rear brake use. It's real common up there, we had a life flight out for the same reason last week. People said the blood from that wreck was everywhere.

hrm another good reason to avoid the gap

It's not as bad as it seems, not like you will come around a blind corner and find a R1 sitting in the middle of the road and you barely miss it and rip off the front fairing as you pass by to show your manlyness.

single width lanes with no runoff big drops blind corners and massive overcrowding. really sounds like somewhere i wanna go :whistle:

He just needed to learn bikes are supposed to lean in corners. If you watch it close he never was in danger of the bike not making the curve, he just didn't lean and then skidded straight off the side. What a dumbass --> :panic:

The problem was passing into a blind right hander at speed above the rider's comfort level. When he panicked, he locked the rear causing the bike to skid. He target fixated and rode it straight off the mountain.

Love the gap hate the chaos! It used to be a great place but it got way to crowded with to many people doing stupid shit. That's the great thing about being a local, we know roads that are just as fun that the tourist don't know about. Haven't been back to the gap in over a year and don't really miss it.

I love Ignorant People "There gonna beat our asses"...Why because you stopped to help??

Shut the fuck up

I my experiance the best place to pass a car on that road is just before and in the middle of the corner....If you know what you are doing and checked for oncomming traffic at the right time. If you can't see around the turn, ie: through the trees up there, then don't do it. Large vehicles on the gap are best left for the short straight sections.
That guy just didn't know how to ride and dumbassed into the weeds and down the hill for no good reason. How do I know? Been there-Done that.
I have a picture of the "tree of Shame"(before it had a name) with one part hanging on it.. my front wheel, 16 years ago.

March 6, 1992--The Tree of Shame is born.

Love this guy: "Idiot...Fucking Idiot".

I Love the gap and the surrounding roads.

that video is really a classic of what not to do's... passing on a blind curve, failure to press and lean the motorcycle, target fixation, failure to apply the brakes correctly.

What was amazing is that the 2nd rider managed to hold it together just enough not to end up on top of him in the ditch. He almost did, but managed to keep it on the shoulder.

Probably out of sheer luck.

Unfortunately, I believe we've all been there before. I believe this rider is either a perpetual cruiser from KS or FL who got in over his head in the mountains or is a newer rider. I don't know if he'd ever attended an MSF course or other rider training, but I think it would have made all the difference if he had or had remembered what he was taught.

Hopefully, he made it through with minor injuries and light damage. I have been down with minor injuries and light damage. Most have. For me, it was a learning experience. I spent weeks deconstructing what happened and what I needed to do to keep it from happening again. I think it made me a better rider and a better student of riding.

There is nothing like getting pitched on your ass to provide you with a healthy dose of respect for riding.

I'd rather just ride up here, especially on the weekdays. :rockout:

Maybe he thought the group of idiot riders might assume they ran the guy off the road or something?

It's amazing how some people believe that cruisers are inherently safer than any other bike out there. I personally believe that it's a load of crap. I know because I have a cruiser and a sportbike. Cruisers really are more difficult to ride. They are capable of a prodigious amount of speed and inertia, and when the rider doesn't know the road or how to handle their particular machine, then things end up badly. I've had the front end of my VTX lift because I leaned in too hard and used the exhaust pipe as a fulcrum. I've felt both the front and rear tire skip and slide. But I've yet to truly push my RC to her limit yet, if I come in to a corner too hot for how much I'm leaned, I can just lean more, with the VTX, once you're on the peg, that's it.

Exactly. You have to learn from your mistakes...provided you walk away from them.

I totally agree, but what's with the FL crack? :lol: Not cool!

he walked away from it... no doubt he had a decent scare. One of three things happened: 1 he learned from it, adapted his riding style, and is a better rider now. 2 he got the shit scared out of him, sold the bike, and we don't have to worry about him anymore. 3 he learned nothing, blamed it on someone else (it's the American way) and is eventually going to kill either himself or someone else.

Florida's version of Deal's Gap:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...Cloverleaf.jpg


Say it ain't so:

http://webspace.utexas.edu/treybrad/www/bandit/rear.jpg



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It aint so!

Last Months POTM was taken in FL!

So was this:

http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-...49467_2030.jpg

Does it look like this:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...eals+gap&hl=en

mann lookkit that square!

The good ole Florida Flat Spot.

No. I couldn't even watch the video, it's too depressing to even think about!

Thankfully I live a few hours from some good roads in N. Ga, and I can ride 12 months a year down here. New Years Trackday FTW!