Expensive Day

[Evadd]

i'm all for great crash pics, but there comes a time when you should put down the damn camera and help them pull the bike out of the bushes. i'm pretty sure i'd have been throwing both obscenities and rocks at the photog if he just stood there snapping pics the whole time.

[derf]

That bike was far down there, and there was already a tow truck involved, the cameraman would have been getting in the way. Plus I think its a chick.

Originally Posted by Bonesaw

Stop, HAMMERTIME.

thought the same thing

[Trip]

Originally Posted by derf

That bike was far down there, and there was already a tow truck involved, the cameraman would have been getting in the way. Plus I think its a chick.

People helped him once the tow truck got there. They guided it back up the hill. It was a dude.

[derf]

Originally Posted by Trip

People helped him once the tow truck got there. They guided it back up the hill. It was a dude.

Doesnt matter either way, the guy still had a seperate job to do and it wasnt to help someone who was already out of danger. If the guy was hurt on the floor broken and squirming in pain and the dude kept taking photos I would have a problem with it, from what the photo tells me, dude was out of danger

[Evadd]

Originally Posted by derf

Doesnt matter either way, the guy still had a seperate job to do and it wasnt to help someone who was already out of danger. If the guy was hurt on the floor broken and squirming in pain and the dude kept taking photos I would have a problem with it, from what the photo tells me, dude was out of danger

sure. not your problem, so why give a rat's ass to lend a helping hand?

put yourself in someone else's shoes for a minute: if you were trying to dig your bike out of the trees and some fool is standing 20 feet away snappin photos instead of helping, would you be happy about it?

[derf]

Originally Posted by Evadd

sure. not your problem, so why give a rat's ass to lend a helping hand?

put yourself in someone else's shoes for a minute: if you were trying to dig your bike out of the trees and some fool is standing 20 feet away snappin photos instead of helping, would you be happy about it?

Exactly its not the guys problem, his problem is that he needs to keep taking pictures of all the bikes riding by to get the best shot so that some dick on a harley might buy a picture a few weeks from then and put some food on the guys table. Is his job to take pictures and without those pictures there is no income, so yes a long as everything is alright its not the photogs problem.

Having met some of them, I guarantee that he didnt just stand there, prolly offered the guy some TP, something to drink, a chair, offered to get help, did everything he could to help the guy. But from the looks of it there were 4 other people pulling that bike out of the woods, they didnt need help

[Rider]

Dude needed to get off the bike more. Oh well, insurance will get him a new bike.

[snobuny]

Pics like that happen so fast when you have the camera, I have been there! Those cameras take up to 15 frames per second. He could have snappen all those pics, dropped the camera in a safe place and been over to stop traffic before the dust settled and it was safe for him to be on the road. These photographers go out of their way to help people, they don't just stand there and watch you bleed.

I say he was lucky for it to happen where someone could help him (or he knew the camera guy was there and trying for a good shot.....always a bad idea!), cell coverage is spotty in that area. Glad to see he had on gear, made this less painful than it could have been.

Now on to the pics, its ok to drag a knee but if you are not getting off the bike and you arn't rossi you need to spend some time on the basics! Dragging a knee is so you can keep the bike in a safer, more upright position and keep them hard parts off the ground with better contact patches on the tires......i.e. keith code!

I know when I am on my track bike and the toe touches, the rearset is next and the ground is not far behind unless I get my tush off to the side more or lever the bike up with my knee.

Hopefully someone will let him know about riding technique. Still a great set of pic's from a photographers perspective.

[Trip]

Originally Posted by Evadd

sure. not your problem, so why give a rat's ass to lend a helping hand?

put yourself in someone else's shoes for a minute: if you were trying to dig your bike out of the trees and some fool is standing 20 feet away snappin photos instead of helping, would you be happy about it?

Seriously, why are you being such a fuckin douche about this? HE DID GIVE A HELPING HAND AFTER THE GUY QUIT SPINNING. These photographers see wrecks all the time. Look at Killboy.com, there is like 2 or 3 wrecks on the front page this week. They check on the rider/driver after each one. The guy paid for a tow service to get him back up the mountain, not the photog. They can't run around the gap helping every idiot that flys off the mountain. They have no concern for bike damage, they will assist in what they can in human damage.

Seriously don't come to the gap because you obviously have no fucking idea what you are talking about and don't understand how much help the photog's are to the place.

[Evadd]

Originally Posted by Trip

Seriously, why are you being such a fuckin douche about this? HE DID GIVE A HELPING HAND AFTER THE GUY QUIT SPINNING. These photographers see wrecks all the time. Look at Killboy.com, there is like 2 or 3 wrecks on the front page this week. They check on the rider/driver after each one. The guy paid for a tow service to get him back up the mountain, not the photog. They can't run around the gap helping every idiot that flys off the mountain. They have no concern for bike damage, they will assist in what they can in human damage.

Seriously don't come to the gap because you obviously have no fucking idea what you are talking about and don't understand how much help the photog's are to the place.

is this the part where you tell me locals rule? no, that would be a waste of your time? so this is the part where you kick my ass?


in any case, i stand by statement about Derf saying "i don't need to help b/c it's not my job". that's still BS, and if you agree, then you're the kind of person i don't hang around long.

btw, if you had actual info that could have cleared it up like "the photog DID help him out" that would have been useful and i would have dropped it right away, instead of flyin off your horse and calling people a fuckin douche. you fuckin douche.