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Marty (in Mississippi)
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I see what happened, once he saw car, he let off and braked...straightening out his line instead of leaning harder.
Corvette tried hard to avoid him.
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As Silverback said when the Hardley rider clipped him on the Talamena road. "Incompetency behind the bars" was the cause.
He focused on the crash site rather than the way he wanted to go.Last edited by BA80; 10-20-2012, 03:51 PM.Greg
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No I think he was too focused on the camera, not the crash site.....Nathan
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check the ground clearance in image 10 he didn't have room to lean anymoreSeamus Ó hUrmholtaigh
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He had plenty in 11 and up.
Incompetency.Greg
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yes it was
BA80 wrote
He had plenty in 11 and up.
Incompetency.Seamus Ó hUrmholtaigh
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Corvette owner posted about it on Corvette forum, friends of the guy on Valkyrie forum say the Triumph rider was very experienced but still wound up with a dislocated wrist and shortened vacation.
Eastern Tennessee Riders forum say their friend wound up in ICU going down in this curve from oil left behind after the wreck.
Wow. Bad day on The Dragon.
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Do you have the links?Originally posted by jwhughes3 View PostMarty (in Mississippi)
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Your just a busy body aren't you JW?
What am I having for dinner?
Greg
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It almost looks like he got distracted by the camera and missed his line badly, then could not lean hard enough. Pictures 9 and 10 you see him dropping down till something hit and looks like it hti hard enough it bounced the bike back up on him. From there physics took over.Life is what happens while your planning everything else!
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I thought he drug his pipes when i first looked but looked closer and there is still daylight under there. I think he just panicked and got hard on the brakes.Harry
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Apparently, the mess wasn't properly cleaned up and another rider went down on the oil slick. The photographer had gone home by then. Fortunately, there were witnesses or there would likely been a fatality.
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friends of the guy on Valkyrie forum say the Triumph rider was very experienced but still wound up with a dislocated wrist and shortened vacation.
That dude was WAY experienced, man... He rode like over 1,000 miles a year, dude!Try your hardest to be the kind of person your dog thinks you are.
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http://www.valkyrieforum.com/bbs/ind...topic=48340.40
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c5-g...he-dragon.html
These were two of the three. Marty already posted the other one.
Greg, I was simply trying to fill in the story.
Dont know if this crash was the secondary one or not...
http://www.thedailytimes.com/Local_N...ment-id-028714
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