russian motorcycle roulette?

hoppers69 · October 10, 2005, 08:52:22 AM

ohh the carnage!
one person gets the sabotaged motorcycle and they dont' tell you who......

haha, ok all joking aside....anyone know what REALLY happened here? I cant believe that many people went down so quickly...sheesh Im sure some were hurt pretty bad too.

A buddy of mine states: highway speeds, people not paying attn, people riding too close. Plus there were a lot of bikes...

but comon, that many people not paying attention??? I would NOT want to ride with that group!

http://ccc.ru/web/moto/

Roadstergal · October 10, 2005, 09:26:16 AM

Target fixation.

The Buddha · October 10, 2005, 09:39:27 AM

Quote from: RoadstergalTarget fixation.

What ... OK like there was anywhere else to go after the first 5-6 crashes ... its exponential ... 1 downed bike will catct 5, the 5 that go down will catch 25 ... and we are at that point covering the entire road ... no one behind it has anywhere to go ... hard on the brakes and loosen up ... try not to slide sideways and crash into others before stopping ... and if you do manage to stop ... dont stop so far short, you'd get nailed from behind by some one who couldn't ... and PRAY ... Yea pretty much un avoidable ...
Cool.
Srinath.

zac6164 · October 10, 2005, 11:03:48 AM

WOW some of them not wearing helmets and going down OUCH

dionysus · October 10, 2005, 11:06:00 AM

On the bright side, one of them is wearing my jacket... maybe I could ask how it held up

Sir Smapty · October 10, 2005, 11:59:01 AM

In Russia, motorcycle rides you.

RVertigo · October 10, 2005, 12:28:18 PM

Oh the humanity!

Each pic you could watch someone else crash... Holy crap man!

zukiGS500 · October 10, 2005, 12:51:42 PM

is that a gs biting it near the back in img_8863.jpg

RVertigo · October 10, 2005, 12:54:49 PM

Looks like it huh?

My Name Is Dave · October 10, 2005, 01:02:34 PM

Homeboy right here? It may be a GS...I think it says "Suzuki" over the brake light...

Anyone? :dunno:

Look at his body position! Doesn't look fun.

zukiGS500 · October 10, 2005, 01:20:41 PM

Looks like an older model gs seat to me

and that looks to be the top of the tank

Roadstergal · October 10, 2005, 01:46:06 PM

Quote from: seshadri_srinathOK like there was anywhere else to go after the first 5-6 crashes

There was someplace to go after the first crash, and from the first one up to about 6-8 was target fixation, I'd bet. After that, it's a matter of outriding your ability to escape or brake - if there's nowhere to go and you didn't leave yourself room to stop, sucks to be you.

Soaring · October 10, 2005, 02:45:28 PM

at least those were the guys at the back, otherwise it would be 2000 not 15 bikes

well, that's Russian end of the season for you... sad but true..

neonfly · October 10, 2005, 04:52:58 PM

Funny how someone looking through all those pictures of people wrecking and carnage goes "GS RIGHT THERE" :lol:

Die hard fan right there.

Blueknyt · October 10, 2005, 05:59:47 PM

now who is gonna put them all together with one of those morphing programs that blend one pix into the next so we can watch the movie?

JCH · October 10, 2005, 07:44:18 PM

I'll do it in a bit if noones done it

edited to say i cant actually morph it, I can gif it though

JetSwing · October 10, 2005, 08:49:08 PM

here's a time lapse animation of the crash

http://www.variders.com/gs500/images/crash

callmelenny · October 10, 2005, 08:58:21 PM

I am reminded of the statistic that nearly 4 out 5 Russian men are thought to be legally intoxicated at their time of death.

Blueknyt · October 10, 2005, 09:47:49 PM

thats just the Antifreeze they use to keep warm (vodka)

Church6360 · October 11, 2005, 06:45:04 AM

at the bottom right of pic 8 there is a red bike that has a crazy exhaust, he is about to wreck in the pic where Mr. russian GS is going over the bars.

i like that exhaust.

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