This is why you wear gear, even as a passenger... (not graphic)

[mister]

Some one is gonna be sore and sorry for themselves...

Someone is gonna be angry with their fella...



Michael

[applecrew]

Oh my! That's gonna leave a mark!

[gramlord]

Dress for the fall, not the ride!

[fraze11]

I'm sure they were fine.  He can throttle right out of that

[Suzuki Stevo]

Her hand is why I always tell people to buy good gloves 

[Tombstones81]

talk about an OH $H!T moment! haha

[Kijona]

Dress for the fall, not the ride!

Dress for the slide not the ride.

[steezin_and_wheezin]

but riding with my spaghetti strap shirt feels So good!

lots of skin was lost after this photo..

[Dr.McNinja]

Great thing about that bike is he probably is fine. On a sportbike he'd be totally boned, but since he'll slide on his crash bars and pegs as long as he holds on he'll be A-OK.

The woman however doesn't realize this, and will pay dearly for it.

[madjak30]

I doubt he will be fine...they would have slid for maybe 10ft then gone over the edge on the left side...Tail of the Dragon is on the side of a mountain, so at least a 10ft drop off the other side of the road into bushes (hopefully no trees...)

That is on big OUCH moment...Yikes!!

Later.

[Janx101]

oh deary me indeed .. But .. Pain is i great educator .. Doubt the gear will be left off ever again

[KYRRNCO]

He is for sure gonna be in the dog house for awhile.

[J_Walker]

My girlfriend showed me some pictures of motorcycle crashes, The AFTERMATH of some people who didn't make it.... Good lord I felt my whole body tingle when I saw that.. After that I yelled at her for showing me them and left on my bike going home.. I went like 10mph...

[Big Rich]

I've seen the series of pics with this spill. They both end up on the pavement and get up afterwards. . I'll see if I can find the link tonight.

[rayshon]

he did that on purpose.

he didn't fall or anything, but he went beyond dragging the peg. as you can tell he is still on the bike, so he straightened up and kept riding as usual.

just kidding...that would be awesome though

[cyall]

Is he wearing a full helmet?  I thought Hardley Abelson repoed bikes for that.

[SAFE-T]

Low speed kersplat. Hurts enough to make you feel stupid and reinforce that motorcycles are dangerous for your non-riding friends 

[Big Rich]

Aha! Found it:
http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=454662&page=271

For those who are interested, the technical aspects discussed in that read are a good read. And there's lots of cool pics too......

[Phil B]

Yeah, I like the "similar but different" one here:




Wow.. all that hard shoulder, and he's STILL in the brush? sad..

[adidasguy]

I spot road rash on her arm!