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Deals gap video - mpg9999 - 11-01-2004
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- Kaan - 11-01-2004
umm thats pretty damn unsafe... within two corners a guy went down and something was blowing around the roadway.... dont try being that guy... i dont wana go to an MM funeral.... weddings are cool and all but the funeral is something i'm not looking forward too.
- Home Skillet - 11-03-2004
Although that was unsafe, those were some crazy skills. Who was riding?
- Mike - 11-03-2004
didn't seem too unsafe... for the first few minutes. 2 of his passes he almost bit it... i bet this guy used to be a normal controlled adult... now look what bikes have done to him!
bikes = stupid
- Kaan - 11-03-2004
ok the guy that lays his bike down in the video... what if someone was coming up the other direction? cause cars were on the other side of the road.... he coulda bit it... and what if he low sides the bike and the bike hits one of the people just hang'n out on the side of the road looking that the trees and shit? thats absolutely unsafe.
- Mike - 11-03-2004
i dunno, i don't know riding skills and how safe/unsafe they are. from what i can tell most of the time he wasn't going all that fast, that is all i based my reasoning on.
- Martin - 11-04-2004
it just seems unsafe doesnt it.
what trips me out is that you put your trust in tires and the road. Those are the most unpredicable parts of the riding equation. You can be an awesome rider, but lets say Cletus's turnip truck was leaking coolant going up the mountain, your screwed- I used to work as a mechanic in Hburg, every other car/truck has a major oil leak that the owner doesn't give a fuck about fixing.
That and when your leaning a bike over onto the rarely used edges of the tire tread.
oh yea, they don't put turns in a road unless theres some immovable object in the way of making a nice straight road- Guardrails, culverts, various natural formations like rocks/ trees, cliffs are there to rip your limbs off if you fuck up a turn.
Kneedragging up 33 and 211 sounds like crazy fun, I just can't justify the risk.
- Ginger - 11-04-2004
^ I'm glad there's somebody articulate around here to say what I really mean to actually say
- Kaan - 11-04-2004
i'm going to guess this guys on a 750+CC bike.... and hes got skillz... just not brains!
- G.Irish - 11-09-2004
He doesn't look too wild but riding hard through Deal's Gap certainly isn't safe.
- Chris - 11-09-2004
Martin Wrote:it just seems unsafe doesnt it.
what trips me out is that you put your trust in tires and the road. Those are the most unpredicable parts of the riding equation. You can be an awesome rider, but lets say Cletus's turnip truck was leaking coolant going up the mountain, your screwed- I used to work as a mechanic in Hburg, every other car/truck has a major oil leak that the owner doesn't give a fuck about fixing.
That and when your leaning a bike over onto the rarely used edges of the tire tread.
oh yea, they don't put turns in a road unless theres some immovable object in the way of making a nice straight road- Guardrails, culverts, various natural formations like rocks/ trees, cliffs are there to rip your limbs off if you fuck up a turn.
Kneedragging up 33 and 211 sounds like crazy fun, I just can't justify the risk.
wow, this is great coming from an avid rider. This is exactly what tons of riders were doing on 33 W, along with passing cars (us) in the middle of turns.