I got say that 1st video made me laugh - 2 for 1

LOL

But I hope the biker was ok

asshats in both videos

I've ridden Mulholland & Angeles Crest & yes like most popular riding roads in this country - earlier the better.

I was pulled over on MH by a CHiPs a long time ago @ about 9am on a Sunday morning - I was on a rented HD and he said the pipes are too loud (he pulled me for speeding). I told him its not mine but a rental - he still ranted. I pulled out a LEO badge & DTR I went

 

Looked that way to me too.

Still, there is no excuse for pitiful riding like that that could have gotten someone killed. Now he has a crystal clear, high definition reminder of just how bad a rider he is.

 

Oh I know, and those cyclists have every right to be very pissed (and lucky to be relatively uninjured). I work in the cycling industry... all I ways saying is that some of the nutcases here are the "angry at the world" types that thinks all cars should burn or be limited to freeways. This incident only supports their case.

I think that's what Tweety is saying... the cyclists are giving the motorcyclist more than enough room to pass... they weren't exactly taking up the whole road.

It seems that there was a second on-the-bike video from the guy following this rider that is not public as it may be used in court. Super reliable (ha!) internet discussions are suggesting that it has video of camera flashes that the motorcyclist might be claiming as a distraction (he turned his head in the direction of the camera). I guess the video was up for a day before it was pulled.

My initial take is to give the guy the benefit of the doubt, and he may be using it to limit the potentially huge costs of this incident, depending on if the cyclists sue for more than just physical damages (even then, those bikes are worth more than his moto). Even if he knows he's wrong, the way our court happy culture is set up he'd have to protect himself. But that's just speculation. He could be a genuinely naive rider who thinks that a camera flash is a legitimate reason for crashing.

 

He's a squid.

 

Well as one of the list members that has and does ride that road and that corner, I will say there was no reason for that guy to be anywhere close to those bikes at the speed he was going.

It's not a hard corner but some folks first get freaked out at the view behind the guard rail......just open sky and it's a ways down if you blow it there..... Then they forget to finish the corner....just like this guy.... Watch where he starts to stand the bike up.....if he would have just held his lean angle for a little longer.....no issues.