Motorcycle crashes into cyclists

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mark st1

Plastic Manc
Location
Leafy Berkshire
Wow that has to have hurt big time.
 

yello

back and brave
Location
France
Target fixation?

Could be. Looked to me like the motorbike took a racing line; flattening the bend and drifting after the apex... maybe fixating on the cyclist as he exited the bend. They certainly had both time and space to correct the line, yet failed to.
 

paul04

Über Member
the biker really did brake late, you can just see the front forks start going down with about 2 foot to go, just before he hit the cyclist.
 

400bhp

Guru
WTF

The motorcyclist (used in the loosest possible term) appears to be staring at something on the left (the bike parked up?)

Hope the cyclist was OK.

Why was someone filming-what's the story with this?
 

Matthew_T

"Young and Ex-whippet"
Why was someone filming-what's the story with this?
I have seen videos of this corner before. It is very common for motorcyclists to go around the corner and it often brings a crowd in good weather.
 

jazzkat

Fixed wheel fanatic.
That is really strange. The motorcyclist isn't really going that fast, isn't really leaning very far and fails to make any great attempt to brake - almost accelerating into the cyclists! I wondered if the sun had blinded him but watching the vid again the shadows say otherwise.
The motorcyclist could easily have braked or tightened his line and gone on the other side of the road. I say this as a motorcyclist with nearly 30 years riding experience. I just can't see how he hit them!!:eek:
I suspect an inexperienced rider, who panicked and opened the throttle instead of throwing out the anchor.
 
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Deleted member 20519

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WTF

The motorcyclist (used in the loosest possible term) appears to be staring at something on the left (the bike parked up?)

Hope the cyclist was OK.

Why was someone filming-what's the story with this?

It's a very popular road for motorcyclists. There's always a crowd of people and the uploader (rnickeymouse) of this video has hundreds of videos of crashes from this road.
 

Cycling Dan

Cycle Crazy
This looks like target fixation to me. Target fixation is a bitch and i have come off because off it, hitting a roundabout lol. You don't realise most of the time till its too late. His speed and initial turn looked great but he drifted and i really do think this is because he focused on the riders in front. Everyone knows if you focus on something you will head to it. Look where you want to go not what you want to avoid.
 

zizou

Veteran
Motorcyclist was too busy showing off his cornering 'skills' due to knowing there was a crowd there and people filming rather than paying full attention to the road in front...then they notice the cyclist and target fixation kicks in.

Weekend warrior rather than a 'proper' motorcyclist imo
 

EltonFrog

Legendary Member
Have any of you read any of the inane comments on that YouTube page? They beggar belief. In fact if you have high blood pressure do not read them.
 
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