Why did this guy crash?

[h2v7]

Incredible Motorcycle Crash: http://youtu.be/GwmzGFVJiiM


youtu.be/GwmzGFVJiiM

 

[squidworth]

inattentive riding is what it looks like... not smart.

 

[nine_inch_rear]

Yep he zoned out, which is honestly easy to do on those long stretch non technical roads.

 

[slummy]

caption/comment on youtub says "bug flew into helmet" or similar. That's his explanation for getting into the dirt. However, why he tipped over from a little offroading is a little suspect, imo

 

[RightCoastBias]

Not sure how this is an incredible crash. Dude probably fell asleep on that boring ass rode.

 

[EastBayDave]

inattentive riding is what it looks like... not smart.

yep, drifting into the gravel is not too bright....:afm199

 

[FreeRyde]

Lucky the bike didn't smush him...

 

[afm199]

Bug got into my helmet= fell asleep.

 

[yodaisgod]

Not sure how this is an incredible crash. Dude probably fell asleep on that boring ass rode.

Sometimes you have to ride on boring ass roads to get to the good ones. :laughing

 

[RightCoastBias]

Sometimes you have to ride on boring ass roads to get to the good ones. :laughing

For sure, but that's usually when I turn off my camera.

 

[Enchanter]

Tough to say, but I'm going to go with weak counter-steering skills. In the previous curves it looked like he was running a little wide as well. A little pressure on the inside bar and the crash could have been avoided.

 

[TrackCage]

Panicked when he started getting wobbles. Didn't try to correct and/or inappropriate inputs to correct

 

[thedub]

That guy really managed to make a non-event into an all out disaster.

 

[DTM74]

Mmmm. Cheeseburger...French fries....Whoa!

 

[Abyss]

Guy needs to do more dirt riding.

 

[HeatXfer]

Guy needs to do more dirt riding.

lol - I think he's had quite enough..

 

[h2v7]

It makes me wonder how and why dude must really suck at riding me thinks

 

[Darkness!]

opcorn

Hmm. I think it it's pretty lame how everybody becomes a championship ring toting armchair quarterback...from the couch. Behind a keyboard. I'm not excluding myself, I'm just as guilty as the rest of you.

But. I'm bettin a lot of our own so called "expert" riders crashes look pretty stupid (and avoidable) too from someone else's armchair perspective. And now back to your normal mental programming...:ride

 

[Enchanter]

Ha! Armchairing the armchairiing.

 

[gixxerjeff]

Looks to me like he got caught day dreaming and found himself in unfamiliar territory then panicked, ultimately giving up on the bike. The slow motion shots tell it all. The stretch that took him out was nothing more than the equivalent of a fire road, terrain that bike can easily handle at speed.
It's certainly not the first ADV bike/rider to shit and go blind at the first sign of dirt.