Great riding with everone, always enjoy getting together and hitting the twisties:thumbup:
Here is a short clip from the ride, the one that was not a good thing to try--
How NOT to pass a car and survive - YouTube
I have more video just need to edit and upload to YouTube.
Look forward to the next ride
Jerry
I hope the following statement will be taken in the right context. I am not posting this as any kind of judgement but as caring for other people's quality of life. I apologize if there is pride involved but....
After watching this event a few times I've notice how this could have been a much worse scenario.
Notice when the bike touches the car it causes the bike to lose it's lean angle and as the bike passes the car, the lean angle has changed sufficiently as to put it in trajectory to the oncoming vehicle in the opposite lane. The oncoming vehicle alters course because the bike is headed out of it's lane. We can't see it because the last part is happening in front of the contact car and blocked from view. Remember you are watching this at half speed so reaction time is half what your eye is seeing!
One of my main theories about riding, (this isn't a religious statement) is there are angels watching over us. I haven't met the perfect rider yet and I myself have done some pretty stupid tricks and have put myself in bad situations where I wonder how I could have lived. I'm so thankful this rider and the oncoming car did the right things at the right time to save this into becoming bits of plastic and metal instead of flesh/bone, plastic and metal.
As the member inviting others out on a ride I feel responsible to a certain degree and I did have "the talk" with the newer rider before we embarked on this exciting day of riding. The rider was also critiqued in discussion at lunch. The first and foremost idea is safety and enjoyment of these rides.
Hopefully this video brings education to many riders and as forum members we can gain experience from each other.
There was more than I've experienced before on these roads, car traffic yesterday so we had to have patience and try to get by as best we could.
A lot of people in cars/trucks were very courteous and used shoulder or pull outs to let us pass. I always give a wave of thanks to them.
Others were oblivious as they rolled their tin cans down the lanes.
Again, Thanks to everyone for contributing to a great day of riding!!
passing on the right? :spank:
