posted May 20, 2002 05:55 PM
The Dream Jump Experiment Like many riders I have talked to, I have often thought about the consequences of colliding with another vehicle. I always figured that at the appropriate moment I'm going to jump upward to avoid smashing into the side of another vehicle. Given that thought (and the fact that my job is incredibly boring) I performed an experiment last night. Using a 1" steel bar raised to the height of my footpegs, I tried to jump upward as high as possible from my normal riding crouch position. The results: you better be one hell of an athlete if you plan to clear the handlebars let alone an oncoming car. Clearing anything taller than a Corvette is a pipe dream (for me at least). I can pretty much count on my mid thigh area going through the handlebars unless I can stand on the seat first. The whole thing is not very comforting. I just decided to not wreck anymore. Yeah right.
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posted May 21, 2002 04:32 AM
Ejection seat? Hmmm. Jet assisted perhaps?
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posted May 22, 2002 07:19 AM
jump It needs to be done in 2 steps. Jump onto the seat and let the impact carry you over the handlebars and hopefully the car. I have actually done this. I hit a parked car at approximately 90+ mph sailed from the seat over the car and hit the one behind it. Yes, I survived (thank God) no broken bones just a sprainded ankle. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone.
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posted May 22, 2002 08:20 AM
I was one of those guys that didn't make it over the handlebars, at least not immediately. Buick station wagon turned left in front of me. I punched the buick hard enough to knock the spindle off the a-frame and lay it back in the remains of the wheelwell. I flew over the buick for 170 feet, then came down into a row of cars that were parked perpendicular to the road. The bike went off on a slight tangent and landed in a lake. I hit at the front of the cars with enough force to smash the fender down around the tire. I finally came to a stop between the sixth and seventh car. After a week in a coma, I was transferred to another hospital, and was able to start remembering stuff after a couple more weeks. I broke my left femur in four places, lost some teeth, and fractured my skull. Don't remember anything for about a half hour before the crash, actually. Shit happens!
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posted May 24, 2002 06:08 PM
I hit a last second left turning Ford LTD in '78 on my DT250. T-Boned him right behind the rear wheel. The "stoppie" literally launched me thru the air about 30 ft from an impact speed of about 40 mph(I'd clamped on the brakes at 55).I never touched the car myself. Scraped my shins going over the bars and folded them into the clocks. Wedged 'er under the car, never even fell over. From MY experience you wont have to jump very hard.
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posted May 24, 2002 07:37 PM
I got hit by a little mr2 and through luck was able to keep her up right even though when he hit it locked the rear wheel brake pedal. Once I had her stoppped and looked back wards the mr2 was gone.
But my foot was sore for a couple weeks, but the boots kept the bones from any dsmsge.
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posted May 27, 2002 11:25 PM
Remember... How the Pink Panther would step out of the elevator just before it hit the ground?
That made such perfect sense for years, until I took physics.
Dammit.
Rocket
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