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Jan 24th, 2008, 02:08 AM
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 #1
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200+ posts and climbing
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: san leandro ca
Posts: 213 Model: 02 fxdx Interests: harley,pool,darts Occupation: maintenance mechanic
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Last edited by kenfuzed : Jan 24th, 2008 at 12:04 PM.
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Jan 24th, 2008, 04:05 AM
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#2
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Has posted 500+
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Stanton, NJ
Posts: 1,298 Model: 04 Dyna WG (with a 240 rear tire) Interests: Harleys, drag racing, family, fishing, my rottweilers, the UFC Occupation: Carpenter/Builder
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OUCH!!! That was NASTY!  |
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Jan 24th, 2008, 04:50 AM
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#3
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Has posted 500+
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Chas WV
Posts: 519 Model: 05 XL883C Interests: shorter list since getting the XL Occupation: Geek for a small family owned company
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Jan 24th, 2008, 07:08 AM
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#4
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Moderator
Has posted 500+
Join Date: Jul 2005
Posts: 4,560
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dam!!!!!!!!  |
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Jan 24th, 2008, 08:12 AM
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#5
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Very Active Poster 50+
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Palm Springs, CA
Posts: 91 Model: H/D FLHRCI '05 Interests: Golf, Motorcycles, Camping Occupation: Sales
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Watch out for big trucks!!!! Sh*t oh Dear!!!
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Jan 24th, 2008, 10:28 AM
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#6
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Administrator
Frequent Posting Club
Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 1,278 Model: Harley FLHX Occupation: Web Developer by day, 25+ years of carb building by day, hey what happened to my day?!
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Somebody on that site must have pulled down the video because all I could see was Japanese writing. Anyone know where this video might be?
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Jan 24th, 2008, 11:16 AM
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#7
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Has posted 500+
Join Date: Jun 2004
Posts: 1,989
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worked for me
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Jan 24th, 2008, 11:49 AM
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#8
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Administrator
Frequent Posting Club
Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 1,278 Model: Harley FLHX Occupation: Web Developer by day, 25+ years of carb building by day, hey what happened to my day?!
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Ah, I see, it only works with IE (Internet Exploiter).
YIKES, that is awful!!!
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Jan 24th, 2008, 12:18 PM
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#9
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Moderator
Has posted 500+
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Oregon City, OR
Posts: 1,149 Model: 09 Ultra Classic Interests: Motorcycles, camping, fishing, old cars Occupation: Home Inspector
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Looked like his leg was still twitching after the truck got stopped on top of him, god that sucks.  |
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Jan 24th, 2008, 04:31 PM
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#10
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200+ posts and climbing
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: NW Iowa
Posts: 215 Model: 2005 road king Interests: shooting and motorcycling Occupation: diesel mechanic
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I bet if he would have had a helmet on he would have made it
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Jan 24th, 2008, 05:04 PM
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#11
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200+ posts and climbing
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: san leandro ca
Posts: 213 Model: 02 fxdx Interests: harley,pool,darts Occupation: maintenance mechanic
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if you stop it right before he goes under the truck you'll see he has a helmet on
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Jan 24th, 2008, 05:29 PM
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#12
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200+ posts and climbing
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: NW Iowa
Posts: 215 Model: 2005 road king Interests: shooting and motorcycling Occupation: diesel mechanic
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Yah, I seen that too, I was just being sarcastic and expressing my freedom of choice on the helmet issue, no helmet in the world would have kept that guy from dieing.
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Jan 24th, 2008, 05:53 PM
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#13
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Has posted 500+
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Charlotte, NC
Posts: 1,087 Interests: Anything outdoors (climbing, backpacking, fishing, Mtn biking, riding) Occupation: Chemistry teacher
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That's F&^%$#d up!!! Hope the driver was executed for that one...  |
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Jan 25th, 2008, 04:39 AM
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#14
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Has posted 500+
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Chas WV
Posts: 519 Model: 05 XL883C Interests: shorter list since getting the XL Occupation: Geek for a small family owned company
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Quote:
Originally Posted by fxdxsteve
if you stop it right before he goes under the truck you'll see he has a helmet on
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Actually if you look very close at the end of the clip, just behind the truck you can see what appears to be his helmet as well. Guess I haven't ever seen a better need for the theme song I Fall To Pieces before. |
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Jan 25th, 2008, 08:11 AM
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#15
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Rookie 10+ posts
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: New Hampshire
Posts: 26 Model: Harley 98 FXDWG Interests: Fishing, Rock climbing, Motorcycles Occupation: Retired PD Sgt, School security, Accident Recon
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That what us accident reconstructionists call "road pizza" or to be politically
correct, a "DRT" (dead right there)
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Jan 25th, 2008, 09:09 AM
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#16
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200+ posts and climbing
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: san leandro ca
Posts: 213 Model: 02 fxdx Interests: harley,pool,darts Occupation: maintenance mechanic
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then that guy must be taking a drt nap
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Jan 25th, 2008, 10:29 AM
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#17
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Has posted 500+
Join Date: Jun 2004
Posts: 1,989
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Looks to me like the scooter driver was trying to decide which way to go and slowed too much on a heavy congestion high speed road, It looks like he was trying to determine if he should go to the left and didn't get out of his lane, that he was moving from, in time.
He braked, slowed and stayed in the lane.
The truck just assumed he was turning and barrelled on over him.
A good reason for more HP and a GPS I guess.
That was one big effin truck, he might have survived a dually but that thing just tore him apart especially as the wheels drug when the driver locked it up, if he'd kept rolling vs braking hard who knows, might have stayed in one piece.
Very ugly indeed.
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Jan 25th, 2008, 10:48 AM
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#18
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Very Active Poster 50+
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Palm Springs, CA
Posts: 91 Model: H/D FLHRCI '05 Interests: Golf, Motorcycles, Camping Occupation: Sales
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"A good reason for more HP and a GPS"
I'm going to get me a GPS now!!!  |
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Jan 25th, 2008, 04:18 PM
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#19
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Has posted 500+
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Stanton, NJ
Posts: 1,298 Model: 04 Dyna WG (with a 240 rear tire) Interests: Harleys, drag racing, family, fishing, my rottweilers, the UFC Occupation: Carpenter/Builder
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Quote:
Originally Posted by hotroadking
Looks to me like the scooter driver was trying to decide which way to go and slowed too much on a heavy congestion high speed road, It looks like he was trying to determine if he should go to the left and didn't get out of his lane, that he was moving from, in time.
He braked, slowed and stayed in the lane.
The truck just assumed he was turning and barrelled on over him.
A good reason for more HP and a GPS I guess.
That was one big effin truck, he might have survived a dually but that thing just tore him apart especially as the wheels drug when the driver locked it up, if he'd kept rolling vs braking hard who knows, might have stayed in one piece.
Very ugly indeed.
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I don't care if that guy would've taken an hour to decide where he was going, that a**hole shouldn't have been so close behind him. People need to learn how to drive. Damn man, that is nasty. |
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Jan 25th, 2008, 09:35 PM
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Very Active Poster 50+
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Palo Alto, CA
Posts: 81 Model: Harley FLHS 1989 Interests: Food plants, bee keeping, working on any machine, guns, going for a ride! Occupation: NOC tech
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For a truck to allow itself to come up so close to any other vehicle, it would have ruined any car driving like that anyway being in too much of a hurry to be careful. From the beginning of the video, the scooter looks like it does not have enough power to cruise in the lanes and was staying to the side until he knew that he needed to turn. The truck was just going around the scooter moving below standard speeds on the side of the road and truck either did not realize how slow the scooterest was going or the scooter slowed more. The scooter went from the right side of the right lane towards the middle lane with maybe no notice. The truck "may" be the victim here. Far as the motorcycle goes, you have to assume nobody sees you or some jerk may run you over and cut you in half like this.
Honestly, I smashed into a bicyclist that made a left turn from the right side on the road with no indication that he was going to turn. Maybe like this truck, I slowed, crept out of the lane to give the guy more room and  , the guy up and turns left, nothing I could do. I ended up locking the brakes as soon as I realized he was turning. In my case the bicycle was ruined, and the rider bruised. I agreed to pay for the bicycle if it goes away, just in case I would have somehow been at fault and my luck held, a special edition USPS $3000 road bike. Still better than something on the driving record.
I feel for the truck driver. |
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