It was a sympathy crash so his friend didn't feel like an idiot. When you drive a house on wheels you better know how to handle it. I didn't see the first guy even go over and check on the 2nd rider, who only had the accident because he stopped to check on him!
+Johnny Longstroke Looks like the lead Harley rider hit the two areas where the asphalt is worn off which caused him to turn into the gravel and eventually run off the road. The second Harley rider rode past the first one as he went off the cliff. My assumption is he was looking back at his friend. Aas any rider knows, you go where you look. So since he was looking down to the right that's where he went.
There is something called riding too slow around a corner !! I can't believe how bad these riders were that went over. Unbelievable. They should leave their bikes down there - because they don't belong on the road !!
Nah - I can ride the twisties on my 500kg Thunderbird quite well thanks - but then I'm used to it. An anecdote - I was following a packs of HD's (me in a car) up the road to Dante's Peak in Death Valley. Most were dressers ridden by accountants with the full HD branded outfits. (I'm an accountant as well so no disrespect just because of that). Well bugger me but an electra glide on a tight RH corner went belly up. This was probably the first time this tosser had gotten off the interstate - ever. There was nothing particularly tricky about the corner other than being tight & uphill. Oh well - his outing ended on a bit of a downer but no one was hurt.
You slow down like that on a turn while failing to keep your eyes way in front of you, this is what happens Can happen in just a second or two and you are over the hill , once you run off the edge of the road, you are usually in deep troblem than.
I used to work at a Harley Dealership. So many people came in a bought bikes they had no business riding. This is a classic example of no skill riders on 900lb motorcycles.
You´re right this is the case, every one here is saying this and that but the truth is they didn´t have the experiencie in handling the weight of the bike, i clearly see that the second pilot saw his buddy falling and then he proceed to help him miscalculating the side of the road thinking it was wise to stop the bike there with no space for that, gravity did the trick.
Like here in Australia They got a bike licence at 17 yrs old & rode for a year then quit then retire at 65 & buy the biggest bike they can with a trailer & overweight wife on the back to tour around the country terrorising all other road users
In the U.K. that would be a top quality stretch of rural road. We routinely have 4" giant holes, torrential rain, and tar slip surfaced roads covered in farm slurry. Which makes for very slow motorcycling. Outside of summer, I frequently pull in and wave by slow moving cars. Which is possibly a reason why I've survived 52 years of biking.
How is that even possible? I've been riding for 20 years. I know Harley riders tend to panic when sport bikes come up their arse, but... both of them? Crazy stuff. That was some of the worst riding skills I've seen. Wow.
Oh... I didn't mean to imply you did anything wrong. You were perfectly courteous. (More so than I would have been :)) I just thought they were possibly trying to move over to let you pass. BTW... was there really a "hole in the road"? Nothing visible in the video.
I thought the same thing. That guy said (twice) he was trying to avoid "that hole in the road" and when the camera man swiveled his head around to find said hole, it did not appear to be there. Then he blamed that tiny patch of dust engrained into the road surface. I think they both just needed some riding experience before buying full dresser Harleys.
I can see what happened here he did not stay in a forward motion up the hill so when the bike stopped his foot could not touch the ground. What is strange is that she did the same thing. After a few of those you don't do that again. He might have something going on with his ribs but thank god there Ok
Two retired couples never owned a bike before and thought a 900 lb motorcycle would be a great first bike and might as well have the wife on the back while you learn to ride.
@@user-re1uj7zt9m Target fixation is real but i think that It should not be overemphasized. The average motorcyclist scans left and right as a normal reaction to the environment [ even in a turn ]. In order to operate a motorcycle safely there need to be, situational awareness, presence of mind, and division of attention. a lapse in concentration [ or fear ] can cause fixation more as a natural response [ and yes ! i do ride ]
@@TH-cam.TOM.A All of the above are negated by a rider looking ahead at where he is going and concentrating on the road ahead. That guy on the lead bike that rode off the road second probably heard about his mate crashing, possibly via comms from his pillion, has looked around to the right and the bike has veered off to the right. Very amateurish/inexperienced riding.
The first dumper failed to negotiate the bank of the curve and was going to slow and not counter balancing which caused his heavy bike to basically just roll down the hill. Unfortunately the road wasn't there. The second dumpers both turned their heads to look at the first dumper and your motorcycle goes where your head(s) goes so there it went.
It takes enormous skill to be able to crash where they did. I am still at a loss to understand how they managed, and I have been riding a bike for forty plus years!
I'm back here because someone responded to my post from years ago, but I totally get your point. However having just come back from a long tour on my BMW that included a lot of tight steep switch back roads, one issue that led to this might have been how slow you have to corner a big cruiser like these Harleys to not touch anything down, with their lack of clearance, you do have to use quite a bit of lean angle. The super slow speed they took the corner at led to the instability that in the end caused the mishap combined with a lack of basic skills.
@@fiveowaf454 who knows - you might be spot on. For what it's worth, I have watched the video a couple more times and it seems the first rider to go down was travelling very slowly and also very close to the apex, and it could be that in an effort to balance and gain stability he accelerated off the road. The second rider appeared to want to stop and help his friend out and rode into the apex to stop but realised too late that there wasn't any space to put his feet down. Whatever the cause, both crashed look like beginners errors to me.
@@MartinKillips A lack of confidence and therefore low speed is definitely a major factor in the outcome, it makes the relatively simple task of turning the corner so much more difficult and with more speed the rider in front wouldn't have seen his friend fall until he was well past the corner. Having said that I still feel bad for them, there's nothing funny about a fall even if it's only the bikes taking a hit.
You can't really see what sent the first one over but the second one was looking back over his shoulder at his buddy going off the side. Your hands follow your eyes so he went right over too.
@@gottas33 There is a groove in my ass but it does not mean that I will slide off the toilet seat. No, the invisible pot holes definitely got them. When those lazy fat arsed old Harley's are going over there aint no body can stop em.
As one who rode four different Harleys 140K over a period of 12 years, I'd say over a cliff is a great final resting place. Just walk away and leave it.
Many years and miles ago I would have never agreed with you. I had many Harleys including two jockey shifts. Sold my bikes when finances were tough. When I got back to riding again, Harleys we’re out of my price range. Bought a 2006 Suzuki Boulevard V twin and never looked back. Totally wonderful, reliable modern feature bike. Have ridden from FL to WV, comfortable, plenty of power and easy on fuel. Live and learn folks.
@@UncaDave In 2013, I rode my bike from CA on a mission to 'bag' the 13 states I had never previously been in, ALL of them east of the MS River.....first stop, Key West. I once had a good friend who lived in WV, so I made it a point to check out the New River Bridge, near where he had lived, but prior to the bridge being built....and was actually the river the movie "Deliverance" was filmed on. I actually ended up spending two nights there, as I had to have a front tire replaced and the shop had to order it. For decades, I wouldn't even look at a bike if it weren't a Harley. Then one day, in 1970, my brother in law rode into my driveway on a brand new Honda 750. First time I ever really looked at a Honda and gave it a look-over. He didn't have to ask me twice if I wanted to take it for a ride. I was just reovering from an expensive move out of state for a job which hadn't worked out, bouth a house and didn't have much spare money, but bought a Honda 350 twin just to have something to ride to work and gradually worked up to a 750. I am now looking at 82 and toying with quitting riding while I'm ahead. However, I have a good friend I met while on that trip and he is right now, considering riding from VA to the west coast, and should he actually do that, I couldn't let him ride all the way here and not show him Highway 1 south of Big Sur along the ocean or Alice's Restaurant, could I? BHE
@@blackholeentry3489 Good for you Black Hole! Glad you have had ad some good putts. The New River Bridge is beautiful and especially the New River. I watched it being built. Quite an engineering feat. I still white water but do it mostly on the Gauley River. Ride as long as you are able and keep the rubber side down!👍🏻
@@UncaDave OK, Dave.....I plead ignorance.....WHAT is a jockey shift? I owned a total of four Harleys....the 1st a '46' 61 cu in. (Back then I didn't know a 61 was 1000cc) I had actually convinced myself I was raising two sons and it was time to start acting more responsibly....and sold my last Harley in '68. About a year later, my BIL came riding into my yard on a brand new '69' Honda 750. I took it for a short ride and all of a sudden I was riding again and have ever since. I currently have two Honda ST 1100's.
@@blackholeentry3489 A jockey shift is where the cable or linkage is removed that is used to change gears in the transmission and is replaced with a lever to then shift gears with your left hand. Yep, your hand comes off the handlebar to shift. Pretty crazy stuff! Look at an old panhead as the shifter was a linkage thing on the left side of the tank. Guys would customize their bikes and remove it. Looks cool though. Depending on the set up, you replace the hand clutch on the left grip with a foot clutch and linkage on the left side. I had a shovelhead with the foot clutch on the left side best I remember and also had a panhead with a foot clutch. Now that was tricky because coming to a stop the left foot is holding the clutch in and the right the foot brake and your left hand is operating the shifter. As you come to a stop you apply the right hand brake and thus are able to put you right foot down on the ground. Then you had to get the tranny in neutral with your shifter hand while still clutching in order to put both feet on the ground. It was a handful! My panhead sat on a Gary Bang rigid frame, no rear shock, a notable frame guy of times past, had a slight rake to the front wheel which had a spoke softail front wheel and a 180 tire in the rear and drag bars for handle bars. It had kick start too of course. That is pretty tricky starting with the Bendix carburetor. It essentially was a bar bike as such and any putt over an hour either had your back out or you pissing blood from beating your kidneys to death. I did have two springs in my seat. I kept it for a few years till I luckily got that out of my system before I killed myself. This was many years ago and the left/right stuff is the best I can remember. Yes, Hondas are great bikes and I love my Suzuki too. My cuz has the new Gold Wing, amazing bike. You had some nice old bikes, collector stuff now. And I never owned the newer blockhead as was an old shovelhead guy. Wouldn’t mind having one now for just to have it but my Boulevard is definitely my cruiser. Guys like you and I at least have memories with these things unlike those that never rode. Had some great times and hopefully a few more before we put the kickstand down for the last time.
Been there, nothing better then pulling out a chair out of the saddle bags, a hat out of the tour pak, a drink out of the other saddle bag and being able to give the GPS coordinates to the tow truck while your taking to Harley Road side assistance because you broke the shift linkage rod and are stuck in 4th gear between to steep hills and can't down shift to make it over. 2 hrs waiting for the tow truck, 2 hrs getting the bike back to the dealer, $400 tow truck ride (which the also broke the ABS on the front tile since the driver strapped the bike in wrong), 30 mins waiting for a ride home from the brother, a Saturday wasted, an extended warranty and a first name bases with your HD mechanic...priceless.... Having the gear available for when things go wrong makes it all worth the big bike, bring on the storm, got gear for that, bring on the cold, got gear for that, bring on the sunny day stranded on the side of the road, yep got gear for that too. Best of all I can ride for hours or weeks (when the bike is running of course). Love what you ride and ride what you love.
Need no. Two wheel and and engine is the need. A naked bike has its time and place: ninja suit and 30 mins of mind blowing speed or 10 mins between bars. But now that I don't try to kill myself every time (some is expected) I ride and no longer hate my liver and need at least 2 hrs of behind the bar time to get over my shit ass week, so I enjoy the music, the nav system, the drink, the place to have rain gear, being able to change my gear and helmet and even pull out a small camping chair when I find that overlook spot to stop and have a cigar.....Having a few luxuries in life make it easier to live without the necessities of life.
1) If you want to be happy for a day drink, if you want to be happy for a year get married, if you want to be happy for a life time ride...If you don't understand I cant help but might I suggest going to a bike dealer and have you throw a leg over what ever ride you like and look in the mirror at that smile that just crept across your face. 2) If you don't ride in the rain, well, then you just don't ride. Life happens have the gear for it.
BigBlue Glide Crike you have more euphemisms than Bill Cosby. When you're 'riding' a couch on wheels and can't feel the road or elements while screwing with every option under the sun it kind of kills the idea of a bike. Maybe I just don't get it as I'd rather test my skill and mettle on a forestry road than asleep on a highway.
It happened outside of Austin Texas..... I wonder if that was during ROT Rally.... seems every year or so these weekend riders come into town and a few die.
Looks like he was at the steepest part of crown and then gravity took over. I've been in those situations and slowing down is the worst thing to do. The throttle is your friend.
I'm going with Target Fixation. I suspect they were both equally inexperienced. Instead of waiting for a straight stretch to slow down, right signal on, and slow down, they decided to stop. Both looked right the side of the road and they followed their eyes over the edge. Experienced riders can shoulder check and look around and maintain a straight line with no problem. For inexperienced riders, those things can be a bit of a challenge as simple as they seem to many of us.
Good human be happy. Dammmm thats exactly what i was thinking ! Insurance scammers. Rich people unhappy with their bikes, and because they cant just take it back to walmart, they blatantly ride off a road. Just watch. They deliberately turned into that ditch. Then make instant false police reports. (Riders Down) You can see it all unfold. NOT ONCE did they show concern for their bikes. That itself is unusual as what do 99.9% riders do ? First check their bikes ! Insurance Fraud !!
True story...was walking my dog past my neighbor's house and noticed his HD on it's side, in his driveway, no less. Went over and picked his bike up for him (he didn't know how to lift a heavy bike), and he started telling me how he didn't have enough air in his tires, as though that causes tip overs. Since then, I've discovered what an asshole he is, and truly regret helping him out and having to listen to his nonsensical explanations.
It's not the bike, it's the rider. I've had a lot of bikes. My Harley can go around turns just fine. It's no sport bike of course and I don't do a lot of crazy shit on it, but the sides of my tires get plenty worn ;)
I've always done just fine on my Sportser, Super Glides, and now my Road King too. These two in the video don't seem to have much experience riding, otherwise they would not have rode off the edge of this road like they did.
That same shit happened to me. One minute I was watching easy rider, the next minute I was buying a hog. 2 weeks later I was tumbling down a small embankment. The good ol days.
Rider 1 “My Harley can do THIS!” Rider 2 “pffffft challenge accepted” Camera bike...just keep luggin the shit out of the bike don’t down shift or anything...
i was cursing cause it looked like another stupid video and then OHHHHHH just the most horriffic motorcycle mishap since evil jumped the fountain, that was just a MONSTER of a pothole, i think i saw twi trumpets and a duck stuck in that hole, and the dust and sand on that curve, whew! good thing those experienced riders were on bikes that they could control ffs
where are we ?.'' I do not know '' .. try picking up the bikes you dumb ass ..stop any leaks ..there is 6 of you , NO just stand around talking .. what a bunch of ass holes ... no one down around the turn for car traffic control .. ...
Roy Rodriguez probably because they're heavy and one of there riders is injured so the bike isn't really a priority it's off the road so not really a hazard
Roy Rodriguez if there is a leak it is illegal to move the bike before fire department arrives in some places. too heavy to risk trying to move them anyway
***** this video was funny, title and all, and the jackass kept saying i hit that hole? I played it back 50 times lol there is no hole, and the dude on the second bike was like wait a sec "you crashed"? Oh let me crash too" - "lemme give that a try" - " looks cool"
Really sad and I don't think either was an experienced rider. I saw no hole either. I ride a Harley - Street Glide and you definitely need to respect the weight of that type of bike. They both did a taboo thing of slowing to a crawl, then turning their wheels to a down grade and braking. With that type of weight, your one leg on the ground is not going to stop the bike from rolling over on it's side. If they intended to pull over or slow down, they needed to negotiate that curve at a much higher speed, and pull over on a straight away. Also, I see a lot of big Harley riders afraid to lean their bikes into a curve which is really bad. That might have caused the first rider to slow down too much and head to the side of the road. Don't know how long these people may have been riding but I believe this gave them a major gut check about respect for a motorcycle.
agreed, I see so many cruiser riders scared to lean their bikes. I must admit it took me a while to get used to leaning a big cruiser over but once you get the skill to do it you can really get some speed around corners.
Wow, well that was super awkward... what was that second guy thinking? He had his wife on the back and turned to look at his buddy and DOWN HE GOES! I actually don’t even know how that even happened, it was the slowest “crash” I think I’ve ever seen in my life.
this was a classic example of eye lock... you go where you are fixated on. Instead of fixating on a safe reference point ahead of him, the First guy looked down and the uphill decreasing radius which is a trickier situation to be in when riding.
I rarely laugh at TH-cam videos but this one had me literally laughing out loud. First off, I have no idea what hole the guy was talking about. Looks like he just drove right off the edge to me. But it’s the second guy that was hilarious. It’s like he saw his friend crash and then purposely crashed himself in an effort to make his buddy feel better. I mean, he just drives right into the ditch for no apparent reason.
midas61 they should stick to the straight flat roads until they get better at riding at least these 2 appear to be fairly inexperienced and need to get more familiar with how their bikes handle before taking roads like these
Law enforcement is actually a good idea because they can properly direct traffic so some jack wagon coming around the corner at full speed on their phone doesn’t hit them or their bikes (Or the tow truck). So while no one was seriously hurt and no crime was committed, calling 911 potentially prevents something worse happening...
This is just the beginning of the authentic Harley experience for people that don't know how to ride a big bike! Ya know...the experience the dealers won't tell you about. I have a 47 yr old friend who bought a Harley as a first bike. Talked shit about he and his Harley for 5 yrs, then suddenly stopped. I then noted that he no longer had a bike. Never said he sold it so I'm pretty sure he wrecked it.
I agree that was pathetic, however, I think I see why the first guy crashed. There is a ton of gravel in that corner as evident by the car spinning it’s tires in it at 3:50. My guess is that he saw the gravel and panicked and that caused him to hit the brakes or swerve or something. But yeah there is no “hole” lol
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 literally laughing out loud😂😂😂😂😂! The first fall I can kind of understand but the seconds guy and pillion just see the fallen comrade and jump ship with them kamikaze style.
I've been riding ALL OF MY LIFE! I swear it never ceases to amaze me how there are so many people out there with EXPENSIVE machinery and simply do NOT know how to really ride safe. This is a classic example.
So you think these skill-less riders should continue?? They should be on 300-450lb motorcycles on less challenging roads and ZERO riders with that skill set.
The tires were slipping on the pile of sand. Likely this is what caused the crash, a bit of slip in turn, overcorrecting without enough speed to maintain control, and down they went.
That was my guess...and maybe with a bit of Smoothbassman theory thrown in...but I had to watch and listen over and over. A booby trap for deckers. Sand, sharp upwards right hander, and or missed shift (but I sincerely hope no one would shift at that particular spot) and down ya go.
I have driven that road many times. If there is any moisture on the road you can find yourself sliding around even on 4 wheels. Very steep and blind corner.
Our roads in Pennsylvania are like this,you can't see how bad they are until you're actually on top of it.This is one of the reasons I ride on the left side of the lane. Years ago,I witnessed this same thing happen while on a charity ride.That was the last group ride for me.
Road bad all over down here in NC. The center of your lane is bumpy and raised up and will rattle your teeth out , and that tar they put in to seal the cracks up with is dangerous. It shook my flaring so bad that it broke my big speaker magnet off the speaker. I had a couple of flat tires on the rear, people leave everything on the roads, never plug them like you do a car tire, it will get you home slow but no good, I had 3 plugs in the rear tire, the biggest hole I plugged with a strip plug that you put in and pull back out, going over the rough road in the center of your lane and doing about 70 mph and boom, that plug blew out of the tire ,made a racket when it coame out, and you are flat real fast and you will know it when the bike gets real unstable . LOL I had to get a tube in it, they wanted to put a new tire on it for me, and I said that is a 250 dollar new tire there you just put on for me, so put a tube in it !!! Still going but don't trust that tube either.
Riding for many years, at 64yrs old I can't figure out why these old guys insist on riding these big heavy bikes. I have ridden everything up to 1100cc sportbikes. Not as strong as I used to be, now I ride a Kawasaki Z650. At just over 400lbs, it has all the performance that I need. My feet can touch the ground, and I can pick it up if it goes down.
When the car spun its wheels to get moving, you could see how steep the incline of the curve was. This doesn't really show up on video (the steepness). I'll bet the HD riders were not looking ahead into the corner like you should and in way to high a gear - like 3rd. This would be a 1st gear hill on those bikes. They started to stall out and down they went. An experienced rider would have downshifted well ahead of time or even slipped the clutch if necessary to keep the RPMs up - which is a basic dirt riding skill.
Exactly correct and that is why everyone should start out learning to ride in the woods on a dirt bike. I learned a lot of skill on a dirt bike as a kid.
Harley baggers are NOT performance bikes, when pushed over their marginal limits this is what happens, add a passenger and you've doubled your chances of a road rash!!!
My guess is that he was in a pretty tall gear off the straightaway and didn't downshift into a low enough gear. He hit the turn slow, leaned a little, and didn't have enough torque to pull him through it. That's a lot of iron to keep upright when you aren't rolling.
And the second guy? You got it right, a lot of iron that has no place on a motorcycle. Nobody uses it except Harley garbage like this. Even at pathetically low speeds the bicycle frames made of waterpipe flexes, the ridiculous, ancient engine from the first world war shakes and chokes with the rear cylinder 60 degrees hotter than the front and designed by idiots. These clowns do not belong on any kind of motorcycle.
Hole in the road my butt. This is what happens when you are 45+ and decide you want to be a biker and start out with a 1000 lb bike. I've been on street bikes for 40 years now and I always tell people that want to start riding at that age don't do it or take the riding course and start with a small bike.
prowlman Yes, I took the msf course and am now riding a Vulcan 500. Great bike to ride at 73 y/o. Have ridden it almost every day for several months and practice, too not just ride. May move up just a little bigger because am a little cramped on it.
I ride a Yamaha 1700 and love it my hateful friends! I guess you sportbikers are perfect riders going 130 mph on the busy hi-ways-talk about stupid! Listen and learn this could happen to any biker including you!
Very true! My top heavy CX650E was bought by such guy despite me advising him not to. He called me later that day saying the bike is great, although he dropped it already when parking in front of his house. And than again when trying to get into his garage.. Poor CX :(
with all those people there, they could have picked up the bikes and got it back on the road. if it wasn't any major damage they could have kept riding. at least that's what I would have done.
--- neither of those skwerls needed to be back on a bike - guarantee they both sold within the week ( or at least put a sign on it ) and neither ever rode again.
I own a Harley and I'm still trying to figure out how they did it. The second guy was a total fuck up.
old man buys harley to feel young has no road experience
To feel young? I think young people prefer sports bikes.
It was a sympathy crash so his friend didn't feel like an idiot. When you drive a house on wheels you better know how to handle it. I didn't see the first guy even go over and check on the 2nd rider, who only had the accident because he stopped to check on him!
53patsfan lol
+Johnny Longstroke Looks like the lead Harley rider hit the two areas where the asphalt is worn off which caused him to turn into the gravel and eventually run off the road. The second Harley rider rode past the first one as he went off the cliff. My assumption is he was looking back at his friend. Aas any rider knows, you go where you look. So since he was looking down to the right that's where he went.
That’s a true friend, dumps his bike so you don’t feel bad. Maybe the first guy was his boss. Haha 😂
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Actually he was jealous that his friend fell
There is something called riding too slow around a corner !! I can't believe how bad these riders were that went over. Unbelievable. They should leave their bikes down there - because they don't belong on the road !!
hahaha agreed. Maybe they should get bikes that don't weight half a ton, will probably make cornering easier
papa bless No, if you can't handle a Harley then a performance bike will kill them another way. Its physics they don't understand, not the bike.
Nah - I can ride the twisties on my 500kg Thunderbird quite well thanks - but then I'm used to it. An anecdote - I was following a packs of HD's (me in a car) up the road to Dante's Peak in Death Valley. Most were dressers ridden by accountants with the full HD branded outfits. (I'm an accountant as well so no disrespect just because of that). Well bugger me but an electra glide on a tight RH corner went belly up. This was probably the first time this tosser had gotten off the interstate - ever. There was nothing particularly tricky about the corner other than being tight & uphill. Oh well - his outing ended on a bit of a downer but no one was hurt.
You slow down like that on a turn while failing to keep your eyes way in front of you, this is what happens Can happen in just a second or two and you are over the hill , once you run off the edge of the road, you are usually in deep troblem than.
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Mom: “If your friends jump off a cliff, are you gonna jump too?”
Bike guy: “First of all mom, it’s a ditch....”
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me- yes mom- i would in order to save my friend.
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First, you need an actual cliff..
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I used to work at a Harley Dealership. So many people came in a bought bikes they had no business riding. This is a classic example of no skill riders on 900lb motorcycles.
You´re right this is the case, every one here is saying this and that but the truth is they didn´t have the experiencie in handling the weight of the bike, i clearly see that the second pilot saw his buddy falling and then he proceed to help him miscalculating the side of the road thinking it was wise to stop the bike there with no space for that, gravity did the trick.
Or skilled riders getting complacent. Either way. 🤷♂️
Better to start with a smaller bike and then upgrade...It should be mandatory
The hole in the road! It was a rice krispie. I saw it happen
Like here in Australia They got a bike licence at 17 yrs old & rode for a year then quit then retire at 65 & buy the biggest bike they can with a trailer & overweight wife on the back to tour around the country terrorising all other road users
😂😂😂 That was the dumbest crash I've seen in a while I'm still laughing. It looked like it was in slow motion almost ha ha ha. I'm glad everyone is ok.
One, funny. Two, hilarious!
bahahhhahahh what muppets
I’m glad all are well, but man, that was a good laugh! Like some puppets being dumped in a ditch, lolol
Everything you do on a Harley looks like it's in slow motion.
It was in slow motion. It was so slow that a breeze would have tipped him over the other side.
Second Rider "fuck you, I'm not letting you get all the sympathy."
Richard Neal Herd mentality, possibly. Try not to make the same mistake .I ride alone, maybe one other who I know well.
roadking99 jokerst very good point !
You've heard of the "Wild Hogs" now you've met the "Ground Hogs"
Genetics.
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Jackasses riding junk piles
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And it was at this very moment that Herbert realized he really should have bought that Vespa
Ohh, the same one you have??
@@leeknievel748 yeah the one I borrowed from your mom
I don’t think a Vespa would have made a difference. The problem is two wheels! Maybe they should consider a slingshot! LMFAO
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Herb can crash them all Bro .. Do not underestimate Herb.
In the U.K. that would be a top quality stretch of rural road. We routinely have 4" giant holes, torrential rain, and tar slip surfaced roads covered in farm slurry. Which makes for very slow motorcycling. Outside of summer, I frequently pull in and wave by slow moving cars. Which is possibly a reason why I've survived 52 years of biking.
How is that even possible? I've been riding for 20 years. I know Harley riders tend to panic when sport bikes come up their arse, but... both of them? Crazy stuff. That was some of the worst riding skills I've seen. Wow.
thats why I put a minute before hand to show we didnt come haulin up behind them.
Oh... I didn't mean to imply you did anything wrong. You were perfectly courteous. (More so than I would have been :)) I just thought they were possibly trying to move over to let you pass. BTW... was there really a "hole in the road"? Nothing visible in the video.
I thought the same thing. That guy said (twice) he was trying to avoid "that hole in the road" and when the camera man swiveled his head around to find said hole, it did not appear to be there. Then he blamed that tiny patch of dust engrained into the road surface. I think they both just needed some riding experience before buying full dresser Harleys.
I can see what happened here he did not stay in a forward motion up the hill so when the bike stopped his foot could not touch the ground. What is strange is that she did the same thing. After a few of those you don't do that again. He might have something going on with his ribs but thank god there Ok
Two retired couples never owned a bike before and thought a 900 lb motorcycle would be a great first bike and might as well have the wife on the back while you learn to ride.
I am getting old and useless myself, but I would have to work really hard to achieve this standard of stupidity.
That's for sure. Back to lessons for those two methinks.
Some people are just natural overachievers
Basic rule of motorcycles - look where you want it to go - because it goes where you're looking!!
CUTE, but not really true!
@@TH-cam.TOM.A It is. Target fixation is a thing, especially on a bike in a turn
@@user-re1uj7zt9m Target fixation is real but i think that It should not be overemphasized. The average motorcyclist scans left and right as a normal reaction to the environment [ even in a turn ]. In order to operate a motorcycle safely there need to be, situational awareness, presence of mind, and division of attention. a lapse in concentration [ or fear ] can cause fixation more as a natural response [ and yes ! i do ride ]
@@user-re1uj7zt9m Wet patches on road, speed, loss of traction, uneven road surface on a turn. a lot of factors to unpack here.
@@TH-cam.TOM.A All of the above are negated by a rider looking ahead at where he is going and concentrating on the road ahead. That guy on the lead bike that rode off the road second probably heard about his mate crashing, possibly via comms from his pillion, has looked around to the right and the bike has veered off to the right. Very amateurish/inexperienced riding.
I'm surprised they could even see them from the top of that...cliff. Why how they survived falling from such a height is truly a miracle
😅😅😅
The first dumper failed to negotiate the bank of the curve and was going to slow and not counter balancing which caused his heavy bike to basically just roll down the hill. Unfortunately the road wasn't there. The second dumpers both turned their heads to look at the first dumper and your motorcycle goes where your head(s) goes so there it went.
Yep that's the way I see it.
Yeah true. Both riders seem to not have much control haha
Looked to me like they were both 3 sheets to the wind.
It takes enormous skill to be able to crash where they did. I am still at a loss to understand how they managed, and I have been riding a bike for forty plus years!
So true! WTF!
I'm back here because someone responded to my post from years ago, but I totally get your point. However having just come back from a long tour on my BMW that included a lot of tight steep switch back roads, one issue that led to this might have been how slow you have to corner a big cruiser like these Harleys to not touch anything down, with their lack of clearance, you do have to use quite a bit of lean angle. The super slow speed they took the corner at led to the instability that in the end caused the mishap combined with a lack of basic skills.
@@fiveowaf454 who knows - you might be spot on. For what it's worth, I have watched the video a couple more times and it seems the first rider to go down was travelling very slowly and also very close to the apex, and it could be that in an effort to balance and gain stability he accelerated off the road. The second rider appeared to want to stop and help his friend out and rode into the apex to stop but realised too late that there wasn't any space to put his feet down. Whatever the cause, both crashed look like beginners errors to me.
@@MartinKillips A lack of confidence and therefore low speed is definitely a major factor in the outcome, it makes the relatively simple task of turning the corner so much more difficult and with more speed the rider in front wouldn't have seen his friend fall until he was well past the corner. Having said that I still feel bad for them, there's nothing funny about a fall even if it's only the bikes taking a hit.
You can't really see what sent the first one over but the second one was looking back over his shoulder at his buddy going off the side. Your hands follow your eyes so he went right over too.
wtf did I just see
If you ever discover that let me know it.
I was in such a weird state after watching that video that I laughed so hard at your comment
It's a slow mow crash X2
It's that time of the week when I need cheering up a bit and this never fails to delight . " I hit that hole " 🤣🤣🤣
😁
That hole never stopped, it left the scene
Lmao
😂🤣😂🤣😂
LOL. Yeah, I'm like where's the hole they were talking about, ha!
Apparently the hole took that corner better than they did.
😂😂😂
Let this be a warning to all bikers ...LOOK OUT FOR INVISIBLE HOLES IN THE ROAD !!!
Yes those invisible holes can jump right out on front of you, when you least expect it.
I get your humour.. invisible holes lol. ha ha ha 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 yeah man .. they never hit any hole in the road at all just an excuse
Not holes but there are grooves 😂🤣
@@gottas33 There is a groove in my ass but it does not mean that I will slide off the toilet seat. No, the invisible pot holes definitely got them. When those lazy fat arsed old Harley's are going over there aint no body can stop em.
Gremlin Bell !! No holes in my path.. :-)
Are you sure you know what a cliff is? O.o
its a texas cliff lol
On which road?
24700 hamilton pool road
Thank you! I knew that looked familiar, but I've only ever ridden it the other direction.
It is 173k views of click bait lol
As one who rode four different Harleys 140K over a period of 12 years, I'd say over a cliff is a great final resting place. Just walk away and leave it.
Many years and miles ago I would have never agreed with you. I had many Harleys including two jockey shifts. Sold my bikes when finances were tough. When I got back to riding again, Harleys we’re out of my price range. Bought a 2006 Suzuki Boulevard V twin and never looked back. Totally wonderful, reliable modern feature bike. Have ridden from FL to WV, comfortable, plenty of power and easy on fuel. Live and learn folks.
@@UncaDave In 2013, I rode my bike from CA on a mission to 'bag' the 13 states I had never previously been in, ALL of them east of the MS River.....first stop, Key West.
I once had a good friend who lived in WV, so I made it a point to check out the New River
Bridge, near where he had lived, but prior to the bridge being built....and was actually the river the movie "Deliverance" was filmed on. I actually ended up spending two nights there, as I had to have a front tire replaced and the shop had to order it.
For decades, I wouldn't even look at a bike if it weren't a Harley. Then one day, in 1970, my brother in law rode into my driveway on a brand new Honda 750. First time I ever really looked at a Honda and gave it a look-over. He didn't have to ask me twice if I wanted to take it for a ride. I was just reovering from an expensive move out of state for a job which hadn't worked out, bouth a house and didn't have much spare money, but bought a Honda 350 twin just to have something to ride to work and gradually worked up to a 750.
I am now looking at 82 and toying with quitting riding while I'm ahead. However, I have a good friend I met while on that trip and he is right now, considering riding from VA to the west coast, and should he actually do that, I couldn't let him ride all the way here and not show him Highway 1 south of Big Sur along the ocean or Alice's Restaurant, could I? BHE
@@blackholeentry3489 Good for you Black Hole! Glad you have had ad some good putts. The New River Bridge is beautiful and especially the New River. I watched it being built. Quite an engineering feat. I still white water but do it mostly on the Gauley River. Ride as long as you are able and keep the rubber side down!👍🏻
@@UncaDave OK, Dave.....I plead ignorance.....WHAT is a jockey shift?
I owned a total of four Harleys....the 1st a '46' 61 cu in. (Back then I didn't know a 61 was 1000cc) I had actually convinced myself I was raising two sons and it was time to start acting more responsibly....and sold my last Harley in '68.
About a year later, my BIL came riding into my yard on a brand new '69' Honda 750. I took it for a short ride and all of a sudden I was riding again and have ever since. I currently have two Honda ST 1100's.
@@blackholeentry3489 A jockey shift is where the cable or linkage is removed that is used to change gears in the transmission and is replaced with a lever to then shift gears with your left hand. Yep, your hand comes off the handlebar to shift. Pretty crazy stuff! Look at an old panhead as the shifter was a linkage thing on the left side of the tank. Guys would customize their bikes and remove it. Looks cool though. Depending on the set up, you replace the hand clutch on the left grip with a foot clutch and linkage on the left side. I had a shovelhead with the foot clutch on the left side best I remember and also had a panhead with a foot clutch. Now that was tricky because coming to a stop the left foot is holding the clutch in and the right the foot brake and your left hand is operating the shifter. As you come to a stop you apply the right hand brake and thus are able to put you right foot down on the ground. Then you had to get the tranny in neutral with your shifter hand while still clutching in order to put both feet on the ground. It was a handful! My panhead sat on a Gary Bang rigid frame, no rear shock, a notable frame guy of times past, had a slight rake to the front wheel which had a spoke softail front wheel and a 180 tire in the rear and drag bars for handle bars. It had kick start too of course. That is pretty tricky starting with the Bendix carburetor. It essentially was a bar bike as such and any putt over an hour either had your back out or you pissing blood from beating your kidneys to death. I did have two springs in my seat. I kept it for a few years till I luckily got that out of my system before I killed myself. This was many years ago and the left/right stuff is the best I can remember. Yes, Hondas are great bikes and I love my Suzuki too. My cuz has the new Gold Wing, amazing bike. You had some nice old bikes, collector stuff now. And I never owned the newer blockhead as was an old shovelhead guy. Wouldn’t mind having one now for just to have it but my Boulevard is definitely my cruiser. Guys like you and I at least have memories with these things unlike those that never rode. Had some great times and hopefully a few more before we put the kickstand down for the last time.
I hate it when holes jump out at you then disappear back into the woods without a care in the world!
911, what's your emergency?!.......Black Hog Down!!! Black Hog Down!!! Lol!
LoL 😂
movie reference , Black hawk down.@@theexpert8163
lmao thats just way to funny haha Take Care
WHATS < BLACK HAWK DOWN LOL > ?????
@Art Vandelay ONL;Y COMPLETE ASS-HOLES AND IDIOTS USE THE < L > TERM SO I CONGRATULATE U , ASS-HOLE/IDIOT !!!!
Atleast they can enjoy their Home-Entertainment-System on their bikes while they wait for the tow truck...
Been there, nothing better then pulling out a chair out of the saddle bags, a hat out of the tour pak, a drink out of the other saddle bag and being able to give the GPS coordinates to the tow truck while your taking to Harley Road side assistance because you broke the shift linkage rod and are stuck in 4th gear between to steep hills and can't down shift to make it over. 2 hrs waiting for the tow truck, 2 hrs getting the bike back to the dealer, $400 tow truck ride (which the also broke the ABS on the front tile since the driver strapped the bike in wrong), 30 mins waiting for a ride home from the brother, a Saturday wasted, an extended warranty and a first name bases with your HD mechanic...priceless.... Having the gear available for when things go wrong makes it all worth the big bike, bring on the storm, got gear for that, bring on the cold, got gear for that, bring on the sunny day stranded on the side of the road, yep got gear for that too. Best of all I can ride for hours or weeks (when the bike is running of course). Love what you ride and ride what you love.
Need no. Two wheel and and engine is the need. A naked bike has its time and place: ninja suit and 30 mins of mind blowing speed or 10 mins between bars. But now that I don't try to kill myself every time (some is expected) I ride and no longer hate my liver and need at least 2 hrs of behind the bar time to get over my shit ass week, so I enjoy the music, the nav system, the drink, the place to have rain gear, being able to change my gear and helmet and even pull out a small camping chair when I find that overlook spot to stop and have a cigar.....Having a few luxuries in life make it easier to live without the necessities of life.
Edward Armstrong Agreed. I don't get it. At least a convertible would be cheaper and more reliable.
1) If you want to be happy for a day drink, if you want to be happy for a year get married, if you want to be happy for a life time ride...If you don't understand I cant help but might I suggest going to a bike dealer and have you throw a leg over what ever ride you like and look in the mirror at that smile that just crept across your face.
2) If you don't ride in the rain, well, then you just don't ride. Life happens have the gear for it.
BigBlue Glide Crike you have more euphemisms than Bill Cosby. When you're 'riding' a couch on wheels and can't feel the road or elements while screwing with every option under the sun it kind of kills the idea of a bike. Maybe I just don't get it as I'd rather test my skill and mettle on a forestry road than asleep on a highway.
I can't help but laugh when the second bike went down. That was some funny shi*t!!!
Thank god for helmet cams!!! Couldn't stop laughing for at least an hour!
And nobody would have ever believed it if it didn't get recorded! 🤣🤣🤣
5 years later and I still laugh out loud, especially at some of the comments...
Luckily there wasn't 20 Harley riders. They;d have filled up that ravine stacked two deep.
W Zen now that’s funny! And true...
haha!
It happened outside of Austin Texas..... I wonder if that was during ROT Rally.... seems every year or so these weekend riders come into town and a few die.
Hahahaha.. a sea of MAGA hats in the bushes.
lol
please post this again with Benny Hill music!!
magna116; perfect.
Lol
AGREED
LMAO
@@shaleknight6224 that spot on Laa Laa La Laaa Laaaaa He He He....
Both GPS said Turn right in 10ft.
Looks like he was at the steepest part of crown and then gravity took over. I've been in those situations and slowing down is the worst thing to do. The throttle is your friend.
Reminds me of the fainting goats.
lol
christian sendra lol
Indeed it did. Haaaaaahaaaaa thats mean...haaaaaaaaaha
Bet those bikes went straight to auction. I hit that hole panicked like a girl .I think I pooped. Where are we.?......sooo sad
Bigwoo
Teamwork
I'm going with Target Fixation. I suspect they were both equally inexperienced. Instead of waiting for a straight stretch to slow down, right signal on, and slow down, they decided to stop. Both looked right the side of the road and they followed their eyes over the edge. Experienced riders can shoulder check and look around and maintain a straight line with no problem. For inexperienced riders, those things can be a bit of a challenge as simple as they seem to many of us.
Maybe the passenger Was grabbing him by the balls 😂
*I not usualy harsh but even i gotta admit that was pretty pathetic riding skills*
Night Rider these people are obviously trying to scam a lawsuit against the city or insurance company
What riding skills...!
Good human be happy. Dammmm thats exactly what i was thinking ! Insurance scammers. Rich people unhappy with their bikes, and because they cant just take it back to walmart, they blatantly ride off a road. Just watch. They deliberately turned into that ditch. Then make instant false police reports. (Riders Down)
You can see it all unfold. NOT ONCE did they show concern for their bikes. That itself is unusual as what do 99.9% riders do ? First check their bikes !
Insurance Fraud !!
sheldon murphy. No just plain stupid
I think it was a very steep hill and old legs that couldn't hold up the weight. If you notice a car spinned its tires trying to go up the hill.
I choked on my own spit when i seen that second Harley go rite upside down!! 🤣🤣
"I hit that hole in the road"
*Bike dude with go pro looks at road. There's no hole*
Well, it was really Bigfoot that ran out in front of him, but he didn't want to sound crazy.
True story...was walking my dog past my neighbor's house and noticed his HD on it's side, in his driveway, no less. Went over and picked his bike up for him (he didn't know how to lift a heavy bike), and he started telling me how he didn't have enough air in his tires, as though that causes tip overs. Since then, I've discovered what an asshole he is, and truly regret helping him out and having to listen to his nonsensical explanations.
@@richardmurray4370 Geez! What a nut. Everyone knows tipovers are caused by the gravitational effects of the moon! 😄
He was talking about the hole he was standing in lmao!
That hole looks like a righthandturn to me.
Looked like 5 year olds on the 1st day without training wheels. Dangerous and sad.
Well, everyone knows Harleys don't go around corners. Hang up your keys before you get really hurt.
It's not the bike, it's the rider. I've had a lot of bikes. My Harley can go around turns just fine. It's no sport bike of course and I don't do a lot of crazy shit on it, but the sides of my tires get plenty worn ;)
I've always done just fine on my Sportser, Super Glides, and now my Road King too. These two in the video don't seem to have much experience riding, otherwise they would not have rode off the edge of this road like they did.
Man, I'll take any corner as fast as anyone on my dyna, these guys just don't know how to ride. Quite hating on the Harley.
A Harley will go around any corner that a sport bike will go around. You just have sense enough to slow down for it.
why you lying.
That same shit happened to me. One minute I was watching easy rider, the next minute I was buying a hog. 2 weeks later I was tumbling down a small embankment. The good ol days.
How in the world do both riders manage to do exactly the same thing?
Target fixation bro, bikes didn't have ABS
what's strange is it was the one at the rear that fell first, then the one in front.
i thought ABS comes in action when your tyre is slipping. i don't see they slip.
theyre harley riders
majbach1968 I think that's traction control, and besides, you never brake taking the corner, you brake before the corner.
Rider 1 “My Harley can do THIS!”
Rider 2 “pffffft challenge accepted”
Camera bike...just keep luggin the shit out of the bike don’t down shift or anything...
CTFU ,!!
I was thinking the same about the lugging! Lol!
@@butteredbiskit3497 rod problems in a few months...
That's what Hardly's riders is all about.
Watching the tandem "time for a nap" fall overs had me laughing, but reading all the comments killed me!!
This is actually funny as hell.
As long as no one was hurt badly.
Shouldn't laugh..but I did
i was cursing cause it looked like another stupid video and then OHHHHHH just the most horriffic motorcycle mishap since evil jumped the fountain, that was just a MONSTER of a pothole, i think i saw twi trumpets and a duck stuck in that hole, and the dust and sand on that curve, whew! good thing those experienced riders were on bikes that they could control ffs
@@jjjjjjhhhhhlllllllllllll7982 I'm guilty, as well. Time for another confession session at church...
Turn those big boy bikes in for a couple honda Groms !
Groms would be a little much for these guys. I'm thinking maybe some bone stock Honda metropolitans. Lmao.
where are we ?.'' I do not know '' .. try picking up the bikes you dumb ass ..stop any leaks ..there is 6 of you , NO just stand around talking .. what a bunch of ass holes ... no one down around the turn for car traffic control .. ...
Roy Rodriguez C'mon man- they're Hardleys! They need a crane.
ya you are right sorry relook showed the type of fools ..they are .. why do these people even get on a motorcycle for gods sake
Roy Rodriguez probably because they're heavy and one of there riders is injured so the bike isn't really a priority it's off the road so not really a hazard
Roy Rodriguez if there is a leak it is illegal to move the bike before fire department arrives in some places. too heavy to risk trying to move them anyway
Oh you crashed...hang on a sec and I'll crash too!
Dirt Farmer lmao
Lmao....
***** this video was funny, title and all, and the jackass kept saying i hit that hole? I played it back 50 times lol there is no hole, and the dude on the second bike was like wait a sec "you crashed"? Oh let me crash too" - "lemme give that a try" - " looks cool"
Really sad and I don't think either was an experienced rider. I saw no hole either. I ride a Harley - Street Glide and you definitely need to respect the weight of that type of bike. They both did a taboo thing of slowing to a crawl, then turning their wheels to a down grade and braking. With that type of weight, your one leg on the ground is not going to stop the bike from rolling over on it's side. If they intended to pull over or slow down, they needed to negotiate that curve at a much higher speed, and pull over on a straight away. Also, I see a lot of big Harley riders afraid to lean their bikes into a curve which is really bad. That might have caused the first rider to slow down too much and head to the side of the road. Don't know how long these people may have been riding but I believe this gave them a major gut check about respect for a motorcycle.
agreed, I see so many cruiser riders scared to lean their bikes. I must admit it took me a while to get used to leaning a big cruiser over but once you get the skill to do it you can really get some speed around corners.
Wow, well that was super awkward... what was that second guy thinking? He had his wife on the back and turned to look at his buddy and DOWN HE GOES! I actually don’t even know how that even happened, it was the slowest “crash” I think I’ve ever seen in my life.
this was a classic example of eye lock... you go where you are fixated on.
Instead of fixating on a safe reference point ahead of him, the First guy looked down and the uphill decreasing radius which is a trickier situation to be in when riding.
So why didn't the frist rider just continue? Why did he turn the handlebars to the right???
Because he was looking back at, and mesmerized by, his buddy going in the ditch. Look over right shoulder equals turn right.
I hate decreasing radius turns.
I rarely laugh at TH-cam videos but this one had me literally laughing out loud. First off, I have no idea what hole the guy was talking about. Looks like he just drove right off the edge to me. But it’s the second guy that was hilarious. It’s like he saw his friend crash and then purposely crashed himself in an effort to make his buddy feel better. I mean, he just drives right into the ditch for no apparent reason.
The hole and the cliff? I'm so confused! Lol
@@kman2220z When did I mention a cliff?
@@kman2220 "The Needle & the Damage Done..."
lmao, had to blame something other than his inexperience
Just typical HD riders.
The second rider just turned right into the gully, WTF?
Just stick to the "" Genuine HD "" jacket... LOL
That's not a cliff, that's a creek/wash at best
Some people just shouldn't ride bikes......And here we have two of em.
midas61 they should stick to the straight flat roads until they get better at riding at least these 2 appear to be fairly inexperienced and need to get more familiar with how their bikes handle before taking roads like these
exactly!
midas61 nailed it. 'Hole in the road'. Must have had a trampoline in it...
Where's the cliff?? and ringing 911 for something that's not an emergency, just ring a tow truck and a riding instructor...
Two rookies fall into a 8 foot shoulder drop off. Don’t see any “riders”, or “cliff”.
Law enforcement is actually a good idea because they can properly direct traffic so some jack wagon coming around the corner at full speed on their phone doesn’t hit them or their bikes (Or the tow truck). So while no one was seriously hurt and no crime was committed, calling 911 potentially prevents something worse happening...
@@thecoolerking_6353 yep I'm the jack wagon because that precious corner deserves knee dragging
Read the description, there's a rider under one of the bikes
This is just the beginning of the authentic Harley experience for people that don't know how to ride a big bike! Ya know...the experience the dealers won't tell you about.
I have a 47 yr old friend who bought a Harley as a first bike. Talked shit about he and his Harley for 5 yrs, then suddenly stopped. I then noted that he no longer had a bike. Never said he sold it so I'm pretty sure he wrecked it.
"I hit that hole."
"I hit that hole in the road."
Someone came by and filled that hole after you hit it.
Exactly! There wasn't no hole there. He just can't ride. Neither of them can.
😂😂😂😂😂😂
This was brought to you by don't know how to ride RUBs the experts at crashing a bike.
I agree that was pathetic, however, I think I see why the first guy crashed. There is a ton of gravel in that corner as evident by the car spinning it’s tires in it at 3:50. My guess is that he saw the gravel and panicked and that caused him to hit the brakes or swerve or something. But yeah there is no “hole” lol
the Ghostholes 👍🏻🙈🙈😂😂😂😂😂
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 literally laughing out loud😂😂😂😂😂! The first fall I can kind of understand but the seconds guy and pillion just see the fallen comrade and jump ship with them kamikaze style.
StreetBobberVlogger hahahahahaha exactly
Baz Bazdad bloody hilarious 😂👌
WFT !! Harley Davidson Riders support each other's hahahaha
Hahahahahahahahahaha. Man this comment made my day.
No, the second driver wanted just to stop, but found inside of the street no ground for his right foot.
"Donny just went off this cliff, hold on Honey, here we go."
hahahaha
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Lucky to be alive with a moose like that rolling over on you. Never pull over on a off camber curve.
It’s not off camber. What are you talking about?
Watch out for that hole in the road! It's invisible!
I THINK HE MEANT THAT DIP IN THE ROAD!!
Until you've had more than a six-pack, then it jumps right up at. you.
The second Harley bike dishonored his family and committed harakiri.
Do you mean HarryBozo?????
It is called Seppuku
@@flyingdog1498 Hey, both are acceptable first off. And at least I didn't spell it 'harikari' like some.
Larry the lemming.
@@dylanmorrison8543 I think you ment sudoku.
ran out of talent. just because you can afford to ride a geezer glide doesn't mean you should.
Pillion : "Hey honey, Dave has found a good spot for a picnic, should we not follow him?"
Lost balance and tipped over, not drove off a cliff. Glad they survived. Speed is stability, needed to throttle up.
I've been riding ALL OF MY LIFE! I swear it never ceases to amaze me how there are so many people out there with EXPENSIVE machinery and simply do NOT know how to really ride safe. This is a classic example.
How to ride safe? You mean ride at all! LOL
Rode your Harley straight out of moms and cleaned all the baby goo off your mustache? 😉
@@wakkaflakkadown his mom probably gave birth to him on a Harley.
Never make your first bike your dream bike!
Give him a break. He hit that hole in the road 😂
Geez guys........take your freekin time ! Why are they letting all the Oil run out ? Turn those bikes over already !
I would say they are waiting for the lifting crane, one lady on the phone there calling in the "emergency"
I was thinking the same thing, hell you have help there, stand them bikes up and get out of the damn ditch and keep riding...
So you think these skill-less riders should continue?? They should be on 300-450lb motorcycles on less challenging roads and ZERO riders with that skill set.
Probably rentals.
Strange, Harley's are renowned for being excellent in the corners
Yeah, right ...
😂
Dam hole in the road story, and I am sticking to it....
The messed up part is the second guy just rode in for the hell of it he just wanted to follow his buddy
That was his wife.. 😂
The "Leming Effect"...
That's what HD riders do. They're retarded.
I posit the second guy went down for the season, inept, inexperienced compounded by inattention!
I feel like I just watched a toddler fall asleep while standing....
...then fall on his face.
lol
I said I don't find humor when anyone goes down... but that's exactly how it looked.
(trying not to smile:-)
"Harley Davidson owners ride off cliff..." Kind of a metaphor for the Harley Davidson company, LOL.
That car skidding off at 3:50 - the hill must be quite steep, caught those 2 heavy bike off guard in the hairpin.
remytv agreed missed that downshift and was caught off guard trying to pull that hill. probably stalled it.
The tires were slipping on the pile of sand. Likely this is what caused the crash, a bit of slip in turn, overcorrecting without enough speed to maintain control, and down they went.
That was my guess...and maybe with a bit of Smoothbassman theory thrown in...but I had to watch and listen over and over. A booby trap for deckers. Sand, sharp upwards right hander, and or missed shift (but I sincerely hope no one would shift at that particular spot) and down ya go.
I have driven that road many times. If there is any moisture on the road you can find yourself sliding around even on 4 wheels. Very steep and blind corner.
That is a prime example of how your arms follow the movement of your head.
Sure, perfect example.
How is this possible??? She had her previously owned eBay HD jacket on.
i think you spotted the real, basic cause of the problemo..................
I come back to this every six months or so. Still can’t figure out exactly what happened. Was the second rider pinned under his bike?
These guys should not be on a motorcycle LOL...perfect candidates for some gay CanAm action...
Usually people go off the outside of the corner, not fall off the inside because they were going too slow lol.
there's a big-ass magnet down there....
Chuck Beef I think Harley riders all drink and ride. That's the "secret Brotherhood" . That's why they always ride under the speed limit
Fucking brilliant! How? Just how?
???? lol
yep too slow and stalled then the angle of the road did the rest
Perfect example of "You go where you look" Glad nobody was hurt bad. Dismount was an 8.5 :)
Our roads in Pennsylvania are like this,you can't see how bad they are until you're actually on top of it.This is one of the reasons I ride on the left side of the lane. Years ago,I witnessed this same thing happen while on a charity ride.That was the last group ride for me.
Road bad all over down here in NC. The center of your lane is bumpy and raised up and will rattle your teeth out , and that tar they put in to seal the cracks up with is dangerous. It shook my flaring so bad that it broke my big speaker magnet off the speaker. I had a couple of flat tires on the rear, people leave everything on the roads, never plug them like you do a car tire, it will get you home slow but no good, I had 3 plugs in the rear tire, the biggest hole I plugged with a strip plug that you put in and pull back out, going over the rough road in the center of your lane and doing about 70 mph and boom, that plug blew out of the tire ,made a racket when it coame out, and you are flat real fast and you will know it when the bike gets real unstable . LOL I had to get a tube in it, they wanted to put a new tire on it for me, and I said that is a 250 dollar new tire there you just put on for me, so put a tube in it !!! Still going but don't trust that tube either.
Old and out of shape, lets get a bike we can't handle.
LOL - I see a market to add a winch to these lard packed bikes.
zappatx moab mother of all bombs
Riding for many years, at 64yrs old I can't figure out why these old guys insist on riding these big heavy bikes. I have ridden everything up to 1100cc sportbikes. Not as strong as I used to be, now I ride a Kawasaki Z650. At just over 400lbs, it has all the performance that I need. My feet can touch the ground, and I can pick it up if it goes down.
That woman sounds like Hillary Clinton, so no sympathy
"cliff"
Somebody took the training wheels off a little too early
I have watched this 20 times and all I have to say is both of them should not be let on a motorcycle .
Just dreadful riding - too close to the edge and too slow on a big machine.
Funny tho; glad no one was hurt.
Wow i have never seen a cliff that big
We call them banks in New Zealand. I can't figure out why all those guys there couldn't get those bikes back up on the road.
Hello mate, may I feature it in my next moto video? Watermarked and linked to your channel of course.
When the car spun its wheels to get moving, you could see how steep the incline of the curve was. This doesn't really show up on video (the steepness). I'll bet the HD riders were not looking ahead into the corner like you should and in way to high a gear - like 3rd. This would be a 1st gear hill on those bikes. They started to stall out and down they went. An experienced rider would have downshifted well ahead of time or even slipped the clutch if necessary to keep the RPMs up - which is a basic dirt riding skill.
Made some videos riding my roadking on trails , the steepness never shows up.
What ever your trying to explain doesn’t matter. These dip shits shouldn’t be riding EVER!
Exactly correct and that is why everyone should start out learning to ride in the woods on a dirt bike. I learned a lot of skill on a dirt bike as a kid.
Harley baggers are NOT performance bikes, when pushed over their marginal limits this is what happens, add a passenger and you've doubled your chances of a road rash!!!
My guess is that he was in a pretty tall gear off the straightaway and didn't downshift into a low enough gear. He hit the turn slow, leaned a little, and didn't have enough torque to pull him through it. That's a lot of iron to keep upright when you aren't rolling.
And the second guy? You got it right, a lot of iron that has no place on a motorcycle. Nobody uses it except Harley garbage like this. Even at pathetically low speeds the bicycle frames made of waterpipe flexes, the ridiculous, ancient engine from the first world war shakes and chokes with the rear cylinder 60 degrees hotter than the front and designed by idiots. These clowns do not belong on any kind of motorcycle.
"I hit that hole in the road...I hit that hole in the road..."
What hole?
If all your friends rode off a "cliff", would you?
Honestly, I might. I have made stone-cold sane & sober riding errors before...
apparently..lol
Lemmings.
Hole in the road my butt. This is what happens when you are 45+ and decide you want to be a biker and start out with a 1000 lb bike. I've been on street bikes for 40 years now and I always tell people that want to start riding at that age don't do it or take the riding course and start with a small bike.
prowlman Yes, I took the msf course and am now riding a Vulcan 500. Great bike to ride at 73 y/o. Have ridden it almost every day for several months and practice, too not just ride. May move up just a little bigger because am a little cramped on it.
And what hole.
I ride a Yamaha 1700 and love it my hateful friends!
I guess you sportbikers are perfect riders going 130 mph on the busy hi-ways-talk about stupid!
Listen and learn this could happen to any biker including you!
Very true! My top heavy CX650E was bought by such guy despite me advising him not to. He called me later that day saying the bike is great, although he dropped it already when parking in front of his house. And than again when trying to get into his garage.. Poor CX :(
--- both of those clowns were in their 60s - otherwise, you are spot-on
at least they had their Harley jackets on
"Genuine" ones at that
Haha.
Ass over tea kettle.
Killer comment!. LMFAO!.
LMFAO
Those Harley riders didn't lose any cool points, They never had any to begin with👍
with all those people there, they could have picked up the bikes and got it back on the road. if it wasn't any major damage they could have kept riding. at least that's what I would have done.
Yea you may be right. I ride a 950-1000 pound bike and trying to lift it at that slope would be hard to do without a few young strong men to help.
Have to agree,Here in the UK,passing car drivers,bikers,passers bye etc,would have not hesitated to help,What's going on in the US.
--- neither of those skwerls needed to be back on a bike - guarantee they both sold within the week ( or at least put a sign on it ) and neither ever rode again.
Disaster didn't"strike. They fucked up!
Hardly a cliff more like steep slope or bank, prophetic riding skills they should get scooters.