You have to pay attention and always look out for potholes on the dragon… this is what I get for watching ppl ride and not paying attention to what I’m doing…..
It takes a level of character & humility to post a video like this. Anybody who's been watching this channel for a while knows you know that road. It goes to show it only takes a momentary lapse in focus to end up in the ditch, or worse,... off the edge. Really glad you're ok, brother.
Yes, you are right. I came for one of those typical straight ahead into the ditch videos because the rider has no clue. This incident was different, though. The road surface prior to the incident was obviously very rough, as the bike was sort of lifted when braking into the corner. This unsettled both chassis physically and rider mentally. He nearly got away and tried his best. Luckily there seem to be no injuries to the rider and i guess very little to the bike, as it looks to be a nice soft landing place.
That’s what I get for watching ppl ride instead of passing attention to what curves I’m on. One ridden the dragon so much, I’d like muscle memory to me, I don’t even think about the ride half the time, I just flow. I’m working on not watching riders beast, I’m paying attention to my lines now!
You have my respect for showing this video. A few observations. 1. It takes a humble person to show his own mistakes. 2. Good thing it was a ditch not a cliff. 3. I’m glad you’re ok.
I had a similar ditching at the Dragon on my RR when I encountered a truck across the line rounding a (blind) right at hard lean. It caused me to change my line rightwards suddenly and almost navigated the edge of the immediate left, but I ended up in the ditch leaves. No damage to me or the bike, but it was embarrassing. I could have made without the freakout arm tension from barely missing the truck in my lane and likely some target fixation. That's why we practice. BTW, landscape video works way better than portrait.
You’re lucky it happened where it did!! I live 20 mins from there and am up there all the time. I’ve seen dozens of people get hurt and a few die in all the years I’ve been going up there. Stay safe!!
I’ve been riding the dragon for over 20 years, I’ve seen ppl die, ppl get hurt, and I’ve had a couple close call. That why I told myself not to watch ppl ride, I need to stay focused on what curve I’m on and what I’m doing… i definitely try to stay safe out there. Even though I speed and go fast, I keep it very respectful out there.. thank you for your comment!👍🏽
You are a skilled rider. I am glad your skills allowed you to partially recover and avoid a more serious crash. Others have not been so lucky. The cautionary tale to take away is to remember the dragon is a public road, filled with unpredictable hazards: Cars Trucks Pedestrians Bicycles Animals Accident scenes Police Have fun on your street rides, but stay well within your skill limits on the street for your own safety. Save the high performance riding for track days. You have a lifetime of good riding still in front of you. Live long, prosper, and enjoy the ride.
I’m no youngster my friend, I have been blessed though, and I do go to the track… the dragon is a whole another kind of animal.. you have to google it.. I’ve been riding this road for 20 years and I hope the lord blessed me so I live to ride it for another 40+ years…. Yes the dragon is very dangerous and I’ve seen a lot out here… I know the risks very well… but I really appreciate the positive comment and being a troll!!! Thank you for watching!!!!🤘🏽👍🏽👍🏽
@@Antprilia. the dragon is on my bucket list. Locally, we have the Eagles Nest and Storm King Mountain, near West Point, here in NY. Similar riding conditions, but only a few miles. Great fun to ride, but it demands all of the rider's attention and respect. Thanks for sharing your video. Ride safe.
Yh but the dude spent most of the time repeating that he hit a pot hole. Instead of trying to sort his own bike out. Like his friends work for him. One friend even said about 🍃 being in the belly pan that may pose a fire risk, yet he didn't acknowledge this and continued to talk about how he went down.
Youre such a troll and you clearly don’t have a clue… the leaves were very damp, wasn’t anything catching on fire cornball!!! I couldn’t pull my bike out by myself, so yes I waited for other ppl to get there… duhhh….
I am glad you are okay. Wearing the proper gear adsorbed the contact with the ground. Awesome spin off the bike. Did the bike even get scratched? It looks like you went into a pillow of leaves? Stay safe.
Solid recovery and keeping it straight up as long as possible to scrub speed. +Ex points for stylish dismount +Ex points for fancy parking job. I was waiting for those leaves to catch fire under the bike...My RC 51 would have been a fireball in those leaves. imagine the disappointment you'd feel after you Ninja your way out of a serious wreck like that, only to have the dry leaves & bike burst into flames when you turn your back on em. Time 2 call that Gecko prick from Australia $!
What you said!!!! I was checking the leaves and looking where my exhaust was at. A bike caught a lot of the mountain on fire, I have a video dragon on fire!!! Omg… luckily the leaves were a lil damp!!!! 🙏🏽🤘🏽
You landed in a pile of chicken feathers, LOL Lucky you, i live in pain 24/7 from a bike crash i had 8 years ago. But it taught me nothing i was at 138mph between Blue Ridge and Elijay about 2 hours ago. Cheers
Believe me my friend, I’ve been F’ed up real bad in my years, I have soo many bad ones under my belt. Quite a few from being hit by vehicles …. I’ve been very blessed
Erstmal zum Glück nicht viel passiert ! Finde das Du echt ne gute Linie fährst , Respekt ! Das Schlagloch war brutal und Zuviel und trotzdem hast Du die Situation echt gut gemeistert ! Aber wenn man so auf Straßen fährt wie Wir ist das Risiko allgegenwärtig 🤷♂️ Freu mich das es gut ausgegangen ist für Dich und das Moped 💪 Lg ✌️
It’s my fault for getting so comfortable watching riders in from my of me, I wasn’t thinking or paying attention at all to the road… I know every curve pothole and crack out there, but I learned a valuable lesson not to pay attention to the riders as much as I did, focus on the road!!! But I really appreciate your positive comment and being a troll, much respect!!!🤘🏽👍🏽
Shake it off man. You did good. Motorcycles ain’t for everybody, because they will dump you and humiliate you when you least expect it, even after you have been riding for thirty years. That’s why we wear gear, and why we respect the guys who keep on riding.
Peccato per l'accaduto, l'importante è che non ti sia fatto male. Comunque hai una bella guida, liscia e non invadi mai l'altra corsia. Saluti da Bubi di Adria
I’m getting a lot of hate for my crossing the double yellows, but thank your for watching my video, deffrom waaay over there in Bubi of Adria!!!👍🏽👍🏽🤘🏽😃
Can you put a mic near the crankcase and use that for the audio. Either way, what matters is the footage and thanks to your skill you're one of the best on this website. Ride on
Some ppl want to hear me commentate, I rather just ride and not talk at all, but I try to give everybody what they want. I really appreciate you checking out my channel and thank you for your positive comment about my channel being a good one!!! I try to post even better content and I’m cool with constructive criticism!!!! Thank you again!!🤙🏽👍🏽🤘🏽
@@Antprilia. Oh yeah definitely don't need to hear commentary if you're not trynna do it. I'm just talking about the sound of the bike with less wind noise.
Picture this one that happened just last Sunday... Chatsworth Hwy from my house in Ellijay to Fort Mountain lookout. Just put new Rosso III's on the Fireblade the night before, so I'm being nice to em. I had my son finish putting the front wheel back on because I cut my hand on something. Didn't do a pre ride check before I left the house Sunday. I get to the lookout to turn around and have NO FRONT BRAKES BECAUSE BOTH CALIPERS FELL OFF RIGHT THERE!!! 💩
Firstly glad your ok. I know when you crash its the bike that you care about I have had many crashes.. looks like a small one. Just wanted to say I hope it gets sorted and love your videos.. you amd wristy need some sound effect videos like wristy mortal combat ones. Safe riding 🇺🇸 🇬🇧
I can’t be like max, I have to find my own way in this internet content creator stuff.. but I’m working on improving mg vids!!! Thank you for watching!!!!
It takes a level of character & humility to post a video like this. Anybody who's been watching this channel for a while knows you know that road. It goes to show it only takes a momentary lapse in focus to end up in the ditch, or worse,... off the edge. Really glad you're ok, brother.
Almost saved it!
Yes, you are right. I came for one of those typical straight ahead into the ditch videos because the rider has no clue. This incident was different, though. The road surface prior to the incident was obviously very rough, as the bike was sort of lifted when braking into the corner. This unsettled both chassis physically and rider mentally. He nearly got away and tried his best. Luckily there seem to be no injuries to the rider and i guess very little to the bike, as it looks to be a nice soft landing place.
That’s what I get for watching ppl ride instead of passing attention to what curves I’m on. One ridden the dragon so much, I’d like muscle memory to me, I don’t even think about the ride half the time, I just flow. I’m working on not watching riders beast, I’m paying attention to my lines now!
You guys running slicks
Love the way the boys take care of one another. Glad everyones safe. Laid it down gently brother
This was a great save. Good job on the brakes and keeping it upright. much better than it could have been, glad you and the bike are okay.
Glad ur alright!
That has to be one of the smoothest off's I've ever seen.
I read this before seeing it and you couldn’t be more right lol
You have my respect for showing this video. A few observations. 1. It takes a humble person to show his own mistakes. 2. Good thing it was a ditch not a cliff. 3. I’m glad you’re ok.
Bros and bikes to the rescue, aint nothing like it.
Great riding & even better save. Very well controlled. That rough patch on the road is every bikers nightmare.👏 👍
family is everything. Glad to see all your friends came and helped
Thats why they put those leaves there😂 good job man. Watch out for them damn potholes. Glad your good and the rsv4 too.
That’s was the most safest crash I ever watched. Glad to see rider and bike are okay
Man you laid her down in the perfect place. Whew!!! Glad ya good bro! Salute.
Thank you my guy!!!🤙🏽👍🏽🤘🏽
You pulled this off great, I'm glad you and Aprilia are fine, you can see at 7.14 how the hole threw you out of balance.
Should have had the Tuareg 660 for that adventure. One of the softest crashes I've seen though, so I'm glad you look to be ok.
About as good of a "crash" as one could ask for. Glad it wasn't worse!
Nice save Bro. Glad your alright!!
If you've gotta put her down that looks about as good as it gets
That’s awesome that everyone came to help you .❤team work
I had a similar ditching at the Dragon on my RR when I encountered a truck across the line rounding a (blind) right at hard lean. It caused me to change my line rightwards suddenly and almost navigated the edge of the immediate left, but I ended up in the ditch leaves. No damage to me or the bike, but it was embarrassing. I could have made without the freakout arm tension from barely missing the truck in my lane and likely some target fixation. That's why we practice.
BTW, landscape video works way better than portrait.
Lol the conversations with all the dudes that pulled up to help were awesome , this is a great video bro 😅
Met this guy in the dragon. He helped my friend who had an Aprilia too. My friend dropped it on the up hill leaving Deals. Very cool dude.
I’m grateful your ok ❤that was scary 😔.you can always get another bike .But we can’t get another you ❤stay safe buddy 😊
Damm that was a good safe the way you hit the hole I seen it and to save the bike you went straight in the bushes good safe ride safe dawg
Right into a sponge cake🤣😂😆. Glad you were all geared up and unhurt (physically).
Handled that like a boss, well done and respect 👊🏻
If he rode properly he wouldn't park it in ditch would he😂
That dismount though, like a commando or something 😂 Glad you're ok 👍🏻
😂🤣 thank you my guy!!!!
You’re lucky it happened where it did!! I live 20 mins from there and am up there all the time. I’ve seen dozens of people get hurt and a few die in all the years I’ve been going up there. Stay safe!!
I’ve been riding the dragon for over 20 years, I’ve seen ppl die, ppl get hurt, and I’ve had a couple close call. That why I told myself not to watch ppl ride, I need to stay focused on what curve I’m on and what I’m doing… i definitely try to stay safe out there. Even though I speed and go fast, I keep it very respectful out there.. thank you for your comment!👍🏽
Good job 👍
Beautiful tyres
Not gonna lie, as far as I can tell... You fell very gracefully. Glad you're ok!
Tx God everything is ok, you and the bike
Be safe bro 🙏🤗
Almost happened the same to me a few weeks ago, luckily I wasn't going as fast so I managed to break in time, it happens, you handled it well
Nice skills, you did good ride 🙌❤️. Glad you good 👍
Ant brother don’t you know that you can’t park there😂😂😂 love you brother good save tho
That pothole was brutal , unlucky man great ride
It can happen to anyone bro , glad you are okay and your bike is okay 👍
Great riding ! I almost had an off yesterday.
Nice get off 👏 Mine where never that nice. Nice soft place to land. God was watching over you 🙏🙌
That’s from years of practice, but the lord is definitely watching over me, he has for decades!!! I’m blessed!!! 🙏
Looking solid as usual...... well except of course when you parked it in the ditch lol stay safe bro
nice to see have a brotherhood :)
I’m glad your ok bro
Thank you!!🤙🏽👍🏽
Good to see you got away OK. Damn. Take it easy man ✌️
Phew that was extremely lucky. Glad that you and the bike are safe. The main thing is that you are ok 🏍😁
Thank you my friend!!!🤘🏽👍🏽🙂
That crack on the road man! Damn! Glad you are ok
Going to hard in the street 😅 5 second rule in the bike applied😂. Lesson learned😮
"What did you do J.R.?"😂
Damn potholes
Good u safe bruh, and luckily the leafs didn't start any fire .... Respect bruh 💯
I was making sure I didn’t start a forest fire!!! Omg!!
@@Antprilia. i was more worried about the bike 🙃 but of course anyway good for the Forrest too 🤞
Lucky save bro nice riding too 🤙
Fantastic save!!
Great ridding, i was wondering how you were going to go off! Lol
Jolie cabriole , pas de mal c’est l’essentiel ✌️👍
Your skills saves you :) Good job.
Hey Ant! Cool video! is it allowed to include this video in our next compilation? Credited as always!
8:08 haha I was like “thunbnail”. Glad you are ok Brother. 💯🫡
You are a skilled rider. I am glad your skills allowed you to partially recover and avoid a more serious crash.
Others have not been so lucky.
The cautionary tale to take away is to remember the dragon is a public road, filled with unpredictable hazards:
Cars
Trucks
Pedestrians
Bicycles
Animals
Accident scenes
Police
Have fun on your street rides, but stay well within your skill limits on the street for your own safety. Save the high performance riding for track days. You have a lifetime of good riding still in front of you. Live long, prosper, and enjoy the ride.
I’m no youngster my friend, I have been blessed though, and I do go to the track… the dragon is a whole another kind of animal.. you have to google it.. I’ve been riding this road for 20 years and I hope the lord blessed me so I live to ride it for another 40+ years…. Yes the dragon is very dangerous and I’ve seen a lot out here… I know the risks very well… but I really appreciate the positive comment and being a troll!!! Thank you for watching!!!!🤘🏽👍🏽👍🏽
@@Antprilia. the dragon is on my bucket list. Locally, we have the Eagles Nest and Storm King Mountain, near West Point, here in NY. Similar riding conditions, but only a few miles. Great fun to ride, but it demands all of the rider's attention and respect.
Thanks for sharing your video.
Ride safe.
Good save brother!
Nice little save
The dragon shows no favor buddy. Glad you're okay.
Thank God you are ok!
Amen 🙏🏽
Take a drink every time you hear “pothole “ 😂. That is definitely bad spot man. Glad it wasn’t any worse.
Pot hole!!!🤣😂
Good riding. Least all is still good!!
glade you were all right brother !!! looked like a great spot to talk to the leaves
Yes it was, couldn’t of happened any better!!!
Glad your alright I was literally talking to you right before this run
That’s what I get for watching my fellow rider beast and not paying attention to what curve I’m on!!!
Glad you are ok
😊very nice buddy s ...clean your bike after... 👌🙏 .... what do you do after a slide.... STAND UP....💪👍❗️❗️
All the the best for you buddy
Omg I’m so glad you’re ok. Don’t be hitting no more potholes my buddy
Hit your pothole😂
@@Antprilia. 😂😂😂 you need to stop by next time you’re literally on the road I stay on dork
Friends are literally on the ground checking the whole bike for damages.
That what we do!!!! We always help a fellow rider that went down!!! We leave no one behind!! Lol
Yh but the dude spent most of the time repeating that he hit a pot hole. Instead of trying to sort his own bike out. Like his friends work for him.
One friend even said about 🍃 being in the belly pan that may pose a fire risk, yet he didn't acknowledge this and continued to talk about how he went down.
Youre such a troll and you clearly don’t have a clue… the leaves were very damp, wasn’t anything catching on fire cornball!!! I couldn’t pull my bike out by myself, so yes I waited for other ppl to get there… duhhh….
It’s all just part of riding. Glad it ended pretty good for u. Keep beasting 👍
Yes it is, it can happen to any of us!!
Happy you both good mate 🙏🏻
You even fall like a pro! great video
I’ve been told a time or two, I’m a professional wrecker!!!!😂🤣😂
Good to see this wasn’t to serious! That same spot has thrown me off a time or 7 😂
A time or 7!!!😂😂😂🤣
Good save
It was Max's fault....Antprilia, I'll back ya up
😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤘🏽👍🏽
Sorry brother, safe rides!!
Damn it that couldn’t have went any better!
It’s a POTHOLE. I swear it’s the POTHOLE! I hit the POTHOLE!
Glad you’re all good man. Good save couldn’t have went down much softer than that. 👍🏽
No bigge Ant! Back to rippin👍
Couldn’t have asked for a better outcome. Well managed chaos.
Thank you!!’🤘🏽👍🏽
I am glad you are okay. Wearing the proper gear adsorbed the contact with the ground. Awesome spin off the bike. Did the bike even get scratched? It looks like you went into a pillow of leaves? Stay safe.
Bike only got 2 small scratches that should bud out! Yeah I got lucky there was a big pile of leaves in that ditch!!!
Solid recovery and keeping it straight up as long as possible to scrub speed. +Ex points for stylish dismount +Ex points for fancy parking job. I was waiting for those leaves to catch fire under the bike...My RC 51 would have been a fireball in those leaves. imagine the disappointment you'd feel after you Ninja your way out of a serious wreck like that, only to have the dry leaves & bike burst into flames when you turn your back on em. Time 2 call that Gecko prick from Australia $!
What you said!!!! I was checking the leaves and looking where my exhaust was at. A bike caught a lot of the mountain on fire, I have a video dragon on fire!!! Omg… luckily the leaves were a lil damp!!!! 🙏🏽🤘🏽
Nice save
good job was good the save time
You got good homies
Nice tuck & roll.
You landed in a pile of chicken feathers, LOL Lucky you, i live in pain 24/7 from a bike crash i had 8 years ago. But it taught me nothing i was at 138mph between Blue Ridge and Elijay about 2 hours ago. Cheers
Believe me my friend, I’ve been F’ed up real bad in my years, I have soo many bad ones under my belt. Quite a few from being hit by vehicles …. I’ve been very blessed
the bike was tired bro, you're riding too hard 😄
Sucks cuz u can tell you rly kno that road. Hope it’s all good ant
Ok. new subscriber here. Totally a save here.And a honest video too.
Thank you for subscribing and checking out my video!!!!🤙🏽🤘🏽
Glad you’re good bro 🤘
Thank you my guy, just a lil tuck and roll to end finish off the day!!!😂🤜🏽🤛🏻😎😎
you're great, you managed to stop the bike
COuldnt have put it down on a better place lol, write in the dirt with leaves. 🤣
Al final menos de lo que parecía..
Me alegro SOLO UN SUSTO
On slicks too
Erstmal zum Glück nicht viel passiert ! Finde das Du echt ne gute Linie fährst , Respekt ! Das Schlagloch war brutal und Zuviel und trotzdem hast Du die Situation echt gut gemeistert ! Aber wenn man so auf Straßen fährt wie Wir ist das Risiko allgegenwärtig 🤷♂️
Freu mich das es gut ausgegangen ist für Dich und das Moped 💪
Lg ✌️
It’s my fault for getting so comfortable watching riders in from my of me, I wasn’t thinking or paying attention at all to the road… I know every curve pothole and crack out there, but I learned a valuable lesson not to pay attention to the riders as much as I did, focus on the road!!! But I really appreciate your positive comment and being a troll, much respect!!!🤘🏽👍🏽
That damn pothole
Shake it off man. You did good. Motorcycles ain’t for everybody, because they will dump you and humiliate you when you least expect it, even after you have been riding for thirty years. That’s why we wear gear, and why we respect the guys who keep on riding.
Peccato per l'accaduto, l'importante è che non ti sia fatto male. Comunque hai una bella guida, liscia e non invadi mai l'altra corsia. Saluti da Bubi di Adria
I’m getting a lot of hate for my crossing the double yellows, but thank your for watching my video, deffrom waaay over there in Bubi of Adria!!!👍🏽👍🏽🤘🏽😃
Hey, just out of curiosity... why the racing slicks? do you run tire warmers before going out? how do you make sure your getting up to temp?
I was wondering that myself. I only used mine at the track.
In hot climate, slicks are superior on the dragon, and yes I get these bad boys very hot!!!!
Can you put a mic near the crankcase and use that for the audio.
Either way, what matters is the footage and thanks to your skill you're one of the best on this website. Ride on
Some ppl want to hear me commentate, I rather just ride and not talk at all, but I try to give everybody what they want. I really appreciate you checking out my channel and thank you for your positive comment about my channel being a good one!!! I try to post even better content and I’m cool with constructive criticism!!!! Thank you again!!🤙🏽👍🏽🤘🏽
@@Antprilia.
Oh yeah definitely don't need to hear commentary if you're not trynna do it. I'm just talking about the sound of the bike with less wind noise.
At least your bike (and you) had a soft landing! Don't lie though. That pothole left a brown pinch stain on your seat 😳
My Booty hole was super tight when I hit that pothole…! Omg!!!! Almost had a lil turtle pop out!!! 😂🤣💩😱
Picture this one that happened just last Sunday... Chatsworth Hwy from my house in Ellijay to Fort Mountain lookout. Just put new Rosso III's on the Fireblade the night before, so I'm being nice to em. I had my son finish putting the front wheel back on because I cut my hand on something. Didn't do a pre ride check before I left the house Sunday. I get to the lookout to turn around and have NO FRONT BRAKES BECAUSE BOTH CALIPERS FELL OFF RIGHT THERE!!! 💩
Firstly glad your ok. I know when you crash its the bike that you care about I have had many crashes.. looks like a small one. Just wanted to say I hope it gets sorted and love your videos.. you amd wristy need some sound effect videos like wristy mortal combat ones. Safe riding 🇺🇸 🇬🇧
I can’t be like max, I have to find my own way in this internet content creator stuff.. but I’m working on improving mg vids!!! Thank you for watching!!!!
@@Antprilia. I love sound effects...
Hope she is okay😮😮