wreck on the dragon

what do you know I was watching this wreck on the dragon then what should pop up but a RWB vrf in the pictures that followed


So who was it and did you see it happen??
http://www.photoreflect.com/pr3/orderpage.aspx?pi=0QAK00IV020090&po=90

 

Do you have a link to the pictures / video you are referring to?

 

sorry fixed...thanks

 

link no work

 

worked for me???

 

The link works but you have to go to picture 92 (I think) and cycle threw them one at a time. Wreck looked gnarly. The VFR was earlier though being it was picture 1-3. If I were that guy I'd buy every picture so I could have a flip book.

 

I got to the pictures as well.
Just click to advance the photos and watch the guy low-side off the turn, then you'll continue to see the outcome of his bike! Then keep advancing and you'll see the mysterious RWB coming into view!

 

I was told the rider was fine but the GSXR...not so much

 

if you keep flipping you'll see he passed that camera guy a few times before crashing.


my guess, he was trying to get that one awesome shot .. but rode in above his limits

 

Picture 106 shows the VFR rider hanging his head out into oncoming traffic. Not a great idea.

 

on pic #91 you can see that he is already starting to slide. Good to hear that he wasn't injured, badly.

 

The rider of the GSXR was a member of my group, DaytonaSportbikes.com Daytona Beach's Sporbike Community , who has recently relocated to Maryville TN. He was showing off for the cameras and as you can see had a pretty nice wreck. He is ok, but the bike was wadded up pretty badly, possibly totalled.

The RWB VFR you also see is his father.

More info here... Tree 1 Bike 0 - DaytonaSportbikes Forum

 

is that "checksix" on here???


Never mind...I just read where he responded and it is checksix. I've lived around here all of my life and I've just about sworn off "the dragon".

 

Guess he can make a major contribution to the Tree of Shame. May even need another tree for all of the pieces he whacked.

 

Just a question for the folks that live by the dragon.......who are these guys that take pictures? do they just pull over and find a cool set of turns? I can see that they are "professionals", seems a little irresponsible on the photographers part. grandizing makes people want to show off......I dunno.....

 

Just people trying to make a living. Grown folks ride these things, so they should police themselves. I'm sure plenty of people lay down on those twists whether theres a photog or not. I wonder if anyones almost slid into the camera guy before. That's what I would be worried about.

 

Those photographers happen to make a full-time living from this. Some websites are killboy.com photos - The Original Photographer from US129 Tail of the Dragon at Deals Gap US129 Photos - Your Source for Photos from the world famous Tail of the Dragon and dealsgap.com, Deal's Gap, North Carolina information guide, The Dragon, US Hwy 129, Great Smoky Mountains

 

there are several photographer taking picture of poeple doing what they are going to do anyway. I really miss the good old days when the road was unknown. I only live about 6 miles away and I don't even dare to go up there anymore. There is just too much stupidity up there any more. Most of the locals are over the stupidity.

 

Ya know...usually I'm glad everyone makes it out of a wreck safely. But after viewing the lines this guy was taking in the other photos(knee down on the double yellow head WAAAAY into the opposite lane) and reading on the Daytona forum that this is his 4th wreck...I'm not feeling so sorry. Seems like life is trying to tell him something...

 

nasty spill! seems like he started loosing it at pic 91 and on pic 92 you see the front wheel steered in the direction of the turn.