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+--- Thread: Another 2-wheeled death...... (/showthread.php?tid=5047)
- stevegula - 11-14-2006
I bet y'all have never ever broken the speed limit on your motorcycles.
- .RJ - 11-14-2006
stevegula Wrote:I bet y'all have never ever broken the speed limit on your motorcycles.
:?:
Whats your point? You do stupid things on 2 wheels, you increase the chance of getting hurt.
- Apoc - 11-14-2006
Yay.... it only took 'til page 2 for the "braking the speed limit" argument to show up!
- Mike - 11-14-2006
stevegula Wrote:I bet y'all have never ever broken the speed limit on your motorcycles.
i've never gone 80 (or even 40) in a residential area.
- Evan - 11-14-2006
In all fairness, we dont know that he was going 80. No one can judge speed by sight, and if something is loud and accelerating people tend to think its going faster than it is.
He very well may have been going way too fast in a residential lot given reports of past history, but 80 does seem a bit steep.
- Feersty - 11-14-2006
How fast can a Katana or GSX-R get up to 80 from 25?
- CaptainHenreh - 11-14-2006
Feersty Wrote:How fast can a Katana or GSX-R get up to 80 from 25?
Well, considering it's 0-60 is somewhere around 2 and a half seconds, I'm going to guess quicker than 2 and a half seconds?
- .RJ - 11-14-2006
Feersty Wrote:How fast can a Katana or GSX-R get up to 80 from 25?
Fast enough to get yourself into deep shit.
- Evan - 11-14-2006
the more pertinent info is how much distance travelled does it take to reach 80mph, and is there even room to hit that speed at max accel in a residential lot
- Mike - 11-14-2006
i think the accident was on a road in ashby? if so, yes, you could probably reach well in to triple digits.
- Apoc - 11-14-2006
If my math is right... assuming straight line acceleration, that would take about 236 feet.
3 sec to 60 mph = 4 sec to 80 mph = 4 sec @ avg of 40 mph
40 mph = 211,200 ft/hr = 59 ft/sec * 4 sec = 236 feet
Of course, there's no guarantees about my math.
- Goodspeed - 11-14-2006
I think he was travelling on port republic and hit a car at the Ashby entrance? I've heard that and he was speeding in an actual parking lot in Ashby
- .RJ - 11-14-2006
Goodspeed Wrote:I think he was travelling on port republic and hit a car at the Ashby entrance? I've heard that and he was speeding in an actual parking lot in Ashby
And then the driver of the car passed out at 31 flavors......
- Feersty - 11-14-2006
.RJ Wrote:Goodspeed Wrote:I think he was travelling on port republic and hit a car at the Ashby entrance? I've heard that and he was speeding in an actual parking lot in Ashby
And then the driver of the car passed out at 31 flavors......
I know right. What is the real story? DNR got his name wrong but says he was turning into the parking lot like he was going where outpost used to be.
- .RJ - 11-14-2006
Feersty Wrote:I know right. What is the real story? DNR got his name wrong but says he was turning into the parking lot like he was going where outpost used to be.
The DNR article ( <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.dnronline.com/news_details.php?AID=7259&CHID=1">http://www.dnronline.com/news_details.p ... 259&CHID=1</a><!-- m --> ) says the camry was turning into the parking lot behind Dave's Taverna - and the Rider was on Devon lane, so he was leaving ashby and the car turned in front of him - when the car turned, the bike probably wasnt visible, and the rider didnt have time to slow down.
At least thats the way I read it.....
- Mike - 11-14-2006
OR, she was making a right and he crested the hill out of control and hit her.
- Goodspeed - 11-14-2006
Mike Wrote:OR, she was making a right and he crested the hill out of control and hit her.
Thats what I was thinking
- Feersty - 11-14-2006
We need a first hand witness.
- stevegula - 11-15-2006
nonsense, keep speculating and judging!
- derilict - 11-15-2006
stevegula Wrote:nonsense, keep speculating and judging!
Hahahaha. Touche.