I think his duck foot touched down, startled him and he yanked on the bars to hard.

>"I don't think that is gravel,.."

See the gravel on the edge of the roadway in this photo.
He may have got too close to the edge... bingo.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7110/7...ff0cf959_c.jpg

Break dancing lives!!!!!
Tennessee boogaloo.

I see the edge of a road, not loose gravel thrown up on it. That corner looks really clean compared to others in the area.

y'all are good - CSI the Dragon! :lol3


I couldnt tell anything was wrong from that first pic.

I can see some holes in the denim near the right knee as he rides away on his recently converted street fighter, but that doesn't tell us how the Kevlar held up. Still, I am a bit surprised that the denim held up so well.

By the way, the tires look pretty worn to me. Some tires lose a lot of traction when they're worn.

Not Draggin Jeans-- DJ's don't have that flexible black ribbon on them. Could be Icon... some other brands have those, too.

If I put on my Accident Reconstructionist hat...I believe you are all correct. Mr Asshat is entering the corner at low speed, but leans the bike way over for the camera's benefit (aka "look at me! I can ride!). This gives the appearance of the rear tire walking out. When he has neither the skills nor speed/gravity to recover the bike from his exaggerated lean he panics and grabs front brake. Down he goes. There is minimal seperation between rider and bike (no ejection, no highside) further suggesting a case of "look at me I can ride". Once he hits the ground he doesn't slide any significant distance (again, Look At Me Killboy, see how far I'm leaning? I must be going reeeaallly fast).

My expert legal opinion: this man is an asshat.

That's what I gathered...his danglin' toes touched down and freaked him out :dunno

I think the "after" picture bears that out.

A tuck goeth before a fall.

He was just trying to get the right side of his bike to match the left.

Soon to be seen on CL:

One CBRGSXYFR10000 For sale. Great condition, low miles. Been down twice, but at low speed. Minimal damage. Asking for $8000 because I want to get back what I paid for it.

Will include jacket, boots, gloves and helmet. These items are slightly used as well. My loss is your gain. Cash talks, bullshit walks. No scammers or e-mail!

Yes they do. I have a pair (why is one pant a "pair"?) and they have that exact bellows-like strip across the front. Mine are a few years old, maybe new ones don't have that???

One pant a "pair" and bra is singular. Go figure.

I have a pair of Icon "Recon" jeans that look exactly like those, with the bellows and everything. I've crash tested them in a fairly high speed lowside and they held up well. I could walk up to you wearing them and you'd never know they'd hit pavement. The problem is the loose material rubs, bad. I had something that looked like rugburn, and burned like crazy is the shower, on the back of my leg from the material sliding.

As an aside, Icon Helmet, Icon Jacket, Icon Jeans. It's good that he's wearing gear, but that's kind of fail in my book.

I think I saw that guy in Robbinsville the next day, having breakfast. He told me about his crash and pointed out the damage to his bike.