But that is a matter of opinion, You are allowed yours as others are allowed theres.
And I'm allowed to argue that their opinion is just as stupid as his riding. And they're allowed to retort. As am I. And the circle continues.
Naked motorcyclist sought by police
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And I'm allowed to argue that their opinion is just as stupid as his riding. And they're allowed to retort. As am I. And the circle continues.
But a funny idiot...
Kit wont save them when they hit someone's garden wall at 200mph and they know that.
His skin won't save him when he slides down the road at a fraction of that speed and he probably knows that.
Safety staff can't do a lot with a snapped neck or lost 40% of your skin.
It's all a risk but I just don't understand why you have so much against this guy for the risk he takes.
Eh? Generally, if you're doing silly things, you're probably being a tit imo...
Ah well. Free climbers, base jumpers, naked motorcyclists, burn them all at the stake before they hurt themselves.
The point is that *he* is an idiot. It's *his* choice to ride naked and I'm sure that *he* accepts full responsibility if he comes off at 130mph and leaves a half mile trail of blood, skin and entrails along the mountain pass.
We all know the risks everytime we get on our bikes. Some of us choose to reduce those risks as much as possible, some choose not to.
I always wear protective gear when riding, that's *my* choice but if others want to ride around in shorts or even less then let them, doesn't harm me in any way.
Kit has saved many who race the roads at 100mph+. I've seen it happen at the IoMTT and the NW200. And he's an idiot if he's well aware that a massive slide will cause massive damage to the biggest organ in his body, yet goes ahead and jumps on a bike naked anyway and tops 130mph. And I never said I hated the guy. I just said he's an idiot. As for free climbers and base jumpers. They're professionals who know the risks, the same as the racers who ride the Isle Of Mann TT. Not casuals who decide to throw themselves off a ledge naked one day because they think it might be worth a funny youtube video. Throwing yourself off a ledge without a parachute isn't base jumping. It's suicide.
And he's an idiot for making that choice.
Doesn't harm me neither personally (it does however tarnish the entire biker community, if he had come off the media would have had a field day). But it doesn't stop me from pointing out he's an idiot.
Why can't people get this into their head? I'm not arguing against his right to be an idiot. Only that he is a ****ing idiot.
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The only thing that concerns me about that video is this.
It's filmed from around Quarry/Waterworks then up past gooseneck and onto the mountain. This is the start of the busiest and most popular bit of 'no speed limits' road. Seeing as it's totally empty, and looking at the light, I'd say it was filmed very early in the morning - when the road is not 'one way'. The guy was taking a lot of risk using the whole road on some of those bends.
It's filmed from around Quarry/Waterworks then up past gooseneck and onto the mountain. This is the start of the busiest and most popular bit of 'no speed limits' road. Seeing as it's totally empty, and looking at the light, I'd say it was filmed very early in the morning - when the road is not 'one way'. The guy was taking a lot of risk using the whole road on some of those bends.
Did you sign up just to make your first post to me? I'm flattered. Though I suspect it's more likely to be a second account.
I smoke. I'm an idiot for smoking. You can repeat it all you want, it's not going to make me stop. In the same way my repeating that he's an idiot for riding naked at 130mph is not going to make him stop, only reiterate the point he's an idiot.
As for America... Doesn't matter where you're from, people who choose to ride without a helmet are idiots. People who choose to ride without leathers or suitable protective clothing are also idiots. It might be their choice. It doesn't stop the choice from being idiotic. Like I said already, if you'd let it sink into your thick head, I'm not arguing against his right to be an idiot. Only that he is an idiot. And his actions were idiotic. I don't know why it's set so many people off to defend his actions. His actions where idiotic. You can defend his right to be idiotic. But defending his actions is equally idiotic.
How many times can you squeeze the word idiot/idiots/idiotic in to one rant...we have a winner...
I don't get why Brian8bit cares if this person died. Who cares if he fell of and his skin came off and he died. He knows what he's doing is dangerous, that's the whole point, so the video makes people go "Zomg 130mph naked, that's mental!". Human life isn't actually precious, there is 7 billion people on this planet, we can afford to lose a few. There is no law saying you need leathers on, there is no speed limit on that part of the road so why are you in such a bother about it. Just take the video for what it is...funny. Honestly, people that think everything they do is the perfect way and try to control people to do what they do are idiots tbh.
Constructive input chap.
I care if he died because his being a tit is yet another notch in the media frenzy against road racing, which I've been a supporter and spectator of since I was a kid.
I know he knows what he's doing. And he's an idiot for doing it. I didn't think "omg that's mental" I thought "omg what an idiot".
Had he come off (or any one else who comes off their bike riding like a tit) would you go to their family and say "I'm sorry for your loss, but your son/husband/brothers life isn't precious there's 7 billion on the planet we could do with offing a few"... no. Had this been a video of a fatality everyone in this thread giving it the "LOL that's hilarious" would have been "RIP, so tragic, but he was riding like an idiot and got what he deserved".
I know there's no law saying you don't need leathers on. But choosing not to wear any makes you an idiot. Supporting someone who does such makes you as much of an idiot.
If you don't think what he did was idiotic, you're as much of an idiot as he is.
If you DO think what he did was idiotic, why are you getting so defensive about his right to be an idiot when I have clearly stated he has every right to be an idiot.
Jesus tap dancing christ.
I have been riding motorbikes since I started on a Yamaha TY80 when I was single digit. Followed by years of motorcross and mopeds and onto full size road bikes. I've been on two wheels since the stabilisers came off my first bike. So that's probably 20+ years on two wheels and motorbikes. I've rode long enough to know when someone is riding like I tit I'd say.
Being a biker and a member of the forum? You joined today. Unless it really is a duplicate account. In which case I believe those aren't allowed. It's a shame that your first and possibly last post couldn't have been better.
"Looking at your twitter it confirms what an idiot looks like in the flesh". Really? Is that all you can come up with?
And what you have been posting is?
Halfwits at the TT = the numbnuts who still insist on speeding in the built up areas throughout it all...
Whereas you'd go to his family and say "sorry for your loss but he was an idiot. He was an idiot. He was an idiot. He was an idiot (repeat more times until you beat your previous record)
I laughed, that was his intention and it worked, good enough for me.
I did imagine if he forgot and put his knee down half way through, how long till his leg fell off?
Its no worse than what the blokes do on Jackass etc, funny is funny.
If you've ever read the Darwin Awards, people die stupidly, funny, but then again I am not their family.
I did imagine if he forgot and put his knee down half way through, how long till his leg fell off?
Its no worse than what the blokes do on Jackass etc, funny is funny.
If you've ever read the Darwin Awards, people die stupidly, funny, but then again I am not their family.