Airborne R6

[Hellgate]

This is a thread from the NESBA forum. There is a nice time lapse set of photos, no gore, just amazing.

Jon Gu - July 4 RA Race Results - NESBA Bulletin Board

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[AJ_rider]

All I can say is wow, that is not going to feel good in about 0.5 seconds.

 

[lordplayer]

All I can say is wow, that is not going to feel good in about 0.5 seconds.

The dude still on his bike is trying to figure out how this impact might not hurt...

 

[Wolfman]

Ouch! and then ouch for quite a while afterwards! Great photo's....:thumbup:

 

[FZ1inNH]

Great high-speed photography there. I'm glad they're ok!

 

[OZXJR]

WOW !

I would love to see what caused that !

The guy on bike 18 had a great view of it too.

 

[DefyInertia]

That's my friend/acquaintance Jon Gu. He had just bought the bike, a race prepped R6 with Ohlins etc. etc. etc. (about $18K to build) for about $6 or $7K with ~3,000 miles on it a couple days earlier. He usually races an SV650

He was just extremely sore, but they guy he hit got hurt worse. Racing is hella dangerous.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PUDBHmYC5I"]YouTube - Aaron bappe's Road America Crash[/ame]

Haulin' at RA

 

[Hellgate]

Ouch. Nothing like getting rear ended.

 

[DefyInertia]

Ouch. Nothing like getting rear ended.

fudging a shift can cause real havoc when you're fighting for position.

 

[Hellgate]

fudging a shift can cause real havoc when you're fighting for position.

I read that, tends to cause the rear end to step out. Ooops!

So how's life in SF? Nice place huh?

 

[Wavex]

that's it Nate you moved????

 

[DefyInertia]

I read that, tends to cause the rear end to step out. Ooops!

So how's life in SF? Nice place huh?

Still living in Chicago....but yeah, real nice.

that's it Nate you moved????

My Tacoma and FZ6 are parked in storage out in the Bay area...my tools and a bunch of other crap I don't need for the next month are in storage out there as well (flew to Maui for the honeymoon from SF). I start work in SF December 1st and hope to take a ride down south sometime in mid to late December. :rockon:

 

[Wavex]

Still living in Chicago....but yeah, real nice.



My Tacoma and FZ6 are parked in storage out in the Bay area...my tools and a bunch of other crap I don't need for the next month are in storage out there as well (flew to Maui for the honeymoon from SF). I start work in SF December 1st and hope to take a ride down south sometime in mid to late December. :rockon:

Congrats again on the Wedding! :cheer:

Can`t wait to meet up bro, let us know and we`ll meet you up half way! :rockon: