The above situation is about to go from a fast drift to a furious face full of asphalt. Friends-of-Hooniverse, HellForLeather found a nice photo sequence of a highside from the aggressive start to the (thankfully) thumbs-up finish.
The shot above is just one in the series, head over to HFL to see the whole series.
Bonus Hooniverse love to whoever turns this into a .GIF first – even though we all know Dr. Danger will have it finished before you are done reading this sentence.
Hell for Leather Shows Us the Anatomy of a Highside
By Jeff Glucker
Jun 8, 2010
By Jeff Glucker
Jeff Glucker is the co-founder and Executive Editor of Hooniverse.com. He’s often seen getting passed as he hustles a 1991 Mitsubishi Montero up the 405 Freeway. IG: @HooniverseJeff
Peter Tanshanomi
Not if you have a BMW twin. The statisticians will tell you that the protruding cylinder does a good job of protecting the lower foot.
OOH, time me….
That picture looks like it needs a "Hey!" talk bubble. One should not break into a dance routine mid-turn.
Having personally experienced the same on the track I can say that the worst part of the highside is the "snap over" of the bike from the turning direction that hucks you up in the air along with the forward momentum. I ended up getting thrown much higher in the air, with the end result being a much harder landing ending in afractured my pelvis. I'll gladly trade for a walkaway lowside anytime, thanks.
While I have never owned a motorcycle, I have done both on a road bicycle and completely agree with your assessment. They both hurt but the high toss hurts more. Skin heals more quickly than bone so try to slide that energy away rather than roll.
So wait. You are too lazy to fix the last frame, but you composed the whole thing? ADD much?
Regardless, fucking awesome.
Seconded…
I used to race bicycles, and I remember something our coach taught us as we made the transition from the street to the dirt in the nascent days of Mountain Biking.
There are three general theories of cornering (and I'm talking bicycles here, I have no idea if this translates to motorcycles), the Slant, the Comma, and the Reverse-Comma.
The Slant (probably called a backslash now when everybody has a computer), is the basic turn we all first learn, where bike and rider stay on the same axis. This is fast, but if there's gravel or wet or gunk in the corner it causes an immediate low-side.
Since we were riding in the dirt and knew there was going to be gravel, wet, or gunk (or worse) in every corner, he made us practice the Comma, which is like the top photo except your feet were to stay on the pedals. The rider leaned but the bike stayed near vertical, the theory being if you washed-out you'd stay upright at least.
On a fully loaded touring bike, though, the Reverse-Comma es lo mejor. You insanely lean the bike, but keep your torso vertical. It acts like a brake- the tires wail and you can actually see the frame bend, saddle-bags nearly scraping the ground. You stand it up, and all that pain and misery shoots you out of the corner like a sling-shot.
I've high sided; either too much throttle in a turn or I hit some loose stuff. To tell the truth, it was probably too much throttle. It makes you realize just how much of an illusion the feeling of being "one with the machine" is – there's no way you're holding on to that bike. I hit the pavement a good ten feet or more past the bike and fortunately was unhurt due to awesome safety gear and luck.
It's nice to see a sequence of photos depicting almost exactly what I went through. I'll study them well.
was sailing by internet and found your blog. Reciprocate the visit http://sensuaisegatas.blogspot.com
It sounds like you’re creating problems yourself by trying to solve this issue instead of looking at why their is a problem in the first place.
:O So mush Info :O … THis Is he MOst AMAzing SIte DUDe… 😀
Nice post! GA is also my biggest earning. However, it’s not a much.
Such a well written post .. Thnkx for sharing this Blog !
gr8 resrch bro…
Displaying some love to this subject “new to this wordpress”. I defiantly come to an agreement with it also. If you ever actually think of it than it all enables alot of sense
You you should edit the post subject Hell for Leather Shows Us the Anatomy of a Highside : Hooniverse to something more catching for your content you create. I loved the post still.
The subsequent time I learn a blog, I hope that it doesnt disappoint me as a lot as this one. I imply, I do know it was my option to read, however I truly thought youd have something interesting to say. All I hear is a bunch of whining about something that you may repair for those who werent too busy looking for attention.