25-mile commute through Russian traffic 2 words:DEATH WISH

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419Eater is my life Joined: 29 Sep 2010 Posts: 407

Check out this mad man. A 25-mile commute through Russian traffic and a powerful two-wheeled samurai sword, and you get a video showing the "quick" way to work.

The best has got to be around the 4:15 - 5:00 minute mark. Total insanity

http://www.angelfire.com/ak2/intelligencerreport/high_speed.html

Posted: Fri Dec 17, 2010 7:29 pm

When he dies they are gonna have to scope him up from the pavement with a shovel.

I very nearly killed a motorcyclist once. I expected him to firstly drive slower and secondly to go past me on the right side (which was my left side). As he did neither of those things i very nearly ran him over when i was about to give him more room. The only thing that kept me from killing him was that i on a hunch looked in the wrong direction before i steered to my right side.

Posted: Fri Dec 17, 2010 9:47 pm

Got to be seen Shocked

Anybody remember the French (I think) film from the late sixties where some nut does a cross city run in a car without stopping at lights or junctions?

Posted: Fri Dec 17, 2010 10:14 pm

Well, he's a faster rider than me, but I think I'll live longer! I'll say one thing: he knows what his bike can do alright.

Master Baiter Joined: 11 Oct 2010 Posts: 139

I lost count of how many times I laughed, "WTF?!" That man is nuts.

Posted: Fri Dec 17, 2010 11:46 pm

Well, it is no Harley. Sounded like a 2-stroke. Wonder what kind of bike it was.

Elite Baiter Joined: 19 Jan 2009 Posts: 1440

Holy crap.....nerves of steel! Shocked

Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 1:27 am

I think I held my breath for the entire 6 min 38 sec. Shocked

Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 1:58 am

Holy crap. That was something else.

Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 2:26 am

"A few minutes from the life of a motorcyclist"... all I have to say is: kakoi durak!!

I love how the oncoming traffic doesn't even bother to move aside.

I'd put money on it, that this guy, during his national service, was a paratrooper... insane.

Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 9:39 am

I wasn't impressed.

I could go faster on a bicycle.

Baiting Guru Joined: 11 May 2004 Posts: 2163

the police should give him a speeding ticket

Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 11:59 am

I dunno.... to me, it kinda looks fake in certain places.

Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 12:18 pm

I dont think it's fake.

I used to ride like that years and years ago. Had a GSX-R 750... went like a bat out of hell. Back then, you didnt think of crashing, we all thought we were invincible. Come on, admit it, all you peeps who had a bike when you were young... you all drove like that Very Happy

Never ever ever get me to ride like that again. Just don't have the nerves of steel I used to.

Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 1:28 pm

I just had a moped. Sad

Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 2:42 pm

I see guys on these crotch rockets every day doing 1/2 block long 80 mph wheelies in traffic. Long term, their odds are not good.

Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 3:55 pm

Morgain Le Fay wrote:

Wonder what kind of bike it was.

Yamaha R1, 1000cc four stroke.

While having a bright yellow bike (and vodka for breakfast) must help , He wont get away with riding like that forever, it's a percentage game. There were a few near misses on that video, a Beemer nearly hits him right at the start.

I prefer standing traffic to when its trickling along to ride between the lanes, its the car doing a sudden lane change without checking the mirror that gets you.

I bet he clips the odd wing mirror, I was following my mate Paul when he broke one - bloke gets out and waves his fist - meh, Paul just carries on, car stays stuck in the traffic.... 25 years on, we still laugh about it.

Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 4:35 pm

The DarkSpecter wrote:

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Come on, admit it, all you peeps who had a bike when you were young... you all drove like that

OK OK, when I was young in California I had quite a few "accidents" with my bike, mostly because I was showing off and had a few unintended wheelies one of which took me through my neighbor's wooden fence. The Navy docs thought I had broken both arms and both legs. The same Navy doc seeing me three weeks in a row, told me "You want excitement, just become one of the jet jockeys here at the base (they were flying F-14 Tomcats).

Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 7:43 pm

I saw a Steve McQueen wannabe like this in Los Angeles once shooting between lanes just like this guy. It was rush hour on the Harbor Freeway downtown. He was doing fine until somebody made an unannounced lane change. Luckily he was only going about 25 mph and his bike came out of it worse than he did.

Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 8:58 pm

I was in Palermo in Sicily, many years ago, they drive like loonies anyway,
this chap was speeding along the road at an insane rate on a Honda Superdream.

He hit a lampost.

Let's just say it was not a pretty sight.

Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2010 8:50 pm

I deducted 10 points because he chickens out at 2:15.

But seriously what a feckin dickhead. When he finally does manage to kill himself it'll be the poor prick that he ploughs into or under or who didn't see him coming who'll have to live with the trauma. I only hope he chooses a lamp post.

Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2010 1:06 pm

Part of me is jealous, part of me thinks idiot with a deathwish.

Baiting Guru Joined: 03 Mar 2006 Posts: 7103 Location: Yes

Fowan Nyne wrote:

Got to be seen Shocked

Anybody remember the French (I think) film from the late sixties where some nut does a cross city run in a car without stopping at lights or junctions?

"C'etait un rendez-vous"

Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2010 3:30 pm

...and this is why bikers get a bad name as dangerous, inconsiderate, reckless road users...

Must be a great rush, and all, but he ran the gap a few times and pissed off so many people along the way - assuming he doesn't kill himself first, he will die at the hands of another road user whose kid he piles into I'm sure.

Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2010 5:06 pm

Balls bigger his than brains I guess. Big fan of the 'Ghost rider' probably, a nutter that did similar stuff in Sweden and other European countries over the last years. Lots of stuff about that one on youtube. Fascinating to watch, though. As long as these freaks keep it on the highway, not the residential area's, they're likely to be injured or killed themselves before they harm others.

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