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sir pball

(4,940 posts) Fri Jun 15, 2018, 10:08 PM Jun 2018

A moment of silence for the two who aren't coming back from the Isle of Man this year...

The TT this year wasn't too bad, but still - let's pour one out for Dan Kneen and Adam Lyon.

As my absolute favorite summary of the race goes:

"At a certain point, you stop being shocked by how many people have died here. The shock is how many are still alive."

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A moment of silence for the two who aren't coming back from the Isle of Man this year... (Original Post) sir pball Jun 2018 OP

these scooter fatalities have gotta stop populistdriven Jun 2018 #1

Any man with the stones to do this deserves to go out on his own terms ;D sir pball Jun 2018 #2

Hell yes Sailor65x1 Jun 2018 #3

Exactly, Boulders..........n/t SonofDonald Jun 2018 #4

At top speed he hit a shimmy/wobble and my stomach headed for the exit. populistdriven Jun 2018 #5

Nah, if he were going slow enough to not wobble sir pball Jun 2018 #6

Crazy race JohnnyRingo Sep 2018 #7

populistdriven

(5,679 posts)

1. these scooter fatalities have gotta stop

Reply to sir pball (Original post)

Fri Jun 15, 2018, 10:09 PM

Jun 2018

sir pball

(4,940 posts)

2. Any man with the stones to do this deserves to go out on his own terms ;D

Reply to populistdriven (Reply #1)

Fri Jun 15, 2018, 10:18 PM

Jun 2018

Sailor65x1

(554 posts)

3. Hell yes

Reply to sir pball (Reply #2)

Fri Jun 15, 2018, 11:23 PM

Jun 2018

SonofDonald

(2,050 posts)

4. Exactly, Boulders..........n/t

Reply to sir pball (Reply #2)

Sat Jun 16, 2018, 02:53 AM

Jun 2018

populistdriven

(5,679 posts)

5. At top speed he hit a shimmy/wobble and my stomach headed for the exit.

Reply to sir pball (Reply #2)

Sat Jun 16, 2018, 05:37 PM

Jun 2018

He might have gone even faster if it hadn't wobbled

sir pball

(4,940 posts)

6. Nah, if he were going slow enough to not wobble

Reply to populistdriven (Reply #5)

Mon Jun 18, 2018, 12:00 AM

Jun 2018

He wouldn't have been as fast overall. It's a hard calculation to make, and if you guess wrong you damn well may die, but that's why those guys are so much faster than us...because "fear" is simply a word they don't understand.

JohnnyRingo

(19,290 posts)

7. Crazy race

Reply to sir pball (Original post)

Mon Sep 10, 2018, 03:10 AM

Sep 2018

Watching the helmet cam gives the impression that the video is sped up. Of course it isn't and these are the most fearless bike racers around. No 2nd chances.

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