with the Ryker on curvy roads - 2up and full loaded

[chris56]

one of my friends made a video how it looks if you ride behind a Ryker, they find it looks soo funny .. we have no problem to ryde the same speed of a "normal" bikers on theses roads ..


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnN_EeNdGyk&t=3s

 

[EdMat]

Every time I try to view the vid it shuts my monitors down. Not normal.

 

[BajaRon]

Wow! They really need to work on staying in their lane! Cutting in on a blind curve is not good, or healthy! I would give them a lot more room if they keep riding like that, or you could be collateral damage.

 

[JayBros]

Don't consider routine wandering into the oncoming lane too funny; guess I just may want to live longer then the the Ryker driver.

 

[chris56]

it just looks so dangerous from the back - the biker came on the middle of the lane and me too with my left wheel - you have to calculate that situation on road like this ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkqkgCr-QYo

 

[2dogs]

That video scared the he!! out of me too.

 

[snayl135]

Crossing center line where you have good line of sight not an issue - but there are a lot of blind curves I see here. Maybe it looks different while in the bike than the video - but as far as I’m concerned crossing that line on a blind curve is playing Russian roulette. Not worth the risk. The more you do it the more you get desensitized to the danger. There was a book I had when I used to fly small airplanes... it was called The Killing Zone of I recall correctly. Pilots keep track of the number of hours flown. Under 2-300 or so hours (I forget the exact amount)... you are new and fresh in your training - not taking too many risks and less likely to end up dead. After about 400 or so hours (again I forget the exact number but not important).. you start developing bad habits and this is where most pilots end up dead. I keep that in the back of my head on the Ryker... I don’t want to be in the Killing Zone. You get too comfortable and the risk and dangers get too familiar and comfortable if you allow it. Don’t.

 

[ARtraveler]

Nice scenery.

 

[UtahPete]

Wow! They really need to work on staying in their lane! Cutting in on a blind curve is not good, or healthy! I would give them a lot more room if they keep riding like that, or you could be collateral damage.

That was my thought, too. I never did see anything funny about it. Soundtrack wasn't too bad though...

 

[pioneer11]

Crossing center line where you have good line of sight not an issue - but there are a lot of blind curves I see here. Maybe it looks different while in the bike than the video - but as far as I’m concerned crossing that line on a blind curve is playing Russian roulette. Not worth the risk. The more you do it the more you get desensitized to the danger. There was a book I had when I used to fly small airplanes... it was called The Killing Zone of I recall correctly. Pilots keep track of the number of hours flown. Under 2-300 or so hours (I forget the exact amount)... you are new and fresh in your training - not taking too many risks and less likely to end up dead. After about 400 or so hours (again I forget the exact number but not important).. you start developing bad habits and this is where most pilots end up dead. I keep that in the back of my head on the Ryker... I don’t want to be in the Killing Zone. You get too comfortable and the risk and dangers get too familiar and comfortable if you allow it. Don’t.

Your post made me think. I just might be in that Killing Zone on my Ryker. Thanks for the wake up call.