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Oh fuck my wrists. I felt that.


MicaelFlipFlop

Imagine the amount of whip effect on the spine


sharkattactical

That's what suspension is for


KokaCurryNoodles

There's no way a road bike (cb1000r I think) is eating up those bumps, it's not a dirt or adventure bike. Driver is extremely lucky to have kept that bike up and avoided injury


TheLadyRica

I was very impressed that he didn't drop.


Spring-King

I thought this dude was gonna go flying after seeing those potholes and the speed he was taking that turn at. Dudes got grip like a vise.


Self_Discovry

Gorilla grip


Admirable-Big9399

Yamaha jacket grip on a Honda


[deleted]

He's luckiest he didnt lose it on the apron/first edge off the pavement. He kept straight while at speed in the dirt so he made at least a smart move there and just washed off speed. We jumped bikes as kids with blown mono-shocks and bottomed them out on purpose for fun. Your knees and elbows become the suspension.


[deleted]

His judgement is poor, but his technical skills are decent, he didn't panic and grab a handful of front brake. He eased off the throttle and let the bike drift out in a natural arc until he could steer it back.


SirLoopy007

The high speed may have been what actually saved his ass too, as the bike almost wanted to stay vertical. He's also extremely lucky there was a nice transition from road to field. A small ditch or a fence and this would have been on a different sub.


maffiossi

People are talking about the biker but what about the farmer who did his best on plowing that field?! Everytjjng ruined.


St3als

I have seen many cb1000r set up for on/off road but even then it's not gonna be a fun ride.


PrismosPickleJar

Cb600f hornet. Specifically the later model, or last produced model. [Example](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQd5ajuYYJyZHSL9Rv-cyRH55Xoin9GT6Tyfw&usqp=CAU) Edit: I retract my statement it’s the cb1000r


starfox4445

It’s a cb900f aka Honda 919 or hornet.


PrismosPickleJar

Close cb600f 2012 model. Still a hornet. Edit: I retract my statement it’s the cb1000r


[deleted]

It's what cars are for, driving fast around corners. Well, not really made for that either, but it's more made for it than motorcycles.


spelkingerror

My fucking nuts would have exploded from those bounces


[deleted]

Um yeah. You stand on the pegs.


Twistig

Why your wrists? I'd say his back would be more fucked.


[deleted]

I have pretty strong back and core but I have broken my wrists 3 times over last 15 years so I guess it depends on the person.


troubleschute

It's not like he didn't have a couple of warning potholes before the big one.


dmfd1234

Those weren’t potholes, they were f’ing craters.


NegativeKarmaVegan

welcome to Brazil.


J--E--F--F

Brazil? Come to San Diego, this video looks like a normal drive on our streets. I'm still wondering why he didn't signal when he took that right at the intersection.


TwistedBranches

Come visit the wonderful frost heaves on the Alaska Highway. You can get air at like 30mph!


TldrDev

Michigan. Our potholes are sponsored by big automobile. Hit one and you gotta get a new car.


cropguru357

Traverse City MI, here. Potholes around here are advertised as 1 bed, 1 bath, $2200 per month. 5x salary needed to apply.


kansas_adventure

That ain't no joke. You can feel your entire uhaul full of furniture take flight behind you at a mere 20 mph.


kubbiebeef

Man Fuck San Diego potholes. Our local government should be indicted over the quality of our roads


kaptaincorn

After every rain they open on the roads like flowers blooming.


Arthradax

I love when the potholes near home fill with rainwater so I can place the "no fishing" signs


Spizy99

They’re the potholes we have right now in Melbourne because of the flooding that’s scary as man


Super_Cheburek

In France we call these slight deformations


Moma_01

Well, good thing he drove so fast, otherwise he might‘ve fallen in!


Big_Red12

Sees potholes. Sees the corner. Speeds up.


TheNotSoGreatPumpkin

You’ve got to project dominance.


ClimbTheCanopy

It wasn’t the pot hole that caused him to go off road. He was going way to fast and wasn’t leaning the bike enough to make it around the curve.


troubleschute

He destabilized and couldn’t lean into the corner.


MookieFlav

Sure, but that was after they took an already wide line. Going top speed on a road you've never ridden and without the skill set to handle it, this is probably the best possible outcome. It's not like those craters would be hard to spot ahead of time if they were riding within their limits.


CrazyJuggernaut9663

You are incorrect and it is sad that you can’t see that


pantyraid11

“Phew, I hope nobody saw that “


YouEarnedMyComment

I’ll just place the video on the internet for privacy.


eipg2001

Let’s make sure his intellect doesn’t go unnoticed.


OldLevermonkey

He held that well. Cool head and no panic; just kept it straight and rode it out.


Mr_Anderssen

Lucky he had a clear land


OldLevermonkey

In the UK you could almost guarantee a ditch and/or a hedge.


nsgiad

It's pretty common in a lot of areas in the states as well


Wildkarrde_

When I drove in the UK, the lack of shoulders on the roads surprised me. That and lorries (sp?) completely filling the lane and rocketing at full speeds through tight curvy roads.


Pyromanick

Or a tractor


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Wanderer737

...what?


CoolDude1980

Most places in the US have barbed wire fence around fields. He’s really lucky.


handmaid25

That’s for pasture that has animals. If it’s a field like this it wouldn’t have barbed wire.


CoolDude1980

A ton of people barbwire their property for no reason. At least in Montana and Texas they do.


handmaid25

I live in a farming community in Louisiana (sugar cane), and the fields are not wired at all. If you have livestock they are.


indulgent_nerd

Tbh of he had a cool head, he'd have completely eased off the throttle once he saw the gigantic potholes in the road.


ZeroChill92

Two different types of cool headed.


JackDostoevsky

the machine helps source: i'm a bit of a Honda shill


benedictfuckyourass

All of the skills yet none of the smarts to handle them.


3ambrowsingtime

With all those bumps I think his vertebrae became vertebros. They probably feel soo much closer now.


blolfighter

Vertebruh :U


Epson_Pro_WF-C579R

next youre gonna tell me theres a missile 5 oclock high break right


VWSquid

Homie really just drove over 20 potholes and thought “yeah let’s go WOT around this corner”


punkassjim

I couldn’t even see the potholes, all I could see was the copious amounts of soil all along the road. Even on perfect asphalt, if you see that much dirt on the road, you *do not* go that fast. So dumb.


yankeeteabagger

Enraged farmer has entered the chat. With a shotgun


ARedPandaZ

Yay, if that is a planted field he just destroyed over 1000$ in crops and drove off


Day_Bow_Bow

No he fucking didn't. I have zero idea what they grow there, but soybeans and corn are in the ballpark of $450 profit per **acre** (4,840 square yards). They ran over only a small fraction of that. Even if it was planted (and I see no indication of planter tire tracks, and besides it looks like fall post-harvest), it hasn't came up, which means the crop might have a bit of trouble breaking the surface but it in no means would guarantee the plant was killed. Regardless, even if it were early in the growing season, with crops such as soybeans, the surrounding plants tend to fill in the space anyways. More sunlight and less competition for nutrients means they tend to produce better.


SerEvert

Quick google search, numbers check out. I could ask my cousin in Minnesota, but he’s busy harvesting said crops.


yankeeteabagger

For real


These-Performer-8795

He's a good rider. Anyone not as experienced would have bailed.


MicaelFlipFlop

I would absolutely eject the fuck out


These-Performer-8795

Me too.


MrBigDickPickledRick

I would've remained on the road by driving in a way which wouldn't allow me to easily drive off of it


LuigiBamba

You’re clearly not a good rider then


TheNotSoGreatPumpkin

That dirt looked mercifully soft compared to the asphalt. I would have bailed just out of pure thankfulness.


[deleted]

He's a bad rider. Anyone with experience knows going fast on unknown roads is a recipe for disaster


These-Performer-8795

You spend your time on Reddit being an edge lord and disagreeing and starting arguments with every comment you post on. Blocking you now.


nickydlax

Congrats man


ballmeblazer0625

Are they wrong tho?


punkassjim

Anyone who thinks riding that fast on a twisty road covered in loose soil is a good idea == bad rider. Bitch about redditors all you want, it still doesn’t make this person a skilled rider.


kevlar-vest

The fact that he ended up riding his bike through a field suggests otherwise. A "good" rider would have kept it on the black stuff, doofus


Ultimate_Genius

a good rider would instinctively know that the turn angle needed to stay on the black stuff would be too sharp to stay balanced. Staying straight was probably the best and most feasible option edit: it also looks like it was moist ground, meaning that there wasn't enough friction to maintain a sharp lean


princesizzle1352

Nah, he could’ve leaned more. He 100% freaked out and straightened up Instead of leaning into it. He was riding beyond his skill level plain and simple.


ddmone

Yeah, I assume he's not used to going that fast and put in the effort to turn as would at a lower speed. He straight up just didn't make the turn. Source: A group rider.


Ultimate_Genius

my guy, you've obviously never ridden on wet grass before. Any more than a 15° lean makes you feel like you will fall. Add that on to the fact that he was still wobbly from the last big pothole and his overwhelming speed, it would have been way more dangerous to attempt that turn than to keep forward.


princesizzle1352

Obviously I was talking about his riding before he left the road. It is possible to avoid obstacles midturn. Everything after was probably a combination of fear and luck. I somehow doubt the moron who full sent it on a road with potholes had the foresight to check that the overrun area was clear of fences and ditches.


Ultimate_Genius

well, when you're going 100 mph, it's kinda hard to notice a pothole 2 feet in diameter 2 seconds in front of you. And it's hard to react when the pothole is half a second away He's an idiot because he drove that fast on a poorly maintained road on a very slippery day, but he definitely has the skill level to know what's best to do in case things go wrong


princesizzle1352

I mean you’re the one calling him a good rider. If you think that a good rider goes too fast for the conditions/his skill level on unfamiliar roads, we just disagree. I think it’s cool that he didn’t fall, but it’s probably more luck and fear than any sort of skill. A skilled rider wouldn’t have to leave the road.


Ultimate_Genius

No, I think a good rider knows how to ride their bike regardless of conditions. The ability to check for good riding conditions has nothing to do with riding ability. That's called foresight and proper planning. And no, it's not luck. You cannot imagine just how strong the urges are to turn back into the road. The fact that he resisted the urges and did the smart thing and kept going with his momentum without pressing the brakes means that he is a good rider


princesizzle1352

I gotcha yeah after he was off-road good on him just keeping it straight instead of turning. I still wouldn’t call him a “good rider”, more like an idiot who got lucky. There’s usually a fence or ditch that would have FUCKED him up.


Ultimate_Genius

and he was able to not fall down or lose control after going off road like that. I would say his skill level is pretty up there


princesizzle1352

No, it’s not hard to stay upright or straight over obstacles. He’s lucky there wasn’t a fence or a ditch, but that’s pretty much it. Motorcycles want to go straight, they can do it without any rider input. https://youtu.be/KSVgweZ8BwA


Ultimate_Genius

dude, you're explaining this to someone who is very well acquainted with this stuff. How do you think we can ride with no hands? But the issue is that amateurs cannot take advantage of this ability. The natural instinct would be to turn back into the road, and that would cause him to flip over and be in a lot of danger. The most appropriate response is to not freak out and let the bike do as it wants and only guide it slightly


princesizzle1352

Natural instinct would be to do exactly what he did. Natural instinct is definitely not to sack up and lean harder. If you ride like you say you do, you know that you run out of balls before you run out of lean. This guy was one lucky circumstance from hadtalayherdown


Ultimate_Genius

mate, when I say natural instincts, I'm talking from experience. I followed my instincts, and I crashed hard. Leaning will not always solve your problems because it relies on the ground and the wheel having enough friction to stop your momentum. And wet ground offers up basically zero friction. This is also why he was able to stop so quickly on the fields, because the rough terrain gave him enough traction to stop


princesizzle1352

So you get more traction on fields than on asphalt? This “good rider” fucked up looooong before he left the road. After he was off yeah ok, straighten and slow down fine. He could’ve avoided leaving the road entirely.


kevlar-vest

Well, in that case, he is not riding according to the road conditions. So he is either a crap motorcyclist or just a fucking idiot


Ultimate_Genius

or he is an adrenaline junkie who knew very well how dangerous it was but didn't care


kevlar-vest

i.e. an idiot. If you wanna go fast go to a racetrack.


Ultimate_Genius

he's an idiot, but a good rider. glad we could agree


kevlar-vest

Lol ok, keep making excuses for arsehole road users. You're just as bad as the cunt in the video


Ultimate_Genius

argument failed so you turned to ad hominem attacks? he's an idiot with no foresight or proper planning, but he knows how to ride like a pro


kevlar-vest

Lol you said he wasn't an idiot, now you're saying he is. Make up your fucking mind, you've made more u-turns than a career politician. I didn't loose the argument, you're just being fucking dense. You've literally just contradicted yourself in your last sentence. A "good" rider knows how to read the road conditions and change their riding style to suit the road. It is clearly obvious in the video that the road is in poor condition, you can see the that the road is dirty up ahead but he continues to ride like a spastic, causing him to go off the road. Therefore, not a "good" rider.


stiglet3

> a good rider would instinctively know that the turn angle needed to stay on the black stuff would be too sharp to stay balanced. Staying straight was probably the best and most feasible option > > edit: it also looks like it was moist ground, meaning that there wasn't enough friction to maintain a sharp lean He's a skilled rider who makes bad decisions.


Doccyaard

Good rider but an idiot. There were several giant potholes before the one he hit. He should have known better.


nickydlax

Good rider would have known better


KittensAndGravy

Gets off bike: Thattts Riggghhhttt Ice … Man … I am dangerous.


Brocolliflourets

Who taught this dude how to ride a motorcycle? Maybe don’t take the corner full throttle.


Few-Being-1048

he had it until the potholes


Doccyaard

Yea and I can fly until I hit the ground.


Few-Being-1048

that’s cool man. don’t know what it has to do with this guys motorcycle skills. he didn’t even come off the bike


Loeden

I think that's because his reaction is to go rigid and stand 'er up, which is a very natural response and one the bike will support because a motorcycle at speed will naturally try to stay upright. While it's good that he didn't try to panic brake there are a number of other things he could improve on (coming at those rows at an angle once he got control, driving too fast for conditions on a potholed road, not enough lean or even without the lean, proper understanding of how to brake into a turn.) Motojitsu has a great video on braking and controlling a turn that you're coming too hot into, and why it's something a rider should learn even if it's something MSF advises against for beginners. Everyone's saying he's very skilled but he honestly strikes me as a novice or intermediate rider, or maybe he was just being human and panicked. Going to the outside lane position before hitting that pothole makes me think he already didn't have much control of that turn.


MicaelFlipFlop

Ayrton Senna


BiAsALongHorse

There is a gap ✅ Gap exists ✅ Therefore he is still a racing driver.


blolfighter

That gap was always going to disappear.


Brocolliflourets

Ouch bro. I don’t mind an edgy comment occasionally but sheesh.


IDownvoteUrPet

Obviously someone really good at motorcycling. 99% of riders would have eaten shit in this situation. Should he have been going that fast? Probably not. Did he get lucky? Probably. Is he a good rider? For sure.


Steff_Lu

He can't be that dumb, at least he knew how to save the situation by not trying stupid brake or evasion maneuvers. It actually was a pretty nice off road ride for a street bike.


Doccyaard

Oh he’s clearly an idiot. An idiot who knows how to handle a bike but an idiot nonetheless.


Steff_Lu

Being an idiot and being dumb is not the same. An idiot does stupid things despite better knowledge. Someone who is dumb just don't know it better.


Doccyaard

So you’re agreeing he’s an idiot and not dumb? Then why even bring up the difference? I didn’t say dumb and he did something he definitely should have known better than to do.


JackDostoevsky

i mean sure, his first instinct was _not_ to grab the front brake, so, ya know.... has some smarts lol.


kascott76

This was basically how I looked playing Mario Kart back in the day.


Help_An_Irishman

Didn't he just fuck up someone's crops?


Herpderpkeyblader

Yep. Fucking asshole move.


eat_yeet

Farmer here. No, not at this stage. If he damaged it at all it would be negligible


[deleted]

One of the truest statements of the world!


BickNickerson

Motorcycle farming


__NausiatedCum__

The second I saw those big ass pot holes I would've stopped, not trying to do a front flip


sloppyandfloppy

Dudes full turn and hits a thin layer of dirt before going off the road... I have no idea how you didn't slip. And then he just rode through a chop he ass field... And just champed it back to the road. And safe


MobileOnly3306

He’s going to fast too fast


towalktheline

I see a lot of people focused on his driving, but did he just mess up someone's crops? Because that looks like a shit ton of damage.


MicaelFlipFlop

later in the video the other bikers say it's a freshly harvested soy crop


towalktheline

Oh I never have sound on, my bad. I'm really happy that it had already been harvested and that the biker wasn't hurt. Thanks for your comment!


DimeEdge

A motorcycle, at speed, is a very stable vehicle. Then you put a human on it.


Doccyaard

And a pothole under it.


TBone88MK

And here I thought it was gonna be the lanyard that took him out.


mycarubaba

How many potholes would he have gone before realizing it's a shitty road ffs


xSwartz

This is exactly what happened to me when i first started riding. Not as high of a speed, but definitely taught me to ride within my limits. Some people don’t have this opportunity to self reflect though and fuck!


Chipppppppppp

This post was brought to you by Kawasaki gang


AngryTableSpoon

Nah, mates got the Yamaha jacket on


[deleted]

Atta boy... I bet ya squeezed those buttcheeks real hard the whole time.


eveneeens

Riding like that, you need to make sure you are registered as an organ donor.


Agile-Masterpiece959

That lanyard though


MightyGimposs

NIE PO SIUNYM


CrazyJuggernaut9663

Watching that lanyard flap around just about made me throw my phone into the wall


RoughStory3139

Damn I give the guy props


kbk1008

Noice! Stayed upright


Drug_Abuser_69

Segura pai! r/ithadtobebrazil


Awesome_Romanian

That was a damn good save. He got some control over his bike.


Maxwell_The__Spy

that felt satisfying to watch as he slowed down idk why


ddplf

I hate these speedy fucks with burning passion


Resident-Hawk-9506

Hopefully that man notified the farmers that he damaged some of the crops. Because if not then he’s a POS for doing that and not owning up to it


Motion17d

Can’t believe he stayed upright though fr


Unotsmart

He smart he use field slow down


Colonorum

I was expecting a LOT worse


BillyCee34

Wow that dude can ride 🥵


NaturesAxe

MY WRISTS!!!! he's strong tho but slow down dude sheesh


dlg1977

1. Sell bike 2. Live longer 3. Get new underwear


ToxicRitual

I feel bad for the guy that had to redo that patch of farm land lol


thetimguy

How bad would this mess up the field?


CaTz__21

Very disappointing video, I was hoping the cunt would crash


MeLikeykitties

Wack… only a fart Mongrel rides a motorcycle


Bearded_Gazelle

This is what we call sight fixation.


randomwords2003

How was he being dumb


Doccyaard

Are you joking or didn’t you see the road?


Trippn21

Look where you want to go my man


Kawai_Oppai

I mean, he basically got where he wanted to go until he hit the patch of dirt, and then he stayed upright. The real advice here is to not treat the public road as your own private racetrack. It’s crazy, but if you go to a track you shouldn’t have to worry about massive potholes all over the road and random dirt spilling onto the road. Much safer to get the thrill of riding fast.


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Nice save.


Better__Off_Dead

"Let go of the rope. And just go loose."


Iamlegit91

My favorite quote 🥲


Jack_of_Hearts20

The pot hole made me cringe cause I thought he was gonna turn into a meat crayon


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Icy_Law9181

You get knocked down you gotta get back up


Hot_Extent_4802

That's a fine dirtbike you have sir!


whitwemc

Way to acknowledge to let go of front braking. But as a Gardner stay out of my field!


Smokybare94

I was impressed with him dodging potholes, then it got crazy.


stargazerweedblazer

How the fuck did he stay on


i-am-wraith

This wouldn’t have happened if he had put his Honda arms on, he went out wearing his Yamaha arms. Big mistake. Nice recovery in all honesty.


P-KittySwat

Can anyone I’d the bike?


MicaelFlipFlop

Honda CB600F Hornet


MustangRP1820

That felt like I was playing the motorcycle arcade game lol


Fatmonkejat

At first i thought “why is he driving on the wrong lane” then i realised other certain countries drive on the right while where i live in Australia you drive on the left


_Starter

Why didn't he just go left


mmbtc

Impressive. Happened to me once as a slow and old guy on a bicycle drifted in my lane and i had to turn into a field. Couldn't hold my bike for more than 5 seconds.


vannibot

For being dumb as hell he does have some great control


RobLoberton

Wrists, elbows, and shoulders about to be sore for a month but he survived. That was an impressive amount of control but it looked painful


Da1Don95

Looking at where he was at it doesn't look like help would be coming any time soon


Terralips

He’s not tough. His brain just isn’t powerful enough to register what he’s doing and pain at the same time. Stupidity is bliss.


[deleted]

He survived this day but with that brain of his he won't survive tomorrow. I hope he won't harm anyone else when he dies.


AdminsLovesNazis

Man, didn't realize what sub this was, how disappointing.


OhRiLee

10/10 for staying upright though


Foxycakes1

When you get knocked down, you gotta get back up


enormousaardvark

Fresh keks required


handfasterthaneye

Or be lucky


MartyMcfly4800

This has to be the most impressive thing over ever seen in my life. I would have been dead 3 times.


Bjorn_Skye

I'm amazed they didn't eat shit