S2000 on Tail of the Dragon

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Been watching motorcycle videos lately and of course maxwrist pops up. This dude antprilia he rides with is amazingly fast on his Aprilia. Apparently also can drive a car.

This is him driving the S2000. That dude can drive.


 
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Supermatch said:
And "maxwrist" does literally everything you're not supposed to do on the Dragon to keep accidents from happening. It royally pisses off the locals. Screw this guy.
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Yeah he also gets a lot of people hurt. He is famous so people see him and wanna ride with him and ride like idiots trying to impress him and eat shit.
 
I ride a bike and drive a performance car but I know my limitations. I wouldn't attempt that run like that - somewhere my head changed when I got old(er).
 
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If you can't keep it on your side of the mustard while driving.... you're outpacing your skill. If you want to drive like that goto a track. Im surprised the s2k stayed on his side for the most part and the motorcycle didnt.
 
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If you can't keep it on your side of the mustard while driving.... you're outpacing your skill. If you want to drive like that goto a track. Im surprised the s2k stayed on his side for the most part and the motorcycle didnt.
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That's the single most important aspect of riding out there. There are SO MANY accidents where bikers will lay over the yellow and get clipped by a car, or a car puts two over and tags someone coming around a curve. One of our races out there was delayed one morning while we waited for a biker's body to be removed from down the hill after she crossed and hit an oncoming vehicle around 6am :(
 
amnesia said:
If you can't keep it on your side of the mustard while driving.... you're outpacing your skill. If you want to drive like that goto a track. Im surprised the s2k stayed on his side for the most part and the motorcycle didnt.
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Yeah I used to live in Robbinsville on 129. I ALWAYS stayed in my lane (unless safely passing a motorcycle) and ALWAYS rode within my limits.
 
I rode for many years, and did my share of stupid sh%^ for sure. But seeing videos like this - and the attention it garners the dumbasses acting like that- literally turns my stomach.
This should be treated as video evidence of felony endangerment.
Assholes like this have clearly never helped clean up flesh off the road with a snowshovel- and have zero regard for the safety of others. These are often the same kind of folks who're surprised that it hurts so badly when shot.

Just my .02.
 
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You can just ride whatever speed you want on the Dragon?

I've never been there but I've heard of it.
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The cops up there are courteous, but will nail you for driving like a moron.
 
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barf said:
Been watching motorcycle videos lately and of course maxwrist pops up. This dude antprilia he rides with is amazingly fast on his Aprilia. Apparently also can drive a car.

This is him driving the S2000. That dude can drive.


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I'm guessing his familiarity with the road accounts for a lot.

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When I lived out west I rode many tens of thousands of miles in the mountains all over. I had local twisties I rode almost daily. So was pretty brisk rider.

There were local drivers that were impossible to keep up with on a bike. A real driver in a Miata will humble you on a technical road! Seen quite a few riders fail to realize this and get sucked into riding over their heads following a driver like that. S2000 is like a Miata that did a bunch of 'roid cycles. Hard to imagine a faster or funner car on that type of road.

Max wrist is such a doosh. He's a real bad look for new riders. Or any riders really.
But I have to admit I did my fair share of riding like a tool. I am glad there were no gopros and social media like there is now. I would have had to prove to the world what a rickey racer hero I was. That would have sealed my fate, lol.
 
Puddlejockey said:
I rode for many years, and did my share of stupid sh%^ for sure. But seeing videos like this - and the attention it garners the dumbasses acting like that- literally turns my stomach.
This should be treated as video evidence of felony endangerment.
Assholes like this have clearly never helped clean up flesh off the road with a snowshovel- and have zero regard for the safety of others. These are often the same kind of folks who're surprised that it hurts so badly when shot.

Just my .02.
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Like the gixxerbrah guy?

www.vaildaily.com

Youtuber wanted in Colorado published video traveling I-70 at 160 mph

Texas YouTube creator “Gixxer Brah” is currently wanted in Colorado, accused of reckless endangerment and a slew of other offenses after allegedly driving a motorcycle approximately 50 miles from Colorado Springs to the Castle Rock...
www.vaildaily.com www.vaildaily.com

He video'd himself doing a 45 minute drive in 20, he probably AVERAGED 140mph on the highway
Now he's wanted because, well, he gave the evidence to the public
 
HMP said:
Like the gixxerbrah guy?

www.vaildaily.com

Youtuber wanted in Colorado published video traveling I-70 at 160 mph

Texas YouTube creator “Gixxer Brah” is currently wanted in Colorado, accused of reckless endangerment and a slew of other offenses after allegedly driving a motorcycle approximately 50 miles from Colorado Springs to the Castle Rock...
www.vaildaily.com www.vaildaily.com

He video'd himself doing a 45 minute drive in 20, he probably AVERAGED 140mph on the highway
Now he's wanted because, well, he gave the evidence to the public
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I still don’t understand how people post videos of them breaking traffic laws constantly and they don’t get in trouble.

Like everyone who posts deals gap videos including the one above.
 
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I don’t go to places like that because I know I can’t resist seeing how I would do. Same reason I don’t ride in a group. Just don’t do it. Race track is different: no animals running out, no gravel in the corners and no one coming the other way.
 
I have ridden and driven the dragon safely each tume. Saw wrecks both times. Fun but safe is stull fun. The twisties dont need speed.

I hate riders like that. Anywhere
 
I rode the Dragon once a few years ago on my KLR650, two weeks after getting my 1st bike in 30 years, and with only minimal experience before that.

Buddy and I trailered our bikes out there and stayed for 2 days of riding the dragon and similar mountain roads. Was the most fun I've ever had with my pants on, but I made it home only by the grace of God.

I was riding the dragon at 95%, I thought, which was stupid in itself. Turns out I was riding at 105%. Something that interested me passed me going the opposite way and it distracted me for a split second. Next thing I know I can't make the next corner, or in that split second I convinced myself I couldn't make it. I had to decide whether to try anyway and almost certainly crash, or take my chances and cross well into the opposite lane on a blind corner.

I chose the latter, and could have easily killed myself and others but the good Lord gave me a pass that time. I'lll go again because it's so much fun, but I'm not riding that close to my limits on the street ever again.
 
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I've rode the Dragon once a few years ago on my KLR650, two weeks after getting my 1st bike in 30 years, and with only minimal experience before that.

Buddy and I trailered our bikes out there and stayed for 2 days of riding the dragon and similar mountain roads. Was the most fun I've ever had with my pants on, but I made it home only by the grace of God.

I was riding the dragon at 95%, I thought, which was stupid in itself. Turns out I was riding at 105%. Something that interested me passed me going the opposite way and it distracted me for a split second. Next thing I know I can't make the next corner, or in that split second I convinced myself I couldn't make it. I had to decide to try anyway and almost certainly crash, or take my chances and cross well into the opposite lane on a blind corner.

I chose the latter, and could have easily killed myself and others but the good Lord gave me a pass that time. I'lll go again because it's so much fun, but I'm not riding that close to my limits on the street ever again.
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Those other roads can be just as bad. I had to haul butt from a Sunday race in Robbinsville to Greenville, SC for a wedding. Standard cab Silverado 1500, open trailer with the race car on it. I SHOULD have gone 74 to 26, but I believe the route the GPS took me down was either 28 or 23. I have never driven so white-knuckled in my life. You could smell the brakes at nearly every twist and turn, and there were more than a handful of spots where it was a looooong way down.
 
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