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Title: Harley crushing it @ Thill, then crashes in his oil spill
Post by: dub on September 05, 2017, 02:47:16 PM
Some video I shot at Thunderhill a few weeks ago:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9-61tFkBRM
Title: Re: Harley crushing it @ Thill, then crashes in his oil spill
Post by: RedLeader on September 05, 2017, 03:51:31 PM
He looked like it was moving pretty decently until he crashed. Where did the oil come from?
Title: Re: Harley crushing it @ Thill, then crashes in his oil spill
Post by: dub on September 05, 2017, 04:33:32 PM
The gasket in the the adapter for his Jagg after market oil cooler failed.
Title: Re: Harley crushing it @ Thill, then crashes in his oil spill
Post by: RichVee4 on September 05, 2017, 08:41:35 PM
Thats guy sure knows how to ride his HD, never seen anyone corner a cruiser like that.   Did you have an inclination something was going to go wrong or just shooting video for him?  Pretty fast crash, good you didnt get tangled up in it, hard to see with all the smoke. 
Title: Re: Harley crushing it @ Thill, then crashes in his oil spill
Post by: dub on September 05, 2017, 08:45:21 PM
I was just taking video because dragging knee on a harley is something you don't see every trackday. Just happened that was the session when it let the smoke out. That's not my first rodeo getting smoke screened and covered in oil; I know better than to turn through it. You just go straight.
Title: Re: Harley crushing it @ Thill, then crashes in his oil spill
Post by: GreenMachine on September 06, 2017, 08:31:21 AM
What a shame.  All that damage from some fairly inexpensive part failure.  Good to see he got up without injury and no other riders were collected either.

Cool to watch up to that point though.  :thumbup  Looks like the two of you were having a hoot of a ride.
Title: Re: Harley crushing it @ Thill, then crashes in his oil spill
Post by: dub on September 06, 2017, 12:13:15 PM
Quote from: GreenMachine on September 06, 2017, 08:31:21 AMGood to see he got up without injury and no other riders were collected either.

For sure. It's such a disaster when a bike spills oil in a pack and everyone behind him crashes too; I've seen it several times.
Title: Re: Harley crushing it @ Thill, then crashes in his oil spill
Post by: Sub-Sonic on September 06, 2017, 08:06:26 PM
That guy is obviously a track guy that has ridden more than Harley's there.
That's a good idea to go straight if caught up in that, might be tough to to do in 5a and 11.
Title: Re: Harley crushing it @ Thill, then crashes in his oil spill
Post by: Sub-Sonic on September 12, 2017, 05:08:24 PM
Dub, visordown had a short write-up on your vid.

http://www.visordown.com/motorcycle-videos/harley-rider-sends-it-track-then-crashes
Title: Re: Harley crushing it @ Thill, then crashes in his oil spill
Post by: dub on September 13, 2017, 11:03:27 AM
Quote from: Sub-Sonic on September 12, 2017, 05:08:24 PM
Dub, visordown had a short write-up on your vid.

http://www.visordown.com/motorcycle-videos/harley-rider-sends-it-track-then-crashes

I saw that. At 41k views it is my most viewed YT video by a factor of 41+, lol.