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Speeding Rider Crashes Spectacularly
Speeding Rider Crashes Spectacularly

18 Mar 2014, 14:25 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Once more, it looks like it’s not the speed which kills, but the sudden stop. Still, this spectacular motorcycle accident did not end with the demise of the rider, but a series of 5 surgeries ...

 
Ride That Damned Bike, Would You?
Ride That Damned Bike, Would You?

13 Mar 2014, 16:52 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Well, I guess this is what any riders with medium off-road experience would have shouted at the star of this video, with no malice associated with the shouting, but a hefty dash of frustration, mayb...

 
Watch and Learn: Speed, Turn, Panic, Crash
Watch and Learn: Speed, Turn, Panic, Crash

11 Mar 2014, 14:02 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / The mellow spring day could have easily turned into a nightmare for this rider, as he learned a very important lesson the rather easy way. Basically, as fun as motorcycling is with all the speed, wi...

 
Can You Spot the Flying Motorcycle?
Can You Spot the Flying Motorcycle?

8 Mar 2014, 10:48 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Riding fast through the turns is definitely one of the most alluring things about motorcycling and at the same time, one of the things which separate men from boys, so to speak. However, when it com...

 
Suzuki GSX-R600 Crashing into the Mountain Wall
Suzuki GSX-R600 Crashing into the Mountain Wall

23 Sep 2013, 12:33 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / "Canyon carving" is surely a ton of fun, but one simply cannot afford to lose focus at any time, when riding fast through successive bends. A mistake of a moment of lower awareness is seld...

 
Yamaha R1 Drags Peg, Crashes
Yamaha R1 Drags Peg, Crashes

20 Sep 2013, 14:38 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Nasty fall for an Yamaha R1 rider in the most famous turn of the even more famous Mulholland "Snake". I still don't get it why so many riders exaggerate the knee down trick in places ...

 
Yamaha YZF-R125 Rider Breaks Both Hands in Silly Accident
Yamaha YZF-R125 Rider Breaks Both Hands in Silly Accident

19 Sep 2013, 09:38 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Checking with your rear view mirrors is of course, a very good idea, unless you do it when you should have been observing the approaching bend... This is the rather hard lesson a German young fe...

 
Two Mistakes, One Biker Crashing Hard
Two Mistakes, One Biker Crashing Hard

12 Sep 2013, 12:39 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / While one mistake is enough to cause a road crash most of the times, having two motorists at fault is a sure way to a nasty crash. However, this accident could have easily been avoided if the two fe...

 
Watch and Learn: Cornering Is Serious Business, and so Are Crashes
Watch and Learn: Cornering Is Serious Business, and so Are Crashes

11 Sep 2013, 12:30 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Bad day for this Honda rider who went out for a ride on a winding road and asked one of his friend to shoot the whole trip with a Go Pro camera attached to his Kawasaki Concours. I don't wan...

 
Colombian Rider Crashing Like a Moron
Colombian Rider Crashing Like a Moron

5 Sep 2013, 11:50 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / A pathetic "oil on the road" excuse was used for a dumb Colombian rider after a completely moronic crash on a winding mountain road. Funnily, every rider we've shown this footage t...

 
Watch and Learn: High-Speed Sidecar Trick Goes Very Wrong
Watch and Learn: High-Speed Sidecar Trick Goes Very Wrong

4 Sep 2013, 15:36 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Funny and convenient as they are, sidecar motorcycles come with a very high rick factor when it comes to speeding. This is the lesson two (possibly) Russian guys (judging by the swearwords) have lea...

 
Watch and Learn: Wrong-Speed Cornering Causes Lowside Crash
Watch and Learn: Wrong-Speed Cornering Causes Lowside Crash

20 Aug 2013, 15:23 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Approaching a turn with too much speed is a containable error, provided the rider assesses the situation properly and manages to slow down before reaching the apex of the curve. If such a maneuver f...

 
Scooter Risky Overtaking Ends Bad
Scooter Risky Overtaking Ends Bad

12 Aug 2013, 12:13 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Assuming everybody sees us when riding a bike in traffic is one of the worst ideas which can come into mind. In fact, any rider in his or her right mind would do exactly the opposite, acting as if t...

 
Watch and Learn: Rider Lets Bike Go to Save His Own Life
Watch and Learn: Rider Lets Bike Go to Save His Own Life

9 Aug 2013, 09:45 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Very important lesson learned by a Russian motorcyclist in a spring day: when the roads are dirty and wet, speeding is the shortest way to wreck a bike, become severely injured or even get killed. ...

 
Too Much Speed, Too Little Lean and the Ninja 636 Crashes
Too Much Speed, Too Little Lean and the Ninja 636 Crashes

8 Aug 2013, 14:53 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / At least the fellow who has uploaded this Kawasaki Ninja 636 crash was honest: "Went in too fast for my comfort/skill level. Panicked when I started veering towards the outside of the turn and ...

 
Watch and Learn: Close Call for Yamaha YZF-R125 Rider
Watch and Learn: Close Call for Yamaha YZF-R125 Rider

6 Aug 2013, 11:51 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / This video is almost a textbook example showing why tailgating is a dangerous business, regardless of who's behind who: bike following bike, cars behind bikes or the other way around. The reaso...

 
Brutal Harley Crash, Rider Miraculously Unscathed
Brutal Harley Crash, Rider Miraculously Unscathed

19 Jul 2013, 09:23 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / A breathtaking combination of fail and win for Jean Claude, a motorcycle rider who was involved in a very brutal accident with a Camaro. He was cruising in southern Florida just above the speed l...

 
Watch and Learn: Stupid Rider Gets Hurt Pretty Bad
Watch and Learn: Stupid Rider Gets Hurt Pretty Bad

16 Jul 2013, 16:01 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Sorry to say such a thing, but one does not simply make such "jokes" on the highway, especially as we're talking about a Russian one. Things can indeed get a little rough at high spee...

 
Jumping the Red Light, Always the Worst Idea
Jumping the Red Light, Always the Worst Idea

15 Jul 2013, 14:30 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / It looks like there will always be fellows willing to test for themselves how bad results jumping the red traffic light can turn out. And since this an idea has always been one of the stupidest thin...

 
When the Rain Comes Down, Down Goes the Bike
When the Rain Comes Down, Down Goes the Bike

12 Jul 2013, 09:34 UTC · By: Florin Tibu / Some people fear riding in the wet as they claim ot having any feel of the motorcycle. While we kind of understand them, we must definitely say that riding on wet roads is no rocket science, and pre...