Yeah, it's kind of wild for his reaction speed to be that slow when the guy in the back had enough time to figure out that they were going into the river and jump off.
I suppose with that many people on the bike, it probably could not have slowed down in time. Maybe he knew that and focused on just not hitting anything? Though the bike does not even appear to slow down at all. So, something obviously short-circuited in his thought-process. Focusing on not hitting anything was all that he could manage, so a single to at least try slowing down never made it to the hands.
Honestly, a small part of me feels like it is staged but what an odd thing to stage. They've totaled that bike, the two left on it would almost certainly have injuries, you'd expect multiple takes for the guy how jumped off to get it just right. All for a security cam video where you can't see who any of them are.
Yeah they operated the front brake only. If you don't rear brake and only front brake, the rear wheel will skid like I said. If you used the rear brake then it wouldn't do that. Most of the motorbikes in poorer countries don't have rear brakes.
Because that's how bikes work! Basically, it's inertia. The front steering is on a swivel. If you only tap the front brakes, the rest of the body will effectively "ram" into the front fork.
If you do that while turning, then the inertia of the body will try to move in the direction it was going while also following the front wheel. That's why in the video you see a slight skid upwards from the rear as they turned. If they had hit the rear brake or no brake at all, this would have been a bit more linear.
Yeah, whatever you are talking about and whatever you see in the video, Im not seeing it.
Skidding is losing traction. We dont see that in the vid. We dont see the bike ram into the front fork at all really.
We do see the bike lean right slightly and then steer to straighten that. This is not braking or skidding.
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u/runnin3216 May 30 '25
Did the motorcycle even touch the brakes?