Dream trip to Italy to ride Ducatis and he dumps it.

[SunnY S]

Everyday they can take out a different Ducati from a stable for a dream ride through the mountains of Italy......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjHSG...ature=youtu.be

 

[Jlin]

hurt

 

[Jag_V4Ape]

Okay uh.. wth just happen? He was making a turn that wasn't even that lean, and the bike just fell? wth? Musta been some cheap-*** tires or something. -_-

 

[stormcat]

I just watched it 3 times and can't figure out what happened either.

 

[SunnY S]

I just watched it 3 times and can't figure out what happened either.

Looks to me like he hit a bump (crack in pavement) and lost traction. Watch it again.

Short wheelbase, stiff suspension, look how rough the road is from beginning of vid = crash.

 

[soto]

It was the crack in the road. The first one wobbled him a bit so he probably slowed down for the second one which of course made things worse.

 

[N3WMAN]

On the brakes perhaps?

They certainly loved to ride on the painted lines and in oncoming lanes a lot.

 

[Jag_V4Ape]

Damn, short wheels and stiff suspensions can actually do that? Guess I learned something new today. So what if you made the suspensions softer? Would it have helped him?

 

[soto]

Damn, short wheels and stiff suspensions can actually do that? Guess I learned something new today. So what if you made the suspensions softer? Would it have helped him?

If he were rolling on the gas and light on the bars he would have been OK. The wheel would just glide over instead of digging in, and any wobble would be light and fade quickly.

 

[Brian P]

Damn, short wheels and stiff suspensions can actually do that? Guess I learned something new today. So what if you made the suspensions softer? Would it have helped him?

Suspension that is too stiff can cause the wheels to lose contact with the ground. You need compliance to allow the wheel to follow the road up and down without transmitting the whole motion into the chassis.

 

[gcrouse]

Hit a huge crack and lost it

I just watched it 3 times and can't figure out what happened either.

 

[gcrouse]

Ya noticed that , but then again see that in alot of posted videos. Not good

On the brakes perhaps?

They certainly loved to ride on the painted lines and in oncoming lanes a lot.

 

[Bigevildoer]

I just watched it 3 times and can't figure out what happened either.

Doesn't seem like anyone here but me noticed the bumpy road sign on the right about 3 seconds before he binned it....
I'm guessing he hit a bump, front end came up enough to lose traction, got the bars slightly off center, came down on that giant crack in the road with the wheel on an angle. Fall down go boom.

 

[stormcat]

If a crack like that takes down a Ducati it's no wonder I rarely saw one in NL! The road cracks in NL are more like crevasses.

Wha? Ya can't get yer Ducati cross dat road? Whas wrong wit ya, b'y?!

 

[Metastable]

To me it seemed like he was pushing the bike underneath him .... like a dirtbike, hence eating up a TON of lean angle. There was a thread on the General section saying how there is no need to hang off on the street. Well folks, if the dude was hanging off (no need for sticking the knee way out), this crash probably wouldn't have happened.... plus it sounded like he was coasting..... as I have learned at the track, not a good idea. On the throttle or on the brakes... you can keep constant throttle, but never coast.