BMW K1600B 2023 motorcycle trip day 3 ending in a motorcycle crash
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- Опубліковано 23 гру 2023
- A great day of riding through Yellowstone ending in a motorcycle crash after hitting some gravel from a previous rain storm that had washed the road out. Hard to see the gravel because it was the same color as the pavement but believe me it was there and it was like riding over ball bearings. 
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Thanks for posting park attractions and the road hazard and crash. I've been riding an '06 r1200rt with Kenda KM1 tires which stick like glue on clean pavement, but I'd guess would slide just as quick cornering on gravel sprinkles. Good luck on finding some rehab exercise routine. Canoe paddling for an hour is good for upper body and hand grip.
Glad you're ok man!! A pneumothorax is the real shit.
Also glad to see what looked like Kriega luggage. Yours is the first I have ever seen and I LOVE my gear.
Hope you'll be back at it in '24.
I'm glad you're alive. Thankfully, you had full gear. I played it in slow mo and you can see that it is the surface that caused the accident. Hopefully, you'll recover soon.
You are really lucky that you didn't highside over the handlebars and get hurt much worst. What a prick cop giving you a ticket after injuring yourself badly and totaling your bike.
Looked to me like he did "high side."
What a bummer man. And to have that cop give you a ticket is beyond shitty. Being that most of your injuries were in your chest area have you considered an airbag vest for future rides? I wear a Klim and it gives me some peace of mind.
I can't believe all the posts saying, "why did you lose control, what went wrong?" People must be blind. Look at 29:16, the gravel right in the center of the lane is clearly visible. Hitting that leaned over at speed and your screwed.
Glad to hear that you are on your way to a fully recovery, I'm one who knows that permanent injuries, are permanent. I traveled that same highway about 8 years ago from Yellowstone, thru Greybull to Sheridan, and the next week on to KY on my R1150RS. I stopped on the mountain east of Greybull a couple of Harley riders asked me if the storm had cleared out. They made the wrong assumption about the direction I was traveling. The storm was ahead to the East, had they came from the East they would have known. I can remember descending the mountain West of Sheridan in places the hail had accumulated 1" = 2" inches deep. We ride for different reasons, and we have to expect, and try to be prepared for anything, again, glad to see that you got to the end of the journey in fine shape. Thumbs down to the state trooper.
Great videos! I have traveled some of these roads a few times and never get tired of them. Thanks for sharing that awful crash and the aftermath. I sure hope you're healing quickly. Pretty sorry deed for the Trooper to write you a ticket. I don't see how this helped make the road safer for motorists. Happy Trails!
Wow, glad you are okay!!
thank goodness you are ok
glad you're ok
Glad you’re ok. Gravel could get any of us. Protective gear did as much as it could.
I’m on a Grand America and have lost the back tire a little on gravel, but never the front. It happens, and thats a rare recovery without a high side at speed.
Really sorry, that just sucks, gravel over the road I’m guessing nearly did that myself, fingers crossed your all better soon and back on two wheels
Glad you’re ok, my mate did similar on his k1600 and has 7 broken ribs
I am glad you are "OK", too. How fast were you going? Looked like 50? then the bars went stop to stop? And over you went? Lessons learned? Get well soon, good luck.
The sad part of all this is that the crash will be the overwhelming memory of the trip. Believe me, I've been there. A ride in the back of an ambulance is no way to end a trip. Glad you're on the mend.
Glad you’re OK. I also have a K1600B. I’m in Chehalis, WA. Always looking for a riding buddy. Reach out if you like.
Looked like gravel! We've had a riders go down way back the Sierras on a pass and luckily we carry two way communication devices.
The video shows some fine grey gravel on your riding line. Your front tyre washed out on the gravel and then secured traction again once you cleared the gravel line, thus causing the mid corner tank slapper. Your speedo shows that your speed was fine for the conditions. It’s just one of those things, not much you can do about it.
It looks like you may have instinctively grabbed a handful of front brake and if so, you might have stayed upright with more gentle break application but it’s difficult to be certain on that point.
Well done for sharing the video - we can all learn from the accident.
Wow! That was a very spectacular crash! Yeah, I couldn't tell the gravel from the road as well. I'm glad you're ok and wish you a very speedy recovery. Hope you get back on two-wheels again soon. Any updates on the bike and what the insurance "man" has said?
I usually brake before curves that look like they have some liquid spilled on them or variations in the color of the road. Next time, it's important to reduce speed a bit and avoid leaning the motorcycle too much. Good luck!
Man I've been to Greybull - glad you were able to find a hospital for initial treatment! Clearly you weren't going at excessive speed - 61 at the onset on a wide open 2 lane highway. The tow company did the right thing by not releasing it without your approval - otherwise your personal gear would have gone to who-knows-where and then a fight with the insurance company for it.
Sorry ya had an off. Gear did well and saved you from really getting skinned up. Shoei helmet held up as well. Hope you're still on the mend. What month were you there? I ask as I'm planning on a trip out to that area this summer. Early June. TIA
Take care!
Goddamn that came out of nowhere. Glad you are ok. What happened? Just too low of a corner and the peg dug in?
Is the bike repaired?
Hope you keep riding
I wonder if that type crash is result of front suspension geometry. I’ve read people say the front end doesn’t have any feel when things go soft. The wheel is offset from the steering pin quite a ways so the back and forth movement could be a result of that.
Glad you’re ok brother. Was there something on the road or did it just shift in you?
What was the cause of the wreck?
Was there small gravel spread across the road? I couldn’t see it in the video but the afternoon lighting can hide it.
28:53
close call mate, glad your on the mend...you hit gravel ?
Yeah, road washed out a few days before that and there was some gravel left on the road but it was really hard to see because it’s the same color as the pavement
nothing you could have done there mate, even watching the video you couldn't see it..@@weldmandingo
wow what did make you lost control bike, I did watch few times and don't get it, I am glad you are a life
The road had washed out a few days before and a rain storm, and the gravel on the road was the same color as the chip seal and really couldn’t see it
Damn Russ...glad you're ok..and glad you weren't stuck along the highway too long waiting for someone..
@@weldmandingo oh gosh I watched 6 time ,I did see it you slipped first but road did look normal no oil,you are very lucky, bike of course unrepairable,
Wasn't expecting that! Glad you're OK. Is the bike totalled or repairable?
Happy holidays to you and yours 🙏
I can't figure out why the bike went down.
Really weird crash actually...it seems just like he crossed an oil spill or something similar. I'm glad he's more or less ok.
Are you blind??? Look at the video, the road surface is COVERED in gravel. That would have been tough going straight, in a curve on a big touring bike...hopeless!
bmw traction control issues
More like Wyoming road condition issues!!!!
I don't think any manufacturer makes a traction control capable of keeping you upright when you hit gravels in a curve.
@@clay1883 Nope. Your only possible ways out of that one were to be going far slower or to have been riding a much more lightweight bike.
@@suzyamerica4679
Sometimes a shit day is just a shit day....
@@bobsullivan5714 Wonder what the speed limit was. The rider was going 61-62 (by the dash reading) when it began.