DrivenMind
09-26-2008, 09:40 PM
I was watching some clips of racing accidents earlier, and I came across a video of some guys racing motorcycles. The guy in front of the chase bike dumps it, and as the other motorcycle goes to avoid him he inadvertently runs him over. This prompted a sort of question in my mind, and I don't think I've ever heard it brought up.
If you're on a motorcycle, and you know you're about to hit someone, could you try and wheelie just before you hit them, so that you hit them with only the back tyre? I know this sounds somewhat ridiculous at first, but it seems to me that if the heaviest part of the bike is it's engine, you could effectively use the bikes own power to lift the heaviest part of the bike up into the air and possibly over the person your going to hit, thus minimizing further damage?
Maybe this is just stupid, but I've only ridden a motorcycle once, and the throttle didn't return like it was supposed to, so it wasn't a pleasant first time experience.
If you're on a motorcycle, and you know you're about to hit someone, could you try and wheelie just before you hit them, so that you hit them with only the back tyre? I know this sounds somewhat ridiculous at first, but it seems to me that if the heaviest part of the bike is it's engine, you could effectively use the bikes own power to lift the heaviest part of the bike up into the air and possibly over the person your going to hit, thus minimizing further damage?
Maybe this is just stupid, but I've only ridden a motorcycle once, and the throttle didn't return like it was supposed to, so it wasn't a pleasant first time experience.