Monday, July 11, 2011

Doofus Of The Day #496


This video clip was shot in Morocco. The motorcyclist reaches speeds of up to 87 mph on his home-built contraption, adopting the weird and almost uncontrollable position shown.







One pothole, one undue bounce, and he'd have had no control whatsoever to stop himself crashing. If he'd done so, I don't think he'd have qualified for the 72 virgins Islamic martyrs are supposed to receive . . . but I daresay he might have found himself handed over to 72 deceased traffic cops, to teach him a lesson!





Peter
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10 comments:

  1. MorrisJuly 12, 2011 at 12:24 AM

    Nope, he wouldn't get his 72 virgins - you only get them dying in the cause of jihad, not stupidity...
    :)

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  2. AnonymousJuly 12, 2011 at 12:53 AM

    Suggest you Google a chap named Rollie Free...

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  3. Jim MarchJuly 12, 2011 at 2:37 AM

    It's really not as crazy as it looks. That thing has at least basic suspension and the rim/tire setup is beefier than what's found on bicycles.

    At those speeds the weight of the spinning rims and tires is acting like two gyroscopes. Trust me, a "small pothole" wouldn't be enough to spill him.

    The position is about aerodynamics for this one high-speed run.

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  4. TJICJuly 12, 2011 at 6:34 AM

    Well, at least he's got a helmet and leathers on.

    ...oh, wait...

    @jim_march:
    > Trust me, a "small pothole" wouldn't be enough to spill him.

    Having ridden motorcycles, this is exactly counter to my belief of how bikes handles. I agree w Bayou Ren Man - I'd bet that if he hit a tin can, he'd be down, bouncing, and dead.

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  5. Old NFOJuly 12, 2011 at 6:59 AM

    Gene pool missed a chlorine infusion (again)...

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  6. PeterJuly 12, 2011 at 7:28 AM

    @Anonymous at 12:53 a.m.:

    Yes, Rollie Free adopted a similar riding position, but he did so on the Bonneville Salt Flats, where other traffic, potholes, etc. weren't factors with which he had to contend. That makes it a very different proposition to the present doofus!

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  7. AnonymousJuly 12, 2011 at 11:39 AM

    Dude knows something about aerodynamics, though.

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  8. AnonymousJuly 12, 2011 at 6:15 PM

    Crazy? Sure, but I'm impressed that he could reach that speed with what appears to be a small, moped-sized 1 cylinder engine!

    Antibubba

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  9. Glenn BJuly 12, 2011 at 9:21 PM

    I did some crazy things in my youth, after all isn't that when we are supposed to be a little crazy!

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  10. Bob@thenestJuly 13, 2011 at 10:37 PM

    Seems that line between crazy and stupid gets thinner by the day.

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