Bike wreck while attempting a standup wheelie

Spring 2002 in Galveston, TX. A friend is attempting a standup wheelie when he loses footing on the back pegs and eats pavement. He lived to tell and recovered from his injuries. Also, I am not the person who filmed it, nor the person talking in the video.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• yzf600
• r6
• yamaha
• sportbike
• crash
• race
• wheelie
• motorcycle
• wreck

[kalvin6996]

hmmm im still not clear on what happen? looks like you went higher than the BP than your foot slipped off or what?

[HagerTX]

I'm not the guy in the video, it's a friend of mine. Years ago we watched the footage on a TV set and it was easier to see on that (vs this small vid on Youtube) that his foot slipped off.

[jssiler]

Well at least he wasn't in a tank top without a helmet doing that stuff. He should have picked an isolated road.

[HagerTX]

Yeah it's this kind of stuff that explains why bike insurance for a 19 year old in Houston is in excess of $4000 a year in some cases.

[RevArto]

He still blew the ass off his jeans though... I hope I don't sound like too much of a prick when I say; He's lucky to at least get to walk a way from a pretty brutal crash with a little more than a huge wedgie, and a few millimeters shaved off his ass.

[SikGix55]

"His bikes fucked up but hes okay" LMAO wow

[dumpedcorolla]

to the guy talking...yea its cool cause he's ok... reminds me of my first crash doing a wheelie. sliding the rolling then right to my feet walking toward the bike hoping it was ok lol......also for the trash talkers for people who crash... stunts kill bikes, try them and you will go down some time. face it, it's just a part of the game

[panamera]

nice to see the other cars stopping and coming to help

[blazeveryday6996]

dam he was giong fast when he fell lol

[Spadie1]

"You'll get to see it again and again, trust me" You recognised right away Alex. Good camera work also.

[bobbievalentine]

haha ya ... i hate that feeling your ass hurtsyour ego hurts and and on top of all that you have to sell out the cash to get another bike that you can do the same things on sigh lifes tuff

[jordan1210]

it looks like he tried to sit down or something

[96hatchy]

@SikGix55 "idk, but that was pretty cool", "alex!", "it was!"

[extreeeeeemist]

i did that on an old kz 1000 and didnt realize till i went to throw horseshoes a half hour later that my leg was cracked (fibula) along side of my calf muscle .... it happens when you tumble.. no cast or doctor it healed itself in 6 weeks

[juicer404]

shit happens

[TankThompson2011]

Looks like the foot slipped causing his weight to go farther back, making the bike lean past balance point. At which point he went down..