Highside Crash Explained (Slow Motion) 

Antoine Morin-Prévost Of course I'm still riding :)

I have never been on a track before so please excuse me for being blunt. It seemed to me like you had some supension problems, especially while accelerating coming out of the curve. Is it fair to ask if you were in some way nervous during that ride?

@@michor10 my ignorant perception is that the front shocks were compressed right before he gave it a sudden squeeze at the gas, rear wheel wasn't loaded enough. That's on hindsight of course, I might as well fallen off.

Pulling or pushing?

jackie moon hes saying to just have the bike fall over altogether and bring it into a slide. It’s still a bad crash if you don’t have the right abrasion resistant gear, but it at least won’t be as bad as launching you over the handlebars

Biggest thing is to not cut the throttle suddenly and/or to not stab the brakes. You need to accelerate through the turn while traveling in not such a sharp angle. Ride safe and keep wearing that gear

There’s no way. That bar snapped

Yes the feeling with the bike was great, but probably a little too early and aggressive on the gas...

+Slimmerik I raced superbikes for a few years in the 80sA very ambitious fist full of throttle there IMONice try though ;-)High sides hurt so fortunate you walked from it.

+ally vega too much lean angle and bike power for the tires to remain stuck in 1:1 rate on the road solution is to lessen the lean angle, get a bike w/ less power or less throttle, get stickier tires or find another combination from those 3 important variables Safest way is to always be at a maximum of 80% maximum potential at all times then you can never bust anything. If you want more then you increase the maximum potential ceiling limit.

+Anthony Abelardo Thanks for your comment. But do you know the expression "kicking in an open door"?

Slimmerik no

You have a full face helmet you don't need goggles 🤣😂

When the bike is leaned over that much the contact patch is tiny so your traction is very low to begin with. I don't think that anyone can really teach you how to save yourself from a highside but you can do things to avoid it. Like keep the bike as upright as possible. In a turn this is done by properly setting up your body in a correct manner (not twisted but parallel to the bike) BEFORE reaching the turn and before braking and develop good throttle control. Also look where you want to go and keep your arms soft on the bars. My own advice for riding the streets would be to ride at a level you feel comfortable with and always ride at a pace that will allow you to see far enough ahead to avoid mid-turn corrections. Never allow yourself to be cocky on a motorcycle, especially around friends. Also watch "Twist of the Wrist" or get the book by Keith Code. There are valuable lessons to learned there. Practice on streets that you know or if you're serious about riding, try to get some lessons on the track. Enjoy your ride!

Oh, I forgot to mention. The reason highsides happen is BECAUSE the rear tire REGAINS tracktion very quickly, ejecting the rider from the seat. So really, what you want is to bring the bike into a more upright position while keeping the throttle calm. A very difficult (if not impossible for most street riders) thing to do. It all happens so fast that all you can hope for is luck. Avoid leaning the bike far off on the street and learn proper body positioning to take the curve safely with the bike in a more upright position and with good throttle control before the curve, into the curve, and riding out of it.

I don't think it is that simple. When you shut the throttle, the tire regains traction and that is exactly what happens in a highsider and flips you over de bike.

​@@slimmerik1 As he said, you should have shut down the throtle. You can see that rev is doubled because back tire lost traction. Then you cut down the throtle and it regained traction (rev decreases slowly) until it gained enough traction to throw you out. I don't think you could totally avoid accident by not shutting down the gas but maybe you would have had a smoother landing :)

Thanks! Me neither:)

Maybe they want more spesific explaination such as how the rear suspension reaction about too, maybe like animation or presentation. . .but this is nice info

I didn't click "dislike", but one thing that I didn't like was that it took nearly half of the video just to get to the accident. That wasn't needed, and it was boring. Just get to the point.

Thanks. The bike has been rebuild and even crashed again..;)

At least it's being raced and not garaged!

+Peter Githu no, it's because you had too much lean angle w/ the wrong configuration during certain conditions

ARTHURCBR that can hurt... Also too much power at the rear wheel?;) All is fine again with me. Thanks!

Always good! Where can I find that?

@@slimmerik1 Fortnine - Motorcycle Riders - Your Throttle Grip is Wrong

It was a Supercorsa. But it was pretty worn and not enough heat in it.

@@slimmerik1 Cool, did my highside on a worn OEM michelin pilot sport on a gsx750r, but that was a long time ago, however got some flashbacks from your clip :P

Yes,sorry,I didn`t see that is specified in description..

Ilea Alin It's a CBR600 F4 from 1999:)

Thanks !:D

Brett the Standoff king yes, you’re right

Question: why the rear tire should lose traction while cornering

@@rashigupta5995 I think by full rear tire breaking

My best bet is to keep the throttle open, drift through the corner and hope for the best... When you notice the rear wheel starts to slide you don't have time to pull in the clutch. By the time I noticed my rear wheel lost traction, I was already flying in the air:)

Why was it the wrong trajectory can you explain. I believe the ideal was to go to outside of the turn which he couldn't.

Smoother on the throttle. Again, very good riding. I think you were worried about the guy you just passed. Someone said the guy in front of you kicked out too. No way you could see that. On a 72 in screen and zoomed i can't see that. Bs on that comment.

Helaas hebben die het ook niet overleefd;)

Met mn CBR rij ik op straat en circuit. Ik heb uiteindelijk een gescheurde 2e hands kopkuip gekocht en die zet ik er nu op tijdens circuitdagen. Wisselen gaat redelijk eenvoudig.

were you wearing a back protector?

Don't do what exactly? Why did the rear tire loose traction

Thanks. Great help...

Glad you are ok, same thing happened to me, very sore chest and shoulders, no broken bones, a very unsettling thing to experience on a motorbike…