CATASTROPHIC: Reviewing Footage of Beginner Riding Errors

[@DanDanTheFireman]

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[@donderstorm1845]

crazy how many people aren't wearing gloves. your hands are so important to do almost anything.

[@HawgRiderBC]

I NEVER ride without gloves! No matter how warm it is.

[@miguelaguirre9002]

Liver is on the RIGHT side, unless they have situs inversus. You're welcome Dan Dan! Love these videos. 👍🏽

[@danishghostrider]

Could be he meant the spleen. Either way, not fun to damage either of those

[@stabbyronnie]

I pointed this out as well! On two of his vids tonight! LOL!

[@hugovallarta]

Came running for this😅

[@drakeb6168]

I love these videos dan, I caught myself target fixating on this lovely curve open to work and was already using target fixation to get out of it before I even noticed what was happening. Thank you for the skills to get myself out of trouble. Havent had much issue in traffic due to these skills as well.

[@volvo09]

9:55 I wonder how many bikers wiped out on that oil? That must have spread across both lanes before the tow truck arrived with kitty litter.

[@NoFrictionZone]

He claims they put dirt over it but wasn't filmed. Still, it took way too long to clean it up.

[@volvo09]

@@NoFrictionZone yeah seeing how it looked like performance cars were there along with fast bikes, I'd be standing away signalling people to slow down.

[@olenilsen4660]

@@NoFrictionZone Well, not a lot better than the oil itself, imo.. What rescue will do where I live, is to put up warning signs in both directions as well.

[@HilmarLange]

4:02 It may be that the Honda Shadow (which I ride too) passed a lowered area between the road and the sidewalk, i.e. the drainage. Then the low foodpeg gets caught during the lean of the tight turn, and there she goes. Please don't ask me how I know...

[@jlucas9342]

06:00 When you go over an obstacle, you give the throttle a hit. He thought, Oh an obstacle.... I'll just giver er some goose. It'll be fine. 😂

[@DzikieKrzeslo]

14:09 Athens, Greece. Went on vacation to Crete this year and the roads and people driving there were quite hectic 😅 Busy roads, not on a Vietnam traffic level of busy but still requires you to stay aware. Oh and from what I've seen out there riders rarely wear any gear (helmets included). Cheers!

[@olenilsen4660]

11:18 - yeah, ABS is NEAT! And they keep getting better. In Norway, every bike has it. I really don´t get why someone would repel it, when you see results like these. Now, I agree, getting one brown stage like that should teach them, at least for the rest of that ride, that they might be pushing it a bit too far.

[@sktakis]

15:00 This is greece as you can see On the graffity of a popular greek footbal l team. Also we are lucky that we dont see any taxi drives in the vid cause they are something special.

[@Angeloespi]

15:08 Athens

[@volvo09]

6:14 I also wonder if he's SO lazer focused on racing that blue car (they're both doing 100Mph) that his brain failed to see the white car at all and he simply drove into the back of it right when he went to accelerate. Either way, he wasn't focused on riding, he was white stage because all his attention was given to the blue car.

[@olenilsen4660]

45 yo driver here, these things can and will happen if you don´t always focus on your driving. I bet he just grew some horns, and his attention was immediately drawn to this playmate (No, not in the Hefner way! ;). Observing and evaluating multiple other drivers/riders and their intent comes with a lot of practice and experience, but unless you´re working on developing that understanding, you´re not going to get there very fast. My advice is to pay close attention to the one thing that is most important for you to have a safe ride, but force yourself to move your eyes all the way to the sides in front of you, it´s so easy to get tunnel vision. And check your mirrors often, keep track of anything moving up from behind. That way you won´t be surprised when something´s suddenly in your blind spot. I´ve had two minor fender benders when I was 18-20. Not a single incident since.

[@HawgRiderBC]

I've been riding motorcycles for about 50 years now, and I've never had my front tire more than 2 feet off the ground. Any time I consider doing a wheelie, the little "Dan voice" in my head says, "Don't."

[@olenilsen4660]

That´s how I like it as well. I mean, i did it on my dirtbike when I was 15, but on big bikes, the only wheelie that counts, is a power wheelie ;) Either way, I´m old enough now to just enjoy the ride with both wheels on the ground. Funny how it´s just another story of how youth is wasted on the young. These days, I could easily have done all that stupid stuff with minimal risk of failure. I´m just too old to bother trying to look cool ;)

[@HawgRiderBC]

​@olenilsen4660 Power wheelies are all I do as well. However, it's been a lot easier since I bought my BMW S1000XR a year ago since the bike's power to weight ratio is far higher than my Harley.

[@JohnnyS_1980]

Awesome content my friend keep it up. Great Job!

[@joshw3539]

Forgot to mention the magnificent avoidance swerve that the ride made to avoid hitting his friend and his bike. He gets an A+ (not for breaking the law) but for saving himself and further damage to his friend.

[@olenilsen4660]

15:02 @DanDanTheFireman - Greece. Very specific alphabet, European plates with 3 letters and 4 numbers on the cars. Older plates doesn´t have the blue stripe with the nationality on it, like that Civic. IDK where in Greece, tho, I´ve only driven on islands myself, and those are smaller roads where everyone drives fast, but they´re still very considerate. Very different culture than Norway, where I´m from. Works well if you can keep the pace, but if you´re unsure, don´t think to stop until you´ve got a safe place to move over, people will get very annoyed, and clogging up traffic might cause an accident in the end. Which in turn makes the annoyance legit, I think. This dude, however, was just riding like a CU next Tuesday...

[@Joedirt3349]

Cheers Dan! You do good work.

[@CageFreeTom]

Just curious, @ about 3 min mark, the rider slowed down and went in front of the van. I've heard so many people recommend turning towards where a velhcile is from. Figuring they are more likely to gun it forward than go in reverse. Anyone else here this advice?

[@kurrie3280]

Yes, I agree with you that a driver is much more likely to move forward than reverse.

[@olenilsen4660]

Sure, if that´s a viable option. Same with wildlife. However, in this situation I don´t see how he could even have made the right swerve. And it looks like the car also slowed down when they saw what was coming. So yeah, if you can, get behind - it´s going to take them a lot longer to slam it in reverse and hit you... But if that was their plan in this case, they´d have to start the maneuver a lot earlier. Also, consider that everything looks further away on camera. It´s a real thing, not just something every dashcammer claims when they messed up.

[@olenilsen4660]

15:35 - They obviously had to wait at a distance for that pump when they wanted to move against "traffic". However, doing this, you need to know that nobody else can see that you´re waiting. So I´d rather go in line with "the people of my side" fuel cap... So I get it. I also get the aggravated guy that tried to hand signal his version from inside the car, and the biker that flipped him the bird because he was scared that he was trying to run him over... Now, after the guy in the car explained it, and the biker told his story - the biker could just calm down and realize that he was actually cutting in front of the line. Why continue the rant? He sounds liek a kid that was just told he couldn´t get candy for breakfast...

[@Motodidakt]

I have a safety question: Say you're approaching a light behind a line of cars. There's 2 lanes (both evenly backed up with cars waiting at the light) and a shoulder, you're in the right lane, and as you approach you want to set yourself up with an escape route when you stop. Is it better to use the shoulder or the center line as your escape route? I usually stay towards the center with the idea that if someone were to be a rear ending risk, they'd be more likely to try to swerve towards the shoulder. On the flip side, I guess you'd be more likely to get crushed between cars in the center. 🤷‍♂️

[@HockeyVictory66]

Dude was riding faster than his ability in the first one. Experienced riders who are riding that fast never grab the front brake like that. I don’t ride fast any more but when I did I was always super careful on brake pressure without even thinking about it.

[@_tokii__]

@5:56 not only was he not paying attention, but he wanted to race a BRZ/GT86 💀💀

[@ArtHistoryNstuff332]

I dunno dude, you tell me... I just started watching your channel and I am a new rider myself, but it seems that most of these people either 1) haven't taken a MSC (which I have and did really well) or 2) probably don't have a license, have no clue what they are doing, and shouldn't even be on a bike or 3) both.

[@HawgRiderBC]

Hey Dan, my riding partner had a close call last Thursday (when I missed class), and I caught it on my bike dash cam. How can I get it to you? It's on my channel under "close call 01". I'm starting a playlist of close calls.

[@olenilsen4660]

You can find his email in the channel description. Thanks in advance for sharing!

[@HawgRiderBC]

@@olenilsen4660 I can't see it listed anywhere?

[@danishghostrider]

@@HawgRiderBC On his channel, next to the profile picture, it says "***Mission***. Click "View more". On the bottom of the popup under channel info, you should find a button that mentions an email address. English isn't my native language, please forgive me if I make no sense

[@HawgRiderBC]

@@danishghostrider No email address. It gives his Instagram and Discord links, but I don't use any social media except KZbin.

[@danishghostrider]

@@HawgRiderBC There must be some differences between the Canadian and Danish KZbin. If so, I suggest stopping by when he is streaming.

[@leanardajuantap9816]

9:20 hes lucky didnt hit that corvette might have gone over it that sedan might have saved his life imo

[@SlashThePriest]

Why shouldn't you use the green nozzle? (-non american here who regularly and exclusively uses the green nozzle)

[@tjclarke4604]

Weird. I always thought the liver was on the right side upper abdomen. Have I been wrong all these years?

[@JJ-jm7ik]

Great channel

[@heimatliebe116]

Hi Dan! I am sure you meant his spleen being on the left side. 😉

[@TheRealXatious]

10:22 thumbnail :o

[@antoniokinghunt7107]

Discount code for cardo is not working for me, anyone else having this issue?

[@riccicrozzie8204]

It's common practise for a semi to straddle both lane's when making a right turn. It's not a box trailer he's pulling.

[@cloud999yt]

we not going to talk about the 2 people who flew around traffic running a red light as well?

[@olenilsen4660]

12:58 - I bet he was making a wide turn because in the US, even truck drivers doesn´t need any training to get their license... Here in Europe, almost every truck is a cabover, and they don´t need to get as far over. But truckers have enough training to know exactly what space they need, and other traficants are trained to watch out for them making those turns. BE CONSIDERATE is the mantra in every single aspect of our training. I guess in the US, it´s more like: I´m in the right, I´ll sue you! Even though it means a biker meeting this one head on at 45.... IDK, I just feel sorry that so many unnecessary accidents happen because of simple things like this. I did 20-25 hrs of training, worth about $3,000 for my license. It taught me a lot of valuable stuff, and It´ll last me a lifetime unless I do stupid things. That´s a good deal in my book. Also, I know everybody else on my roads have the same training. Makes me feel pretty safe out there. I really wish that the US will come around as well, also with the first aid. Part of our training is how to rescue people by the road, because the first person on the scene is almost always another motorist. Knowing how to resuscitate without killing people is a great thing. I could never do the "not my accident" thing! But then again, we won´t get sued if that person ends up in a wheelchair because I made a tiny mistake.

[@Atrip111]

I always use the green nozzle

[@davids11131113]

Beginners out there on their crotch rockets riding fast as they can, they’re GP superstars. Well with a lot of 3rd degree road rash.

[@ashn]

ride slow live long

[@Joedirt3349]

Better yet...sell the bike.

[@olenilsen4660]

Not necessarily slow, just keep in pace with the traffic around you. But in essence, yeah!

[@olenilsen4660]

@@Joedirt3349 Do you wanna live, or just exist? ;) I love riding, but idc for that adrenaline rush that some people are after. Adrenaline junkies might not fare too well getting their fix on the public roads. Maybe try parachutes or sth..

[@HawgRiderBC]

I don't do many group rides or mob rides because there's too many idiots with more ego than skills. I try to only do large rides with current or former patch holders.

[@protomon]

Is this channel affiliated with Moto Stars in any way? Just wondering because I notice almost all the content is discussing content from another channel.

[@williambutler1955]

I don’t have any tips for that guy 😂😂😂. Dude who fell off bridge

[@sandmanspitfire]

Lover is on right side. Spleen on the left.

[@ronwilliamson-uz7kb]

If your doing a mob ride wearing shorts and a tee shirt you are probably not going to get a trauma kit.

[@littlehorus2327]

So many people dont belong on the road

[@wittaq9352]

Sorry Dan that yeet was not it lol

[@mustangstrike8355]

😀

[@olenilsen4660]

13:16 - drove into someone changing lanes. Move on! I really don´t think you should pay any more attention to these ones than the other road ragers. Completely self-inflicted.

[@x-man5056]

No progressive braking on front brake. Wasn't even a particularly "tricky" corner really. Just going too fast, poor braking technique. What is wrong with these guys? No gloves, no boots, and they wear shorts? These sport bike guys give us all a black eye.

[@HawgRiderBC]

@x-man5056 All it takes is a skin graft to either make you an ATGATT guy or a "former rider" faster than you can scream when having dead skin scrubbed off.

[@x-man5056]

@@HawgRiderBC Fully agree, that would do it. But in the mean time, at least wear Helmet, Boots, gloves AND long pants. Geez. Keep'er upright HawgRider.

[@HawgRiderBC]

@@x-man5056 I thought the skin graft donor site hurt even more than where it was grafted to.

[@x-man5056]

@@HawgRiderBC I hope I only have to take your word for it. Sounds agonizing.

[@bulldragon1]

Hit front brake too hard

[@stabbyronnie]

Once again sir, the liver is located on the right side of the body. Second time I've had to point this out in a video of yours tonight! LOL! Feel free to "Fact-check" me!

[@YamahaBlue]

Bro you kinda sound like lightning mcqueen

[@sillyblackfox]

Yeet

[@lydiahanke]

Who rides like this?

[@towmater8762]

0 dislikes. Crazy lol