Drag Bike Racer CRASHES After Record Speed!

It’s motorcycle drag racing gone wrong as Victor Gotay crashes his Harley Davidson Bagger drag bike after record a new class record with a 8.62 at 161 mph at Gainesville Raceway. In this video we will try to figure out what caused Gotay’s crash / drag racing fail.
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[@stillsmoking3909]

Hammer…. We met years ago in San Diego. Good to see you still doing your thing. Awesome channel, awesome content

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[@muhammadsteinberg]

DAMN!!!...Thank God he's ok! +160mph wobble...Whew! I had a kz1000(1105 kit) that would do that 115-120. It never went down but it comes on quick and scary. Kudos to him for handling it.

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[@muhammadsteinberg]

@@cycledrag For him I'm clueless. For my Kz I think the frame had a slight twist at the neck from a poor rake job.

[@ReptileAssylum]

Thanks and prayers to everyone 🙏

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[@jondilinger8639]

It is something that he walked with minor injuries. It's actually common with harleys for the bearings for the swingarm to go bad. If left unchecked and unfixed the rollers of those bearings will disintegrate thus, creating the wobble of death. the more power, the faster those bearings go bad. Harley knew of this for some time and many of bikers died because of this. There were aftermarket kits to help with this issue. Harley finally came up with a patch/fix with a stabilizer from the front head to the frame. I went though two sets of bearings on my 2003 before I found an aftermarket kit. Well good thing he is alright and I'm sure that it can be buffed out as they say.

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[@jondilinger8639]

@@cycledrag As I said above. the bearings for the swing arm for the back wheel disintegrated. The wobble of death is very common with harleys, but harley wont tell you this because it would open a big door for those whom have died or been hurt from this. Bottom line, if you ride a harley that has been increased in power, get those bearings checked every 3 to 5k or if the backend feels a bit of a wiggle at the rear. If unchecked a rider can lose total control to the point it will flip the bike on it's side and it happens so fast you can not stop it at higher speeds like 50+. And this is riding normally,

[@tmr626]

Just curious, do you think that you have to add a front steering stabilizer to prevent this from happening again?

[@HotAsHellSeedCo]

Agree

[@MM_in_Havasu]

+2 here........my old Kawie H2 triple required 2 steering dampers plus tapered roller steering head bearings and an overlength swingarm to get rid of its habit of doing the funky chicken at about 110 mph! Some spooky shit there.

[@cycledrag]

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[@MrJeffreycauchi]

I'm no expert but I think what happened was, at that speed the front tire was barley touching the ground, and when he passed the finish line he let go of the gas and the weight transferred to the front wheel but it wasn't straight, so unfortunately a wobble started.

[@cycledrag]

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[@madnessmaker6162]

Would highly recommend a fork brace and a steering damper if not already there. That bike is moving pretty good, nice work to the team 👍 My 300+hp turbo gsxr/cbr went into tank slap after just starting to lift the front wheel at 140mph on uneven road. Ended up going down but the bike and all ok, other than some rash. Wheelieed it to 170mph countless times and 205+mph top end runs with no issues. (Many examples on my channel) It's when the front wheel just starts barely tapping the ground when the cylic action starts of a wobble.most of the time only way out of it is to apply more power to pick it up off the ground completely.(if you have enough reserve power to do it at the speed your going) a good damper and rigid forks definitely help stop the cyclic action from starting.

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[@antoniooneal8851]

From all the Riders were glad your alright 👍 stay safe Salute 🙏

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[@antoniooneal8851]

@@cycledrag maybe that Wobble a lot of people say the harley davidson have I'm clueless after going that fast and something to happen I'm still wondering what happened, when you find out let us all know thank you paint up Rubber Down stay safe and Salute.

[@BROU-bb2uc]

You NEVER roll off the throttle to stop a wobble.

[@vell4263]

Please explain

[@BROU-bb2uc]

@@vell4263 it makes it 10 times worse.

[@vell4263]

@@BROU-bb2uc thanks

[@BROU-bb2uc]

@@vell4263 no problem

[@hollowell427]

yup, and a soft sprung set of forks will cause it too. had the issue on mx bikes.

[@martinhendrix5029]

Thank God He's Ok....OK.... can be Replaced.....forsure.....Healing Prayers sent

[@popepaul4438]

I’ve got to say 10 months sterling from healing from a dislocated ankle and broken Tobeer My bike is in a bad state but it got all the parts for it but what I’m trying really trying to say is if I hadn’t had my proper boots on the paramedic said that I would’ve had a compound fracture which for those who don’t know is Bone coming through Skin So to all you people who don’t take it seriously please please wear your safety gear you will thank it one day I certainly have and that’s from a man in his 53rd year of life enjoying the bikes in the UK as best we can stay safe all you riders around the world

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[@gregorycatren3442]

I tell these youngsters out there , that wear tenis shoes... If you go down with out boots,you are going to wish you would have listened to Greg. When he told me to wear boots ,because now I'm going to be laid up for months ...no work . No pay, and then therapy..just because I didn't listen to someone who has been riding for 50 plus years... Oh yeah I didn't mention you the fact you bike needs to be repaired ...all because I when I started to go down I put my foot down ,and my ankle wasn't strong enough to handle the weight . If I would have had boots on none of this would have happened..Next time I'm will listen to Greg...

[@popepaul4438]

I don’t know but when your doing that speed on heavy bikes like the Harley badger you must have some skills and big balls looking forward to your next post and when will you be coming to the uk my friend

[@popepaul4438]

@@gregorycatren3442 sorry to hear that my accident was due to a faulty Excelerator cable and in the UK we have what they call islands where you have to yield to the right but they’re quite built up in the centre I hate one of those at 80 miles an hour funny I’ve got these comments on here because yesterday I started taking all the broken parts off the bike it’s not that bad just a case Bolting bits back on hope you recover soon my friend stay safe

[@frankfilippone9679]

8 seconds at over 160MPH is way to fast for a Semi-Factory Harley Davidson but GOD DAM! That's Fast as FUK!!!! Holy shyt! That's fast for any motorcycle! TG he's ok for the most part, TG 🙏 DAM! 160+

[@jondilinger8639]

Jack, Are we not allowed to post links about the wobble issue?

[@cycledrag]

Why do you say that?

[@jondilinger8639]

@@cycledrag i posted a link about the wobble issue and then is disappeared. I thought you may have deleted the link.

[@grabir01]

Tank slapper. Slowing down was the hardest part.

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[@grabir01]

@@cycledrag Resonance. The phenomenon of increased amplitude that occurs when the frequency of an applied periodic force is equal or close to a natural frequency of the system on which it acts.

[@MM_in_Havasu]

ATGATT.........All the gear all the time! Mr. Gotay was basically able to walk away from that crash, albeit with a tweaked collarbone, because of required safety gear. We all hope he will heal quickly and be back for more very soon!

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[@MM_in_Havasu]

@@cycledrag speed wobble at exactly the wrong moment letting off the gas, and the bike did the funky chicken and spat him off.

[@Bricklinsv1970]

That bike wasn't designed to go that fast. Too much power for that bike. I used to have a Dyna Low Rider would do the same thing around 100mph I sold it because of that.

[@sinbad5534]

I have a 2012 RG I regularly run over 120 mph

[@Bricklinsv1970]

@@sinbad5534 He was doing 160+ in 8 seconds flat big difference. Also the problem is the engine Inertia and the motor mounts cause the wobble its a flawed design.

[@FluffyFerretFarm]

🤣🤣.. thank God you did.. scared riders such as yourself don't belong on two wheels..

[@jonnymac8925]

You just compared a stock dyna to a 200+hp turbo drag bike.

[@Bricklinsv1970]

@@jonnymac8925 And?

[@mopar340dave]

Jack, you turned your cam to talk to the crew and I turned mine off....right as he went down.

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[@jasonhowell9589]

Add that same thing happen going over a railroad track tank slapper f****** ripped the bars right out of my hands

[@joechancio5177]

That was a awesome pass. Glade he is ok jack.

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[@sammybaugues1260]

It happens, glad he's ok

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[@sammybaugues1260]

@@cycledrag sometimes riders get excited and grab too much front brake which causes immediate weight bias on these well tuned bikes which will cause head shake ..when this occurs theirs no where else to go gravity takes hold if you can't ride it out..it happened to one of my teams riders

[@DayRider76]

I was following a guy last year that hit a bump at 45mph, The brand new Harley death wobbled, he high sided and it spit him out into the ditch about 30 feet. Harleys are dangerous. I hit the same bump at all different speeds all the time, it's on a back road headed home. I've hit it from 30-130mph. I don't know if he had a bad set up or what. In my mind, it was a combination of all the shit hanging off the bike catching the wind and the poor Harley swing arm design. Either way, I haven't seen dude out riding anymore. Good job Harley.

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[@DayRider76]

@@cycledrag IMO, it was bad set up across the board. When I helped him off the road, there were wifey things scattered all over. So his suspension was probably set stiff for a passenger from the dealer. He had full running boards, Fairing and bags. Wen he hit the bump, air got under the bike and the suspension didn't react properly. Then with it being a brand new bike, the soft tail, the stock motor mounts and the fairing caused a low speed wobble that he couldn't recover. One of the running boards hit the ground breaking his traction, then when the tire came back down, It spit him over the high side. He had a helmet and landed off the shoulder in the weeds. So he was just scraped up. The bike didn't have a single part that didn't get messed up, It wasn't bent up or scattered, just scratched all to hell, all over. I'm surprised he was able to hold on as long as he did. It was pretty violent. At about 45mph. I ride a Suzuki GSL1000 it doesn't pull that kind of shit. That's why I say Harleys are dangerous, when compared to well behaved bikes. I'll say the same thing about rockets. I had a bike that liked to do the tank slapper, not for me thanks.

[@robcoleman6558]

Oh man I hate them tank slippers. They are truly scary !

[@cycledrag]

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[@robcoleman6558]

I’m not sure, I fixed mine with a steering damper but I’m sure he has one of them .

[@curtisharrison4837]

It takes throttle to correct. Theirs no throttle in shutdown. Pull the nose down a touch,to take away some rake.

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[@jasonhowell9589]

It's called dina death wobble if you're going to drag race a bagger get rid of those b******* rubber bushings in the rear engine mounts that hold the rear swing arm in place and replace them with good sturdy polyurethane ones that won't flex as much or replace with solid aluminum as I said only for race use

[@Ed-ty1kr]

Wow.. I still cant believe he ran 8:62.

[@cycledrag]

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[@Ed-ty1kr]

@@cycledrag like the other guy said, rear wheelbearing on the belt side of Harleys tends to go bad, maybe because its under constant pressure from the belt, and that belt likes to bounce and shake under load rather violentley, eats the bearings next to the belt pulley. Hell it even eats the stationary tensioner pulley bearings now that I think about it, if you have one like my Buell. Unless he is running a chain, in which case on a Harely he probably has no rubber cushion. I ran a Performance Machine aftermarket wheel with no cushion on GSXR that wore the bearing on the sproket side, especially 6in extended. On a v-twin thats much worse. All v-twins eat chains and sprokets, and wheel bearings if there is no cushion, which there is not. I had an Aprilia that did the same except it destroyed the rubber cushions, while it ate chains and sprokets, but the bearings seemed ok over time. You can see the grease start to leak out past the blue or red seals, thats how you know its starting to go, but I'm sure you know that. Hey, you asked. LOL.

[@SteffanoDucati]

Rear tire broke loose ....

[@a1bonsai740]

Dress for the slide, Not the ride. 💯

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[@brycerobbins875]

Damn victor is a MAN

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[@vanlarson9213]

Everyone who owns a harley knows they suck in the brake department. Looks like on the top end, harley's death wobbles takes another victim. I give this bike 2 thumbs down 👎

[@gregorycatren3442]

Make sure you tell him. ,to keep his shoulders back with a figure 8 ace bandage for 8 weeks... I have broken my shoulder twice . And my collar bone is straight ...my brother wouldn't listen to me and his is over lapped ,and he has a lot of problems be cause he wouldn't listen ...please tell him pk because It's now days don't tell their patient s ,how to properly take care of their injuries ... either because they don't know or they don't care

[@cycledrag]

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[@gregorycatren3442]

Going that fast the rotor can get so hot it will sometimes warp and cause it to wobble...

[@frankfilippone9679]

In a quarter mile!

[@MikeD-wu2zh]

Fall down go boom boom

[@MichaelSmith-ji4cb]

Need to get a stabilizer on the bike

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[@michaelcarmean4906]

💥 Great Coverage ✅ Walk Away💥

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[@MrThegabbster]

That’s why the Spider-Man lays flat. At over 150. Your a sale let alone 170

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[@jimjohnson1285]

Glad he is OK bike can be fixed

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[@jasonhowell9589]

Build break and repeat the name of the game

[@justinandcheyannehubbard450]

Get some cameras down track step up the coverage

[@cycledrag]

Working towards that. I mostly work by myself. Working toward that goal though. Thanks for watching. What do you think went wrong ?

[@thomasreyes2857]

Yeah he uses the right gear those leather pants on looks like they belong to Andre the Giant come on man

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[@JamanRooney]

ALWAYS A JOY JAXK ✌✌

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[@DukeOfTwist]

I had a tank slapper that resulted in a high side on my KTM 890 Duke R, wrote it off. Luckily Id just bought a '21 Aprilia Tuono V4 1100 the month before lol vids on my channel

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[@DukeOfTwist]

@@cycledrag Head stock bearing collapse for the Harley after the wheelie would be my guess. Mine was rough road surface.

[@pitdawg6418]

Lmfknao Hahaha! How STUPID can you be to wreck the bike at the End of the run! Lmfknao Hahaha! He was show boating at the end of the run like those people ALWAYS do and DOWN he went! Lmfknao Hahaha!

[@thomasstutzig1005]

Africans and Harley ...🥴🙄

[@thetraveler5798]

👌🙏👊👊👊👍

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[@thetraveler5798]

@@cycledrag Difficult to say @ those speeds it's shoot Crap ..! Glad it wasn't Serious ..👍

[@trongkrotklungpol2957]

Fc

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[@ezgezg8618]

🍻🇨🇦

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