Fortunately you were on one of the best handling motorcycles ever made.

LOL that was some serious lean angle! :D Well done for dropping the bike down to make the corner rather than panic braking and going straight on!

You brought a tear to my eye. My first and only bike (so far) was that hawk. I loved it. It wasn't the high speed shimmy that happened when I was zipping up a jacket and had me grabbing and missing the handlebar that got me off bikes but the time a NYC taxi pushed me onto the sidewalk like he never fucking saw me. And I thought about all the time I gave cabbies shit, rode drunk over the bridges at 90mph and it was one blind cabbie that gave me the fear. But I will ride again.

It wasn't really a steep hill, it just goes up and drops real quick. Got me by surprise the first time by. I kind of expected it on my return trip which I posted a video of as well.

you messed that entry up and ran out of apex, but you stayed with it and didn't freeze up. A brush with death, well maybe, more then likely a brush with bruises and broken parts. The entry is the important part, once you've entered the turn correctly the rest is easy. A distraction of just a split second and put you off line, no one is immune to a pucker now and then.

Fair play for not just grabbing a fistfull of the brakes!

It is what it is. I was NOT going as fast as it seems. I was within that "10 MPH grace zone" of the speed limit. I agree, it only takes 1 driver to kill you, but that's the life of anyone on the road. I intend to enjoy life while I have the opportunity and not be scared that something will happen. Fighting fires for 10 years was more dangerous than anything I've ever done and prob will ever do on my bike.

Scary turn at 0:51 :D

I have owned two of these bikes, a blue one and a red one. Oh I miss these little bikes.

@1gortklaatu Thanks. Sold it and have a VFR800 Interceptor now. The Camera is the non-HD version of the Go-Pro Hero Cam. I now run the HD verison.

@BadAssXJ Very nice :) my dad had a vfr 750, the 98 model and loved it, had to sell it but now he wants it back and wishes he never let it go! it's getting increasingly hard to find one in as good condition as the one he had. He's considering the 800 too, theyre a lovely bike, but i think he just prefers the 750 design ever so slightly hehe. The search for my first bike continues!

Wow, I don't think you could have gotten closer. You were the luckiest SOB that day lol.

Nice save and nice bike. I never knew the NT650 existed until I saw this.

Finally a decent camera and placement on a bike! :) great to watch :D i'm thinking of getting the 400 version of this bike for my first bike.

Brakes don't always save you! I learned that at the track. I also learned the proper line is what gets you through!

@civicaerodeck14 You're correct. I nearly crashed because of a misjudged turn. So why would I slow down further into the ride? If you notice there were no more sharp turns...

@DMoots Thanks! I'm a photographer so camera placement for me needs to be good, even for video's! I have a VFR800 Interceptor now. I sold this bike back in March.

I ran EMS (Ambulance) as well. Seeing the aftermath of fatal and non-fatal motorcycle wrecks for 10 years. I know the dangers. And all about things stocked in hospitals.

That was a damn good save and you had balls to commite to it anyone else prolly would have braked the fuck out of the rear while down shifting while turning ending in the bike slipn from under thuen slaming into the guard rail! But although I still couldn't help but notice after that scary incident you still didn't slow it down,lol SMH :D

@joec1153 Yep. This was back in the day when I recorded this vid. I ride a VFR800 Interceptor now. Never been to a track or taken a MSF course at the point this video was recorded either. I've now been to the track many times and aced the Advance Rider Course for the PA MSF. Good times.

Yep, one of the harder turns in the area. I agree, my skiing videos for example do not look steep at all, but they definitely are when you're there! With the need to get "everything" on camera, the wide angle of course makes things seem not as spectacular as they really are.

whis is the lesson :) never ever speed on the unknown roads :)

Just the typical "Slow - Left Turn" signs that are all over this area. The problem with those is that they're typically on curves that are not sharp at all. I usually judge the corner ahead of time by the "Suggested Corner Speed" signs which are those yellow ones. 20 MPH or less suggested usually means are very sharp curve. This one had no suggested speed :(

I do go to the track. Look at my other video's. I was not speeding, I just picked a bad line. I had never been on this road before and had no idea the turn was a decreasing radius 'til it was too late as you see.

You make me want to play some Road Rash.

Wow dude, looks like you missed that guardrail by inches. Regarding unfamiliar roads, I've found that riding with a GPS really helps. It allows you to see turns way before you're on them.

I was enjoying myself! That's for sure. I didn't know that turn was so sharp, but I did know that no other aggressively sharp corners were in the near future. I was metaphorically crapping my pants as I continued on!

Already have a post on the Hawk forum looking for a set. Trying to get them before my track day on the 6th of July!

very close!! Nice road and nice bike too!

DAMN man, that was a close one!

I like to advertise the truth on my videos ... at least most of the time! I plan not to try that again. Any time I ride now my girlfriend is on the back, so I've slowed down a bunch. My fast stuff is at the track!

Had a few close ones before too, you take them in stride

Whew scary one. Thats crazy the wheel came up like that it doesnt look like that steep of a hill..?

kudos or not panicing and grabbing the brakes, when i was a new rider i came into a corner to fast once and had a stupid moment. grabbed brakes and lowsided slide into a ditch at 3 am with not a soul around lol. ive seen better days

@ukfan4sure1 Haha thanks. If I were on my current Interceptor I don't think I would have made the corner. That Hawk cornered better than anything but at 6'4", it didn't fit me super well. I did love that bike.

Tell me about it. My knee basically brushed the guardrail....

@Zeggawong GREAT little bikes. I am 6'4" and it was comfortable, but I looked like a giraffe riding a tiny bicycle when I was on this lol.

death needs satan's bike to catch you!

I'm well aware. This was back when I didn't have any track experience.

Nice road!

I do love River Road both on the NJ and PA side along the Delaware. It's not the same road though - about 1.5 hours away.

thats why you never do that on a road you aren't familiar with

might have to change the underwear after that one!

Hell of a save!

git some rear sets to move your feet higher. you can get way more corner speed with more ground clearence.

Bet you had a good rush of fear&adrenaline when almost crashing xD Never crashed yet, but once my clutchcable snapped on the street.. great fun to drive to a workshop without it :s (this beeing on thai streets)

Read Proficient Motorcycling by David Hough. You will learn how to ride less dangerously and still have fun.

Never do what? Ride a motorcycle on the road? Again, I wasn't speeding, I slowed for what would've been a normal corner and realized it was a decreasing radius. It happens.

Been a firefighter and run EMS for 10 years. I'm well aware.

nice video

Great camera angle! You ran wide because you turned into the corner too early mate. Your positioning is wrong in the corner but it all basically results from turning in too early. In the UK there is a book called Road Craft which is the police riders bible. Get a copy from amazon or something mate, it might save your life & improve your cornering. Seriously. Best of luck, keep it shiny-side-up!

Looks like you're the one who thinks they're a bad ass. I ride at the track, quite often. One of the newest tracks in the US is 1.5 hours from me.

Oh man! nice nice.

The road is amazing as long as it hasn't rained recently and moved gravel into the lanes of travel. Thanks about the bike as well :)

Sh!t me mate that was close but i have to ask how and why did you carry on so fast?? i would of had to slow down or stop for a min and allow my arse hole to stop twitching like a rabbits nose lol

Worst accident threat to motorcyclists comes from speeding and careless car drivers.

he says he nearly crashed...on the video he drives on with the same speed or faster. i really dont understand.........

Try to keep your feet up don't use the heel on the pedals, for this kind of situation where you need to get low.

Decreasing radius with a crest? I know gopros have a way of distorting corners and inclines, hardly gives any sensation of what the twisties really feel like

nice sound from your bike mate

That looks like River Rd in NJ...

Between Downingtown, PA and Morgantown, PA.

Glad you are okay but this is a public road. Take that shit to a track if you want to scrape pegs. Not only could you have died you may have killed an innocent too!

I know, this is R22B from TST ;)

What part of Pa was this filmed in?

Does that supposed to read VFR 800? I have it and think its a great bike.

is this in portland oregon?

Yikes!

It looked like you were driving a little aggressive to me. Weren't there any signs???

You seriously dodged a bullet on this one. Your first clue should have been the great big warning painted on the road. Second, you apexed too early for this particular double apex, decreasing radius turn, and had already set a steep lean angle. Poor riding technique.

Phew !!

Looks like you are doing 50mph, you turn in too early ( missed the apex) on what sounds like a closed throttle, it seems it was a set-up? you must be a novice rider? good job you was not on a GSXR100 - R1 - Blade - ZX10...

@tacostacos5 Downingtown, PA, outside of Philly.

Thanks, I try! lol.

lol I've been there. Scary shit haha

Should have known the road better before you started riding thinking you are a Moto GP racer...

Zzzzzzzzzz

wHAT A FUCK?

caused by some real bad road positioning

Was expecting another shift down going into that left!