Two high-speed boaters were killed this weekend in a crash on the water and details of what happened were thin but they weren't just yokel drunkies who hit something else. They were authentic gofasters (i.e. civilians must never be involved) and they were participating in a sanctioned speed competition. (SpeedontheWater.com: Tagge and Melley Die in Potomac River Radar Run Accident)
There's no use to crash pictures since we want to see them doing what they loved. They had previously recorded in other competitions a speed of 194 mph and, amazingly, that was only enough for second place.
Maybe nobody knows how fast they were going when they crashed this time since they didn't complete the run but you know they had to be belting.
Hat tip to some gofasters who were doing it well within the rules (i.e. no civilian is ever permitted to be injured) and paid the price for their love of wind in the face. May there always be wind in the face because there's life out there many never experience.
On two wheels, The Lotho was the fastest and he rides a bike like Jack the Bear and he is fearless on one. Even he never got a bike up to 194 mph although it's possible since he did some training for racing bikes so possibly he hit it on the track. See above that civilians must never be involved and none of us ever hurt anyone else in our motorized hijinks. I smashed myself up handily and so did The Doc who was never one to be outdone.
The Doc and The Lotho can argue all day if they like about who was the fastest in karts but they won't because this was eons ago but the memories still live and, yep, I crashed those too. This was one of my better efforts:
No need to dwell on that as it's just part of the overall theme of wind in the face. When you want it, you will always want more of it.
A skater isn't really a gofaster but they still do unusual and dangerous things sometimes and there was news one croaked at twenty-eight this week-end. Drugs, right?
No, it was leukemia. Hat tip to him as well for living it hard until the end.
There's no use to crash pictures since we want to see them doing what they loved. They had previously recorded in other competitions a speed of 194 mph and, amazingly, that was only enough for second place.
Maybe nobody knows how fast they were going when they crashed this time since they didn't complete the run but you know they had to be belting.
Hat tip to some gofasters who were doing it well within the rules (i.e. no civilian is ever permitted to be injured) and paid the price for their love of wind in the face. May there always be wind in the face because there's life out there many never experience.
On two wheels, The Lotho was the fastest and he rides a bike like Jack the Bear and he is fearless on one. Even he never got a bike up to 194 mph although it's possible since he did some training for racing bikes so possibly he hit it on the track. See above that civilians must never be involved and none of us ever hurt anyone else in our motorized hijinks. I smashed myself up handily and so did The Doc who was never one to be outdone.
The Doc and The Lotho can argue all day if they like about who was the fastest in karts but they won't because this was eons ago but the memories still live and, yep, I crashed those too. This was one of my better efforts:
No need to dwell on that as it's just part of the overall theme of wind in the face. When you want it, you will always want more of it.
A skater isn't really a gofaster but they still do unusual and dangerous things sometimes and there was news one croaked at twenty-eight this week-end. Drugs, right?
No, it was leukemia. Hat tip to him as well for living it hard until the end.
2 comments:
195 is F1 bike speeds. My FZR probably did a realistic 150
They make street bikes that will go over 200 nowadays. I am pretty sure there are go pro videos on utube
I had been thinking 160 on the FZR because I was doing 130 when you flew past me in a blue flash. There was no way I was going to chase as a man's got to know his limitations but I was impressed.
200 and street legal defies imagination! I hear them belting it out there on the Interstate and every time I hear them I'm thinking, please, please, don't drop it where I can hear you. So long as the sound doesn't suddenly stop I figure they're probably ok.
The fastest GoPro for me is the Isle of Man and I'm not sure how fast they're going but it's way faster than I'm willing to ride.
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