This is actually very funny... next time you change your front tire, don't forget to torque those bolts...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8COCPyB-go

 

If you look close in the beginning, he popped a little wheelie and the front tire must have come down hard off centerline.

 

still funny as hell

 

The guy at the last video was a lucky man, it could be much worse...

 

nate is correct it was a tank slapper that caused it... but what caused the tank slapper could be one of many many things at those speeds even slight miscalculations of suspension adjustment can lead to them.... alot of times coming down on a wheelie wrong can start them as well (with your bars not being straigh i can imagine something similar to that prolly happened because it was the isle of man)

+1

unfortunately steering damper cannot "solve" this problem as you can still have slappers with dampers, but it can help

lol isle of man race is prolly be most insane race i know of to date awesome to watch

 

True. I wonder what kind of resistance was his steering damper set on to. Because I can't imagine him not having one on that bike...