Simon wrote: ↑Sat Sep 21, 2019 11:49 am
^^ Not sure if serious!?
If you're riding with one wheel off the ground then it's more than just 'careless' (as in 'oops, I made an error of judgement' but rather dangerous (as in, I can't stop, can't really steer, etc etc). Come on Rev, it's dangerous, plain and simple.
I tried to let this lie, but it turns out I can’t
A wheelie is the bike equivalent of getting the back end out in your powerful RWD car. You can do it a little bit, or full-on dori style. Would you say that was “inherently dangerous”? Can’t stop? Can’t really steer? How big a slide is dangerous? All of them?
Like drifting, I’m not particularly good at wheelies, but they still happen (lots of torque and a relatively lightweight bike tends to launch the front wheel off lumps and bumps), same as I’ve had the Porsche sideways as well as other cars.
Show most people a video of a biker going about his business and most people would probably class it as dangerous anyway, so it’s a poor measure of how safe any of it actually is.
Did the guy use poor judgement in wheelieing past a car whilst speeding? Absolutely. Was it dangerous? Not to the point where he deserved an 18 month ban and a suspended sentence. People get less for nicking a car and smashing it round without insurance.