04-15-2016, 11:46 AM
The person who took the videos is known on Youtube as RNickeyMouse (or "rnickeymouse"); I'm quite a fan of his channel.
I've never ridden on Mulholland Drive, but I'd certainly love to! As for that specific corner where the crashes occur, there must be something deceiving about it.
It's nearly flat (or maybe even off-camber) and probably a decreasing-radius turn, uphill. I think it just catches a lot of riders off-guard.
You can get a good look around 35 seconds in on this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8YmlGN--qU
I very much agree with the opening statement on this thread, but I think there are a great number of very skilled riders out there, who are just enjoying that road and the chance to let their sportbikes do what they were designed to do. There are exceptions, of course, and crossing the middle yellow is very much frowned upon...the police often react harshly when riders do. The guy has some great-quality video though, and I think he recently picked up a drone for even more shots. Check them out if you care to.
I've never ridden on Mulholland Drive, but I'd certainly love to! As for that specific corner where the crashes occur, there must be something deceiving about it.
It's nearly flat (or maybe even off-camber) and probably a decreasing-radius turn, uphill. I think it just catches a lot of riders off-guard.
You can get a good look around 35 seconds in on this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8YmlGN--qU
I very much agree with the opening statement on this thread, but I think there are a great number of very skilled riders out there, who are just enjoying that road and the chance to let their sportbikes do what they were designed to do. There are exceptions, of course, and crossing the middle yellow is very much frowned upon...the police often react harshly when riders do. The guy has some great-quality video though, and I think he recently picked up a drone for even more shots. Check them out if you care to.