r/motorcycles • u/Debt-DPloi ‘23 Z900RS • 5h ago
Im glad he saved it
This was a few weeks ago. I was chilling at a gas station and saw this big group 20+ come in and talked to 2 of them asking what it’s about and it was just a group page. I asked if I can join when they go up but since I don’t know them well I stayed at the far back. What’s crazy is I told myself I would never ride in big groups for reasons of different rider skill levels and this reinforced my reasoning. We made a stop later on and asked if the guy was ok and he said yes and was blaming it on road conditions but on the video the road is completely fine. I actually gave a big gap between us before this incident because on every corner they were counter leaning and significantly slowing down. Also there was another 4 motorcyclist behind me unrelated to the group that’s why I looked to my right. I would have pointed out the skill gap but I don’t know the person well enough and I was not down to get a whole group against me due to unknown egos. They seemed like very nice people though but I don’t want to be that back seat driver but I wish I still let one of the guys know but didn’t. Later on when we kept going I tried to stay in the middle of the pack and break off on a different road because I don’t want to risk seeing an actual crash. My only regret was not letting someone else know and I hope that all the group got home safe.
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u/ChillWithTraction 5h ago
The guy filming almost became the subject of the video by not paying attention to oncoming traffic. Good job on the driver giving him space.