Motorcycle Racer Goes Unconscious On The Bike Then Skids Across The Asphalt...FOR 100 YARDS
NYPost - Joshua Boyd was taking part in a Trackday at the famous Snetterton Circuit in Norfolk when he was involved in the incident that could have cost him his life. Norfolk is a county 100 miles east of London. The bellypan of another racing bike flew off and hit Boyd on the helmet at tremendous speeds, knocking him out cold. But Boyd continued traveling at high speeds, veering off to the side, his body limp and leaning before he finally crashed to the ground. Writing on his Facebook page, Boyd said: “The bellypan made impact with my head at speeds easily exceeding 140mph.” “I was knocked unconscious immediately, allowing my body to fall back and drape off the side of the bike.” “Luckily, I have no memory of the incident, only that I had left pitlane and woke up in [the] hospital with blurred vision coupled with seeing different colors in each eye. All I have is a totaled bike and some videos to put meaning to the mess. Had I have stayed attached to the bike upon impact, I doubt I’d be sharing this with you now.I have been extremely fortunate to come away from the crash without serious injury. I will certainly never do a Trackday again.”
That wasn’t Wile E. Coyote on a rocket sled, kids. That’s an unconscious human skidding along the pavement at Ludicrous Speed. That looked like a crash straight out of Road Rash (GREAT game), but instead of Simon sprinting back to his still perfect bike with no injuries he’s most likely lying on the grass with a dozen compound fractures and a broken spirit.
For real though, I’m impressed this guy is still talking, let alone breathing Doctors call motorcycles “Donorcycles” because of the impressive amount of organ donations that come from bike crashes. I guess this is sort of the same thing except there may not be any organs left to donate once he’s done skidding across the street for an hour after hitting a stray rock on the road. Seriously. The raspberries I got from falling off my mountain bike at 4 MPH felt like pure fire. I can even imagine what he looks like if this guy took a digger off this bike of death at Ludicrous Speed onto the pavement…FOR THE LENGTH OF A FOOTBALL FIELD. Skinned right to the bone.
h/t @TheDailyCruise