# How is this guy not falling off his motorcycle? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 11, 2015, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-this-guy-not-falling-off-his-motorcycle/724869 "2015-07-11T18:31:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2015, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-this-guy-not-falling-off-his-motorcycle/724869/1 "2015-07-11T18:31:03Z")
Guy [doing crazy stunts](http://tune.pk/video/2816984/karachi-no-1-rider-zaib-khan) on the motorcycle on what seems to be a public road… Standing, garbbing hold of the back, won’t that cause the bike to lose speed and stability and crash, leaving his skull to crack like an egg. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2015, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-this-guy-not-falling-off-his-motorcycle/724869/2 "2015-07-11T18:58:41Z")
I think I lasted about a minute there. I can’t even watch that without feeling queezy. ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2015, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-this-guy-not-falling-off-his-motorcycle/724869/3 "2015-07-11T19:22:34Z")
Not going to download anything from Pakistan… ---
**Author:** ![rsa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/839c29/32.png) [@rsa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rsa)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2015, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-this-guy-not-falling-off-his-motorcycle/724869/4 "2015-07-11T20:08:11Z")
> [@AK84](#): > > Guy [doing crazy stunts](http://tune.pk/video/2816984/karachi-no-1-rider-zaib-khan) on the motorcycle on what seems to be a public road… > > Standing, garbbing hold of the back, won’t that cause the bike to lose speed and stability and crash, leaving his skull to crack like an egg. He’s got something to keep the throttle on when he’s not handling the bars. The rest is just the gyroscopic effect of the wheels and having good balance. A’int no big thing. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2015, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-this-guy-not-falling-off-his-motorcycle/724869/5 "2015-07-11T20:11:28Z")
> [@rsa](#): > > He’s got something to keep the throttle on when he’s not handling the bars. The rest is just the gyroscopic effect of the wheels and having good balance. A’int no big thing. 🆒 Translation. ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2015, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-this-guy-not-falling-off-his-motorcycle/724869/6 "2015-07-11T20:33:39Z")
\*\*How is this guy not falling off his motorcycle? \*\* A lot of jackasses do [fall off their motorcycles](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KN7MFHv6Qog) while doing stupid shit. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2015, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-this-guy-not-falling-off-his-motorcycle/724869/7 "2015-07-12T01:33:38Z")
> [@AK84](#): > > Guy [doing crazy stunts](http://tune.pk/video/2816984/karachi-no-1-rider-zaib-khan) on the motorcycle on what seems to be a public road… > > Standing, garbbing hold of the back, won’t that cause the bike to lose speed and stability and crash, leaving his skull to crack like an egg. as long as the wheels are spinning, the bike wants to stay upright. the geometry of the fork/front wheel keeps it pointed straight as long as he doesn’t lean in either direction; on a bike/motorcycle you turn at speed by leaning into the turn, not steering. as for speed, he probably has something like a [Cramp Buster](http://www.crampbuster.com/) to hold the throttle open. ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2015, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-this-guy-not-falling-off-his-motorcycle/724869/8 "2015-07-12T05:52:13Z")
> [@GusNSpot](#): > > Not going to download anything from Pakistan… Oh brother… ---
**Author:** ![Isilder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/cc9497/32.png) [@Isilder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isilder)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2015, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-this-guy-not-falling-off-his-motorcycle/724869/9 "2015-07-12T09:10:31Z")
> [@pkbites](#): > > \*\*How is this guy not falling off his motorcycle? \*\* > > A lot of jackasses do [fall off their motorcycles](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KN7MFHv6Qog) while doing stupid shit. BUT they are doing mono’s which removes the self -correcting effect of the front wheel … When air (Not just wind, there are density differences… the road surface heats up the air or cools it, and the other vehicles make turbulence… and heat… ) causes disturbance, there is no reason for it to be corrected , except by the rider trying to reverse it when he notices it. When the bike starts to lean while doing a mono its dangerous to bring the front wheel down … the bike is not traveling in the same direction as the front wheel is facing and it doesn’t happily re-establish its control… Riding a motorbike no hands is fairly safe… some bikes do get tank slapper in bumpy conditions going to fast… (speed wobbles basically.) ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2015, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-this-guy-not-falling-off-his-motorcycle/724869/11 "2015-07-12T16:44:14Z")
> [@](#): > > > [@](#): > > > > : > > Originally Posted by GusNSpot View Post > > Not going to download anything from Pakistan… > > Oh brother… No pink elephants in here so it is working.