# Watch this insane video (and identify the bike if you can) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 9, 2005, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-this-insane-video-and-identify-the-bike-if-you-can/325422 "2005-10-09T17:43:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dog80](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6bbea6/32.png) [@Dog80](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dog80)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2005, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-this-insane-video-and-identify-the-bike-if-you-can/325422/1 "2005-10-09T17:43:45Z")
The video is called **City Maddness** and is the third from the top: [http://www.uponone.com/sortvideos-speed-viewed.php](http://www.uponone.com/sortvideos-speed-viewed.php) ---
**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2005, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-this-insane-video-and-identify-the-bike-if-you-can/325422/2 "2005-10-09T18:06:45Z")
Dibs on his kidneys! ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2005, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-this-insane-video-and-identify-the-bike-if-you-can/325422/3 "2005-10-09T22:03:41Z")
Yeah, seen this one before. I got a chuckle out of the casual overtaking of the police motorbike around 3:30 into the vid, but other than that… complete madness. I’m all for opening up the throttle when circumstances allow, but this is seriously dangerous. Hard to tell what kind of bike it is. But from the amount of wheelspin he’s able to generate, I’m guessing some sort of custom turbocharged job, à la _Ghost Rider_. As long as we’re talking about insane riding… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2005, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-this-insane-video-and-identify-the-bike-if-you-can/325422/4 "2005-10-09T22:16:48Z")
i don’t know, the video actually pissed me off, and _I’m_ a cyclist myself, this jerk gives a bad name to all law-abiding motorcyclists was it wrong for me to be rooting for him to get “Doored”? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2005, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-this-insane-video-and-identify-the-bike-if-you-can/325422/5 "2005-10-09T22:26:31Z")
> [@MacTech](#): > > …was it wrong for me to be rooting for him to get “Doored”? Or at least hit a speed bump or pothole. ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2005, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-this-insane-video-and-identify-the-bike-if-you-can/325422/6 "2005-10-09T23:20:17Z")
A: He’s not accelerating that fast. Nothing a Ninja couldn’t do. B: He’s cutting way too close and begging to be doored or cut off. (Thought he was going to be, right when the bus pulled in) C: He drives like I would if I had a motorcycle. I don’t have one for that reason. D: Daaaamn, he’s good at reading traffic. E: But a jerk F: But damn good. ---
**Author:** ![Dog80](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6bbea6/32.png) [@Dog80](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dog80)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2005, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-this-insane-video-and-identify-the-bike-if-you-can/325422/7 "2005-10-10T17:01:59Z")
> [@Coldfire](#): > > But from the amount of wheelspin he’s able to generate, I’m guessing some sort of custom turbocharged job, à la _Ghost Rider_. I guess you haven’t driven on a Greek road. Here you can get that kind of wheelspin even with a 125cc scooter. They could cover the streets with Teflon and actually improve traction. 🙂