Mid-Corner Helmet Dragging – Video
Elbow dragging is so passé. These days, to be really cool, you need to drag your helmet.
Now, most of us only want our helmets to touch the pavement when we’re also dragging large portions of our bodies. All too often the scraping sound of the outer shell is followed by sky, ground, sky, ground, sky, ground, sky. This rider, whose leathers look like there is a regiment of angry ants attacking his back, not only chooses to tap his lid to the tarmac mid-corner, but he also manages to do it without incident.
We’ll place this video in the category of don’t try this if you want to remain attached to all your appendages. While this clip is two years old, it’s new to us, and we got pretty stoked to see a rider head banging at Chuckwalla Raceway. Talk about testicular fortitude!
We chose this version of the video because it includes slow motion, but you can find the rider’s original video here.
Like most of the best happenings in his life, Evans stumbled into his motojournalism career. While on his way to a planned life in academia, he applied for a job at a motorcycle magazine, thinking he’d get the opportunity to write some freelance articles. Instead, he was offered a full-time job in which he discovered he could actually get paid to ride other people’s motorcycles – and he’s never looked back. Over the 25 years he’s been in the motorcycle industry, Evans has written two books, 101 Sportbike Performance Projects and How to Modify Your Metric Cruiser, and has ridden just about every production motorcycle manufactured. Evans has a deep love of motorcycles and believes they are a force for good in the world.
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