Black Devil - Moscow Ride on R1, or One of the Most Insane Things You May Ever See a Human Being Do - The Stranger

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Idiot.

NumberOne on October 16, 2010 at 4:10 PM

Looks like Moscow could use some HOV or Fuel Efficient Vehicles only lanes. Tamer but almost as satisfying is passing 250+ cars on the 520 while on the motorcycle, sprinting from Redmond to Montlake.

on October 16, 2010 at 4:14 PM

Shit!

Vince on October 16, 2010 at 4:27 PM

That's just Elenchos's daily commute, isn't it?

Fnarf on October 16, 2010 at 4:28 PM

So I watched all 6 1/2 minutes of the thing wishing for someone to open their car door and seeing the cyclist flying gracefully through the air. Nada. Damn it!

Simone on October 16, 2010 at 4:55 PM

6:37 and he didn't die in a firey crash?!? I feel totally cheated. Oh well, based on this, it will happen soon...

Cracker Jack on October 16, 2010 at 5:24 PM

Reason #3 why I love taking public transportation.

OuterCow on October 16, 2010 at 5:39 PM

Wow. Good luck with that, comrade.

BearNecessity on October 16, 2010 at 5:40 PM

Luckily they all live in Tacoma....

Russians = Europe's trash. Trailer trash with money now.

on October 16, 2010 at 5:45 PM

I don't think I've ever gotten an adrenalin high off of youtube before.

I can't believe no one opened a door when they saw him coming.

wingedkat on October 16, 2010 at 5:48 PM

Rule seems to be: If you feel the need to beep your horn, hit the accelerator instead.

midwaypete on October 16, 2010 at 5:52 PM

This video made me want to barf after I'd already died of a heart attack.

bella on October 16, 2010 at 5:53 PM

luck and prowess! Whoa!

LordHumongous on October 16, 2010 at 6:02 PM

flippin' cool.

Lola, Missing Iowa City on October 16, 2010 at 6:33 PM

I see motorcyclists (on crotch rockets) doing this on I-5 all the time. Not the driving up the center line of a freeway but definitely driving between cars at high speed. It is stupid for the biker and terrifying for the driver. That kind of reckless driving is not only extremely dangerous for the biker but drivers as well.

It is highly irresponsible and it is ridiculous that you guys would post a video showcasing the idiocy. This post should have been tilted One of the Dumbest Things You May Ever See a Human Being Do.

funkathrusta on October 16, 2010 at 7:02 PM

Whu! Wha? I... I never!

It's just that kind of irresponsible hooliganism that makes us all look bad. I would not in one million million years ever for one second even consider doing anything of that thuggish nature. Look: I ask you, whose wife is not going to see in the mirror which helmet you're wearing and what color bike you ride and put two and two together? The camera has to go way out in front with nothing in the foreground. What a delinquent.

elenchos on October 16, 2010 at 7:11 PM

lol fucking finger waggers around here never miss a step.

What a bunch of joyless cunts some of you are.

Out before detriment to other drivers, inconsiderate, rising health care costs and blah blah blah.

1. Buy a helmet manufacturer.

2. Open a division that markets to bus riders.

3. Troll you pussies to vote bus helmets into mandate.

4. ???

5. Profit.

on October 16, 2010 at 7:17 PM

Oh, and the NYT itellectualized superbikes just this week.

elenchos on October 16, 2010 at 7:19 PM

Oh, relax, @16. The Slog is not anyone's nanny.

Lola, Missing Iowa City on October 16, 2010 at 7:39 PM

there's no art to it like Claude Lelouch's run through Paris is 1976:

http://www.video.banzaj.pl/film/1977/wys…

. . . it's always about getting the girl at the end innut?

julia09 on October 16, 2010 at 8:08 PM

whoa, @21 - thank you! Why am I finding these things strangely hypnotic?

Lola, Missing Iowa City on October 16, 2010 at 8:43 PM

@16 - I wasn't interested till I read your comment. Now I want to do what the guy in the video did.

this guy I know in Spokane on October 16, 2010 at 8:46 PM

@22. . . yeah i know, I'm not a car person or anything, but jeepers, it is hypnotic.

julia09 on October 16, 2010 at 8:49 PM

Elenchos, thanks for linking to the NYT story. I only figured out a couple months ago that your avatar is a scooter. I thought it was some sort of weird robot-face-thing.

Dr_Awesome on October 16, 2010 at 9:34 PM

Oh, and everyone else: That video was pretty tame. Go look up "Ghost Rider".

Dr_Awesome on October 16, 2010 at 9:40 PM

@21 Julia09, Now that is a cool run through Paris. I saw that in University and fell in love especially with the girl at the end.

Simone on October 16, 2010 at 9:48 PM

@21, I thought of that ancestor film too! That rascal Lelouch mounted the camera to his Merc 6.9 sedan for smoothness, and recorded all the sounds from a 275GTB later.
This is the best rundown of it I've found:
http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2007/11/…

gloomy gus on October 16, 2010 at 9:53 PM

What, you don't lane split?

PaulBarwick on October 17, 2010 at 12:20 AM

No. The "most insane thing [I've] seen a human being do" is sidle into a voting booth and punch out the chad next to a name followed by an "(R)" or "(TP)".

CharlesYFarley on October 17, 2010 at 4:46 AM

@ 25 - HOLY SHIT. It's not a robot!!! What a mindfuck! This is similar to the time I realized Fnarf's old av. was not a bear wearing a hat. I forget what it actually was though.

on October 17, 2010 at 5:18 AM

@26:

at first I thought you meant that movie with Nicholas Cage? (that's not real right? :))

but. . . oh, yeah ghost rider motorcycle dude beats russian motorcycle dude.

GRD is more flamboyant. (like doing a wheelie while being chased by the police.) 14mil youtube hits. . . really?

RMD was just: "Hey everyone look! I can go fast and almost kill myself in rush hour traffic, cool!!)

julia09 on October 17, 2010 at 5:32 AM

A good friend of mine was stuck in a huge traffic jam one night (i635 - dallas, tx) while two people on crotch rockets were doing exactly this. She watched both of them die. One of them exploded in a huge fireball right behind her car.

lenore on October 17, 2010 at 6:43 AM

Julia, you're right. It was late and I was tired, thanks for clarifying that I meant "Ghost Rider" the Parisian motorcycle hooligan on YouTube, and not that leotarded Nic Cage stinker.

Dr_Awesome on October 17, 2010 at 8:25 AM

Ooh look. They have douche bags in Russia too.

Renton Mike on October 17, 2010 at 8:32 AM

@25 OMG I thought he was a swamp creature robot something too. A scooter? Now I see it.

juan_martinez on October 17, 2010 at 9:24 AM

@28:

I haven't seen that for years, but I always wondered how he was able to get such a stable image on a bike, considering how heavy and bulky a sound film camera circa 1976 would have been.

COMTE on October 17, 2010 at 9:33 AM

"Ghost Rider" is Spartacus, you know.

on October 17, 2010 at 10:50 AM

@25, 37. I thought he was the business end of a meat grinding machine!

Timmytee on October 17, 2010 at 2:18 PM

Moscow kicks Ghost Rider's butt, and has a dirtier aesthetic than Paris. F the girl.

fag on October 17, 2010 at 2:32 PM

It has been a number of years since I've been to Moscow. It doesn't look very different. And, darn that was a rush.

kim in portland on October 17, 2010 at 3:05 PM

@40 I had the exact same impression. And it's not changing even though I now know what it is.

Jason Petersen on October 17, 2010 at 3:10 PM

I'm just going to go out on a limb and say this person, at some point, is going to die in a motorcycle accident.

dandean on October 17, 2010 at 4:06 PM

Darwin award winner wannabe

RedEye on October 17, 2010 at 4:30 PM

This guy is insane. In 6 minutes he took HUNDREDS of risks. Sooner or later he will crash if he keeps riding like that.

montex on October 18, 2010 at 4:03 AM

Funny, I always thought elenchos' avatar was some weird sex-mask kinda thingy... Guess I never bothered to click it to make it bigger (heh heh)....

Learn something new everyday!

merry on October 18, 2010 at 9:17 PM

He is death now... see the related videos on youtube. It was very stupid to throw away your valuable life like this. Just traded my R1 in for a more moderate bike..

on November 5, 2010 at 2:59 PM

I hope (s)he's an organ donor... Either way, this rider has a pair that clank.

Scott in Seattle on December 9, 2010 at 2:45 PM

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