Terrible Nautique Representative

This was posted over on the MC Facebook site, i hope im not reposting it here. Always a sad day to have a fellow Nautique owner careless.

Motorcycle Highway Accident

Wow, that was really scary.   Could have been much worse.   Strap everything down tight, this could have been avoided.

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I white knuckle drive when im towing and usually pull over at 5 miles and 10 miles to check my tiedowns/load. I feel like a worry wart until i see stuff like this.

everybody knows you don't tow floaties on the platform, too light, cooler only. if it's full you don't have to strap it down, so bonus.

Hollywood wrote: Very sure I wouldn't be following that at any distance on a motorcycle.

i thought the same thing.



Are floaties a step up or down from tubes?

He will be easy to find. Just look for the guy on FB complaining someone stole
His floatie Mat!

Hollywood wrote: Very sure I wouldn't be following that at any distance on a motorcycle.

So true, and that was so avoidable it wasn't even funny. It's like the motorcyclist target fixated on the float and ran it right over.

Motorcycles, side by sides and stupid people = job security for me

Why the heck is he traveling in the left lane with a trailer when he's not overtaking there's a wide open center lane for him to cruise in and get out of everyone's way.   The motorcycle came up on him too quickly but reality is the boat shouldn't have been in that lane anyway.

How much stuff do we have to bring to the lake to have fun?

+1 on stop 10 mins into journey from lake etc to double check everything! Takes a minute to stop and check everything.

The strap on ports side came loose from wind...
He was overtaking the vehicle recording event so no problem with him in the left lane...

That biker was dumb for:
- wearing shorts
- following so close behind
- not reacting correctly once he saw the float mat fall off platform
- jumping like a lazy wuss!!! sitting on his but...

Obviously a lousy rookie rider! Like Paul said... idiots keeping emergency response people busy and fully employed!

Seemed fine to me that the tow vehicle was in the left lane. I also am not sure the motorcycle was too close, the perspective from the dash cam is hard to judge. Maybe as a new rider the guy was going too fast, but I don't have perspective on that either since I don't know how fast the dash cam car was going.

All in all, I have a hard time blaming the bike rider for this. He has a quick split second to decide where to go, even experienced riders can guess wrong with a flying object in front of you. To me it's 100% the fault of the idiot tying crap to his platform.

I'm another one that checks 10-15 minutes into the tow to double check all is secure.

I watched it 4-5 times. I used to ride a bit, and I know that at 60 mph tossing a bike around to avoid flying objects probably wasn't my forte. It isn't just "which way does the ***************g mat sail?" it's also which cars are in which lanes, is someone coming up behind me, etc. I watch that guy do 8 barrel rolls on pavement and have nothing but sympathy for him.

barrel rolls are boring, how about that AIR he caught?

AAM196 wrote: +1 on stop 10 mins into journey from lake etc to double check everything! Takes a minute to stop and check everything. The strap on ports side came loose from wind... He was overtaking the vehicle recording event so no problem with him in the left lane... That biker was dumb for: - wearing shorts - following so close behind - not reacting correctly once he saw the float mat fall off platform - jumping like a lazy wuss!!! sitting on his but... Obviously a lousy rookie rider! Like Paul said... idiots keeping emergency response people busy and fully employed!

Hollywood wrote: barrel rolls are boring, how about that AIR he caught?