Power Equipment...motorcycle...entitled Crash...the good thing is that he lived

If he had fallen off his Skill saw , that would have been a power equipment crash lol

Absolute idiocy.

First, traveling at such greater speed than the flow of traffic. What that means for the rider is, when something unfolds...as it did...it's gonna happen FAST.

As it did.

Second failure was, he's got a car tire on his rear wheel. WHY that is a contributing factor would take me reams to explain. Let it suffice: A car tire is cheaper to buy and the rubber lasts longer. Because it's harder. Because when a single car wheel loses traction, it's not an emergency, only an annoyance.

It's not fit on motorcycles because a motorcycle BANKS in turns and in use. A car tire has defined sidewalls, and a blocked-off end of tread. A motorcycle tire is more like a bagel, not a spool of adhesive tape.

The rubber is stickier, and the thick tread surface goes up halfway up the sidewall. That stickier rubber wears faster; the tires cost more. Partly the cost is for the more-complex engineering and a smaller run of each tires - there aren't nearly as many motorcycles as cars. And partly it's to pay for liability coverage for the rubber companies, in this litigious age.

So, there ya have it. Reckless speed, given the traffic; unsuitable tire. He's wearing a backpack, instead of tying it to the seat or a carrier. Another n00b mistake.

He won't repeat it. I'd bet money he'll never ride again. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes; and if you're smart, you just decline from another round.