Video: Death of a Thai biker - clocked at 264 kmph

 

 

A helmet cam video being widely shared on Facebook showed the last moments of a Thai big biker on a road on Petchabun in Thailand's north east. 

 

The speedster on a 998cc Yamaha YZF R1M had just reached a top speed of 264 kilometers per hour when he lost control on the Petchabun bypass on Sunday evening. 

 

Bits of 24 year old Surarat or "Nong Tonkao" and his bike were found over a wide area. 

 

His blood was shown on the base of a road sign. He died after suffering severe head and facial injuries.

 

The video - entitled "A warning to those who like speed" showed Tonkao lose control after racing alongside two friends. 

 

Sanook said that he had probably encountered roadworks after the brow of a hill and lost control. The road is being widened to four lanes at that point.

 

The accident occurred near the Night Coffee shop in Muang district after the bikers were coming home from a trip to Khao Kor. 

 

The Yamaha he was riding is a powerful machine that retails in Thailand for about 1.1 million baht. 

 

Source: Sanook

 

 

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The road looks straight ?

 

Did they find a mobile phone in his hand ?

 

advertising this will make Thai roads safer.????

Edited May 1, 20197 yr by mike787

1 minute ago, Soupdragon said:

The road looks straight ?

 

Did they find a mobile phone in his hand ?

 

found it 'Roaming' in the next paddock?

He started slowing down and just drifted left and off the road?  ????

Suicide? Depends how you define it.

Water off a ducks back, one problem is many here believe you will die when it's your fate to, so driving at speed, pissed up with no helmet while using line makes no difference. At the Police station last week over a bike rider smashing into us driving down the wrong side of the road I did point out that this sort of dangerous behaviour (condoned by the cops) is what leads to the thousands slaughtered on the roads here each year. Blank looks all round, expect the foreign brakes to get the blame in this case.

Edited May 1, 20197 yr by Orton Rd

Mixed feelings about this one. He knew what he was doing - chance he would die, and he still did it. Died having fun (as he defined fun, not me).

 

But what about the family? They will continue to suffer from his death even though he will not suffer.

Me first he won 

His bike, his life, his trainset I guess, lucky he didn't involve anyone else.  Crazy speeds on a public road.

Just now, salavan said:

Me first he won 

 a big choice:

 

be awarded the Wooden Spoon, or a Wooden box

Idiot. Got what he deserved and never took anyone innocent with him.

Hope the video serves as a lesson / deterrent to any other deadhead wannabes hell bent on doing the same

If you want to ride at speeds like that, you should be ready to be killed, which is exactly what happened. No sympathy from me, other than for his family. Lucky he didn't take anyone else with him.

I went 160 kph on my Kawasaki 650 with my Thai girlfriend on the back. 

 

 

 

1 minute ago, NCC1701A said:

I went 160 kph on my Kawasaki 650 with my Thai girlfriend on the back. 

Proof that farangs can be stupid too... 

My friend did the same in Canada. He broke his helmet in 2 piece when he hit an electric pole. His mother pressured him to sell the bike or she would not pay his study. It was the day before he sold the bike. 

Edited May 1, 20197 yr by Tayaout

3 minutes ago, NCC1701A said:

I went 160 kph on my Kawasaki 650 with my Thai girlfriend on the back. 

 

 

 

I hit 210 on my Honda 1000 before the girlfriend grabbed the emergency brakes....my nuts ????

6 minutes ago, NCC1701A said:

I went 160 kph on my Kawasaki 650 with my Thai girlfriend on the back. 

 

 

 

Rebel without a clue??

????????????????

blame the birdpoop, the kee nok, for upsetting the windscreen aerodynamics!

 

 

 

...'Shared' on Facebook!  

 

 

     more like 'Spread'...

 

but look at this deeper... the video was on His phone, therefore His Facebook - yet he didn't live to Upload it

 

Was it one of those LiveFeeds?  or did some Ghoul go through his phone for it?

Edited May 1, 20197 yr by tifino

1 minute ago, tifino said:

 

...'Shared' on Facebook!  

 

 

     more like 'Spread'...

 

but look at this deeper... the video was on His phone, therefore His Facebook - yet he didn't live to Upload it

 

Was it one of those LiveFeeds?  or did some Ghoul go through his phone for it?

Try helmet cam ????????????

1 minute ago, Soupdragon said:

I hit 210 on my Honda 1000 before the girlfriend grabbed the emergency brakes....my nuts ????

wow that is fast. mine was cool as a cucumber at 160. 

 

I knew a 20 year old bar girl who loved to get on my bike and it was impossible to go fast enough for her.

We would go between Hua Hin and Cha Am in 14 minutes.

 

But that was when I was 60 and now at 64 I have grown up a bit and realized how dangerous that was.

Doing that sort of speed on a public B road is quite frankly insane, if it didn't happen this week it was going to happen sooner or later, it was a solo event and nobody else was involved (this time)

 

There are plenty of tracks in Thailand if people want to go for a reasonably safe blast

 

People watch MotoGP and see crashes at well above 264kmph and think it is all good if I am wearing the gear - no it isn't, there is nothing hard to hit on a track (except another bike) - on a public road you hit anything solid at more than 50kmph and you are dead no matter what you are wearing and there are plenty of solid things to hit.

 

RIP

Once you reach around 180/200 kph an increase of another 30/40 kph doesn't feel much faster until you need to hit the jesus handle ( brake ).

That's when the brown stuff hits the fan, and the inside of your leathers.

7 minutes ago, overherebc said:

Try helmet cam ????????????

but, looking at the height, the angles; if a helmet cam (assuming on top of helmet, not side mounted)

- his chin must have been massaging his jewels, even at the start when still at 60kmh!

21 minutes ago, NCC1701A said:

I went 160 kph on my Kawasaki 650 with my Thai girlfriend on the back. 

 

 

 

and  ?

 

2nd gear for me with 4 to go - so what

9 minutes ago, tifino said:

but, looking at the height, the angles; if a helmet cam (assuming on top of helmet, not side mounted)

- his chin must have been massaging his jewels, even at the start when still at 60kmh!

Maybe he was 4 foot 2 inches tall/short or it was a helmet cam mounted on the bike.

Edit

So it would show the speedo.

Edited May 1, 20197 yr by overherebc

18 minutes ago, Soupdragon said:

I hit 210 on my Honda 1000 before the girlfriend grabbed the emergency brakes....my nuts

I hit 280kph on my Vespa in Italian riviera.

.................................

then I woke up!

1 minute ago, pattayadude said:

I hit 280kph on my Vespa in Italian riviera.

.................................

then I woke up!

And I bet you still couldn't keep up with the locals. ????????????

7 minutes ago, overherebc said:

Maybe he was 4 foot 2 inches tall/short or it was a helmet cam mounted on the bike.

Edit

So it would show the speedo.

the cam is mounted on his body 

51 minutes ago, webfact said:

The Yamaha he was riding is a powerful machine that retails in Thailand for about 1.1 million baht.

what's the relevance of its retail value?!