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...daredevil... Italian rider conquers Italy's third largest lake on two wheels
dailymail.co.uk ^
| George Martin
Posted on 04/18/2018 9:03:00 AM PDT by BenLurkin
This is the mind-bending moment a daredevil rides his motorbike across the third largest lake in Italy.
Luca Colombo, a biker from Milan, set a world record for the longest distance ever travelled by motorbike on fresh water on July 31, 2017.
To achieve the remarkable stunt, Luca rode from all the way from the town of Gravedona to Colico on the other side of the famous Lake Como - a distance of around 5km.
Armed only with an inflatable bracelet, capable of expanding like a life-jacket, the Italian rode at breakneck pace at the water and hydroplaned his way across in just five minutes.
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TOPICS: Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: colico; gravedona; italy; lake; lakecomo; lucacolombo; milan; motorcycle
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posted on
04/18/2018 9:03:00 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
huuh- didn’t even know that was possible
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posted on
04/18/2018 9:08:44 AM PDT
by
Bob434
To: Bob434
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posted on
04/18/2018 9:10:18 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
Snowmobiles can do the same thing - without the modifications.
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
04/18/2018 9:10:25 AM PDT
by
G Larry
(There is no great virtue in bargaining with the Devil)
To: Bob434
Sometimes, it’s not.
I believe they drug the body of a guy who tried this out of a lake in Montana.
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posted on
04/18/2018 9:12:14 AM PDT
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: BenLurkin
To: Bob434
He has paddle tread tires and something that looks like a hydroplaning structure on the bottom. I was hoping for a full side view at least but the cameraman wasn’t interested. Looks like maybe a water sled with two very fast paddlewheels in the center slot.
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posted on
04/18/2018 9:26:33 AM PDT
by
arthurus
(U)
To: BenLurkin
Wow...very cool! One of our best family vacations included five days on Lake Como, so it’s especially neat seeing him do that on that lake.
To: BenLurkin
It didn’t look “terrifying” to me. It looked like it would be fun.
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posted on
04/18/2018 9:31:57 AM PDT
by
WayneS
(An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. - Winston Churchill)
To: WayneS
It didn’t look “terrifying” to me. It looked like it would be fun. You didn’t see the sharks (or maybe they were mutant bass), in the lake, with frickin’ lasers affixed to their heads.
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posted on
04/18/2018 9:45:19 AM PDT
by
El Cid
(Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house...)
To: BenLurkin
The wet-bike was available to batman in the very bad tv show legends of the superheros, and James Bond rode one.
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posted on
04/18/2018 9:50:14 AM PDT
by
Waverunner
(I'd like to welcome our new overlords, say hello to my little friend)
To: Bob434
Back when I was about 17, the freeway underpass near me flooded during a storm. It was about 4’ deep. Some idiot on a motorcycle got past the police barricade and was barreling down the freeway, police car in pursuit. He hit the water at 60-70 mph and immediately flew over the handlebars.
We all laughed.
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posted on
04/18/2018 10:02:30 AM PDT
by
cyclotic
( WeÂ’re the first ones taxed, the last ones considered and the first ones punished)
To: akalinin
Snowmobiles can do the same thing - without the modifications.Boats can also do the same thing - without the modifications. So what?
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posted on
04/18/2018 11:03:13 AM PDT
by
Ol' Dan Tucker
(For 'tis the sport to have the engineer hoist with his own petard., -- Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 4)
To: Simon Green
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posted on
04/18/2018 12:23:35 PM PDT
by
gymbeau
(Alberta. Bound.)
To: gymbeau
Isn’t that David Hogg? Oh, on the contrary. Dash Parr is, if anything, a budding Libertarian/Objectivist. Hogg-boy...not so much.
To: Ol' Dan Tucker
Boats can also do the same thing - without the modifications. So what?
Because boats are for water and snowmobiles are for snow?
To: akalinin
Because boats are for water and snowmobiles are for snow?What are motorcycles made to operate from?
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posted on
04/18/2018 1:47:05 PM PDT
by
Ol' Dan Tucker
(For 'tis the sport to have the engineer hoist with his own petard., -- Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 4)
To: Simon Green
True, but I think David Hogg looks like him.
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posted on
04/18/2018 2:54:28 PM PDT
by
gymbeau
(Alberta. Bound.)
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