Harley rider doing a spirited short Mulholland Snake run. Rider is in the process of upgrading the bike for the track. POV here is a pretty common short Snake run.
Harley Rider
The length of the Snake is actually a little over 2 miles long and is unique compared to other roads in the area because it’s ridden more like a track. The area is considered a recreation use with park maintaining an overlook for visitors. The video was up-sampled to 4K for a better codec to handle motion on You Tube.
Most of the crashes on Mulholland take place at Edwards Corner, the undesignated finish line of the snake. Due to the high number of local bystanders and visiting cameramen, riders tend to push their luck through the final turn.
One of the places that catches the inexperienced out is the exit of the corner. On the exit, the camber levels off, but riders are often still carrying high lean angles.
The snake part of Mulholland deserves a LOT of respect. It’s a slow road (generally lower speed, pretty tight corners) which is a far cry from some of the other parts of Mulholland Hwy that have longer sweepers. I think people tend to get really excited and get ahead of themselves on it which leads to accidents. A lot of the time too, that final J turn has gravel on the outside and you can lose traction there pretty easily. It’s a kind of awkward turn to take when you’re doing out-in-out but yeah with time and patience (and CAUTION) you can get the snake down well, and then it becomes really fun to drive.
After 30 years of riding and never crashing from doing stupid stuff. high-speed off-track motorcycle riding demonstrates to responsible riders that street racing with 2 wheels is just as stupid as with four…..Only more deadly.
