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I wouldn't use the endo as speed facts, I watched our motorcycle instructor do them at low speeds showing how powerful modern disc brakes are.
Also had a friend on a two lane road get cutoff by a person who didn't want to miss their turn, he clamped the front brake so hard the bike flipped over onto its gas tank.
Endo on its own, agreed, is not indicative of speed. Crossing most of a 4-lane intersection in 3 frames (1/10th of a second) indicates insane speed.
The endo indicates "oh shit, I screwed up and am panic braking, and also I am bad enough at riding a motorcycle that I can't manage my braking."
no but how much ground he travels in 3 frames does, even if the camera recorded at 15fps he was still traveling well over 100kmh. Most video is 30fps though, so ... yeah.
i agree he's goingfast-, but endo braking doesn't always mean oops I screwed up, it is often another driver violating a traffic law and suddenly safe riding becomes imminent impact.
I see the bigger Indictator of speed here is how the bike reacts after impact, it still had a ton of energy to launch vertically, instead of just falling down beside the car
This is a modern bike with ABS.