Epic FAIL!
Amazing how high it went when it flipped forwards. Buggered if I can work out what made the back kick-up like that.
It utterly wrecked the back wheel too. -- Nige, BMW K1200S (for sale) Range Rover Vogue Suzuki GSX-R600 Racebike (for sale) Honda ST1100 Pan European
I'm guessing the combination of him coming off the throttle, and at the same time all his weight unloading off the swingarm.. however it happened it's quite impressive.
Tail unit appears to hit the ground in the on-bike footage, but my physics isn't good enough to propose a reason why it bounced. Pretty well destroyed it though.
Maybe... but he's not the first and won't be the last. It's also one way of getting significantly more press coverage than the others, which might keep the sponsors happy.