---
title: "Watch This Fool Stunt Down the Highway on a Big Old Harley-Davidson"
description: "Shenanigans can happen on any bike."
date: "2017-10-26"
modified: "2017-10-26"
authors:
  - name: "Kyle Cheromcha"
    job_title: "Editor-in-Chief"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/kyle-cheromcha"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/watch-this/15474/watch-this-fool-stunt-down-the-highway-on-a-big-old-harley-davidson"
categories:
  - "Motorcycles"
  - "News"
  - "The Garage"
  - "Watch This"
tags:
  - "bagger"
  - "cruiser"
  - "harley-davidson"
  - "motorcycle"
  - "New Orleans"
  - "stunting"
  - "touring bike"
---

# Watch This Fool Stunt Down the Highway on a Big Old Harley-Davidson

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Usually, these videos showing some clown ride around with a total disregard for their safety and others around them feature some sort of [crotch rocket sportbike.](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/13151/russian-woman-known-as-sexiest-motorcyclist-on-instagram-killed-in-high-speed-crash>) Well, this motorcyclist filmed in New Orleans, Louisiana is here to show you that you can get up to just as many tricks on [a nice, cushy cruiser.](<https://www.thedrive.com/watch-this/9017/watch-a-harley-davidson-crash-while-stunting>)

[According to *KSLA News*,](<https://www.ksla.com/story/36668856/video-motorcyclist-shows-out-with-dangerous-tricks-on-i-10?clienttype=generic&utm_content=buffer773eb&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer>) Monica Rochefort spotted the daredevil rider on I-10 just east of New Orleans on Monday. He appears to be riding a [Harley-Davidson](<https://www.thedrive.com/article/15214/harley-davidson-sales-and-profits-fall-again>) Street Glide, a big old bagger of a bike that isn't usually the top choice for stunting fools. In the video, Rochefort sounds understandably shocked to see him booking it down the left lane while leaning back and reclining like he's on a beach chair, his hands nowhere near the handlebars.

https://youtube.com/embed/SVdsHElT_NY

Now granted, the "Look ma, no hands" routine is just about the least dangerous trick you can do on a motorcycle. [Bikes want to stay upright](<https://www.thedrive.com/watch-this/10511/runaway-motorcycle-takes-out-rider-trying-to-save-it>) once they're in motion, and riders use their body weight to lean into turns rather than just twisting the handlebars left and right. The mystery rider demonstrates this after realizing he's being filmed and flashing a smile; he leans way out to the right to change lanes (then left again to straighten out), pantomiming paddling a boat before exiting the highway.

But is the whole thing really that dangerous? The [Street Glide](<https://www.thedrive.com/article/637/riding-a-river-of-blood-to-a-rainbow>) has cruise control, and between that and the physics behind a moving motorcycle, it looks like the rider was in control the entire time despite never touching the handlebars. Then again, all it would take is a surprise pothole or a small piece of debris on the roadway to send him flying into the path of other cars—whose drivers would then be involved in a probably-fatal collision through no fault of their own. Plus, he actually leans all the way back at one point, meaning he couldn't see the road at all for those seconds.

It's probably a great feeling to make strangers smile with your seemingly-harmless antics on a bike. But there are [better (and far safer) places](<https://www.thedrive.com/article/1229/drive-wire-check-out-these-incredible-motorcycle-stunts>) to do so than a public highway.

## Author
Overseeing an expert staff of writers and editors from his lair in Los Angeles, Kyle shapes The Drive’s singular approach to covering the automotive industry and car culture. He’s been with the site as a writer since 2017, taking over as editor in 2019. On a daily basis, Kyle is responsible for directing The Drive's editorial news and car review content strategies, setting special coverage priorities, managing complex reporting projects, and ensuring what you read on the page meets our high internal standards for quality and trustworthiness. He is also the executive producer of The Drive's YouTube channel, which was relaunched in February 2024 to great acclaim and has accumulated over 14M new views in its first year back on the scene. He hosts a biweekly series on the channel where he breaks down fascinating and complicated stories from the automotive world.

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