Lightning hits bike.

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Wild. If it's as it appears, it's quite a camera capture. He's lucky to be alive, all things considered. The shock he felt must have been a false leader. The main strike appears to have been about 100 feet away on a couple of metal chimneys.
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How will his CDI ignition and voltage regulator look like? :lol:
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You can see the arc jump from the muffler guard to his right hand at about 0.14 in the video.
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A young girl walking across a parking lot a few kilometres away was hit by a lightning in the throat. People who saw her said her chest was smoking. She died a few hours later.
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