zzdcar
Home
/
Reviews
/
Culture
/
A Guide To Making Your Next Motorcycle Wreck More Instagrammable
A Guide To Making Your Next Motorcycle Wreck More Instagrammable-October 2024
2024-02-19 EST 22:12:57

Image for article titled A Guide To Making Your Next Motorcycle Wreck More Instagrammable

I think it’s safe to say that we’ve all been in wrecks in our cars, or motorcycles, and they’re scary and terrible even in situations where no one is seriously hurt. In the case of these no-serious-injury crashes, one of the biggest issues is that, for most of us, we just have no idea how to turn a wreck into quality Instagram content. This is a huge problem, globally, but thankfully there’s who has given the world the gift of demonstrating how to turn a minor wreck into some primo ‘Grammable content, no motorcycle jackets required.

In case, somehow, you’re not aware who Tiffany Mitchell () is, I’ll try to explain. She’s a Nashville-based “influencer” who lives in a sepia-toned world of elaborate camping trips, lots of pillows and rugs and carefully-draped throws, and meals served on rough-hewn tables with attractive friends and lots and lots of earthtones.

She’s also remarkably skilled at having bottles of liquids handed to her with their labels clearly visible:

Note the lovely old BMW flat-twin motorcycle in the picture there, under those bottles of delicious, refreshing Bai SuperTea, the only bottled tea so crammed full of superfruit antioxidants you’ll shit out literally all your toxins within minutes of your first chug. Man, that @drinkbai tea sure is something.

Anyway, Tiffany soon finished pounding her antioxidant-rich Bai tea and set off to ride her motorcycle, pausing first, of course, to throw back her head and laugh, as one does, appreciating the aching beauty of the sepia-toned world and the raw joy of wearing your bib overalls half-undone.

Image for article titled A Guide To Making Your Next Motorcycle Wreck More Instagrammable

Incredibly, a photographer was on hand to capture this spontaneous moment of joy. Now, these posts have all been archived because, I guess, there’s some things just too good for the world,

About an hour after Tiff’s lighthearted moment of laughter, mild tragedy struck, in :

Image for article titled A Guide To Making Your Next Motorcycle Wreck More Instagrammable

As Tiff tells us in the caption:

“...on a secluded two lane stretch, I misjudged a curve, took it too fast and my bike went off the road. It slid through the grass and I hit the pavement. I had my helmet on so my head was fine, but I scraped up my left side. I was in absolute shock laying on the side of the road.”

Thankfully, she wasn’t seriously hurt, and even more thankfully, her friend Lindsey was there to shoot these very carefully composed photos of this terrifyingly mild accident.

If you think this is fake, you aren’t alone. As a result Tiffany had to issue a denial to , saying:

“I’m sad that some people are taking it that way,” she added, before requesting BuzzFeed News not proceed with writing this story as it would “draw negative attention.”

Given the prominent placement of the Smart Water bottle and the fact that photos were taken and then ‘grammed as if this was just another curated trip through Desert X, I myself am skeptical too.

But what we can do is turn Tiff’s tragedy into a learning experience, just like she’d want us to, so our next wreck on Instagram can lookas good as this one.

Look, I know real motorcyclists will insist you shouldn’t be riding a motorcycle in a tank top and jauntily loose overalls, but do they have 200,000 followers? Probably not.

I know All The Gear All The Time (ATGATT) is important if safety is your main concern, but a ‘grammable wreck would never hide a beautiful shot of a collarbone like the one up there.

Oh, and even if EMTs say never to remove the helmet of a crashed biker, don’t listen to them—what’s the point of having a motorcycle wreck if nobody can see your face?

Which leads me to the next tip:

Image for article titled A Guide To Making Your Next Motorcycle Wreck More Instagrammable

I can’t stress this one enough. After your wreck, you’re going to be thirsty. Make certain that while you’re writhing on the pavement, your beverages of choice are placed carefully next to you, bottles free from blood or grime, with labels out, facing the camera and clearly visible.

I know they say you’re not supposed to move an injured person, but by all means, move them if it means a better location for your chosen beverages in your Instagram pics. I can’t stress the importance of this enough.

Image for article titled A Guide To Making Your Next Motorcycle Wreck More Instagrammable

Yes, a wreck is terrifying, and you may be in a lot of pain. But is that pain worse than the pain of knowing your Instagram picture will show you looking anything but your best?

Writhe in an elegant manner; maybe consult the paintings of Egon Schiele to find that right mix of reminding people you’ve been through physical trauma, but with just a hint of languid eroticism.

Don’t grimace in pain; close your eyes and comport your features into a look of thoughtful endurance.

Okay, everyone got all that? I hope so. Having a wreck you can properly Instagram is more important than ever, but it’s hard work. I encourage everyone to go out there and wreck their best wrecks, #wrecklife #blessed.

And don’t forget the Smart Water.

Comments
Welcome to zzdcar comments! Please keep conversations courteous and on-topic. To fosterproductive and respectful conversations, you may see comments from our Community Managers.
Sign up to post
Sort by
Show More Comments
Culture
The Outrageous FV Frangivento Asfane DieciDieci Wants to Be the Italian Koenigsegg
The Outrageous FV Frangivento Asfane DieciDieci Wants to Be the Italian Koenigsegg
Ever heard of FV Frangivento? If you haven’t, you’re not alone—the Italian automaker has only recently unveiled their outrageous 996 HP Asfane DieciDieci. But the company is already dreaming big. The Asfane DeiciDeici debuted on May 30 at the Turin Automobile Museum, , three years after the first concept...
Oct 24, 2026
The GMA T.50 Is a Wildly Muscled Super-Light Car From the Designer of the McLaren F1
The GMA T.50 Is a Wildly Muscled Super-Light Car From the Designer of the McLaren F1
Gordon Murray, the designer of the iconic that put the driver in the center and became the supercar of the 1990s (), in the year 2019, has a new supercar in the works. That new central-seater supercar, according to his car company, is a whole lot like the McLaren...
Oct 24, 2026
The 2020 BMW M8 Is a 600 HP Rear-Wheel Drive Flagship 30 Years in the Making
The 2020 BMW M8 Is a 600 HP Rear-Wheel Drive Flagship 30 Years in the Making
Back in the early 1990s, BMW was playing with the idea of a 550 horsepower version of its classic sports car, infamously developing a prototype that never made it to production, and was only discussed in detail years after its development. Fast forward 30 years, and the is here...
Oct 24, 2026
Tracy Morgan Buys a Used Bugatti Only to Get It Sideswiped 30 Minutes Later
Tracy Morgan Buys a Used Bugatti Only to Get It Sideswiped 30 Minutes Later
Man, poor Tracy Morgan seems to have the worst luck with cars and driving, sometimes. It was he was in, severely injuring him. This accident, of course, is far less serious, but very news-friendly because it involves a Bugatti Veyron he only managed to drive a half mile away...
Oct 24, 2026
There Is Yet Another Dodge Charger Special Edition and This One Is Black or White
There Is Yet Another Dodge Charger Special Edition and This One Is Black or White
One of the things that makes so wholesomely Dodge is that it regularly and eloquently debuts new editions of its , keeping the masses happy and spending money in spite of the fact that their flashy new car and its flashy new style . It’s a true, black-magic kind...
Oct 24, 2026
Framing John DeLorean Is the Story of a Man Whose Life Was Too Colorful for a Black and White World
Framing John DeLorean Is the Story of a Man Whose Life Was Too Colorful for a Black and White World
The narratives around John Z. DeLorean usually go one of two ways. He’s either remembered as an iconoclastic hero of American motoring, a David who fought one Goliath after another until he lost everything in an unfair and overzealous prosecution by the U.S. government, or scorned as a charlatan...
Oct 24, 2026
Copyright 2023-2026 - www.zzdcar.com All Rights Reserved