Worst & Stupidest

[viper]

whats the worst and the stupidest crash you have been in?

[Waylander]

Stupidest would have to be my first one. Wasn't really watchin traffic due to the hot biker chick goin the other direction when traffic stopped in front of me and I went into the rear bumper of the car in front of me. Luckily it was another cute chick and as I was being loaded into the ambulance (nothin major just a broken arm) I mannaged to ask her out. Yea some of you have heard the story before but some havn't.

[NC]

Don't take acid and ride...

[Blackbird]

Stupidest was falling off my Blackbird in front of a mate at about 1km/hr when I lost my footing coming to a stop. He had trouble lifting the bike off me because he was laughing so much.

Worst was having the throttle of my drag bike stick open at over 130 mph a lifetime ago in the UK when I was young and bulletproof. Ended up putting it into a field at the side of the strip just through the timing lights. Incredibly, there was only quite minor damage to the bike and I just had a few bruises, plus my leathers packed with dirt (and other brown stuff :sick: )

[Two Smoker]

Car crash, practicing handbrake slides in my trusty mitsi (FWD) didnt give it enough accelerator, snapped, tried to catch. Sort of caught, but then the tree did the rest...

Bike crash?? Alot of mine have been stupid lol...

[Big Dog]

Worst Sunstrike Gravel unknown corner at 30-40kmph. GRRRRRRR
Stupidest was the other driver collected me from behind while waiting for the lights.
Oh you mean my stupididty, I fell of in A dates driveway at a speed so low it did not display on the speedo.

[zooter]

Stupidest: Not looking where I wanted to be going on a 35kph corner doing about......35kph. Into the gravel on the left, front brake did the rest. It's what you call learning the hard way. Just dumb luck not to have learned that lesson at high speed.
Worst: Cresting hill on 50cc scooter, middle of the night, middle of winter, misty rain has fallen on frozen road to create the slickest of slick black ice. Full noise on scoot at about 45kph, ass hits ground at 45kph amidst a shower of sparks off the scoot frame grinding through the ice. Lucky not to be collected by following traffic.

[Aitch]

while looking left......ended up bonnet skating, wrecking front end of my bike and badly damaging my left knee as the bike bounced off the car. (I think)

[Big Dave]

whats the worst and the stupidest crash you have been in?

ALL of them.

[roo]

150+ kph lanesplitting up a passing lane between a 40tonne truck and a line of cars passing it... you see where this is going...? (apparently i was the only person who didnt...)
...the car at the front pulled in... i wake up 10 days later in auckland hospital with tubes coming out everywhere...
*shrug* maybe I would have made it if were going faster... hmmmm... :confused:

[zeRax]

too much juice on wet grass, wet grass is a killer, wheres the traction at? heh
bent brake lever and slightly bent handle bars - even sllightly they still took grunt to get them perfect again, bump on leg when bike landed

(i go over alot of grass and gravel and stuff cause of work)

[John]

stupidest: Ok, on the northland ride a few weeks back, when we started turning around to help Alucard, I managed to turn in the thickest grass, and yup the bastard decided to loose traction and fall over I felt like a tosser, although didnt care as we were all abit more worried about alucard.

second stupidest: dropping the clutch and pulling the biggest wheelie I ever did in the ZZR prob about 30deg (est) and hit a fire hydrant and lost the rear wheel landed it but it was heading straight for a curve and ended up having to drop it at about 80 or more I figured, and now I have 2 screwed knees one from hockey and rugby, the other from this incident, possibilities of an operations are around :(


worst: the 25kmph writeoff, poor ZZR was a victom to randomly thrown gravel, and ended up tettering over a ditch, 8k worth of damage, without the gearbox damage accounted for!

[Madmax]

leaning to hard on an kawasaki H1D going round a corner
the chamber lifted the back wheel off the ground
(there was a cop around the corner who though it was real
funny) :doctor:

[BNZ]

My only road bike crash was on my CBR250RR when a guy pulled out in front of me towing a trailer. I T-Boned the trailed, did a complete sommersault and landed running on the other side :Punk: Bike was a write off.

Stupid crashes are almost a daily occurence on my CRF50 :cool:

[Motu]

Riding off road on my week old Yamaha over some bad ruts in 3rd gear - I looked up and saw a guy on an identical bike to mine doing the same thing...looking deep into each others eyes the mirror images converged and became a single crumpled heap sprouting too many arms,legs and handle bars...

[SPman]

Stupidest - taking a mate home on the S2 after we'd had a few tokes. Not knowing where to go along Western Springs road he says "Ahh...turn here" into whatever road, so I did."What about that car...Ah yeah man better stop" ......slow motion, slow speed head on into a Skoda! Well, when your're wacked, everything is slow motion - we must have been doing all of about 20mph! We didnt even fall off-bent one fork on the Kwaka, but the Skoda was fucked!

[Motu]

Oh dear,how could I forget this one - a couple of years ago on an adventure ride in Taranaki with Oscar the XLV750 got too much for me on a hill and I dumped it,I couldn't haul it out of the bushes and Stu stopped on his new DRZ400,we hauled my bike out and he took it to the top...I help pick up an F650 and then had fun riding the DRZ up.At the top Stu was parked by some pine trees with my bike,I pulled up on his nice new bike with a big smile on my face,stopped and put my foot down into a hole,sending the DRZ400 into the ground...what a dork. :killingme

[Zapf]

bike: for a moment I thought the SV was a dirt bike... but after a few corners I was reminded quickly.... coming up to a corner following the wheel tracks, lean the bike, front tires slide to the the outside up the thick high lip of thick gravel, bike shoots up into the air at 45 degrees, me bale, rear follows the front, bike rotates counter clock wise 360 along its axis mid air, snap right hand mirror, lands on its wheels, and proceeds to skid along the gravel on its left, gravel rash to front left fairing and left (hard givi) panniers, bent left hand bar ends and snaped the gear selector.

Hint: Givi hard panniers works very well as frame and fairing sliders.

car: tired, group drive, out west, middle of no where, wet roads, (michelen tires "not good for wet"), on camber corner then obscured by trees.... turns into an off camber corner at the apex.... heavy as 1700kg cage. fishtailed on the other side caught it, let go of the gas too soon it flicked onto the otherside. this time its too much. slide down a clay bank sideways wheels dig in, slowly nuged a fallen tree sideways against a clay bank... while looking forward into some bush and farms 20 meters below.....
came of lightly, bent wheel, bent outboard steering rod, crumpled front wheel arch and passanger door.... the passanger naturally never rode with me again

[NC]

Stupidest - taking a mate home on the S2 after we'd had a few tokes. Not knowing where to go along Western Springs road he says "Ahh...turn here" into whatever road, so I did."What about that car...Ah yeah man better stop" ......slow motion, slow speed head on into a Skoda! Well, when your're wacked, everything is slow motion - we must have been doing all of about 20mph! We didnt even fall off-bent one fork on the Kwaka, but the Skoda was fucked!
What's a skoda? :confused:

[James Deuce]

ALL of them.
Amen. Lost IQ points permanently in all mine.

[Pwalo]

Falling off on black ice on twice on the same corner in consecutive weeks. Once, ok. Twice just dumb.

Luckily didn't do any damage to my old TS185 (trail bikes really were good commuters), or to myself (Line 7 overtrou just slid for miles).

[FROSTY]

Worst was slamming into the crash barrier on the "hill" at pukie then having the race bike bounce back and bite me.a week in hospital and rebuilt shoulder from that one.
Stupidest -fuck theyre all stupid but probably stopping the bike half on the footpath and the road.-then realising my feet were about 9 inches from the ground. -the crash was inevitable

[Lou Girardin]

I've had two. The first was 1977. I'd been in Auckland giving evidence in court and I decided to take my T500 back to the MOT training school. Going down towards the Mangaweka Viaduct I saw hundreds of drink cans on the road, I was too busy looking at them to realise the cage in front of me had nearly stopped. Ran straight up his arse, somehow I didn't come off or damage the bike. But I was shit scared that they'd somehow hear about it back at Trentham.
Two years later I was on duty going south on the Northwest M/way trying to head off a guy on a trail bike heading for Te Atatu Nth. I saw him on the overbridge and reached for the mike. Bad move, went straight into the concrete barrier. Skated down the road on my arse, Said arse only protected by johpurs, result = not a scratch.
Thanks to a sympathetic Sergeant, there were no charges either.

[Oakie]

I've been really lucky over the past 27 years with 3 very minor offs.
The worst was also tied for stupidist. Riding over wet grass on my CB125 when I looked up and saw a lamp post 20 metres in front of me. Either turning or braking would have saved me. Unfortunately I did both with obvious results.
Other 'tied for stupidest' saw me leave my braking too late (also on the grass)at about 10 kph on my mum's driveway and burying myself in her hedge.

[Oscar]

Kick start up the trouser leg on a RD400.
Came to a stop a the lights only to find my leg mysterously glued to the bike...

[James Deuce]

Kick start up the trouser leg on a RD400.
Came to a stop a the lights only to find my leg mysterously glued to the bike...
I laughed so hard I choked! Sorry Oscar.

[jrandom]

Death stoppie and Superman in rush-hour traffic after someone pulled across in front of me while I was filtering. Both knees sore from hard landing for *weeks* afterwards.

[Oscar]

Then there was the time I mistook a white painted piece of curb for a white line (raining, dark) and highsided a XT600 Tenere at 80km/h...biggest shock of my life, one minute riding along, next minute flying through the air...ouch

[vifferman]

Worst? (also very stupid) It was Christmas day, many moons ago, and I was out riding my bike, practising wheelies up a backstreet. Came to an uncontrolled intersection in an uncontrolled condition, and there was a car going through it, so I T-boned it and somersaulted over the roof. Totally fooked the bike - it ended up with the front wheel beside the engine - and put a huge dent in the side of the car. I escaped with bruises, cuts and scrapes, 9 stitches in my right knee, and a thorough chastisement from the hospital staff. And my parents, when I rang them to come and pick me up...

Writing off my VFR750 the year before last when a car u-turned into me was probably just as bad, but I was better protected and the bike less damaged (only $7800 worth). And by then I was well used to its lazy ways, after a lowside to have a rest, a wee nap after running over a pedestrian, and a snooze after being cut off by a BMW driver suddenly merging into the lane I was in .

Stupidest? Hmmm... they were all pretty stupid (like dropping my first bike in the garden when returning it after the test ride), but the one that I think was the dumbest was on my sole 'incident' on the VTR. I'd just had new brake pads fitted, and they didn't work. So, I decided to bed them in, Feckin Eedjit Style, by braking as hard as possible a few times. There were several flaws to this idea: Firstly, I normally brake with only 1 or 2 fingers, and this time I was using all of them. Hard. Secondly, the road was a bit greasy after some light rain. Thirdly, the road was cambered and had numerous tarsnakes. Fourthly, I neglected to release the lever when the front tyre started sliding (oweing to the fact I was using four fingers, I guess). Lastly, I fell on my head right in front of some construction workers. :doh:

My worst/stupidest/only car accident was when I turned to wave to my girlfriend (now wife) while turning out of the driveway at 2AM one morning. Dumbest moment to not look where I was going, as there was a tractor parked on the road, without lights on, right there. Luckily, it didn't have the brakes on, it didn't quite crash into the phone box when I pushed it up the road with the car, and I wasn't going fast, due to the underpowered nature of my elderly StudentMobile. Unluckily, my car ended up with a seriously customised front, and was undriveable. Also unluckily, the guy I sold it to abandoned the remains of it on someone's front lawn, so the cops came to see me one night. Fortunately, my bewildered expression convinced the cop that I had no idea what he was talking about, and that I was telling the truth that it was the new owner's fault the ownership hadn't been changed.

[inlinefour]

I was a dumbarse who at the age of 15 had just got my licience. On the RD I thought I was bullet proof, well it turned out that in the rain I was not. Rather than slow down for the 35km/h courner at Urenui because of the rain, I carried on around it at my "normal" dry weather pace. About 1/3rd of the way the frount wheel came unstuck and I learned my first hard lesson: slow down in the rain. I had come accross a patch of diesel, and although I had good tyres, none are THAT good :whistle:

[flyin]

What's a skoda? :confused:

:killingme :lol: :lol: :killingme

what do ya call a skoda with twin pipes?.......................... a wheelbarrow.

what do you call a convertable skoda?.......... a skip!!



HAHAHA but really the new ones are all VW designed and made, they offer a good, budget, reliable vehicle. no frills... just......... skoda

[James Deuce]

Krayy's parents had a Skoda for a 2nd car, and I got my license before Krayy's older brother learned to drive. I can remember trying to teach him how to do Hill starts on Target Rd (in Auckland) early one Sunday morning, and the resulting near punch up.

I also remember the near beating from Krayy's Dad when I leant on the mighty Skoda, broke the surface tension of the paint, and nearly crashed through the rust into the engine bay. Perfect car for teenage boys to thrash about in. :)

[Hitcher]

what do ya call a skoda with twin pipes?.......................... a wheelbarrow.

what do you call a convertable skoda?.......... a skip!!
What's the difference between a Skoda and a Mormon?

You can shut the door on a Mormon.

[Aaron]

Motu and Oscar, absolute classics!! :D

[Devil]

I laughed so hard I choked! Sorry Oscar.
Ditto, only just did I manage to stifle that laugh in this damn quiet office. However, the resulting noise may have attracted more attention.

IT WAS MEEEE! I WAS THE TURKEY ALL ALONG!

[Wolf]

Worst: Going downhill into a right-hand turn, went wide, ran off onto the gravel shoulder, touched the front brakes, Superman action over the rapidly vanishing handlebars and rough landing resulting in a broken wrist and a 1.5cm tear in my thigh even through my trousers and leggings. Radically bent handle bars and rearranged foot peg and brake lever. Had to ride another 10 or so km in that state as there was no one around to lend me a phone.

Stupidest: take your pick:

1) In right-hand "right turn/straight thru" lane, well aware that perhaps I should change lanes in case someone in front of me was stopping, looked over to left-hand "left turn/straight thru" lane to see if there was a gap, got distracted by the lettering on the side of a truck - said something weird, can't remember what - looked back ahead and BANG, right up the arse of a stopped car that was clearly indicating his intent to turn right (but unable to do so because of on-coming traffic.) Bent forks, heart-shaped wheel, mudguard form-fitted to wheel. Scars on the inside of my thighs from where the raised plastic tank badges ripped through two pairs of trousers, sore nuts from hitting the tacho and speedo on my way over the bars.

2) After a day of horsing around on the bikes down by the river, trying to keep pace with Charlie's SL125 as we left, gravel track, uphill, sharp corner, going wide, decided I didn't want to hit the trees just off the track so deliberately slammed on the front brake knowing I'd spill and (hopefully) skid to a halt, slid to a stop as desired and ripped the muffler clean off the pipe on my TS125... time for more bandages!

3) (Personal favourite) On my TS125 with semi-knobblies, going too fast approaching a set of lights which changed. Hit the back brake, arse swung out and threatened to pass the front, crossed up the bike, skidded sideways down the road towards the lights and came to a perfect stop without sliding over. Thought "whew" - and slowly toppled over and hit the road (forgot to put foot down after stopping on about a 45-50 degree lean)

[viper]

well my stupidist was at the bike training course that u have 2 do for your licence, it was on a wet gravel/dirt carpark and they placed the weaving cones only 1.5 metres apart. So that was humilliating

[gav]

Worst or Stupidest? Probably both, use to ride this back road in Nelson and always use to use the 90 degree bend warning sign as a braking marker after coming over the top of this rise flat out. Late one night, err bit drunk, decided to go out and see a mate off who was leaving, it'd been raining, flew over this rise, looking for marker, but some bastard had already crashed and knocked it down, I realised this way to late, braked as hard as I could, locked everything up on the wet road and slid straight off the end of the road through a waratah fence and came to rest in some cockies cow paddock. Don't know if I knocked myself out or what but wandered around in the dark, found my bike (CB750F) and tried to pick it up. Found it was all wrapped up in fencing wire, went across the road to some house, knocked on the door and borrowed a pair of pliers and cut my bike free. Managed to get it upright and eventually started it. ended up riding it back home on same back roads, with everything bent and bugger all lights. Went out to the bike the following morning and couldnt believe how badly damaged it was, every panel and tank was bent ot scratched, half the instruments were wiped off, forks bent, handlebars bent, footpegs bent, light smashed and pointing out to the side.
Amazingly I had only a small cut on one knee, had been wearing jeans, trainers, nylon jacket, MX gloves and open face helmet! Its what I had, it was my first big road bike, kinda scary thinking about it later!!!
Other dumb crash was on a PE175, new knobblies just fitted "take it easy on those tyres on the road" "yeah, yeah" think I got 3 corners from the shop before I fell off at low speed :killingme

[Oakie]

Kick start up the trouser leg on a RD400.
Came to a stop a the lights only to find my leg mysterously glued to the bike...

Had the same problem with the loop of a shoelace caught around the gearshift. Fortunately I managed to lean the other way and get my free leg down.

[Motu]

Cars too eh? - It was pretty stupid to sideswipe the battle waggon of a,ah,prominant group in our area....I was gone pretty quick and spent a couple of nights sleeping out in Riverhead Forest.It was pretty scary a few months later when a matt black Fairlane screached to a halt in front of me,blocking my way out...then someone yelled 'THAT'S HIM!' I spent a few more nights sleeping in my car in the forest....

[Waylander]

Talking cars now aye? I once drove a truck (little Ford Ranger, bout the size of a hilux but not as beefy) halfway through a pump at the petrol station. Turned to far twords it too fast, was a crap day before that and just got worse from there.