Not the footage you want to get.

[onearmedbandit]

Finally tested my leathers today, and they did their job, as did my helmet, boots, back protector and glove. Went out for a play at Ruapuna and within 8 minutes on the track managed to highside myself out of turn 1, sending both me and the bike down the track. Too much throttle is the only excuse, and that's entirely my fault. I felt the back spin up and immediately thought to keep it open, but she came around quick and hard and I bottled it and closed the throttle. For a split second I thought I had it but ha ha no way! Not sure of my speed, maybe 120-130. I actually was carrying less corner speed then usual as there were a few wet patches on the track, and the lower speed probably worked against me.

Anyway I'm okay, my leathers, glove, and helmet are destroyed however. No problem there, I didn't buy them to look good, I bouight them to save my arse. I'm glad I had my back protector on as I hit hard on my back, and on the left side which is my paralysed arm side, meaning less muscle and strength in that area. I've got a few bruises coming I do believe, I can feel them working through.

The bike is not looking too good. I'm not worried about posting about it here, because I'm not claiming insurance. The right side is mint, factory condition. The left took the brunt of it, with damage to the peg and lever, clipon, mirror, indicator and fairings, engine cover, crash bobbin, tank and the subframe cracked at the bolt. So there's some work ahead of me. We haven't fully assesed it yet, so I'll make my decision from there as to what do I do with. My first thoughts are to get it back on the road as soon as possible minted up.

And I got it on vid! Yes you can watch my pain too.

[scumdog]

Shee-it Fraser, you sure know how to have a good time!!

Nice to know all the protective stuff did its job eh?:2thumbsup

[hXc]

Ouch! That looks like it would hurt. Shame to hear about the bike, but good to hear that you're ok, 'cause that's what really matters.

[kiwifruit]

Whoa!
you did pretty well man!
I hope you arent in pain and i hope the bike is back up and running asap

[yungatart]

Sccary, it's stuff like that that makes me wonder why I like bikes... glad you are ok, shame about the bike tho.
Get some Arnica tabs into you for that bruising, tho

[ZeroIndex]

sorry to hear that, hope you heal up soon..

[The_Dover]

mad cunt, cool stunts though!

[MD]

Shame to hear you came off OAB. Of course we will all say...atleast you are Ok. But after you get over the shock and sores the financial bummer sets in. Hope it's not too costly and best of luck fixing her up.
Oh yeah. How the hell do you ride with one arm and hold a camera? No wonder you crashed (joking) Super talented dude.
I watched the vid. It seems out of sequence. You go into a bend, hear power coming on as you are exiting then the wiggle, picture all blurred/shakey as you crash. Then it cuts to you up and riding again? then again it seems you crash a second time. Double bummer.
All the best anyways.

[erik]

sorry to hear that OAB.
at least you know what went wrong and aren't hurt too badly. Seems to be a lot of crashes lately (or maybe they just stand out to me since I had one a couple weeks ago as well...?)

[Macktheknife]

Bummer OAB! Just goes to show that even the bloody good ones get it wrong sometimes huh? (I don't feel so bad now)
Here's hoping that the repairs are easy and cheap, and that your bruising is over soon, good luck mate.

[MikeyG]

get well soon OAB. Hope there is no lasting damage.

[James Deuce]

Maaaaaate! Soon as it snapped out it brought back nasty memories!

Oh the pain!

Hope you're alright and thanks for sharing. Good training vid that.

[onearmedbandit]

Thanks guys, pain is setting in a bit now but I'll keep active and go around to imdying's house later and help with the disassembly. Bike can be fixed, gear can be replaced, and I'm in one piece so it's all good. I'm not bummed out or anything, to be perfectly honest I don't mark this as being a bad day. The crash wasn't scary or anything, closer to fun actually. (What I mean by that is I knew what was happening, I tried to react, but it beat me. It was like a battle). I felt the back spin up and knew to keep it open (well back it off a little maybe but I ain't that good!) but she spun up quick, and like I said I actually thought I might've made it, but she bite hard for what felt like the second time and spat me off. Landed on my head and back and slid for a bit, fully aware of what was happening when I must have got flipped over a couple of times. The bike must've been inverted at some stage, but with the nose in the air as there are heavy friction marks on top of the rear cowling but no damage to the screen, lights, instruments etc.

My first crash in 8 years so not too bad. I was always a little concerned at how I would fair in another off, especially my arm, so this answered that question. It was an experience more so than just crashing.

[terbang]

Oh no not that scraping sound..:mad:
Glad you are OK..

[imdying]

Suzy just didn't want another raping :no:

[Motoracer]

Stink man...

Sounds like you were doing the right thing by not fully backing of or trying to.

Good luck with getting the bike sorted. I hope it hapens ASAP.

What did the Mrs say?

[Smokin]

Awww crap. Bad luck mate, good news the bones are fine and hope the repairs are quick and painless also.

[beyond]

Mate, sorry to hear it :(

It did look like you nearly managed to catch it though and then..... :(

Hope you don't get to sore as the days progress. Take it easy ok.

[MVnut]

Sorry to hear about your 'off' mate, glad you're OK. Bike can be fixed. Actually saw you as you were heading to the track, I'd just bought myself lunch at the dairy next to the Yaldy, was going to get to the track later to see if that's where you were going but work happened, you know how it is.

[Two Smoker]

Nice highside!!! Glad your all sweet... You might have saved that if you held the throttle constant rather than applying it or backing off i reckon...

[thehollowmen]

jebus

You take care of yourself.

When you do get better, I'll shout you a beer and tell ya a funny story about yourself that you don't know.

EDIT: what's up with all those skidmarks you seem to be following ... the ones pointing left?

[Brett]

Sorry to hear that dude! It has always amazed me how you can ride with one arm. How is your bike set up to ride that way?

Hope you get it running again quickly and dont hurt too much.

[The_Dover]

hey bro, it's quite cool watching that sidi boot fly past the camera!!!

[skelstar]

That sucks dude. Good it was on the track though. Get the shit sorted soon dude.

[Zed]

Well that sucks the sweet potatoe OAB, u had that bike looking pretty too! Glad to hear you are relatively unscathed. :2thumbsup

[imdying]

Turn GSXR1000 K2 parts into cash! (http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php?p=766513#post766513)

[R6_kid]

MATE!!! you werent wasting any time. Looks pretty cool in slow mo. Hope the damage doesnt cost you an arm and a leg (that'd really suck!!!) and you heal up ASAP.

[Toast]

Nice highside!!! Glad your all sweet... You might have saved that if you held the throttle constant rather than applying it or backing off i reckon...

I agree with him...but that's pretty easy to say from my nice warm chair right here.

Since you're ok, second most important thing: hope you can get it fixed cheap :niceone:

[Crasherfromwayback]

Thanks guys, pain is setting in a bit now but I'll keep active and go around to imdying's house later and help with the disassembly. Bike can be fixed, gear can be replaced, and I'm in one piece so it's all good. beat me. It was like a battle). I felt the back spin up and knew to keep it open (well back it off a little maybe but I ain't that good!) but she spun up quick, and like I said I actually thought I might've made it, but she bite hard for what felt like the second time and spat me off. Landed on my head and back and slid for a bit, fully aware of what was happening when I must have got flipped over a couple of times.
My first crash in 8 years so not too bad. I was always a little concerned at how I would fair in another off, especially my arm, so this answered that question. It was an experience more so than just crashing.

10 outta 10 to you dude for doing the business with the disadvantage you have!

Crashing ALWAYS sucks, but if you walk away (semi) unscathed it can be a valuable learning experience.

Show me a man, or woman for that matter (including the GP greats), that don't shut a bike down to save an unannounced big slide........

Ask your Dr for 50 mg dissoveable Voltarens.
Easy on the stomach, and work a treat. I live on them.

Love your work!

[Swoop]

10 outta 10 to you dude for doing the business with the disadvantage you have!
What disadvantage does OAB have??? He's lighter than us and can still do more than most of us around here!!!

Glad to hear you're OK and everything's fixable mate.

[Joni]

Ahh my friend yesterday I was just sad when I heard :( Now Im just glad you are ok :) I know when the lactic acid kicks in it can be a bastard so I hope you are feeling pain free soon.
Glad the bike is fixable... hope the cost does not set things back too much, because I look forward to seeing you back on the horse at Ruapuna soon...

As I said yesterday, Im here if you need help (even if its fetching parts etc because I know your work hours can be a bugger)

Take care Fraser...

[boomer]

The bucking bronco! scary shit mate. Heal fast :cool:

[sAsLEX]

Can you upload it to google or itube? for some reason constantly have trouble DL attachements from KB

[Animal]

Aaah, shit. Glad you're okay though. Give me a yell if you and imdying need another pair of hands pulling the bike to bits.

[onearmedbandit]

Can you upload it to google or itube? for some reason constantly have trouble DL attachements from KB


Here you go. (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5310640089575744935)

[Flyingpony]

Sad to hear your horse kicked you off, but glad to read you're otherwise fine. You're quite lucky the damage is all on one side, ironically the same side as your own injury.

Hmm, wheel spin at 120km/hr, must the extra 850cc you're packing there OAB.

Were you able to ride the bike away or was it trailer time?

How will this put back your plan for those light weight wheels etc?

Regarding insurance, are you even covered with standard insurance when having an off on a race track? Quite sure under race conditions you're not, but what about just doing laps like you were?

[sAsLEX]

Regarding insurance, are you even covered with standard insurance when having an off on a race track? Quite sure under race conditions you're not, but what about just doing laps like you were?

Some companies do insure non timed events on race tracks, as they are a good place to train etc but it pays to check with them first.

[Indiana_Jones]

Too far into the 'danger zone' I think lol :D

But glad to see your ok :)

-Indy

[onearmedbandit]

Were you able to ride the bike away or was it trailer time?

How will this put back your plan for those light weight wheels etc?

Regarding insurance, are you even covered with standard insurance when having an off on a race track? Quite sure under race conditions you're not, but what about just doing laps like you were?

a/ Luckily bren_chch was coming out in his van with his race bike, so I hijacked that and took my bike back to imdying's place. Was a bit of a laugh driving a column change van with my right arm and all banged up.

b/ Light weight wheels were put on the back burner already, now the heat has been turned off for the time being.

c/ No, no insurance for the track. No dramas, I'll get her sorted.

[Monsterbishi]

at least there's usually no one down there to see it happen :-)

The turn that normally catches me out is the 2nd one after the dipper, with that offcamber bump, understeer aplenty in the Mustang.

[TonyB]

Shit! Bren told me about this yesterday. Really glad to hear you're OK man.

[Leong]

I'm not bummed out or anything, to be perfectly honest I don't mark this as being a bad day. The crash wasn't scary or anything, closer to fun actually. (What I mean by that is I knew what was happening, I tried to react, but it beat me. It was like a battle). I felt the back spin up and knew to keep it open (well back it off a little maybe but I ain't that good!) but she spun up quick, and like I said I actually thought I might've made it, but she bite hard for what felt like the second time and spat me off. Landed on my head and back and slid for a bit, fully aware of what was happening when I must have got flipped over a couple of times.

Man you've got good attitude! Respect!!!


The bike must've been inverted at some stage, but with the nose in the air as there are heavy friction marks on top of the rear cowling but no damage to the screen, lights, instruments etc..........

Just been experimenting with mounting the videocam on the bike myself this weekend..... Did your video cam survive?

[onearmedbandit]

Tony, thanks mate. I feel great, have done since Thursday afternoon so am looking forward to getting back on the bike as soon as.

Leong, camera came off so took a bit of damage, still works but won't ever quite be the same.

The crash has actually answered a question that's been on my mind for a number of years now, and that is how would my body handle another decent off? Just sneezing gives me a jolt of pain, so the idea of landing hard on my back concerned me greatly. It feels great to be sitting here a few days later feeling the way I do. I know every accident is different, but I landed hard on my head and back and have had no more pain from my injury whatsoever. That's reassuring!

[TonyB]

...I landed hard on my head ....
Ahhh, THAT explains it then:cool:

[imdying]

Just been experimenting with mounting the videocam on the bike myself this weekend..... Did your video cam survive?It came off surprisingly well... if you don't mind a spider web for the display :lol: Still has a view finder, so that's all good... we were able replay it only minutes after :2thumbsup