That is exactly what you should do! You should look where you want to go. Haha.Originally Posted by Laxi
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That is exactly what you should do! You should look where you want to go. Haha.
Double shot!!
Not mine. Around the corner leaned over, short straight right-hander coming up.. (*)whats that on the road.. a stick.. a big one.. I'll go around the outside of it.. swerve.. clip the stick.. slip-slip.. into the gravel.. stand the bike up - steer verrrry gently back towards the seal.. no go.. brain locks.. hit culvert harrrrrd WHOP!!! Airborne!(*)THUDDD!!! crash-sh-sh-sh-sh-sh-sh-clatter-shh-shh, silence. Pause, time starts up. I'm alive - stand up! Walk! I can walk! Fucken arse you dumb CUNT!!! Bike is fucked. GRRRRRRR.
All time between the (*)'s squished into about 1 second. Slow-mo, not.
Steve
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Forum whore
ive done it, but the car wasnt on coming, it was side on. i made up my mind as soon as i saw the car pull out from my left [everything went into slo-mo] that i would jump on impact and leave the bike to its fate. i dunno whether i aimed where i landed, but i was damn lucky to land just to the left of the white line instead of in the oncoming traffic lane. much as the wreck ruined my legs for good, i did enjoy the sensation of flying. i made sure to keep my eyes open so i would remember it. i can recall seeing sky/bonnet/sky/bonnet and eventually sky/road/shit this is gonna hurt before landing and rolling a few times. i musta rolled in the air as well. bet it looked pretty neat from a spectators point of view.What about jumping over the car? I have heard stories about this, but never heard from anyone who has done it - maybe theres a good reason why..
i have aimed where to crash once however, when out riding with a buddy. he overtook on a corner and left no room for either of us [it closed up faster than expected] i had the choice of a wire fence, or the wooden posts. i went for the posts and, by some miracle, it was two posts together so the front tyre ended up wedged between the 2. i lifted right out the seat, likely being right above the handle bars, before coming down again. had bloody sore arms afterwards. needless to say, any invites to ride with him have been met with a "not today, im busy, maybe another time?"
BogOff-Cant you see I'm busy?
You should have tried it in slow motion instead.
Just like on 'Miami Vice'.
There's a special button on the bike you need to press just before it happens!
(not sure if Hyos have them as standard)
Ta
It's funny you should say that, because in early crashes, I what was happening didn't register till after it was all over.
Now it is kinda different.
Some folk around here can attest to my, ahem, "experience" in these matters.
Most of the time it's totally luck, as Crasher said, but there is shit going on you can control. Slide on your back for example, this only works with a flat surface to slide on though.
If you're wearing knee sliders and the bike slides out, front or rear, you can mash your knee into the ground, if it doesn't save you, it lessens the impact.
There's no way to teach it, and no good way to learn it. So take it as it comes I say.
Hardcore Biker
And too sum it all up
Wear good quality gear all the time!
parting of the sensory
The best 'off' I've seen was many moons ago. A friend of mine was riding another friend's dirt bike offroad. He went flying down this hill on it, got to the bottom, and realised he couldn't stop in time, so turned and skidded at the same time. As the bike came to a halt, he still had some momentum, and was basically highsided off, and catapulted into the fence (an old 7-wire farm fence). As he flew through the air, he somehow turned his body, so he landed flat against it, back first. The fence was pretty loose, and stretched quite a bit before catapulting him back the way he'd come, where he landed neatly on his feet.
It was absolutely classic! If it had been scripted, practiced and choreographed, he couldn't have done it better!
Oh how we laughed.
And no-one (including the bike) was hurt in the making of the stunt.
... and that's what I think.
Or summat.
Or maybe not...
Dunno really....
Hardcore Biker
Up to this point, you could have been OK, as long as your gear is abrasion resistant, a low side slide on it's own isn't too bad.opposite side of the road where the wheels dug into the gutter and flipped the bike over and launched me clear to land face down on the grass.
Sliding dissapates all that kinetic energy you are holding nice and gently, just like braking. Maximize contact of your gear with the surface, the more contact you have, the better braking you get.
The trouble is when you either hit something while sliding, or you wind up airborne.
If you get airborne you are not dissapating energy until the sudden stop at the end. Ideally when airborne you want to "land" so that you dissapate the energy into your limbs first then your body, rather than your head. Think of your arms and legs like shock absorbers.
Of course, there probably isn't time to really think about things like getting into the right position etc when it's happening, so you need to think about it before then, mental rehersal, so that your brain knows what to do without you having to conciously decide.
Oh, and let the bike go once the sliding starts, bike = big, heavy, lots of inertia, lower sliding resistance means it will slide longer and faster than you would on your own. Let it cut the path for you. For a demonstration of how much more energy there is in the bike...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xpWxLWQcwQ
watch how far the bike goes compared to rider, watch how he is landing.
Sliding is the key there, lots of open space on a track to slide on, skilled riders behind to avoid you, soft(ish) barriers to impact, gravel etc... roads don't have this stuff.slide along then jump up run to their bike and take off again.
Forum whore
Land on fat people.
If a man is alone in the woods and there isn't a woke Hollywood around to call him racist, is he still white?
Fair weather rider
Ask OutForADuck if he's around - he knows how to do maximum damage at minimum speed ;o)
just winding you up if you read this G.
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Cyborg Biker
basically and simply put... don't fall off...
Whip it, whip it good!
Hi Mike, glad to see you still able to post. You did well. My advice on how to fall off is dont!
Useless now for you I agree, but that is my aim every time I get on my bike, not to fall off.
Frankly, a tree and a pole versus a head on to a car, I think you did well. You avoided the biggest potentially hurty thing.
Hope you heal up well mate, and insurance is kind. I see Crasherfromwayback has given you the odds of injury stats his style, I can assure you, you can damage yourself plenty at walking speed too
Speed has nothing to do with it really, though the sudden stop from great speed is deadly. You managed to scrub off speed with your limbs is all.
Forum whore
Careful how you put your hands down if you're sliding on your front/side to get onto your back, it's easy to sprain thumbs (and maybe fingers?) if you put your hand down while sliding. At least, I think that's how I hurt my thumb when I fell off.
Like others have said, a lot of it is due to luck. Sounds like you did well avoiding a car and almost avoiding a lamp post and tree.
Forum whore
So thats why you ride with me?? Bastard!
Dude - you are alive, you could have been dead, you did well avoiding the car, we should asking you for lessons...
Highway Biker
if you can't manage that, fall up.. the sky isn't as hard as the ground so try and hit it instead.
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