Crashes due to mechanical failure?

[ralley]

Took my GSX-1100 in for a service, turns out the ham fisted mechanic left no free play in the throttle cable. Went to do a low speed turn at the end of a cul de sac, as I got close to full lock the cable tightened and the bike shot forward. Dropped the heavy bloody thing in front of my girlfriend who was about to come on the back for the first time. Surprisingly she's my wife now.

At a track day in South Africa there was a horrific accident at the end of Kyalami race track straight - bike never slowed and went straight into the wall killing the rider. They found a brake caliper further back on the track - he'd been working on his own bike and hadn't torqued it down.

Rob.

[grbaker]

Seen a loose chain jump of the sproket and wrap itself around everything causing rear wheel lockup, brown undies and a near crash.

[jimbo_on_travels]

Was riding over the 'takas recently with a guy on a Hyo GT250 - he said he had binned it coming down the Wainui hill Lower Hutt side due to the front brake lever snapping off..

Apparently the bike had been dropped on its side in the past and the previous owner must have bent the lever back in place (and making it weaker). I think he's incredibly lucky to tell the tale, walking away with a punctured lung and two cracked ribs

[meteor]

Some idiot keeps planting trees where I want to ride at woodhill that keep jumping out at me! Doh

[george formby]

Seen a loose chain jump of the sproket and wrap itself around everything causing rear wheel lockup, brown undies and a near crash.

+1 on that, Aprilia Pegaso. Mental break down rather than crash was the consequence. A mate seized his Cagiva mito flat out & managed to stay on but he had eerie talent. Another mate was warming up his beautiful GS1000 prior to a buyer turning up, pulled away & immediately dropped it due to the disc lock still in place doing untold damage. Not a mechanical failure per se but i wanted to share. He still made the sale...
Ooh, i had a very sky, grass, sky, grass, crash when the spokes collapsed on my DT 400's front wheel, more sky, bike, grass for a while really, I was caning it.
Ah, the good old days.

[cheesemethod]

The air intake grill on the front of this Ducati fell off, got sucked into the fuel system and jammed it flat out - He was about 6 months on crutches.

How did the grill get through the air filter?

[Corse1]

Years ago I had a Speedo nut fall off and lock the steering on me 900 boldor causing a slow speed off.

Also had a throttle jam wide open on an XT500 in first gear that ended in a flip

Ive had a couple of mates miss gears lately going into tight corners causing them to run off the road. One round the east coast and one on the corro loop. Its mechanical but not the bikes fault