Sin Bin

**brit_vtr** · 18th May 2004, 20:07

Originally Posted by Big Dog

Depends, were you on the track intentionally or not?

Oh yes....there was me and about 20 others, all allegedly racing at the time and roughly in the same direction !!

**NordieBoy** · 18th May 2004, 20:46

Only one crash really.
About 3 years ago.
I've counted it even though I was stationary and got hit from behind.

Would the LTSA count this in the "motorcycle - speed a factor" accident stats?

**Big Dog** · 19th May 2004, 16:11

Originally Posted by NordieBoy

I was stationary and got hit from behind.

Would the LTSA count this in the "motorcycle - speed a factor" accident stats?

Me too mine was recorded as:
Motorcycle vs truck, rider error, learner license.

**Skyryder** · 11th June 2004, 11:53

Years ago I slammed into the side of a bridge, well not exactly the bridge but the tunnel that runs under the motoway bridge just after the Blenheim road and Main south roundabout in Chch. Did not come off but bruised my shoulder.

Had the wife on the back of the Drake and about to make a right hand turn from a stationary start on a hill. Leaned the bike over to the right so as to shift into first when the bike just went over. I was on a hill with the slope leaning away from my right. This is what caused the bike to tip over. No one hurt just my pride.

Skyryder

**avgas** · 19th December 2004, 17:35

tattoos are cool, but chicks dig scars.........

..........
well thats my excuse

Sad thing is that most of the time the crashes only do the same amount of damage as if you dropped the bike off the stand

**FlyingDutchMan** · 19th December 2004, 23:50

Twice on the road since I've started. First time low sided on the Sockburn roundabout in chch after some lady pulled out in front of me. Second time was going to fast, braked too hard for speed bump, locked the front, low sided again and slid over speed bump... no wonder I had such friggen big bruises (and the fairings in so many damn little pieces).

**moko** · 20th December 2004, 05:10

I fell off I`d say 15-20 times in my first couple of years on bikes,seriously,totally clueless."Best" one was while going far too fast as usual around the country lanes near my parent`s place,came bouncing around a corner to find a fork in the road,while I was thinking about which direction to take(without worrying about little things like backing off e.t.c.)I went straight down the middle and ended up deep in some gorse bushes.Getting the thing out was as painful as stuffing it in there.
Last accident was in 1979,learner driver had me off,over his car and head-first into someone`s house.Since then done many thousands of miles in all weathers and stayed on.never,ever take anything for granted though and the roads are getting scarier all the time,reckon to have at least 1 near miss in the average week.this time of year is worse,the Police nab loads of drunk drivers,it`s the ones they miss that are the problem.O.k. so my accident record since the old days is pretty impressive but I`m very aware that I dont need to do anything wrong myself to end up on the deck,I never take any chances and treat everyone else on the road as a potential assassin,dosnt mean I tiptoe around,far from it,but I`m always totally focussed while riding to at least try and keep the odds in my favour.

**Bonez** · 20th December 2004, 05:29

A few between 1979 and now. One serious,tib and fib on left leg-shella in a car etc ect(I've had two incidents of shellas in cars over the years,must be my magnetic personnelity) But the off at Mapua in cow shit was the most memorable, slid a looooooong way. Non for around the last 80,000kms touch wood.

**JohnBoy** · 20th December 2004, 15:13

in my earlier years i was pretty bad, wrote off about 3 bikes...
lately i have been good except for the last track day i went to at manfield on labour weekend.... (

STUPID CRAPPY LOWSIDE!

) that sucked the big one, nothing major still rode home from palmy to hams but a crash none the less.