Crashing

**Askor** · 5th June 2015, 23:28

Originally Posted by FJRider

If you're out to la la land ... and they're in a hurry to save your ass ... it'll be cut off you before you get to hospital ... and if you ARE awake they MAY ask you if you want them left intact. But it WILL (usually) hurt if you do ...

And ... if they're only worth $80 ... they'll probably have already been ripped off at the accident scene ..

They're 1tonne so not too bad, I got them off a guy who was leaving the country

Originally Posted by codgyoleracer

Have crashed a shed load over my time, Learnt a few things along the way
1) Good quality gear is worth the money
2) When hard armour placed on the outside of garments arrived on the scene, it started to hurt a lot less
3) Tumbling REALLY HURTS
4) Sliding on back or front rarely hurts, assuming you dont hit anything hard. If sliding then do your best to maintain a watch on your surroundings as it is possible to raise feet and hands over berms etc as you arrive at them which reduces impacts
5) Learn from every crash what went wrong and why, - you crash less often with knowledge of cause and effect
6) If you highside and have not hit the panic button - then try to pull your arms into your chest mid-air, any "sticky out bits" like your arms and legs that land end on......... really hurts
7) As a general rule, try not to use your hands on the tarmac to slow down when sliding, arms, legs, boots pressed into ground are usually ok.
8) Wait till you stop sliding before standing up ........... That can hurt too .......
9) If you have a choice to miss something solid to hit BEFORE your crash, IE another bike, another rider, or something near the edge of the track - then do your best to not target fixate on that item and avoid it
10) 95% of crashes are rider error..............Its a bugger to admit but almost all are avoidable

Fantastic advice! Yeah rider error was what caused my crash, being a young buck on slicks while it was raining

apparently it was hilarious to watch..ask yow ling, buddha or brendan

**ellipsis** · 5th June 2015, 23:40

...the only constant with any big offs I've had was thinking about Monday morning and paying the bills... as you stop sliding or tumbling or wearing the visor out...my son had a question about some red marks on the track after he had his first race day...they were parallel with a white line up the center and were about ten meters long...I put them there with my knees and my visor after a shunt up my arse at some speed...he looked quite concerned, but it was after the fact...stunned and broken is all part of the game...I'm playing rugby on Sunday, just for fun...I'm only 57 , I hope there are some old cunts there, so I can be faster...

**scracha** · 6th June 2015, 00:27

Do all you can to avoid hitting something solid and kick/push away anything coming towards you.

Speard your arms and legs out to avoid tumbling.

If you do start tumbling, pull your arms in across your chest , try and keep your legs together and bent at the knees a little. Flailing limbs tend to snap.. Once centrapedal forces come into play you'll appreciate how heavy your head is and no matter how strong your neck muscles are, how vital it is that a modern helmet can take multiple blows.

It sounds stupid but try to relax.

If sounds even more stupid but make sure you've came to a stop before trying to stand up. Breaking your arm because you went arse over tit after standing up at 50Ks whilst sliding after a low side isn't unheard of.

Look around yourself after you stop. If you're in a dangerous position try and get out of it. If you can't walk or are staggering, crawl or roll away as best you can. One incident of a dazed rider wandering about all over the place on Taupo track after a crash comes to mind.

Raise a thumb to let the flaggies know you're OK (or otherwise).

I think the done thing these days is to let the flaggies deal with your bike. Depends on the circumstances I guess.