NZ Road Accidents

[Voltaire]

I would say you would have had a happier life than those who have mid life crisises rather than a worse life. Afterall some guys who buy a Harley or other bike as a cure end up killing themselves on them.

If your having a MLC and you buy a bike and kill yourself its no longer a MLC is it, more of an EOLC?

[pritch]

To answer you question if you cant avoid the dog the thing you must absolutly ensure is that you are wearing protective gear as its unlikely you will be in a fit state to hunt down the owner which could be another answer. I dont see the logic in your thinking that if you had swerved successfuly to avoid a dog last week you would be in a better position than someone who had successfully swerved to avoid a dog 40 years ago as it all depends on your distance from the dog when they run out. You may not always have the 1/3 of a second to swerve/brake in the future like you have had in the past.

Hmmm sorry. When hitting the animal is inevitable, falling off is still optional. You have to get off the brakes and on the gas so that the wheels are turning at impact. If the wheels are turning and the bike is balanced you have a much better chance of staying upright. Braking hard, weight forward, one or both wheels locked - not so much.

You really should consider doing a course?

[YellowDog]

Will you lot all stop talking about mid-life crises...

for goodness sake, shut up about them...

it's just SO depressing!


Here I am, retired and never experienced such a thing... experienced lots of other things of which the vast majority fall into the "that was great" category... but not a hint of a MLC ever, not even a whiff!

Guess my life was wasted... perhaps I should shove my head in the gas oven and turn it on and hope I get electrocuted!

Hmmmm... I had one of those. Shagged the au pair (lots of times, it was great), bought a Porsche (shagged more younger women), bought a pick-up truck (shagged on the tray), bought a motorcycle (met some foxy leather clad easy shags), got divorced (ooch) - no idea why - wasn't my fault - she wasn't supporting my MLC needs. Now pist'n'broke

[pritch]

I was off the brakes as I didn't have time to even apply them as I was so close. So it comes down to sheer luck as to what your proximity is from the dog when it runs out. You would have to hope the dog was real small to be able to hit it without coming off too. Your riding school is feeding you bullshit if what they have told you will very likely prevent you from coming off.

I give up. Again.

[EJK]

I give up. Again.

Arguing with cassina is like wrestling a pig in mud. Sooner or later you realise that she likes it.

[pritch]

Arguing with cassina is like wrestling a pig in mud. Sooner or later you realise that she likes it.

You are right of course.

[buggerit]

Whats a Mid Life Crisis?

Generally a phrase used by wives and the young to describe what men do when they decide it's their life to live again,like it or lump it

[onearmedbandit]

Generally a phrase used by wives and the young to describe what men do when they decide it's their life to live again,like it or lump it

The voice of sense.

[James Deuce]

Will you lot all stop talking about mid-life crises...

for goodness sake, shut up about them...

it's just SO depressing!

It's a crisis for everyone else. Generally speaking we've no idea anyone is thinking that and if they try to talk to us about it we're old enough to have gone deaf in that particular frequency range.

[Voltaire]

Like some others on here you will never understand me until you get some actual accident experience in this case hitting a dog. It will be sheer luck and not your riding school training if you dont come off.

I hit a possum once on my R100RS on my way home to Nelson from the ferry in the dark.....does that count?

[razza11]

I hit a possum once on my R100RS on my way home to Nelson from the ferry in the dark.....does that count?

Nah cos you wudve seen the eyes in the dark and had time to prepare for impact or other actions.

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[MVnut]

I hit a possum once on my R100RS on my way home to Nelson from the ferry in the dark.....does that count?

Hit a possum once in a Ferrari, wiped out the fans....$2k ouch.......like cassina had trouble with a dog running on the road and fell off, back in the '70s practising on Prospect Tce Mt Eden for the Ceramco GP (New Lynn) missed the dog but I was over the limit anyway ended up tearing a 3 inch wide chunk of skin and flesh off my back, down to the bone, arsehole to neck. Raced next day (slowly) and needed 4 hours soaking in a bath to get the blood stained leathers off. Happy days, no regrets. A pheasant at 220k on a GPZ1100 gives you a good boof too, stayed on tho

[T.W.R]

you will never understand me

You've got that right

BECAUSE

[T.W.R]

I hit a possum once on my R100RS on my way home to Nelson from the ferry in the dark.....does that count?

A guy that belonged to the Waimari motorcycle club in the 80s had a possum fall out of a tree and hit him up near Gowan bridge one night going from Murchison to Nelson

[pritch]

Like some others on here you will never understand me until you get some actual accident experience in this case hitting a dog. It will be sheer luck and not your riding school training if you dont come off.

I have all the accident experience I want thanks, and I didn't hit the dog(s). It's better not to rely too much on luck although there were times I think I may have had help from above.