How many riders have never been down

**Finn** · 12th May 2006, 09:30

All the time on the dirt bike. As for on the road I don't wish to talk about it.

**GR81** · 12th May 2006, 09:30

[touch wood]never been down, never crashed a car, never had a ticket for anything... nothing, never, ever. clean as they come[/touch wood]
ive had some quick cars too and i sure as hell aint a nana!

im so in for it now

ill miss you all (at first) lol

**Riff Raff** · 12th May 2006, 10:39

Yep I've gone down.

And I've come off my bike a few times!

**oldrider** · 12th May 2006, 10:51

You never really go down, things just come "up". Damn it!

Going down is for elevator drivers.

(or lucky muff divers)

**SARGE** · 12th May 2006, 11:41

anyone who has never been down isnt a biker..

asphalt is a great teacher

**Flyingpony** · 12th May 2006, 12:18

Had a few close calls on the road and managed to recover from them but have never actually been down the road.
Did have a few prangs during my time on off-road dirt bikes before switching to road riding. Never looked back.

**JWALKER** · 12th May 2006, 12:27

been down, i agree with sooner or later, you hit the ground, wether on not its your "exceptional" riding. can be grit on the apex of a corner, getting t-boned, i just dont think you can predict every situation, no matter how good of a rider you are, we still human at the end of the day

1. t-boned around 60km, didnt drop the bike.
2. dropped the bike at 110km/h, coming up too fast behind a car coming out of a corner ( that was a fun lesson to learn about, safety gaps in corners. lol)

**R1** · 12th May 2006, 12:45

Crashed heaps in the 15 years of riding on the road,
never slowed me down
I didnt buy a hardly
I have never thought of giving up riding, but then showing good judgement isnt one of my strong points...

I have to agree with Orangeback, if you are a serious biker who *rides* a bike it will happen sooner or later..

**Motu** · 12th May 2006, 12:46

I think by the sound of these replies we should have a Creative Visualisation Session before every KB ride...you guys have a bad attitude.What do you think Rossi is doing when he squats beside his bike before a race? Mental preparation...he's got the strongest mind of anyone out there,that's why he wins races...that's why he can tell Sete to fall off,and to be obeyed.

**Hitcher** · 12th May 2006, 12:57

The Earth sucks. And it's hard. If it sucks hard enough it can break stuff. Like ST1300s. And clavicles.

**T.W.R** · 12th May 2006, 13:16

Originally Posted by Motu

I think by the sound of these replies we should have a Creative Visualisation Session before every KB ride...you guys have a bad attitude.What do you think Rossi is doing when he squats beside his bike before a race? Mental preparation...he's got the strongest mind of anyone out there,that's why he wins races...that's why he can tell Sete to fall off,and to be obeyed.

Denying that there's the possibilty that it may happen is a bad attitude. When, where, how, and why no-one has control over; it just happens no-one goes looking for it or willing it to happen.
Just because you haven't had a prang or minor bin doesn't mean it isn't going to happen, maybe your one of the lucky few that haven't had the misfortune to be clipped yet, but on the law of averages one day it might. trotting around thinking that it never will or 'it isn't going to happen to me' is living in a world of delusion.

As for Rossi, he screws up sometimes too (not often but he does) look at last season when he over cooked the final corner in the 2nd meeting of the season; basically holding on for the ride out of control, bounced off the other rider forcing him off the track and taking the win. if the other bloke hadn't been there to bounce off where'd Rossi have been ? in the dirt & arse up.

**DougB** · 12th May 2006, 13:56

Originally Posted by sprocket

lol 40yrs dam ...ill be 65 only thing ill be riding then is a jet powered wheelchair

Old at 65 rubbish --- I am 73 have had bikes for 49 years and ride amost every day in summer and when it is fine in winter (my only consession to age). Purchased my eleventh bike last year. Use an Aermacchi 350 bike for open road and an Suzuki SJ125 scooter in town.

Grow old disgracefully

**petesmeats** · 12th May 2006, 14:01

I have had 1 1/2 crashes.
1 crash: 70km lowside (involving manhole and paint that someone put in my line...)
1/4 crash: 3km drop taking off (in own driveway. Damn oil and water... that will teach me to do work on my bike in the driveway. (Or will it???))
1/4 crash: 0km drop on gravel in kaikoura on the way to chch (finished ride to christchurch with no front brakes and damn i had a sore clutch arm)... Thanks to unknown tourists who helped me pick it up.

**Squeak the Rat** · 12th May 2006, 14:18

Originally Posted by T.W.R

Denying that there's the possibilty that it may happen is a bad attitude.

I don't think Motu was advocating that we should deny the possibility of crashing. And you're right to a point - we definitely should be aware of the possibility.

Having said that, we shouldn't expect to crash. I start every ride expecting to come home in the same upright postion I started. I know that there is a chance I'll crash, but I back myself to ride within my limits, avoid hazards and to have a bit of luck on my side if required. This probably means that I take it a bit easier going into a corner, or look extra hard for the oily bits in the rain.

Maybe it causes me to ride a bit nana-ish at times, but if I left home each day expecting that a crash was inevitable then I'd be crashing a lot more.

Now, I expect to meet the national swedish bisexual-nymphomaniac ladies jelly wrestling team at the pub tonight.....