Yet another bin (does 3rd mean I'm lucky?)

[Pathos]

heh surprisingly I haven't hit the tarmac since my third.

so perhaps it was lucky ... ish

[ZeroIndex]

dude...
don't make a mountain out of a few grains of sand.
you crashed. you will crash again.
I have. I will again.
don't be freaked out, 'cos then you'll crash sooner.
chill out man, breathe deep, think of the lillies, there you go...relax...

it was actually exactly the opposite.. i was only asking if there was something wrong with me, that as i was having the accident (and afterwards), i WAS "as calm as a lily"

[pritch]

how exactly is low-siding (with the front wheel sliding out) learning?

Well that's up to you, but if you don't learn from these things you may not be with us long.

The reaction you got from car drivers was heartening though.

When I did something similar to you, caused by sand which I hadn't seen, on my CB500 way back when.... The only motorist in range just shouted,
"Ha ha what a c**T!".

Can't say I disagreed exactly, but at that stage I was still sliding up the road on my arse and could presumably have been hurt.

In retrospect he was probably a bigger c**t than I was :-)

[ZeroIndex]

Well that's up to you, but if you don't learn from these things you may not be with us long.

The reaction you got from car drivers was heartening though.

When I did something similar to you, caused by sand which I hadn't seen, on my CB500 way back when.... The only motorist in range just shouted,
"Ha ha what a c**T!".

Can't say I disagreed exactly, but at that stage I was still sliding up the road on my arse and could presumably have been hurt.

In retrospect he was probably a bigger c**t than I was :-)

oldrider put into perspective, what to learn from my bin.. make sure i'm not sitting too far back on my ct100x, especially around corners..

[emaN]

i WAS "as calm as a lily"

there you go then...nothin' freaky about ya!
what i kinda meant was "don't freak out about not being freaked out" (make sense?)

i guess the "offs" that weird you out are the ones where you can't figure out what happened and don't know what to do different next time.

[Two Smoker]

MMmm CT110... i still have fond memories of riding one of those when i was a postie... Glad your ok... And i think i went through a good 5-6 brake levers... and like yours they always snapped at the cable...

Heres a photo of my post days....

[ZeroIndex]

MMmm CT110... i still have fond memories of riding one of those when i was a postie... Glad your ok... And i think i went through a good 5-6 brake levers... and like yours they always snapped at the cable...

Heres a photo of my post days....

haha cool pic.. what gear were you in (if you remember), or was it on a gear change?

[ZeroIndex]

there you go then...nothin' freaky about ya!
what i kinda meant was "don't freak out about not being freaked out" (make sense?)

i guess the "offs" that weird you out are the ones where you can't figure out what happened and don't know what to do different next time.

ok, yeah, that makes sense..

well.. I wish this damn weather would clear up a bit.. rain has stopped, but still looks gloomy.. Taking my Kinetic to Pukekohe this afternoon, so my welder friend can make my exhaust 'better'

[carver]

first
rule 1, sounds like you may not get the hot vs cold tyre concept...
cold tires grip poorly on a cold road, hot tires grip much better, even in the wet.
500m will not warm up your tires, if you remeber our ride that i organised i rode the yamaha quite hard, even with knobblies, because i knew they were warm-hot-ish.
rule 2, choose your lines so there is some room for error, slides, cage pilots etc...make this a habbit!
rule 3, try practising slow stuff, like full lock turns without putting your feet down, your balance improves out of sight.
if you can try controlling slides in the mud or dirt, that helps too.
hope this helps.
it works for me
carver

[ZeroIndex]

first
rule 1, sounds like you may not get the hot vs cold tyre concept...
cold tires grip poorly on a cold road, hot tires grip much better, even in the wet.
500m will not warm up your tires, if you remeber our ride that i organised i rode the yamaha quite hard, even with knobblies, because i knew they were warm-hot-ish.
rule 2, choose your lines so there is some room for error, slides, cage pilots etc...make this a habbit!
rule 3, try practising slow stuff, like full lock turns without putting your feet down, your balance improves out of sight.
if you can try controlling slides in the mud or dirt, that helps too.
hope this helps.
it works for me
carver

you make a good point, however, i have learnt my leason, of what i did wrong.. i think i was sitting too far back.. the rule 1 & 2 don't apply, due to me doing that every day.. rule 3: that is my job.. riding at low speeds, jumping up pavements, slamming on brakes, slides, keeping my feet up, riding on grass.. etc..

the problem was i was trying to get comfortable, and being tall that means sitting further back.. unfortunately, that was too far back, at the wrong time..

[carver]

come join me on the dirt some time, on the ct if you will, i can teach you a thing or 2, im no motu, humpster, or racing dave, but i can do a thing or 2, pm me if your keen

[ZeroIndex]

YAY, got my exhaust fixed up NAY, yet another damn clutch cable is BROKEN!! I swear I'm cursed.. well, at least my bike is.. so off to SuperCross in Frankton to say.. "Buddy.. it's broken.. again.. number 3.. you must be doing something wrong.. oh.. you're gonna fix it for free? Thanks"

[Clivoris]

Congratulations Zero. You obviously think about your riding and are keen to improve. It's only a matter of time and mileage before you're passing a few of the non-italian bike riders around the outside.

[Two Smoker]

haha cool pic.. what gear were you in (if you remember), or was it on a gear change?

Start moving at about 2-5kmh, slip it back into neutral, and rev the shit out of it, then slam it into first aswell as yanking hard on the bars... There were a few things that i wanted to try out before i left, like sitting on the top box, stand ups, and changing gear...

[Lias]

That roundabout must have a thing for bikers.. Thats where my first bin was.. I I was heading towards town along killarney, was just coming to the round about when some dickhead pulled out of the united video. And when I was trying to get witnesses to it, I kept getting phone calls abotu OTHER motorbike crashes there lol.