What caused your bin?

[riffer]

I haven't crashed in the last 12 months, but looking back at all my crashes they could all have been avoided so you could say rider error for every one.

1. target fixation while avoiding drunk driver coming the wrong way down a one-way street in the dark with no lights on - hit power pole.

2. High-sided going around Lower Hutt roundabout - accelerated too quickly

3. Looped bike crash starting it down a hill with throttle wide open (dumb)

4. Hit by boat trailer being towed by SUV while lanesplitting more than 30 km/hr faster than the traffic.

[ZorsT]

Dark visor at night

Man did i deserve what I got

[Bonez]

Parked the bike facing down the drive and it fell over.................

Apart from nearly being arse ended by cowboyz on the last few rides, trying to keep up to a GB400, nothing serious in the last 12 months.

[yob_ymmit]

I have had a few drops, and one real crash. None in the past 12months though, as I had to take time off biking due to some inadequate funding issues... They have all been spaced over my first 3 years (out of 5years to date)

1) Newby mistake - realised I was turning down a one way st the wrong way, so I slammed on the brakes while leant over at 30km/hr... Front wheel of course locked up, but I just stepped off the bike as it went down. No scratches on me, but $500+ damage to my previously good nick CBR250.. Fairing on left side and blade completely snapped and cracked. Scratches on left. Left footpeg snapped off. Man, those things have the stupidest fairing design when it comes to laying them down!

2) Stupid rider mistake - didnt take brake disc lock off before driving off and turning, wheel does a 1/2 rev then locks up, and again, I have to lay the bike down because its too heavy when you arent expecting it! It put some nice cracks through my new blade, just repaired from the first drop! This happened a few times to the poor CBR.

3) REALLY stupid rider mistake - combination of errors and mechanical faults. Firstly, battery flat. Secondly, fuel tank ran onto reserve as getting off motorway onto upward offramp. Bike rolled to a stop near the top of the ramp, but the battery didnt have enough juice to re-prime the carbs once reserve was switched on, let alone start the bike. So I had to push the bike up the hill and U-turn onto the lane going down hill... stupidly tried to scoot along with right foot on left peg, while turning right in a U-turn on a little sports bike... must have been funny to see me completely sprawl across the bike when it went down! Broke front brake lever off, further cracks to the poor old fairing blade.

4) Rider error, but I wasnt riding it, I just tied it down wrong! CBR broke its throttle cable, a shortish distance from home, and so mum comes down with the trailor, picks me up, lets me do my hash job of tying the bike to the trailer... I had it resting on its stand, diagonally across the trailer, with no compression of the front forks... needless to say, it fell over as we went around a corner (I was driving.. stupid cars and trailers dont know to lean into corners so all forces stay the way they should be - straight down) and I was just lucky it didnt go skating down the road, but stayed mostly on the trailer until I came to a stop.

5) Stupid mistake on the bike I had after the CBR, a RVF400. Again, a flat battery (I was a very poor student, who just parked the damn thing on a hill), so I was roll starting it, but I had forgotten to turn on the ignition, and the steering lock was still on! Similar story to the brake fluid container above, I just turned a tight circle and got spat out on the downside. My first drop on that bike, but fortunately it didnt break anything, just some minor scratches!

6) My worst spill was on the CBR, and It ended up writing it off. I had just turned left onto the road of another main road, when a car pulls up to a stop T-intersection 40m ahead of me, slows, and pulls out turning right, across my path. I had seen him pull up, seen him slowing, anticipated him stopping, begun to put on the gas (I was travelling at a fairly careful 30km, leant over still) but when I see him pull out I immediately put start slowing and aiming to go around him as he moves across to the other side of the road. Then the fu**er STOPS. ACROSS THE WHOLE ROAD! So unexpected! I did have my indicator still on from the 0.5sec earlier corner, which is what he blamed his confusion on. Anyway, I just put on the brakes hard, the bike starts low siding, but highsides when the gear lever mount catches on the road. I'm thrown off and luckily the bike stops before it crushes me against the car. I came away with a bruised heel bone, part of my frame snapped off, and that aweful scraping sound that 180kg sheathed in plastic makes when it hits the road at any speed. Luckily insurance wrote the bike off, and gave me a good price for it, which I was able to pick up the RVF400 with.

My current pick is a naked bike, due to my experiences with just how easy it is to cause a huge amount of expensive damage with very little effort!

[unhingedlizard]

Many crashes on a 50cc. Being a dick.

1) Paying more attention to the car i'd just passed than on the road ahead,
2) Knacked rear shock, overbanding, wet, nuff said,
3) Having someone fire up the inside of me and then brake hard.

[Finn]

There's no choice for "Never binned but that's makes me nervous cause it's only a matter of time and when it does happen I hope it's really minor and that my bike doesn't get too badly damaged.

Yob, I think there's a pattern emerging.

[RiderInBlack]

Anyone that has dropped their bike in the last 12 months, I am curious as to how.

Oops, should have read this before voting Minior Injury and Rider Error. Does anyone here know how ta unvote? My 2 main ones were 1990 and 1999. I don't count the one dropping the bike of the back of the ute, but that was 2004. Haven't had any since then, thank goodness, and I do the K's.

[Crisis management]

Yes!!!!! with hours of practice and a display of skill never seen before I can now join your band of binners!
Rushed out monday morning (bike left outside previous night due to near drowning incident-it was raining) to get the bike out of the rain. I was fully equiped with bare feet and jeans and so to avoid getting my arse wet stood up on pegs to move bike into garage...that bit was ok. Still trying to save my dry arse I than put down sidestand (still standing on pegs) and promptly fell of the other side.
Result: knee dent in otherwise pristine tank, scratches and crack to fairing but I managed to keep my arse dry.

My offspring almost expired from laughter (no xmas presents this year)

This is best blamed on complete stupidity.

[Pex Adams]

I chased an copper thief on a dirt road with my ZZR(not the best bikes for off roading). Hit a bump and pulled on the front brake (Big NO NO) and down I went. Did two summersaults and with momentum just kept on running. I caught up with the thief, beat his ass a bit, dragged him back to my bike; beat his ass some more and only after about 10 minutes the old body started to hurt. Was good fun though..ha ha

Did you do this in NZ?

[Bloody Mad Woman (BMW)]

My accident was 6 weeks ago. Started to rain, corner, puddle, kasplat. I was speeding as well. Wrote bike off and still bloody waiting to hear from insurance!! The worst injury is mental - going nuts without wheels and no bike!!

[Jantar]

Like RIB I didn't read the post entirely before voting. The bin I voted on happened in 1976 on a 3 month old GT750 (Ixion, dont tell Petal about this one).

Major damage
Serious injury
Other causes

I was travelling up the Waipori Rd, and because it was rather icy I was taking it carefully. I had already been through the same section of road half an hour earlier and knew exactly what the conditions were. At around 65 kmh on a left hand sweeping corner I felt the rear end start to slide out, so I just kept the throttle constant and let the bike drift smoothly through the corner.

As I came off the icy section and the rear tyre found some traction I gave it a bit of throttle to straighten out. The bike responded beautifully when suddenly all hell broke loose. The bike went into a wild tank slapper and became completely uncontrollable, so I decided it was time to abondon bike and jump clear. That plan didn't work, and as I jumped my right foot somehow got caught in the right handle bar and down I went with the bike landing on my rhead and ight shoulder, This is the only time in a number of crashes that my helmet has made contact with the ground.

When the bike was taken away for repair, it was discovered that that the rear hub had split, and the evidence was that it had a manufacturing flaw from new. It was just waiting for the right conditions to let go.

[dawnrazor]

its good to see so many folks taking responsibility for their own screw ups, my recent off was 100% lack of concentration on my behalf, could have saved it but was too slow to react to the position I put myself in...end result a slow speed bin and a reawakened appreciation for two wheeled transport and how easy it is to get caught napping.

[Darkman]

Did you do this in NZ?

ooooooops..no.

[R6_kid:Me]

First crash on my R6 was from being tired, dehydrated and hungry - didnt have a clear head and did the wrong thing when i came into a corner too hot, also was going too fast for my skill at the time.

Second crash was oil on the road after some rain, didnt see it as i was following a van at the time, on the gas a little out of a corner to go up hill, hit the oil and my back end decided it wanted to take the lead = ouch and damage to the bike.

3rd 'crash' was simply me getting to cocky, lined up a passing move on a road i didnt know, rider in front tapped brakes mid corner, i came up too fast went wide slowed down to 5kmh and proceeded to stoppie in to the local flora (aka the Rustle in Russel)... probably a little tired but mainly letting my balls grow too much on a public road. No damage to me or the bike other than a few scratchs on the zorst which pollished out.

Thankfully i have learnt from each of these incidents, i am now more cautious in the wet, always get a decent sleep and food/drink prior to riding, stop when i get tired/exhausted, have somewhat toned down my road riding, and have removed the 'stupid passing' moves from my riding (wait for a straight or beep at the rider so they know im there and wanting to get past)

What do i do now when i get into and 'oh fuck!#$%^&&" - dont panic, dont think, look where i want to go, and do what i need to do to get there. It takes a long time to learn, the best way to avoid self-induced accidents its to take it down a few notches well before you get into the moment - save the crazy stuff for the track

[Flyingpony]

Can't remember the last time I binned a bike
Most recent would've been back around 1995 or so.

The last close call was about 2 years ago due to wet paint and trying to come to a stop quick time. Made the stupid mistake of touching rear brake Came within inches of into a wheel chair compatible taxi - how ironic.