6 bins in 12 months

[jeremysprite]

Better change my option on 'How many accidents in the last 12 months' thread.

Had my 6th bin,drop,slide,crash today
Here's my story:

It's study week. My next exam is on Saturday, it's probably the most difficult one I'm doing - Scholarship Level Statistics and Modelling. I've got a little scholarship study workbook, but man oh man it's hard. And from the practise exam I've got, the real thing's even harder! So me = depressed.

So in a general effort to avoid studying and generally yelling "Where the hell did you pull THAT formula out from!? We never learnt that in class!!", I decided to go ride down to parents work.

It's raining heavy here, for the past few days (rare for Queenstown to have a full day of constant rain, let alone 2 or 3 consecutive days) and so it's pretty cold. So I decided to warm the bike up by cruising up the hill before going down onto the main highway (SH6).

Twas nice, the top end wasn't happening, but low down torque was nice to just power up the hill in 2nd. Went down a cul-de-sac, turned round and started coasting down the rather steep hill in neutral, got up to about 50-60 before I put on the brakes (gently, mind you) for the downhill hairpin.

Now, as I'm coasting round the downhill hairpin, on an FXR with crappy tyres, in the wet, with the brakes on, I figger it's not too smart to keep brakes on round the corner, so I released them. Bike immediatley speeds up. Fingers automatically squeeze front brake, and more importantly, right foot jerks.

Now you can all guess what happened next. Back tyre slid out, overtook the front on the LHS, and I was left sliding along the road, feeling the hole in my leather glove get bigger as my palm scraped along the ground.

So thanks to all who were involved in the production, the weatherman, the amateur rider, iRC: makers of the world's crappiest wet weather tyre, the ladies who stopped in their flash 4wd (I realised later, it wasn't really for sympathy, I was blocking the road), the building crew who didn't have any cones so I could mark off the puddle of petrol on the road, Jordan who stopped and informed me that it was him that had tinfoiled my bike the other day, and of course, Squeak the Rat for his How Many Bins in 12 Months thread.

JS

[Mr. Peanut]

Time for some decent tyres?

[svs]

buy stabilisers

[jeremysprite]

buy stabilisers

Like these?

[Macktheknife]

Just one question comes to my mind, why the hell did you do this in neutral????
sorry to hear of your off, hope you heal fast and repairs are easy.

[WarlockNZ]

coasting down the rather steep hill in neutral, got up to about 50-60

Well there's your problem..

Dude ... leave it in gear, that way engine braking does most of the work for you. coasting at 50-60K in neutral is just ... well ... dumb. .. anyone want to back me up on this.

I am sorry to hear you bined .. but maybe you should look at what your doing wrong and learn from your mistakes.

[marty]

some people get through their whole life without binning once, let alone 6 times. your odds are shortnening dude. you need to have a close look at your behaviour and/or skill level, and make a decision if riding motorbikes is right for you

[Masterchop]

Neutral/Panick/Wet, ask yourself if you should really be riding bikes on public roads.
I dont think you should blame the tyres.

[Yarg]

Why would any one have it neutral ??

use engine braking !!

glad to hear you were ok, but may pay to read up a bit on riding or take a course.

[Bend-it]

or grow some skills...

Another lesson learnt: Don't coast downhill in the wet, get some engine braking going! That would have kept your speed down and some control...

[Mr. Peanut]

Oh didn't notice that! Yeah, use your engine to slow down ^_^

[WarlockNZ]

So i think we are all agreed then ??? .. coasting downhill in neutral at 50-60K in the wet makes you an idiot? ... LOL .

Dude ... PM me your email address and i'll send you something to read that may just stop you from having another off.

[xxblackbirdxx]

You should have been in gear buddy, Those FXR's are no sports bike they are commuters and expecting them to have sticky tyres is like expecting to win lotto twice. You really need to practise your skills or take up a program or chat with other newbies who are getting tips from more experienced riders.
Don't let anyone put you off riding, just hone your skills with practise and make sure you are doing things the right way.
Hope your injuries are not to bad and wish you and your bike a speedy recovery....rock on

[Sketchy_Racer]

Don't blame your tyres. they do thier job just fine.

You obviously havn't learnt the limits of your tyres yet (after 5 'offs' i thought ya would have)

And there is a reason that neutral is right down inbetween first and second, thats because once your a moving, you don't want to be in neutral.

Good luck, and start thinking a bit more about ya riding.

[Ghost Lemur]

Pffft amature.

I dropped my bike 5 times in one day. True it's a dualsport and all the drops were on dirt/mud/etc. Still...

Seriously though soundslike you just choaked. Stick with it, and just be thankful you're young and bouncy. Most of these old bastards also did dumb shit when they were young and invincible. Just so long as you live and learn. Hell it's not like you trying to do wheelies and stoppies.

Have you thought of getting a dualsport bike? Less chance of needing repairs (except the occasional lever or indicator) from drops. Plus it means you can have some fun in the dirt (hurts less than the road, not to mention less cars).