How long was it until your were in an accident?

**MotoGirl** · 9th March 2007, 10:28

Originally Posted by mark247

...when you first started riding on the road, how long did it take for you to come off for the first time?

I started riding on the road at 17. It took me seven years for my first bin, and even then it was on the Taupo racetrack during a rider training day.

Hmm, "rider training" + "first bin" doesn't sound good! They taught me to ride fast, then I got a bit cocky

VTR's ain't made for racing

I've been exceptionally lucky on the road...

**ManDownUnder** · 9th March 2007, 10:28

Originally Posted by judecatmad

Never yet come off (2 yrs and counting..).

But dropped my bike last night and knocked someone's bike over this morning......don't know what's wrong with me at the mo! (Dropsy maybe??)

Pregsie - a known cause of dropsie - and forgetsie

**Squeak the Rat** · 9th March 2007, 10:33

I'm the least superstitious person i know. I kick black cats while walking under ladders while looking up skirts with a mirror that I just broke over a gypsy's head. But I'm still feeling a little bad about posting a poll on accidents towards the end of last year.

So my answer is yes no maybe shortly or some long time afterwards. Possibly.

**ceebie13** · 9th March 2007, 10:47

Originally Posted by judecatmad

Never yet come off (2 yrs and counting..).

But dropped my bike last night and knocked someone's bike over this morning......don't know what's wrong with me at the mo! (Dropsy maybe??)

Er.... does Dave know about this Jude?

**judecatmad** · 9th March 2007, 10:53

Originally Posted by ceebie13

Er.... does Dave know about this Jude?

NO!

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**Juud** · 9th March 2007, 11:09

8 Years since I got my licence, no on road accidents yet. Off road, mmm, 1st time trail ride in Queenstown, yes a couple of times and it bloody well hurt!

**mark247** · 9th March 2007, 11:20

I owned a dirt bike before i started on the road. Only owned it for about 5 months ( then sold it ) but in that time i managed to hit a tree, get stuck under it, slip off on the driveway, and a heap of other "Oh my God I am so stupid" little things. I have to say I am happy nobody saw me hit the tree, it would of looked quite pathetic i think. Oh and i managed to wheely a scooter into a parked truck once, that was just stupid again and 3 of my friends were right there. But once i actually hit the road on a bike it took about 2 months until i was knocked off at a roundabout. Cager failed to Give Way!

Speaking of Cages, a lot of people here think they are all evil, which is not true, there are a few that have no respect for motorbikes, but 99% of them are very good to riders i personally believe.

**Grub** · 9th March 2007, 11:54

After about 4 months riding, I was 16 and riding a Yamaha 80 bike for my Ad Agency as their courier. Shit job, young teen riding all around greater Auckland all day on a motorbike that someone else supplied and paid all costs - somebody had to do it

Federal St in Auckland still had a concrete surface, a camber and it was wet. I only lightly touched the front brake - honest. Well actually, I was just pulling carefully up at an intersection when a pair of pedestrians stepped out and I had to pull up shorter.

Was almost stationary anyway, just ripped a wee hole in the knee of my (only) work trousers. Tell you something I have just realised ... and never thought of before ... that was the other side of the same intersection (Federal & Cook [Mayoral]) where I had my BIG bin vs Concrete Truck about 6 months later. My only two accidents on a road bike.

**Nitzer** · 9th March 2007, 12:13

Just over 2 years for me, riding in London on a wet miserable November evening, see a pedestrian standing in the middle of the road, pulled front brake too hard and bike hit the deck with me sliding behind it. I vividly remember seeing sparks fly from the bike as it slid on the road. I wasn't badly hurt apart from a bung knee. However it taught me the valuable lesson of wearing leathers when riding.

**Macktheknife** · 9th March 2007, 12:34

Had a wee off when I first started riding, learning to brake in the wet, totally my fault. Since then I have had 6 accidents in 26 years, most of them in the last 7 years. A couple were entirely my fault, a couple were just bad luck (animals), and a couple were entirely the cagers fault.
Decided to moderate my riding style somewhat as a result of the last incident, 11 1/2 months off riding and work because of a small animal in a corner at night, I reacted badly and ended up in a fence. Just goes to show that even after all the experience and practice I've had, it only takes 1 second of inattention to screw up.
I wonder if there is a lesson in that? nah couldn't be. lol.

**Motu** · 9th March 2007, 13:07

Dumped my bike the first day turning into a gravel drive,repeated same the next day....it was 3 weeks before I hit my first car.I didn't have a licence at the time,but was using the bike to commute to work and night classes.

**mark247** · 9th March 2007, 13:49

Man im the only person who has voted "First month, i was hit." Maybe i just had realllllllllllllllllllllllllllllly bad luck.

**mark247** · 9th March 2007, 13:53

Acutally hold on, i voted First 6 Months, I was Hit! but, it was in the second month :P. Still bad luck lol

**McJim** · 9th March 2007, 14:11

Originally Posted by mark247

Man im the only person who has voted "First month, i was hit." Maybe i just had realllllllllllllllllllllllllllllly bad luck.

Nope - 3 weeks after getting a bike - I have a green light for straight ahead - oncoming driver had a red light for turning to their right - they decided that a motorbike AND a red light weren't sufficient reason to stop and so took me out - still aggrieved that the following day I went into local cop shop to report this and they (while looking at the fresh cast on my leg) said it was a matter for the insurance companies - apparently driving a cage into a motorcyclist isn't as serious an offence as doing 111 in 100 zone