How long was it until your were in an accident?

[BAD DAD]

"First month, my fault" racing a mate , ended up in a ditch, over the handle bars then bike landed on top of me. Most of the times afterwards was getting hit by U-turning drivers or cars failing to give way. Now I usually ride defensively.

[Daffyd]

After riding about 4 months, struck a patch of diesel on a very wet road... Changed down another gear, locked up the back wheel and highsided. Slid across the road and stopped inches from a Mazda ute's front numberplate.
Bloody good job his brakes worked.
Hmmm, interesting structure, the underside of a Mazda ute!
Twisted ankle and thumb, nothing permanent.

[McJim]

Hmmmmm

It says in the road code that you must report an incident withing 24 hours so I dragged myself and my wife and my 2 young sons (wife had to drive - couldn't get a babysitter at short notice) to our local cop shop.

Told the old biddy behind the counter that I'd been hit by a car while on my motorbike, She asked if I had insurance, I said yes, she said well go and tell them because people are always trying to get the police to do the job of the insurance companies and rolled her eyes.

I assumed at the time that this was one of the quirks of moving to the 3rd world - found out in September what my rights really were by which time it's really too late to lay a complaint against the other driver.

All done and leaves me embittered towards the constabulary s'all.

[onearmedbandit]

My first roadbike crash was on an ageing Kawasaki Z440. I was travelling straight through a roundabout when an idiot failed to give way and entered in front of me and my friend. The driver tried to get out of the way but failed and we basically rear-ended him, both going over the bars. No injuries, bike was undamaged save for some gravel rash and broken indicator. Rode home from that one. I'd been riding bikes for about 6yrs by this stage, but only road bikes for about 2yrs.

[Ghost_Bullet]

Me second bike a Honda vlx400 steed Actually just found it for sale on tradme, same price I bought it for bake in 90's
wasp flew into helmet, it was treking accross my face, and a bit to close to me eye, decided it was time to stop, hauled on the brakes, and fek, front hit the gravel on the side, and slid off, no injury's, just some scratchs to the lower pipe, and I did not get stung either.
My second on was on the first week I had bought me Guzzi Nevada 750, went into the Sockburn roundabout, and this prick did not look, pulled right accross me, me decided I did not want to hit, so front brake on... STUPID!!!! and down I went... bloody shoulder was in pain for months, the pain was more the fact all the cars that drove around me, and no one stopped to ask, "hey you ok dude" no I ambled to the side of the road to check the damage, then road home... wounded pride and all.

Hope the rubber remains down on the Grizz

[Kornholio]

The first was my mates bike which I had ridden 3 times....old cunt pulling out in front of me.

Second, had my 89 Gixxer for 5 days and overcooked a corner while trying to keep up with mate...

Things caught up with me quickly anyway, havent had a bin for years since tho *tempts fate*

[Monsterbishi]

I'm too scared to say I have never crashed, just because I might jinx myself, so I won't...

+1 But then again I'm just about the tamest rider out there.

[xwhatsit]

I picked the first day, although really it was on the third day.

My fault entirely -- was silly enough to go on a KB ride on the third day of riding, and on the way home ran wide into an electric fence wearing a Hallenstein's jacket and no gloves (actually, my girlfriend informs me it wasn't a Hallenstein's jacket, it was in fact from somewhere else, but I'm now known to some KBers as the Hallenstein's jacket lowsider, so I suppose I can't change that now). Purely my fault, of course. Still dislike decreasing radius downhill right-hand corners -- but who doesn't?

Mostly cosmetic damage, and a couple of minor things like a bent brake pedal and smashed speedo (yay for GiJoe1313 and 5-minute araldite!), although later I took a closer look and a fork stanchion had the tiniest bend in it, which was fixed with a hydraulic press hired for $20 off some lazy and bored industrial types in Onehunga.

Photos of my bloodied hands are available somewhere on this site...

[Deviant Esq]

Haven't been off so far, but only been riding a little over a year. Happy to see that 30% have voted that they've never been off, maybe it's not quite so dire as "every rider will come off at some stage". Still, I definitely keep in mind that it could happen when I'm riding, and ride defensively when I'm around traffic.

[Pixie]

The day I got my first bike I got so excited I wee'd in my pants

[avgas]

45k corner going from waihi to Whanagamata, i tried 110....and my inexperience failed me.

[Ralph]

Over six months before I had my first accident,
See a farmer with about 5 dogs running around his ute plus 1 on the back down a back contry road,
slow down on the bike and the dog on the back of the ute jumps off and hits me with a enough force to push me off the road,
a bit of damage to both the bike and the dog, I was pretty much fine, The farmer was a good sort and paid for all the repairs no questions

[Ralph]

45k corner going from waihi to Whanagamata, i tried 110....and my inexperience failed me.

Been there done that Farken hurt!
Not the same place of course.
Just same cause.

[ceebie13]

I fell off in front of the cop when I was doing the practical for my license.
Still passed though

Ha...thats nothing...the old UK test required you to do a satisfactory emergency stop. Still does in fact, but in those days (before radio intercoms and examiners on bikes) the examiner would step out from behind a car and put his hand up ...much as a copper would to tell you to stop.

I failed.

[judecatmad]

The day I got my first bike I got so excited I wee'd in my pants

Erm.....I don't think we're talking about THAT sort of accident...