How long was it until your were in an accident?

[paveho]

I first started riding in 1977 and in 2005 someone in a truck swerved in front of me. To avoid going in under him I took 'evasive action' which ended up with my two week old, brand new bike, and myself, dented, scraped and bruised , lying flat on the road.

[Beemer]

I fell OVER with the bike (forgot to put a foot down when I stopped!) when I was learning to ride, but - thankfully - I have yet to have an off, either through my own stupidity or someone else's. Never come off at a track day either, and my only motorised accidents were on a dirt bike (front wheel hit a large rock and I wasn't experienced enough to stop myself from doing down) and a rally car (barrel roll at 150kph - codriver rather than driver).

I'm pretty cautious and perhaps that is what has saved me. I don't necessarily think I am a fantastic rider, it's just I don't take the risks some others take so I am less likely to crash - but it doesn't prevent some idiot from taking me out when they crash!

[qldzxr250a]

just over 12 months in, me and my baby lowsided going up one of those really nice mountain roads, found gravel on road and front slid out and ended going straight off mountain/cliff.....15m straight down, bike comes to rest on tree i came to rest on bike. my last intimate moments with bike......

[jade]

3 years 10 crashes, you do the math LOL
9 out of 10 the worst injuries ive had were a scraped knee or elbow
that other one - not a mark on me - hit a car - broken leg in 5 places, not a mark on me
they all ranged from a car pulling out on me and locking the front, to too hot into a corner to a lowside on a corner to my front wheel locking at 60k

[Drew]

I only waited a few months, and one day I was hoonin from a mates place to mine, down a gravel road, (less cops if ya go the back way ya know).

Anyway, there was a ford, (I mean a ditch for water to run through) tah was a bit vicous, so I figured I'd ride up the bank, round the back side of a tree, return to the road and carry on. Turns out, that a GSX250 is less inclined to do that kinda thing at 80k's than I'd hoped. Down I went.

It's been a downward spiral from there on I'm afraid.

[twinkle]

Interesting poll results. So in the first six months of riding the biggest danger to a motorcyclist is themself, by a big margin too.

[The Lone Rider]

Its good to see that so many people, like me, have never been in an accident. I've been in nothing on my bike or car.

[ceebie13]

Surely the length of time you've been riding comes into it.
It's OK to say, "Its good to see others like me have never had an accident" but you might have only been riding, say, five years. What about us oldies who may have had a prang in the past, but have since gone 26 years without a mishap?