First crash. Gutted! Car drivers SUCK!!

[Donor]

My boss told me in my review that I need to become more subtle. Arr FFS I said, bunch of tree huggin' hippie homos, They cant handle the truth!
Boss looked at the floor and shook his head.

I know several ATMs that could well take that advice themselves...

...actually no, it'd ruin their charm... muhahaha

[Donor]

Yeah you are right. Most of the bosses.. ATM's and WM's are all pretty darn good.
This particular instance was Oscar 10, on blue.. good bugger he is.

Ah, Mr O?

I'm VAO, so not entirely up with the hierarchy...

[Ramyy]

In analysing the accident, you might want to think about a couple of things.
Consider your road positioning just before the incident, was it the best place for you to be?
Your braking technique, was it your best work or 'panic' braking?
Your road awareness or spatial awareness, was your mind on the job?, had you noticed any signs of the driver doing strange things earlier and not given them enough consideration?
The best/most expensive lessons come from these situations, make sure you learn as much as you can from it.
Take care of yourself

Yea Definately sat down and analysed it at the A and E. i do have to admit i am not the best out there.. so i definatley did resort to "panic" braking.. and i did notice that car changed lanes without indicating before i was close, from now on i am DEFINATELY not "assuming" they can see me!!

I just want to get better asap and get my bike back on road

[Street Gerbil]

Sorry about your ride, dude. I am seriously considering an on-board "black-box" camera for exactly this type of situation.

Anyhow, the important thing is that you made it through in one piece. Your ride is just some metal and plastic, your gear is just some fabric. They can be replaced and therefore are worth absolutely nothing as opposed to kidneys, spleen, or spinal cord.

[Quartermile]

I'm 18, I have full insurance on a Bandit 250 (had ) and a 636

Contact www.kiwibike.co.nz

Hell yea good guys they are, not too expensive i'm 17 got a GSX250RR and its only $369 a year!!

[Seraph]

Gutted to hear about your accident...atleast you came off better than me!! sounds like your bike did too...I went to c my CBR the other day for the 1st time after my crash..poor lil thing I just hope my insurance company decides to repair instead of writing it off....it's only insured for $1500....and it's mainly just smashed up fairings..a mirror..headlight..and an indicator..forks look fine to me..so we'll see

[Jorja]

Seriously, my gear SAVED my life.. poor ZXR250 needs new fairings and i'll take another look at it tomorrow morning to c what else needs to be done..

OH YEA!! and the B*%$h made a runner!! didn't get number plate!!

I'd like to PERSONALLY thank FROSTY (AWESOME GUY!!) for giving me gloves and pair of boots!! (would of had to use my ass skin for my hands!!)

Were you the guy that I met coming home from work? You were with a lady? Glad to know the gear came in handy. Will let Frosty know.

[Ramyy]

Were you the guy that I met coming home from work? You were with a lady? Glad to know the gear came in handy. Will let Frosty know.

umm.. no.. think u got the wrong person.. i was never with my woman when i had my bike (off limits ) but just the same let frosty know i'm very gratefull cheers

[Maha]

He said that the car veered into his lane, and he "hit the anchors" and lost control. The car didnt hit him. Just sounds like an inexperienced motorcyclist to me. The car may not have done a "runner", it was probably completly unaware of what was unfolding beside/behind them, if they didnt see you in the first place.

My first thought when i read what happen was...perhaps dont ride in a drivers blind spot...gotta make sure they can see you at the very least, sometimes it dosent matter i know they will move over reguardless and in this case Ramyy came off relatively ok, could have been worse..

[HungusMaximist]

He said that the car veered into his lane, and he "hit the anchors" and lost control. The car didnt hit him. Just sounds like an inexperienced motorcyclist to me. The car may not have done a "runner", it was probably completly unaware of what was unfolding beside/behind them, if they didnt see you in the first place.
Glad your ok, but were your fingers broken? You have a whole keyboard to use, we dont need to use text speak on this forum, it drives people nuts.

Speaking of inexperienced mistakes, I went to a minor bike crash yesterday along Manukau Rd. It was during afternoon peak. There were lines of traffic along the road, just crawling along. This guy an an SV 650 was "splitting" along the left hand side of the traffic, between the traffic and the kerb. When a car turned left into a side street and took him out, he was all pissed, wanting the driver to take responsibility bla bla. I'm waiting for this guy to start a thread about idiot cagers not looking etc. But it was clearly the bikers fault for his stupid riding position choice.

I know what you mean, It's easy to blame others for your inexperience as rider. But understand this I am in no way condoning what she did. Shit defnitely happens unexpectedly, like cars swerving into your lanes without indicating. What I have learnt is that it is definitely your job as a rider to anticipate to these stupid stupid acts of drivers. Pretty much your ability to respond to these situations is gonna save your arse.

I mean, I use to blame cars for everything, for this and that. But now after a little more experience on the road I can't expect cage drivers to know what I know.
Your best weapon against this sort of crap is to imporve your riding abilities and your anticipation.

She probably is a crap driver but who really knows, she could've just had a bad day. I mean shit is bound to happen to any rider , glad that it happen to you today, not that is good your bike is screwed, but the reason you got outta there alive and came out with a new sense of direction, you know enlightment, or whatever you want to call it...

[Ramyy]

Sorry about your ride, dude. I am seriously considering an on-board "black-box" camera for exactly this type of situation.

Anyhow, the important thing is that you made it through in one piece. Your ride is just some metal and plastic, your gear is just some fabric. They can be replaced and therefore are worth absolutely nothing as opposed to kidneys, spleen, or spinal cord.

Hahaha.. i love that idea!! thats gold

and yea.. i guess its just metal and plastic.. but metal and plastic that i loved SO much.. i'll get it up and running soon..

[dogsnbikes]

bummer dude but glad your ok and here too speak of it and its true all you worry about is the bike and are thankful for the gear

and it wont be long and your will live again

[hamie1]

Yes cage drivers do SUCK! That's why they protect themselves with all that metal, they know they're going to crash sooner or later!

[Metalor]

Yea man, a broken bike is not a big deal in the big picture. Good to hear you're alright though. Same thing nearly happened to me on my first proper ride! Be it so without a license and not knowing how to ride to begin with. Some lady just forced her way over, lucky I was only doing about 5k's in peak hour traffic, or I would have probably done exactly what you did.

[The Lone Rider]

Nope.. was in the process of getting it!! I'm only 21 with learners.. real hard to get insurance.. real $$ as well..

Hmm, it cant be THAT bad. I know I went to the AA and they wanted like $900 or more a year for like 3rd party with huge excess.. but I'm with VERO now and I pay $34 a month now ($400 per year) for full coverage. There are plenty of people who spend $34 a week on piss and smokes, so I don't think $34 a month is to horrible.