Low-siding: how to get out from under?

[The Stranger:Me]

WTF? I'm trying to help out here on why I stayed on my bike (while everyone else is talking about getting as far away as possible... My crash (that started this thread) wasn't a lowside... the bike 12'd, see pic #3 for number plate evidence, then veered off to the right (a tiny bit like in that video), and then it 'fell over', not jumped like in the video, but it still left a huge gouge in the road, followed by NOTHING for about 3-5 metres, then the scraping began again, giving the impression that the bike hit the ground, musta bounced a little, and then scraped along the ground again (while I was still on the bike), see pic #1 and #2

So just to help clarify the situation for me please.
How many times had you low sided (not counting your 12O'clock low side) your bike and done the whole hero act and climbed on top?

[Shadows]

So just to help clarify the situation for me please.
How many times had you low sided (not counting your 12O'clock low side) your bike and done the whole hero act and climbed on top?

Next we'll be standing up and surfing in on the buggers

[90s]

Next we'll be standing up and surfing in on the buggers

At last, someone who knows their stuff.

Let me run you through the last time it happened to me.

I was overtaking a car I was racing on a blind bend on a long hairpin with a tightening radius when the back came out and down went the bike into a low slide. Quick as a flash I flicked myself onto the side of the bike and used my weight to set the slide to make the corner ... not good enough - the cliff edge was looming. I did the only thing I could - without thinking and acting on instinct alone I climbed onto the front wheel, then lowered myself onto the road in front of it. Facing backwards I was now being pushed along now by the bike. Bracing both legs on the ground - sending up showers of sparks - I gripped the bars and hoisted the bike up straigt using centrifugal forces to help me. I was then able to look over my shoulder and navigate the rest of the bend!
Obviously then it was a simple job once the bike was lined up for the straight to flick myself over the bars with a half-pike back into the seat - twist the gas, flick the Vs and watch the stunned cage driver (in a lambo diablo btw) as I completed the overtaking maneouvre and plowed up to 290ks.





And Cludia Schiffer on pillion didn't even muss her hair.

(disclaimer - noobies should NOT try this unsupervised. Technique works best in dodgy GCI. Event may not have happened exactly as outlined and I may be a little confused by that scene with the Elephant and Orlando Bloom in Return of the King.
But Claudia was on the bike, for sure.

[The Stranger:Me]

At last, someone who knows their stuff.

Let me run you through the last time it happened to me.

I was overtaking a car I was racing on a blind bend on a long hairpin with a tigghtening radius when the back came out and down went the bike into a low slide. Quick as a flash I flicked myself onto the side of the bike and used my weight to set to slide to make the corner ... not good enough - the cliff edge was looming. I did the only thing I could - without think and acting on instinct alone I climbed onto the front wheel, then lowered myself onto the road in front of it, being pushed along now by the bike. Bracing both legs on the ground - sending up showers of sparks - I gripped the bars and hoisted the bike up straigt using centrifugal forces to help me. I was then able to look over my shoulder and navigate the rest of the bend!
Obviously then it was a simple job once the bike was lined up for the straight to flick myself over the bars with a half-pike back into the seat - twist the gas, flick the Vs and watch the stunned cage driver (in a lambo diablo btw) as I completed the overtaking maneouvre and plowed up to 290ks.


And Cludia Schiffer on pillion didn't even muss her hair.

Fuck! you're good.
I wanna be just like you if I grow up.

[cowboyz]

There was this one time, at band camp.............

[kave]

Let me introduce a new concept........personal responsibility!

If you really want to try out crashing, a low cost method involves a hill, a straight road and a wheelie bin.
Lay the bin down so wheels and the back are on the ground, sit on it and head off down the hill. At whatever speed you want to experiment with, roll off the bin. This way you get the sound effects, plastic scraping on the road, the physical benefits, bruises etc and a controllable crash with no damage to your bike.

Videos would be appreciated.

A friend of mine did this in Dunedin with his fiance, down the steepest street. He ended up with severe head injuries, and she ended up dead.

[Teflon]

You wont have time to think about it.. just let go of the bike and slide, try to avoid rolling, tumbling, you'll break bones.

[Spyke]

cheers for the advice, best way to go feet first on your back?

[bert_is_evil]

You wont have time to think about it.. just let go of the bike and slide, try to avoid rolling, tumbling, you'll break bones.

Don't try to stand up until you are certain that you've stopped sliding - that's when the tumbling begins

[Skyryder]

i've herd a few people talking about pulling themselves out from under a bike while its low siding and then getting on the bike and crouching on it while its sliding, how is this done?

isn't it hard to climb onto a bike as its moving on its side?
cheers

Mind you real bikers can drop it one side and change direction by flipping the bike a dropping it the other side all in one movement. The realy good one's can put the slide in reverse.

Skyryder

[GaZBur]

Next we'll be standing up and surfing in on the buggers

How to surf a lowsided bike.

1. Firstly practice lying down on the bike for the first few low sides to get the feel of it.
2. When you are ready to stand make sure you are wearing good gloves and boots because you will come into contact with hot engine and exhaust parts.
3. Stand up smoothly and quickly, hesitation here will make it easier to fall off the back.
4. Stay in a crouched position with knees bent - remember there is no suspension to soak up the bumps in the lowside-surfing position. Extend the arms for balance.
5. Keep your front foot firmly planted on a solid piece of frame or engine, the back foot should be on the seat side. This helps soak up bumps as well as aid balance.
6. Lean slightly back to keep the weight on the back foot.
7. When the bike comes to a stop you will find the last few feet the bike slows quite abruptly, especially if you hit gutter or car or something.
8. Crouch slightly lower when about to stop the slide, move the weight to the front foot and spring in the air. The sudden final deceleration combined with the spring will somersault you for at least one (hopefully two) full turns in the air before landing on your feet in front of the now stationary bike.

Remember like all sporting achievements - the perfect lowside surf requires lots of practice. I do recommend though that you practice close to a good medical facility as surfing low sided bikes can sometimes result in injury.

Go out there now and try it yourself - and do let us know how you get on.