250 ride bins - 05/08/07 (Auckland)

[steved]

Seeing someone bin in front of you is a bizarre experience. Total shock (what the hell are they doing/WTF is going on?!?) and then a sudden realisation that you have to get your mind back on the job before you follow them off the road!

[BigRed2007]

yeah tell me about it ......

a huge learning curve ??

[McJim]

First bin I witnessed was on a 250 ride about this time last year coming through the twisties into Kawakawa bay from Orere.

I was TEC and backed off to give the guy in front plenty of room (I know I lose concentration when someone is close behind me). He high sided spectacularly and I felt sooooo guilty.

Still can't understand why I felt so responsible since I was a long way behind him.

Another time I narrowly missed a stray cow as it bolted out of undergrowth at the side of the road only to see my mate hit it.

Again I felt terrible.

And then the week after I was going alon Twilight road with a friend on a 250 and he didn't show up at the far end. Went back to find his bike 5m down a gully and him grinning like a maniac.

All of these were on 250cc or less. Riding a 250 doesn't make you less likely to have an accident but it does reduce that speed of the impact when it happens which is why it allows all the people whose bins I witnessed to walk away from the accident.

[MSTRS:Me]

First bin I witnessed was ...
Riding a 250 doesn't make you less likely to have an accident but it does reduce that speed of the impact when it happens which is why it allows all the people whose bins I witnessed to walk away from the accident.

...my darling wife. She was on a 250. She was travelling at under 45kph. She did not walk away (in the literal sense).
Binning any bike, at any speed, takes a combination of factors. And the seriousness of the result is often a matter of luck.
The fact of someone being on a 250 does not mean they will be going slow - there are 250s out there that will top 200k with ease, even your 'average' 250 can hit 150+. It is the rider, not the bike, that determines the speed....

[El Dopa]

Bravo Nigel, you can be my TEC anyday.
It was a bad situation, a dangerous blind corner, and series of "misplaced" fast bikers approaching unaware of the accident ahead, it could have been much much worse.
Thanks to all those that helped in any way or form today,

Mav

It was a very nasty situation, and handled extremely well by you.

My cap is doffed to you, Mav. You can be my wingman any time.

I was one of the 'fast' bikes approaching at a reasonable pace, and got a fucking nasty shock. Lucky my front stoppers are mint.

If I may make a suggestion for future ref:

I'm going to start carrying a fluro vest stuffed down my jacket. The very first thing i'll be doing if a situation like this arises again, I'll either be running down the road waving it at approaching hoons, or chucking it at someone else and telling them to run down the road and wave it.

[Jeaves]

First bin I witnessed was on a 250 ride about this time last year coming through the twisties into Kawakawa bay from Orere.

I was TEC and backed off to give the guy in front plenty of room (I know I lose concentration when someone is close behind me). He high sided spectacularly and I felt sooooo guilty.

ahh what a day it was , the old RG and myself still bear the scars . Glad you were there though Jamie to scrap me off the road . Still it was a painful lesson that i learnt real quick and have been incident free since