My first and I hope to dear God my last fall.

[BigRed2007]

My first and I hope to dear God my last fall.


Started out on Mavericks ride Sunday 5th August 2007. We had about 40 + riders and we were all reving to go. I was doing allright when we took off, it started to rain which was a bit shitty but I managed to hold my own fine.


I handled the hard corners with care and made sure I could handle the corners fine.

Allright fast forward to the crash:

I was approaching the corner at about 60, and reduced to about 50-55 and took the corner. I thought I was going fine and next minute my rear wheel went under me. I was in shock, I fell down, my face hit the road and my visor was scraped hard, my hands were scraped, my jacket ripped and my normal jeans was ripped on the right knee… I knew I should of got them bike pants.

I just cant believe what happened, my kb mates behind me, donor and another rider on a yellow Hyosung, both said I was riding well and they saw the rear wheel go under me.

I would like to thank all the Kb riders who have helped me today, and I am forever indebited to you guys.

And special thanks to donor for looking after me.

Damage:

Bike:
Broken mirrors
Bent handle bars
Exhaust maybe
Tank (dented)
Pegs: bent
Speedometer- broken
Headlight- bent down

Bike Gear:Written of-

Helmet – 300
Jacket – 300
Jeans- 50
Gloves – 100
Boots – 100
(If anyone knows any good bike shops/ discounts that could help me out I would love to hear, I am sure we have some fellow kb riders who own gear shops, would love to see if anyone can help me out)


Human:
Bruised Knee
Bruised left wrist
Bruised ego + pride

I hope like the kb riders have said, this is experience and they said to learn from and make sure other people don’t make the same mistake


So what has Sean learnt????

Make sure you have really good tyres (I had new tyres but yeah just make sure)
Make sure if they corner says 65 you slow down to 30 …. Especially when its wet.
Make sure you have full gear even if it costs more
Make sure you pray before you leave
Make sure you have Full insurance + contents insurance

Big Thank you for the learning experience and protection.

Thank you guys,

Big Red

[sprag]

Well you almost took me out as well, but just lucky i was able to get around ya.

But on the bright side better it happen with donor there.

[Donor]

Happy to help Sean, yer a top guy and up til 'that' moment, you were riding a damn fine ride.

Once we have you back in the saddle, we'll have you back out there conquering that corner.

Most importantly, you have survived to tell about it, and most importantly learn from it.

[jrandom]

Bruised Knee
Bruised left wrist
Bruised ego + pride

Just a couple of bruises? That's all that matters, dude. And sometimes it just happens. Riding out a slide is a racetrack fantasy that doesn't always eventuate on the road.

At least you didn't button off and highside...

So, well done on avoiding any real injury.

What tyres were you running?

[zeocen]

Motomail outlet store in western springs can have some pretty good cheap gear. Gutted about the ride mate, I was the one who was at Donor's house before you guys arrived. The poor bike had half of the country's landscape on it!

Good to see that you're taking it as a learning curve, which means you're not giving it up! A lot of us have been there, you saw the marks on my bike , just gotta get back up and get rollin' !

You'll be fine for summer, and that's what matters!

[sprag]

Motomail outlet store in western springs can have some pretty good cheap gear. Gutted about the ride mate, I was the one who was at Donor's house before you guys arrived. The poor bike had half of the country's landscape on it!

Good to see that you're taking it as a learning curve, which means you're not giving it up! A lot of us have been there, you saw the marks on my bike , just gotta get back up and get rollin' !

You'll be fine for summer, and that's what matters!

Oh Zeocen, I was the guy at donor's with the yellow hyosung

[Donor]

Also, glad Mum and Dad seemed to understand it was one of those things.

Always helps to have at least one parental unit that has had previous experience on two wheels of joy!

[EJK]

Aw the damage to you and the bike sounds awful... Now you are scaring me of riding in rain lol

Good thing that you are still in one piece

P.S. you will keep on riding right? cause some people pussies out and move on to cars

[sprag]

Also, glad Mum and Dad seemed to understand it was one of those things.

Always helps to have at least one parental unit that has had previous experience on two wheels of joy!

Oh Donor tell your wife that it was a nice cup of coffee and i am still waiting for my bacon and eggs.

[discotex]

Well you almost took me out as well, but just lucky i was able to get around ya.

But on the bright side better it happen with donor there.

Too right. Evasive manourves on that section weren't much of an option. There were some ultra slippery patches on the way down down the hill after the rain had stopped.

Glad to hear you're ok BigRed. Better the bike munted than you eh!

It's totally pot-luck whether you find anything that fits at the motomail outlet store but it's worth a shot. Colemans have some cheap gloves at the moment too.

[sprag]

Too right. Evasive manourves on that section weren't much of an option. There were some ultra slippery patches on the way down down the hill after the rain had stopped.

Glad to hear you're ok BigRed. Better the bike munted than you eh!

It's totally pot-luck whether you find anything that fits at the motomail outlet store but it's worth a shot. Colemans have some cheap gloves at the moment too.

Goto trademe and do a search for user "madmax5" that is where i got all my stuff from, not bad prices.

[Donor]

*coughQUASIcough*

[discotex]

Aw the damage to you and the bike sounds awful... Now you are scaring me of riding in rain lol

It was the best wet weather riding I've done all year but it wasn't for the faint hearted. Certainly upped my confidence in my tyres in the wet. Avon's.

Smooth smooth smooth was in order today - not to mention constant road condition (shit/moss/puddle/pothole) scanning.

[Leong]

That is a tricky corner even in good weather. Sorry to hear bout the damage!!

[zeocen]

Oh Zeocen, I was the guy at donor's with the yellow hyosung

Ahh yeah, I hadn't seen a hyobag in that colour in person before, only the red ones.. I have to say it looks bloody good, nice leathers too.

Bastard

At the end of the day I have to say the winner was that pack that instantly froze itself. That was just awesome.