Which SMC club members have and haven't crashed?

**bomma** · 9th October 2007, 22:38

Originally Posted by motorbyclist

[B] i know just to get my learners i had to ride at a brick wall waiting for the instructors signal to stop - on a dodgy cb100 - and he never gave it until the absolute last moment - which i suspect is why the cb100 was so dodgy - and it was bloody scary, so the first 2 times i stopped early but the third i used my balls rather than my brain and got it

and was the instructor rofling while you were doing this?? i think you've been had andy....dont think thats a requirement for passing the basic handling test mate.....im guessin the instructor was bored and gettin his thrills from watching you shit yourself

at least it taught you a valuable lesson

**motorbyclist** · 10th October 2007, 16:51

it was part of the "emergency stop", and the carpark was too small to do it any other way, well, no it wasn't that small, but it was a good lesson nontheless

i shouldn't complain, he was even kind enough to put down the date as the day after my turning 15, when we actually did it the week before

**kwjoon1** · 7th November 2007, 21:50

Originally Posted by Macstar

Not to be morbid or tempt fate, but non-motorcyclist are always going on about how dangerous bikes are, so let's do an unofficial club count:

How many of our members have and haven't crashed before? If you did have a crash, describe the damage to you and your bike.

I'll start:

I'm happy to say that in 2-3 years of road riding the worst that's ever happened to me was dropping my bike on a muddy driveway at about 5kph. Just scratched the fairings, bent my indicator stalk and snapped the rear brake lever. Covered the scratch with a sticker, bent the stalk back by hand and bought a new lever.

as of last sunday.. +1 on your have crashed list.
However, it was a cleary avoidable accident if i hadnt made presumptions.

**Jahdafario** · 10th November 2007, 00:00

havent crashed yet, but when I do, It'll prolly be fatal, so trying to avoid it

**YLWDUC** · 10th November 2007, 01:46

Low side, the result of a non-licensed driver not seeing me when he pulled out of his driveway. And I only had a headlight and bright green vest on at the time.

**motorbyclist** · 10th November 2007, 01:50

yeah, often i think when cagers say "didn't see" they really mean "didn't look"

**ehab2weelr** · 10th November 2007, 14:24

Originally Posted by motorbyclist

yeah, often i think when cagers say "didn't see" they really mean "didn't look"

i couldnt have put it better my self.

hah

**bomma** · 11th November 2007, 09:04

Originally Posted by ehab2weelr

i couldnt have put it better my self.

hah

you're right ehab.....we all know how "good" your spelling is so i doubt that "you could have put it better yourself"

**ehab2weelr** · 11th November 2007, 09:29

Originally Posted by bomma

you're right ehab.....we all know how "good" your spelling is so i doubt that "you could have put it better yourself"

how would a green zx7r look on its side??? himmm??

you asked for it??????
its war!!!!!! hahahahahahahah

**Macstar** · 11th November 2007, 17:42

Another timely reminder today boys and girls of how vital keeping to the left on corners is. Me and another biker would have been wiped out today as we traveled around a tight corner near Piha IF we hadn't of been on the left side of our lane. Note, I said leftside of OUR LANE, not just left of the centre line.

Guy in a red car decided to cross the centre line as he overtook a turning car (on a blind corner of course).

IF YOU DON'T ALREADY AND FOR YOUR OWN GOOD, PLEASE TRY TO KEEP IN THE LEFT HALF OF YOUR LANE ON TIGHT / BLIND CORNERS.

**klyong82** · 11th November 2007, 17:48

Originally Posted by Macstar

Another timely reminder today boys and girls of how vital keeping to the left on corners is. Me and another biker would have been wiped out today as we traveled around a tight corner near Piha IF we hadn't of been on the left side of our lane. Note, I said leftside of OUR LANE, not just left of the centre line.

Guy in a red car decided to cross the centre line as he overtook a turning car (on a blind corner of course).

IF YOU DON'T ALREADY AND FOR YOUR OWN GOOD, PLEASE TRY TO KEEP IN THE LEFT HALF OF YOUR LANE ON TIGHT / BLIND CORNERS.

Todays ride was action pack. I had a black Holden that almost cross the centre lane on those tight twisty roads.... Got a sore wrist now...Time to wash the bike...

**motorbyclist** · 21st November 2007, 22:27

Originally Posted by Macstar

But having said that, most of our members (that I have ridden with) have good protective gear and ride quite safely so I think the club in general is doing a good job. Be good to aim for zero bins on our rides, errr, maybe from now on....!

dunno how i did it, but i did it badly

was going to be fine till the bike got traction and highsided

lucky to only walk away with a bruise. dad isn't happy. i was going to leave the cosmetics and only fix the radiator/mirrors, but he's making me repair and repaint the fairings, which is going to take fukin aaages

and i wasn't even going hard... nor was i speeding... nor was i racing..... so all the things i've been being told not to do were not the cause of the accident.... maybe running on under 5 hours sleep had a part to play

**HungusMaximist** · 21st November 2007, 22:58

^ I was about to come today but I had a job interview..

Look at what I missed aye! So what exactly happened?

Bro, it's all good, crashing/falling off is all part of riding a motorcycle. Lucky you didn't come off worse aye! A paint job, a new mirror a new screen will do her real good!

People who have never dropped/crashed are usually pussies.... !

**motorbyclist** · 21st November 2007, 23:13

Originally Posted by HungusMaximist

^ I was about to come today but I had a job interview..

Look at what I missed aye! So what exactly happened?

well you'll have to come on friday to find out won't ya

Originally Posted by HungusMaximist

Bro, it's all good, crashing/falling off is all part of riding a motorcycle. Lucky you didn't come off worse aye! A paint job, a new mirror a new screen will do her real good!

plus radiator needs looking at