Hey everyone,
Yep i had a crash today, and i consider myself fucking lucky.....
My mate bought a RGV250, and he asked me to get a warrant for him..... I said yep, no worries... and proceeded along George Bolt Drive to see Motu.... all is going well and i wasnt going hard.... crossed onto SH20A and was sittting on about 110-120kmh in the slow lane... mid way through the corner just before SH20 joins SH20A the bike started to lose power, i think ah yep, its low on gas and turn it onto reserve...... i drop it down the gears and im strugleing to keep it at 100kmh (sounds like me on the RG150 lol)
Travelled along for about 200metres in the middle lane now (just before Coronation Road off-ramp) still at about 100kmh when the back wheel locks up.... In split seconds i try to think why it has happened... it can't be my rear brake, i always have my toes on the pegs... now full concentration is going onto controlling the lock up.....
Ahhhhh shit, bike goes sideways and highsides me off at about 80-100kmh (didnt look at the speedo) I watched the bike beneath me (i was about 5-6 feet in the air) and then landed in the fast lane on my elbows (which are now really swollen) i then went into my crash slide (ive done this a few times
and came to a stop...
I instantly jumped up and jumped at the median barrier (was only about 1.5 metres away...) checked the traffic, saw it was light (and considered myself fucking lucky no one was close behind) ran to the bike picked it up (pumping on adrenalin) and pushed it up against the median barrier...
A tow truck stopped and a nice lady stopped behind me, while the traffic suddenly increased... the towie and i pushed the bike onto the safety shoulder while waving traffic down... once there, i took my leathers off and checked myself over and found my elbows all bruised... i used the lady's cell phone and rang my mate (whos bike it was) and told him what happened....
So i checked out the bike whislt waiting for him.... Broken indicator, cracked fairings, snapped off the foot peg and gear lever.... but other than that it was pretty damn good for a highside (it was good even by lowside standards)
Leathers are well and truely scrubbed in, and i have now had 7 crashes (a few too many)
The bikes engine had seized and i hadnt pulled the clutch in, thus throwing me off... thats what i did wrong....
So people... ONLY WEAR THE BEST GEAR AND ONLY FULL GEAR!!!!!... also all you two stroke riders, keep 2 fingers on that clutch at all times....I am very thankful that i am relatively unscathed and didnt get taken out by a car, and that the bike isnt too bad (other than the seized engine)..
So be careful out there people, bike crashes can happen anywhere, even when your not caining it...
Cheers for reading my story
Originally Posted by StoneChucker
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bad luck dude.
2 of them were on the track, 1 being a dickhead (pulling wheeilies and deserved it) and the rest learning experiences (getting hit from behind, engine seizure, swinging wide on a corner (after only riding a month or so) and a lowside from going cold tyres and too fast)
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