Evasive action while cornering - any tips?

[CB ARGH]

I got owned there.

My bad guys, just stating what I thought.

[RantyDave]

I know this road, I ride it everyday.

Same here, and I've got to say you're lucky to be able to get any speed up - I seem to find myself lane splitting up there most days.

It also has some man hole covers, so try to remember where they are. There's one right on the crossing just before Mt Vic tunnel. If you slid on it you'd end up in the railings of the crossing IIRC. So, don't do that.

There's quite often diesel on the downhill coming out of Mt Vic tunnel too.

Nasty bit of road. I hate it.

Dave

[Mom]

Actually, I worry more about the ones who are too old to be fuckers any more. And the ones who are so fat and ugly that I refuse to believe that anything would fuck them.

You forgot the ones with hats on! Now they are really dangerous to encounter.

[FROSTY:Me]

[quote=Chad;1606908 doing a reasonable speed, not exactly sure what; wasn't going too fast,, when a car ignored the giveway and pulled out right across my lane and stopped.
I had seen her coming, and had seen that she had seen me (if that makes sense) and simply made the fatal assumption she would stop. Stupid of me and I do know better, but anyway off topic.[/quote]
Ya pretty much answered your own question dude.
You saw her--at that point I feel you should have been taking evasive action.On the brakes slowing
The other thing again you already know it You laid the bike down. better off staying on the brakes and maybee stopping.
But its not the perfect world so who knows

[avgas]

assumption

Is the mother of all fuckups
her church in in Onehunga

[jrandom]

trust to your tyres...

A bad idea on cold Pirelli Supercorsas.

[Ixion]

If you can't trust them, replace them.

[Chad]

yes, so as I stated, and has been restated and restated, I made a poor assumption to start with Usually when I'm riding I assume that everyone is either retarded, trying to kill me, or both. But thats also why I put the bike down; I have been practicing target fixation a lot - going between the catseyes on Mway is good - but by that point I would be having to make another dangerous assumption that she would stop at all, and if she didn't and I simply looked where I wanted to go, I'd be over her bonnet or into the side of her anyway. As it happened she did stop, but from my point of view it was way too 50/50 to risk it: slide on road or headfirst over car?
In terms of standing the bike back up and trying to break to a stop, normally I would, but in this case even that short second to stand up out of cornering and apply the breaks would most likely still have put me into the side of her.
And I still got pretty lucky anyway: a few scrapes and a couple of big bruises. Same thing happened to my mate on his scooter a month ago but he dislocated his hip and smashed his knee cap...

Well, I've heard more or less what I expected too, each time is often just case by case, and I've now well and truly learned the "everyones an arsehole" rule. At least all damage to bike and any required treatment is covered. And don't worry, I'm not simply relying on that: paralysis can only be treated so much, and death not at all... Thanks for all replies

[Motu]

You forgot the ones with hats on! Now they are really dangerous to encounter.

Especially the ones on sideways! - although sometimes it's hard to tell when they are sitting on the floor.

[avgas]

"everyones an arsehole" rule.

Yes, and assumptions about arseholes makes you gay i hear

[dpex]

Sadly, today. I passed by a Yami R1 slumped against a lamp-post, on a corner.

I stopped and went over for a look. There was bits of fairing piled in a pile and, oddly enough, the speedo. The front forks were bent well over 30 degrees off-line.

And there it was. This lovely bike, simply left slumped against the lamp-post. I felt like picking it up and taking it home, like one maybe sometimes does with abandoned street-kids.

Later, I described the scene to Frosty. He didn't hesitate. 'That guy will be in hospital somewhere,' said Frosty.

And I thought, 'Man, that sucks. Imagine being in the mangled department knowing the love of your life is out there, somewhere, waiting for the ungodly to simply pick her up and take her away for illegal parts.'

That's why I wanted to take her home. Then find the owner and tell him his love was in safe hands. But I couldn't find a way to fit an R1 into my Suzuki Cultus.

Yeah, sure, he'd be insured and you could say he could say, 'Who cares'? But I'd care. My bike and me...Well, we're kinda...Buddies. And one does not want leave a broken buddy leaning against a lamp-post, in the burbs, uncared for.

I drove away feeling quite sad for all concerned in this tragedy.

[Ixion]

Hm. usually in an injury accident the cops will turn up (eventually) and they will (credit where due) usually organise recovery of the vehicle to a place of safety .

[dpex]

You say you put the bike down and slid into the car.

I'd be keen to know two things.

1. What benefit is there in putting the bike down in such circumstances.

2. How does one do it?

[Pwalo]

You say you put the bike down and slid into the car.

I'd be keen to know two things.

1. What benefit is there in putting the bike down in such circumstances.

2. How does one do it?

FWIW I think you're wasting your time with this scenario. The idea is not to crash, and not to think about crashing.

You want to be looking for solutions rather than problems. As soon as you 'put the bikedown' you aren't in control of the situation. Not to mention you'll probably ruin a perfectly useful piece of machinery.

[avgas]

look where you WANT to go........
the rest is magic.....
i kid you not - on your way home today, ride up to your driveway and look at the house.......without you knowing the whole bike will turn into your driveway.