road crash on bike

**RiderInBlack** · 14th January 2005, 05:47

Originally Posted by bluninja

First bike was named Sophia, after Sophia Loren and this one is named Gina, after Gina Lollabrigida. Better not crash as I don't know any more famous beautiful italian actresses.

Are Sophia Loren

Now she was one seriously Hot Babe

(wolk whistles).

**Fryin Finn** · 14th January 2005, 07:36

My first crash was in front of the cop doing my test - bit of loose gravel on seal undid me. Still got my license.
My next road crash was at 100kph into a parked car on the other side of the road. I ran away from that one - didn't want to get caught but got done the next day when picking bike up.
Since then a few slideoffs - flat tyre, hooning in the wet with knobblies etc. All at relatively slow speed - still managed to write off my TRX though.
Hundreds of bins off road.

**Dodgyiti** · 14th January 2005, 09:14

It was once in 20 years, apart from Christmas day just gone

Another mean one too, how you lot seem to mostly walk away is just plain luck.
And it had to happen on the Guzzi

**vifferman** · 14th January 2005, 09:35

Originally Posted by Dodgyiti

It was once in 20 years, apart from Christmas day just gone

Another mean one too, how you lot seem to mostly walk away is just plain luck.
And it had to happen on the Guzzi

Yeah, I crashed on Christmas day once too. That was hmmm... back in 1975? Got roundly abused by the A&E staff at the hospital too for being so thoughtless...

Wasn't too badly hurt - 9 stitches in right knee, some other cuts, and grazes. Amazing, considering I T-boned a car at about 65km/h, and somersaulted over the roof of it. Put a big dent in the side of the car, and totally trashed the bike - the front wheel ended up beside the engine, the frame bent so much the top mount was ripped out of the rocker cover, front end munted all to hell, etc.

**TonyB** · 14th January 2005, 10:09

Three in total.
First one was on my first big ride on my first bike- RZ250. Fell off in a major oil spill on the Lewis Pass "I 'll just ride over that patch of shiny tar. Hmm, the bikes leaning a bit much... HEY, WHERE DID THE BIKE GO?!... " Found myself sliding on my hands and knees with my face planted on the road. Thank god for full face lids. Rolled myself onto my back and watched as the bike slid on one side, then flipped over onto the other side, then stopped when a nice big bolder hit the tank. EEEeexcellent.

Second one was on an icy roundabout on the FZ400R that I'd bought the day before. The hilarious thing was that I was going into town to pick up a film so I could get a photo of it "before I fall off"

Third one was getting T-boned by an HQ Holden that ran a red light while I was turning right on my GPX750R. Let me tell you, it's not a nice experience to hear a horn, look left, and see a big red HQ Holden about to plow over you! Prolly lucky to survive that one. The Kwaka was totaled. Nearly wrote off the Holden too.

**R1** · 14th January 2005, 10:29

Originally Posted by vifferman

Yeah, I crashed on Christmas day once too. That was hmmm... back in 1975? Got roundly abused by the A&E staff at the hospital too for being so thoughtless...

Wasn't too badly hurt - 9 stitches in right knee, some other cuts, and grazes. Amazing, considering I T-boned a car at about 65km/h, and somersaulted over the roof of it. Put a big dent in the side of the car, and totally trashed the bike - the front wheel ended up beside the engine, the frame bent so much the top mount was ripped out of the rocker cover, front end munted all to hell, etc.

My mate fell off on christmas day just gone, it was all bad, i went over to say merry xmas and all that shite, when he suggests we go for a nana ride to little river(christchurch) so off we went jeans and jackets(normaly always wear full leatehrs on a ride) then on the second 65k bend we come to i look in my mirror to see him disappear in2 the side of an oncomming car

to be quite honest i thought he was dead...i didnt even want to turn and go back...but as it turned out he was still kiking...well one leg was anyway

, so he spent a week in hospital with a broken leg, arm, finger, hand, elbow, and a whole bunch of stitches...and is now at home on the mend

**TonyB** · 14th January 2005, 10:48

Originally Posted by R1AaronKDX

My mate fell off on christmas day just gone, it was all bad, i went over to say merry xmas and all that shite, when he suggests we go for a nana ride to little river(christchurch) so off we went jeans and jackets(normaly always wear full leatehrs on a ride) then on the second 65k bend we come to i look in my mirror to see him disappear in2 the side of an oncomming car

to be quite honest i thought he was dead...i didnt even want to turn and go back...but as it turned out he was still kiking...well one leg was anyway

, so he spent a week in hospital with a broken leg, arm, finger, hand, elbow, and a whole bunch of stitches...and is now at home on the mend

Is that 65k corner the left hander just after Tai Tapu going towards Akaroa- the one that leads onto a fairly long straight? If it is, I reckon that one has the wrong posted speed on it. On the way home from doing the Arthurs/ Haast loop I thought I'd get some more corners in by going home through Gebbies Pass. I got to that corner and after having ridden 1100+ k's on unfamiliar roads I thought I could just cruise around at the same speed as I'd taken all of the other 65k corners. Didn't work too well. Made it round OK, but based on a few hundered other corners, I'd say that one should be posted as a 55. Hope your mates OK.

**R1** · 14th January 2005, 11:49

Originally Posted by TonyB

Is that 65k corner the left hander just after Tai Tapu going towards Akaroa- the one that leads onto a fairly long straight? If it is, I reckon that one has the wrong posted speed on it. On the way home from doing the Arthurs/ Haast loop I thought I'd get some more corners in by going home through Gebbies Pass. I got to that corner and after having ridden 1100+ k's on unfamiliar roads I thought I could just cruise around at the same speed as I'd taken all of the other 65k corners. Didn't work too well. Made it round OK, but based on a few hundered other corners, I'd say that one should be posted as a 55. Hope your mates OK.

Yup thats the corner....not sure about the speed i took it at 150ish...but then i ride to akoroa 2 or 3 times a week and no the lines and dodgy corners, plus he had only had the bike for 3 weeks and hasnt done many trips to akoroa

**Will** · 1st February 2005, 06:01

Originally Posted by Draco

Jeez that must make me a geriatric convert learning to ride at 30!

No don't you believe that!

Bikers are young at heart ALL THE TIME and I have seen many learning even later in life

**Sniper** · 1st February 2005, 06:22

Had a major one when my front mud gaurd fell off into my wheel on the CG125
Had a fall off in gravel on the CG125

Had a moron in a BMW come through a give way and collect me on my RGR.

All in all, I have had a couple of accidents

**Midnight 82** · 2nd February 2005, 08:08

:disapint: Had a fall few years ago now on a dirt road. Only doing 18ks hit a bit of clay and it crossed up and thru me over the bars bike landed on top of me and broke all the ribs on my right side. Bugger 18ks can you believe it pissed me off. Amazing how much damage one can do at so little speed

**SPman** · 2nd February 2005, 17:03

Every bike - low speed - once each! At least Im not prejudiced in abusing my steads!

**RiderInBlack** · 2nd February 2005, 17:26

When did you have you sex change SPman (or should that be SPwoman now)?

**Ranzer** · 2nd February 2005, 17:42

Three that I recall...

First one was the day after I bought my bike, I must've had less than 50km under the belt total and thought I'd be clever and go for a blat along Scenic Drive. Took a downhill right hand corner too wide and gravel on the side of the road (and me grabbing the front brakes like the idiot n00b I was (*cough* am?)) put my bike out of action for 2 weeks (had to get the bracket that the right footpeg attaches to welded and a couple other minor fixes). Very depressing, but at least I was mostly unhurt... although after 2 years my right shoulder still doesn't feel quite right.

The other two were both locking up the front wheel and sliding under at fairly low speed trying to stop too quickly, once coming up to a roundabout too fast and once trying to stop behind my brother in front of a one lane bridge... I really need to learn how to brake properly. :disapint:

Oh, and I erm... fell over on my bike (stationary) while trying to turn around on a hill when I took it for a test ride

but I'm not counting that cause I was on the footpath when it happened...