road crash on bike

**avgas** · 9th January 2005, 08:54

Hundreds of crashes come to mind, but these have been the most potent.

Took a 45K corner, at 120K in the RG - when the powervalves kicked in and it lifted the front, not only sliding it down the road, but off a 6 ft bank and through a farmers fence.

Hit diesel in town on the GB, felt the back sliding out - so had just enough time to lift my misses off the back of the bike as i went down with the ship.

and the doozey, riding, minding my own buisness in the bus lane (about 35kph),
when some bright spark turning right didnt see me and booted it into my right hand side, Tboning me with his car.

oh and about 5 times highsiding with a disc lock on the front

**magnum** · 9th January 2005, 12:27

twice,same bike xr250,late 80s.roundabout on new rear tyre,eer.fast round a corner,pedestrion went stop,go,stop in the middle and i ran her over,oops.

**Blakamin** · 9th January 2005, 12:46

Blind cage driver doing u-turn + wet tram tracks (in melbourne) = z900 on ground with angry rider throwing helmet at the door that the bike didnt hit....

**R1** · 9th January 2005, 13:21

HEAPS

had a bad highside on a rgv(not a good first bike) on the way to Akoroa doing around 180kph thought it would be cool to pass a mate on the inside on a 85k corner, last thing i remember seeing was the headlight upside down, broke a wrist, shoulder, ankle, and 2 ribs and had to be cut free of a barbd wire fence...ALLBAD. had a few more since then but nuthin to bad. The most shameful was doing a 3rd gear wheelie on my ZXR750 past a boy racer in a 50k zone saw a copper up the road and put the front down at the same time as grabbing a whole lot of front brake, that was a cool display of sparks, even the copper felt sory for my studitity

and sent me walking home without a ticket

**Coyote** · 9th January 2005, 14:25

Originally Posted by R1AaronKDX

HEAPS

had a bad highside on a rgv(not a good first bike) on the way to Akoroa doing around 180kph thought it would be cool to pass a mate on the inside on a 85k corner, last thing i remember seeing was the headlight upside down, broke a wrist, shoulder, ankle, and 2 ribs and had to be cut free of a barbd wire fence...ALLBAD.

Ouch

Wouldn't attempt anything like that myself, The CBR is too nice for a first bike, and I don't want to hurt it

**riffer** · 9th January 2005, 19:11

My GP125 got wiped out when I swerved to avoid a drunk driver in a Holden Ute and rode the footpath into a powerpole.

Ouch. Lucky GP125's don't go too fast. Still, four weeks off work and my neck sticks and I have to twist it until it frees with a great 'crack' noise on a daily basis. Lots of bruises, a couple of bust ribs. Oh, and photophobia and migranes for a couple of years after.

Second one, about a year later - a highside in the middle of winter going around the old Lower Hutt roundabout at 8.00 in the morning and my pillion decides to turn and wave to this girl he knows just as I twist the throttle. Both of us thrown over the handlebars at around 60 km/hr. Bike slides down the road. Its still going when we run over to it. No damage to rider and pillion, no damage to bike. Tough bike that CB350.

Third one, you all know that one. Lanesplitting with no regard to idiot cagers in rush hour traffic at 80km/hr. Cagers doing about 50. See a gap and fly into it, then an SUV with boat trailer pull in front of me. I swerve into the lane he came from, he sees me and swerves back into the lane (right in front of me), I attempt to turn and brake at the same time. Not a good idea. Bike hits the road, then the bike trailer. Once free from under the bike I fly a bit then land on head. Luckily no lasting damage. Just pain for a week or so after.

Bike costs $1100 in parts to fix. Six weeks to get parts.

**JohnBoy** · 9th January 2005, 20:33

i was a bit of a slow learner when i started on bikes as i was a late convert. didnt start riding untill i was 17, and i wasnt a natural.

**Holy Roller** · 9th January 2005, 20:44

I think that there needed to be other options, but I suppose that after 3 one is an old hand at it. Any way I've been forbidden to crash again it gets too expensive and takes heaps longer to recover. Not to mention old injuries playing up from time to time can take the fun out of a ride.

**bluninja** · 9th January 2005, 21:43

Just once 9/10/2001...the day after my birthday....Brand new RSVR 14 hours out of the showroom. Overtook a car and struck a tractor turning out onto the road where I was. Written off RSVR, leathers, helmet, boots....multiple severe heamatoma on all limbs.

**Ghost Lemur** · 9th January 2005, 22:31

Originally Posted by bluninja

Just once 9/10/2001...the day after my birthday....Brand new RSVR 14 hours out of the showroom. Overtook a car and struck a tractor turning out onto the road where I was. Written off RSVR, leathers, helmet, boots....multiple severe heamatoma on all limbs.

OUCH. So the RSVR you have now was the replacement?

**Draco** · 10th January 2005, 08:12

Originally Posted by JohnBoy

i was a late convert. didnt start riding untill i was 17

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

**Sniper** · 10th January 2005, 08:17

Originally Posted by Extend-a-slide

How many crashes have you had in one day?

Umm about 3, 2 of them were from shock of crashing the first one

**Jantar** · 14th January 2005, 01:10

The following are listed with respect of the first time I went solo on a motorbike and do not include accidents while in any form of competition riding.

At 4 weeks, Head on with a car while avoiding a truck being driven on the wrong side of the road.

At 3 months, Side swiped a post.

At 6 months, Skidded on a white line in the wet.

At 11 months, lost it on a gravel road and over a bank.

At 20 months, Was hit side on by a taxi. (hospital trip)

At 42 months, Lost control on a badly rutted, icy gravel road.

At 6 years, High sided when a rear wheel collapsed on an icy road. (Hospital again)

At 11 years, Skidded and low sided on a diesel spill at high speed. No damage or injury.

I've now been riding for 34 years with no road accidents for the past 23 years.

**bluninja** · 14th January 2005, 01:34

Originally Posted by Ghost Lemur

OUCH. So the RSVR you have now was the replacement?

Yup, left my crutches in the showroom so I could ride it to Bristol (from Bournemouth) and get the export tax docs done. Funny....but at the same mileage as the last crash I came round a bend in the dark and saw the flashing light atop a tractor.....but I avoided that one. 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.

**Jantar** · 14th January 2005, 01:41

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...

Now you ARE showing your age. I used to drool over Gina when I was a teenager.