Biker down

[Squiggles]

time to get a naked honda

Hornets are so last winter.

[TOTO]

Hornets are so last winter.

watch your dirty mouth you...

...you are not at the sex show you know...

[Squiggles]

watch your dirty mouth you...

...you are not at the sex show you know...

But i will be tomorrow... maybe

[YellowDog]

Yep, great attitude.

If your test isn't too far away, maybe you can hold off on the new bike until you can buy something bigger.

[ManDownUnder]

Glad to hear you are ok...

... but I genuinely struggle with you comment about this being the third time. I know nothing of the circumstances of those other incidents but it signals to me there's possibly something else at play here?

Just saying what I see - not a criticism... but stay safe mate.

[blossoming]

My full test isn't till a year or a bit more so I don't think I can lay it off that much.

A lot of my friends have told me that I really shouldn't be on a bike after crashing out twice. I guess I'll have another strike at it, I'm not ready to not be on a bike just yet. Third time lucky? Well it's my second so hopefully this one will be my last crash although I'm not too optimistic about it.

Yeah, that's the thing. I was blinded by the size of the vehicles on the other two lanes so I couldn't see the truck and the driver of the truck couldn't see me. Yeah, I'll make sure I pay attention to those traps next time eh, I mean it totally gave me a shock when I saw the bloody thing in my lane and next thing I know, I'm on the ground.

He was going pretty quickly as I'm guessing he took the opportunity and went for it. Cause usually the people who go through the gap in traffic usually take a look at the inside lane before going through, guess this guy didn't. I was going the speed limit.

Um, I was wearing my leather jacket with armour and back protector, helmet, gloves with the knuckle protectors, jeans and sneakers as well as my backpack. I left my textile pants and boots at home. One of my gloves came loose in the crash as I think so my right hand is still pretty sore but most of the impact was on my left hand side. So there is a bit mark on my jacket where it happened still usable tho My armour in my jacket didnt shift at all as it's implanted into the jacket and cannot be removed. The armour prevented further injuries but didn't prevent my elbows and shoulders from being sore.

Haha, my riding isn't THAT bad even though I'm Asian but that's beside the point. I've seen worse around Howick and Dannemora.

I guess even though you ride safely, you can't prevent other people from doing mistakes.

I'll have to see what's good and reasonable within my budget.

Thanks for all your support, it's really appreciated.

[Squiggles]

Yep, riding even at the speed limit alongside stationary traffic is somewhat asking for it given how impatient we all are, it'll either be someone turning across into a gap or a stationary taking the empty lane be it a bus or for a turn ahead. Suggest going off to a riding course like RRRS if you get back on a bike. The club has applied for some grants to help fund these but we wont know the outcome till after the meeting on tuesday

[Real_Wolf]

Good to hear your okay.

Don't listen to those dicks saying "well its not for you, you've crashed "x" times now", if you don't feel fine riding, don't ride, but until then do your own thing.

I'm always paranoid about minor corners in the wet now, but it never hurts to be over cautious, as long as you learn from it its not really a complete loss.

As for your next bike, think about what sort of bike you want then ya can start shopping. You always do better at finding it if first of all you know what you want.

Always be glad that things went as well as they did, it can always be worse

[PirateJafa]

I was going at 50

Yep, riding even at the speed limit alongside stationary traffic is somewhat asking for it

Actually riding at 50km/h is 10km/h below the speed limit along there.

Time for a 250 two-smoker?

[Ms Piggy]

Got let out later that night with dressing on my wounds on both elbows, knees and ankles.

Yikes! Glad you're okay. Must have been terrifying!!

[ital916]

My full test isn't till a year or a bit more so I don't think I can lay it off that much.

A lot of my friends have told me that I really shouldn't be on a bike after crashing out twice. I guess I'll have another strike at it, I'm not ready to not be on a bike just yet. Third time lucky? Well it's my second so hopefully this one will be my last crash although I'm not too optimistic about it.

Yeah, that's the thing. I was blinded by the size of the vehicles on the other two lanes so I couldn't see the truck and the driver of the truck couldn't see me. Yeah, I'll make sure I pay attention to those traps next time eh, I mean it totally gave me a shock when I saw the bloody thing in my lane and next thing I know, I'm on the ground.

He was going pretty quickly as I'm guessing he took the opportunity and went for it. Cause usually the people who go through the gap in traffic usually take a look at the inside lane before going through, guess this guy didn't. I was going the speed limit.

Um, I was wearing my leather jacket with armour and back protector, helmet, gloves with the knuckle protectors, jeans and sneakers as well as my backpack. I left my textile pants and boots at home. One of my gloves came loose in the crash as I think so my right hand is still pretty sore but most of the impact was on my left hand side. So there is a bit mark on my jacket where it happened still usable tho My armour in my jacket didnt shift at all as it's implanted into the jacket and cannot be removed. The armour prevented further injuries but didn't prevent my elbows and shoulders from being sore.

Haha, my riding isn't THAT bad even though I'm Asian but that's beside the point. I've seen worse around Howick and Dannemora.

I guess even though you ride safely, you can't prevent other people from doing mistakes.

I'll have to see what's good and reasonable within my budget.

Thanks for all your support, it's really appreciated.

Dont let others tell you what you should do when it comes to riding. Do what YOU feel is comfortable. If someone told me not to ride they would get a big fuck off (said nicer than that in a joking tone but with deadly evil seriousness just below the surface).

Youll be paranoid for a while but ease back into it and you are good to rock n roll.

[rosie631]

Glad to hear you are ok...

... but I genuinely struggle with you comment about this being the third time. I know nothing of the circumstances of those other incidents but it signals to me there's possibly something else at play here?

Just saying what I see - not a criticism... but stay safe mate.

I'm thinking the same. Not really a good look.

[Squiggles]

Actually riding at 50km/h is 10km/h below the speed limit along there.

Time for a 250 two-smoker?

Go to sleep

[metalhead]

i have had a couple of serious accidents and yeah, the best thing is definately to get back on a bike, its great if you dont let the fear of something happening stop you from doing something you love

[motorbyclist]

What speed did you think you were doing?

who cares?

You can have an accident at 10kph if you aren't looking at what's infront of you:

1. fact is he didn't see a truck crossing his path - trucks are large, hyosung is high - must've been some very large traffic present to block view of that! Rider fail irregardless of either speed.
2. a truck driver didn't bother to check both lanes before crossing them - simple truth is nomatter what we do there are some useless drivers out there and this is a very common way for bikers to be taken down. heck what if it was a car instead of a bike? Truckie fail irregardless of either speed.

but we can save the "speeding eats babies" argument to another thread....

Smacked into the truck as I had no chance to react as by the time I saw him he was already in my lane,

you mean it was "unavoidable"?

You didn't see a truck about to pull into your lane?

curious, isn't it?

What did I learn...Crashing into a truck fucking hurts

here's what you should learn: a gap in stationary traffic means someone is going through it: every time I hear this same crash story it could have been at least minimised if the biker either slowed down enough (like to a 20kph crawl) to not be hurt if not avoid the accident altogether, or better yet had assumed there was some twit about to take that gap ahead.

So, let's say that the truck was totally obscured from view - you're cruising down the line of traffic and what are you doing? Myself, I've got the brakes covered, I'm travelling as fast as my ability to respond to the worst dictates, have an eye on the kerb/driveways for both hazards and escape routes, and i'm watching the traffic for indicators and gaps.

a gap in stationary traffic means someone is going through it - remember this is auckland we're talking, so a good 99% of the time this will always be true.
ALWAYS assume there are idiots around you - the odds that the person going through is actually looking depends on the locale and time of day but it still never looks good.

Well within 6 months of passing my scratchie I'd figured this one out - Blossoming, I hate to say it mate but perhaps you should go do some rider training as while I'm sure it isn't entirely your fault, not that many learners get taken out 3 times in traffic before getting to their full