ZX6R video for your viewing pleasure

**Usarka** · 18th October 2011, 14:24

Should have turned the corner bro.....

**Westy_mate** · 18th October 2011, 14:26

Originally Posted by Dodgy_Matt

Give up riding bikes....

Fuck off somewhere else troll nobody wants you here

**Westy_mate** · 18th October 2011, 14:27

Originally Posted by Usarka

Should have turned the corner bro.....

yeah, took it too fast and fixated.. lesson learnt the hard way.

**5150** · 18th October 2011, 14:30

Originally Posted by Westy_mate

You guys want the crash?

fine here ya go,

http://youtu.be/izBv1nbX--Q

Bugger that mate. Is the bike ok?

**Westy_mate** · 18th October 2011, 14:32

Originally Posted by 5150

Bugger that mate. Is the bike ok?

Nothing i cant fix. I had Puke the next day too

**bogan** · 18th October 2011, 14:35

Originally Posted by Westy_mate

yeah, took it too fast and fixated.. lesson learnt the hard way.

slow in, late turn in/apex, out; is always a better option than fast in, not out

**EJK** · 18th October 2011, 14:38

**Crasherfromwayback** · 18th October 2011, 14:38

Originally Posted by Westy_mate

yeah, took it too fast and fixated.. lesson learnt the hard way.

All I can say is slow the fuck down. Riding outside of your ability could kill you...or worse, some poor innocent sap that just happens to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.

**Westy_mate** · 18th October 2011, 14:49

Originally Posted by Crasherfromwayback

All I can say is slow the fuck down. Riding outside of your ability could kill you...or worse, some poor innocent sap that just happens to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.

I think i learnt my lesson and i dont need you to remind me. You ever died? ever had your family crying over you because they think your dead? that shit changes you. ill be riding a lot slower on the road when i recover.

**steve_t** · 18th October 2011, 14:52

Bugger. Nothing broken then? Nice of those people to stop and help.

Probably best to save pushing to your limits for the track. Watching your two vids here almost makes my rego bill feel justified

Edit:

Originally Posted by Westy_mate

I think i learnt my lesson and i dont need you to remind me. You ever died? ever had your family crying over you because they think your dead? that shit changes you. ill be riding a lot slower on the road when i recover.

Oh, good to hear

**Crasherfromwayback** · 18th October 2011, 14:56

Originally Posted by Westy_mate

I think i learnt my lesson and i dont need you to remind me.

If you've learnt your lesson that's great.

**willytheekid** · 18th October 2011, 14:59

Originally Posted by Westy_mate

You guys want the crash?
fine here ya go,
http://youtu.be/izBv1nbX--Q

Originally Posted by Crasherfromwayback

All I can say is slow the fuck down. Riding outside of your ability could kill you...or worse, some poor innocent sap that just happens to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.

+1
completely agree Crash, when speed exceed's ability, the result is almost always a crash....damn lucky no innocents were involved

Never nice to see a fellow rider hurt tho (even if by their own actions)...hope your Ok Westy, you sounded like you were in ALOT of pain in that vid.
.........but at least you were big enough to admit your mistakes in the vid...and then share it!

-Take it to the track for speed mate...the road is dangerous enough at legal speeds.

Stay safe Westy & I truly hope your all healed up, feeling better & the bike is repairable

**Gremlin** · 18th October 2011, 15:13

Originally Posted by Westy_mate

yeah, took it too fast and fixated.. lesson learnt the hard way.

Actually (and it's a guess, since I wasn't there) your speed was probably Ok (quick, but in terms of ok to make it around the corner).

Your lines however... well, were basically non-existent, constantly on the other side of the road, for really, no reason. It's not a dig, see it as education. The idea of going out there is to enjoy the corners, not make them all straight

Entering that particular corner, you were much too close to the centre line (as a result of trying to cut corners) which made that corner tighter than it needed to be. If you had been further to the left, and using a late apex, it would have been safer (for you and other vehicles) and you would have been far more likely to make it around the corner. As you say, fixating didn't help either.

Honestly, you're riding at speeds well in excess of your skill, ergo, something goes wrong, and you can't correct it, hence why you always ride with plenty in reserve to handle the "what if" moments.

Spend more time learning to ride (skills development etc) and less time trying to look and go fast. Speed will come naturally, as your skills progress.

**5150** · 18th October 2011, 15:19

Originally Posted by willytheekid

+1
completely agree Crash, when speed exceed's ability, the result is almost always a crash....damn lucky no innocents were involved

Never nice to see a fellow rider hurt tho (even if by their own actions)...hope your Ok Westy, you sounded like you were in ALOT of pain in that vid.
.........but at least you were big enough to admit your mistakes in the vid...and then share it!

-Take it to the track for speed mate...the road is dangerous enough at legal speeds.

Stay safe Westy & I truly hope your all healed up, feeling better & the bike is repairable

Watching the vid and reading these comments does make me reasses my own riding ability, and I will still never admit that after 30 odd years of riding I am a good, safe and competent rider. We learn every single day we take our bikes out on the road. Some of those lessons are easy, and some have a happy ending whether due to our skill or simply luck. yet others end up not so lucky or with a good ending.
I take off my hat to any person who has the guts to admit that they are still learning and have acknowledged their mistakes and learned something from them. Only then our roads will become safer.