Kiwibiker on TV1 SCU?

[PrincessBandit]

I think it has been established the rider made a mistake. She paid a huge price for it. There by the Grace of God go I.

I agree with this. I didn't see the programme but am not surprised that it has proven to be a hot topic of debate here.
How many of us here, myself included, have had at least one close shave or an 'oooohhhhh shiiiiiiit!!!' moment but escaped without injury or worse?

It is really difficult to have a discussion when someone known (presumably) is at the centre of it, but if people can keep the 'personal' out and stick to hows/whys/nuts/bolts then maybe something positive can come out of the thread.

Btw, I have not been responsible for any of the moderation on this thread, but not too surprised that it appears to have been needed...

[FJRider]

... There by the Grace of God go I.

A good friend of mine made a small and easily overlooked error whilst riding ... which became the very factor in a series of events in the sequence of errors (not all HIS) ... that killed him.

There but for the grace of (our) God ... go ALL of us ...

[Madness]

rider era

Error?

pled guilty

Plead?

$735 compensation.

I wonder if she's spent it all yet.

[Mom]

There but for the grace of (our) God ... go ALL of us ...

I made a HUGE mistake a few years ago. I was the one that saw the whites of the car drivers eyes. Thank God he had good reactions.

This was not an innocent mistake either, I did it on PURPOSE! I am no risk taker generally, in fact most would describe me as a total, pathetic nana. Meh! I own it, it is my ride after all.

Boy, did I fuck up. I went cold, and thought about my kids, my lovely man...

There by the Grace of God go I!

[nodrog:Me]

Want a root?

well duh!


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[T.W.R]

Went a bit wide-target fixated on the car - bang.
Its exactly what ride instructors go on and on and on about with newer riders.

target fixation and panic.

All relative to where the car was on the road when the rider saw it

And as the two bystanders said to the driver of the car "you did everything to avoid it" ..... so where exactly was the car in relation to the center line ?? because it wasn't that far off the road at the impact point & the strike point was at the very outer R/H edge of the car car well over the center line; rider sees this panics & B-lines it straight at the car

The sidestand theory is a crock.... a goldwing with the stand dragging wouldn't make a continuous gouge that long at speed let-alone a relative light weight bike....it'd be series of small strike points

[FJRider]

I made a HUGE ...

Well said ... many would (loudly) proclaim it was an accident and change the subject ... or (just as) loudly blame somebody else.

I have done similar to you on more occaisions than is good.

[Katman]

The sidestand theory is a crock.... a goldwing with the stand dragging wouldn't make a continuous gouge that long at speed let-alone a relative light weight bike....it'd be series of small strike points

And that's the bit that gets me more than anything else.

To search that hard, in the vain hope of finding something to pass the blame onto, is a sad indictment of a side of motorcycling that is sadly all too prevelant.

[FJRider]

Error?

Learner rider era .. ??

Plead?

Pled being the past tense of plead ...

[JimO]

what about the comment by the cops that the bike rego was wrong (we know why now) so it may have been illegally imported and not suitable for our roads!!!

[Madness]

...it may have been illegally imported and not suitable for our roads!!!

Did a cop say that or was it just the narrator?

[400sm]

Pleaded, is the correct English.

Too much TV watching.....

[Madness]

Too much TV watching.....

They get TV in Mangakino?

[nodrog:Me]

what about the comment by the cops that the bike rego was wrong (we know why now) so it may have been illegally imported and not suitable for our roads!!!

it was a LHD.

[400sm]

They get TV in Mangakino?

Yeah, they just run a lead from the hydro dam.