Cruisy Night Rides

**Sparrow_1982** · 1st December 2007, 09:43

well got some good news about to get discharged from hospital, hehe, gotta slowly work my way back to a bike, starting with loosing the single crutch and knee brace, but good things take time, totally agree with u rik mate, and it is good to hear from experienced riders where the problems actually lie in wait for the younger ones, i have listened to many a people b4 this accident re: speed on corners but as u say it only takes one lapse in thought on the wrong bend and see ya.... and don't worry i not taking what u saying personally, we all need to learn from our mistakes, it's good to get feed back. if u ever heading around to tailors mistake keep an eye out for the marks on the road in between the 2 hairpins on the sunmer side of hill, once u see the marks heading up the road it not that hard to trace the path back to rock impact and the line i was taking, I havent been back yet but will be going there shortly to have a look, u will see it obvious i was being a silly boy tho

**dangerous** · 1st December 2007, 15:57

Originally Posted by Sparrow_1982

if u ever heading around to tailors mistake keep an eye out for the marks on the road in between the 2 hairpins on the sunmer side of hill, once u see the marks heading up the road it not that hard to trace the path back to rock impact and the line i was taking,

you meaning the very 1st corner right hair pin and the 2nd being a left hair pin???
if so its practicaly a straight line but does narrow off... its a steep climb, were you going up or down? what in your mind went wrong?

**Sparrow_1982** · 1st December 2007, 19:34

Originally Posted by dangerous

you meaning the very 1st corner right hair pin and the 2nd being a left hair pin???
if so its practicaly a straight line but does narrow off... its a steep climb, were you going up or down? what in your mind went wrong?

yeah u got the right area, inbetween those hairpins is a very gentle s bend, easy left into easy right, i know exactly what went wrong, i was heading up hill, was kinda taking the right line for a single left bend, some reason i wasnt thinking about the right hand bend straight after, too much speed, when i changed lines i was just far to far outside the bend, ended up in a rather large ditch which is sealed as part of their so called guttering system up there which just straightened me up into rock face, had i been watchin my speed more carefully it wouldnt of happened, the simplest of bends, i get this months medal for world's worst rider

hehe well at least i can look back on it and admit i was as fault and laugh, would be different had i envolved someone else

**Sparrow_1982** · 1st December 2007, 19:58

for those of not the faint hearted have a look at these photo's, they are pretty graphic, will be adding some photo's of my bike and accident scene tomorrow when i get back in afternoon

http://www.bebo.com/PhotoAlbum.jsp?P...mId=6251447238

**dangerous** · 1st December 2007, 20:03

Originally Posted by Sparrow_1982

for those of not the faint hearted have a look at these photo's

Ok... so what kinda gear were you wearing Sparrow, thems some narsty wounds.

**Sparrow_1982** · 1st December 2007, 20:17

Originally Posted by Sparrow_1982

yeah u got the right area, inbetween those hairpins is a very gentle s bend, easy left into easy right, i know exactly what went wrong, i was heading up hill, was kinda taking the right line for a single left bend, some reason i wasnt thinking about the right hand bend straight after, too much speed, when i changed lines i was just far to far outside the bend, ended up in a rather large ditch which is sealed as part of their so called guttering system up there which just straightened me up into rock face, had i been watchin my speed more carefully it wouldnt of happened, the simplest of bends, i get this months medal for world's worst rider

hehe well at least i can look back on it and admit i was as fault and laugh, would be different had i envolved someone else

i had a kevla padded gortex bike jacket on, but only jeans on legs

i had driRider boots on which i gotta say save my ankles, i still can't believe the damage to the bike where my feet were and how little damage just some swelling/ bruising around ankle, my left foot ended up wedged up inbetween the pillion passangers foot peg and the rear tyre??? dont ask me how,

**dangerous** · 1st December 2007, 20:24

Originally Posted by Sparrow_1982

i had a kevla padded gortex bike jacket on, but only jeans on legs

How come ya elbo got so beat up? what was the brand of Jacket? did the armour move?

**onearmedbandit** · 1st December 2007, 20:26

Wow, great evidence if anyone ever needed of why to wear good gear.

**Sparrow_1982** · 1st December 2007, 20:37

hehe nah the armor protected the elbow no cuts were on joint where the padding was, only thing the armour didnt do was prevent the breakage, but im sure it limited it, the brand was Moshin??? i think, was a direct imported jacket from japan, was only a light summer sports jacket had i worn my other heavy jacket it would hve been different, but it was 30 degrees over there and i wasnt wearin that hehe, Major bit of advice to everyone out there dont wear jeans, get some proper pants, im lucky i didnt break anything in my legs,

**laRIKin** · 1st December 2007, 20:39

Yep the road is very unforgiving.

You would not put your fingers (or anything else) on to a grinding wheel, and that is going slower than the road is when you come off.

**fireliv** · 1st December 2007, 21:26

I tried to look but thats just awful!!!!!!

**Sparrow_1982** · 1st December 2007, 21:40

Originally Posted by fireliv

I tried to look but thats just awful!!!!!!

haha yeah it a pretty site, looks alot better now though, i hope

**cruza** · 1st December 2007, 22:46

photos, nah you can keep them too you'll self........I'm a bad one in summer for wearing jeans, instead of my leather pants ,if im not going far, always wear boots ,gloves ,jacket.

**dangerous** · 2nd December 2007, 08:12

time for me to do what I do best... harp on, jeans are no beter than wearing shorts I know sometimes its not avoidable, and as for the Kevlar type of jean like the Dragon, while 100% beter than jeans they are not a fraction on the corect riding gears... I seen OrangeBack arse up last month in some and if it wasent for his 'leather' wallet in his front pocket he would have had a big hole in him, the kevlar tore off... ya cant beat leather failing that Cordura with armour