Anyone never had a crash?

[98tls]

Damn,you best stop that shit with your momma,i meant she may well fix your thumb,typical.to late i guess,mind you probably not the first time.

[onearmedbandit]

Mine wasn't any where near as serious as jrandom's but I think I might have had a crash or two at some stage.

[swbarnett]

Me, I've "binned" about six or so times, all in my first couple or so years of riding and nothing faster than about 60kph. Never broken anything - worst I've had is a grazed knee from my first bin at about 30kph. Only time I did any more damage to the bike than a broken brake or clutch lever was when my wife rear-ended me on her less than 24hr old CB250 back in the early 80s. Her kneecap bent my exhaust pipe ninety degrees skyward. Gained her eight weeks in a cast.

[ArcherWC]

Ive never binned. been riding about 18 months on the road and track (60,000 ks+)



of course now ive said that im fooked for Taupo this friday

[TimeOut]

Does one miner tangle with a cage 30 years ago count.

[eliot-ness]

No crashes, no accidents, no broken bones or scars to brag about. A few near misses. Had to replace a broken brake lever about a year ago when I let the Bandit fall over, (short leg syndrome). That's the only time I ever damaged anything on a bike. Been riding 53 years. I'm a lucky bastard.

[Patch]

not me.........then again every crash..as you call it..resulted in learning something so i guess it was time well spent.

if a crash involves damaging bodywork, exhausts, smashing bits and pieces of your bike etc

well then . . . .




Plenty of peeps fall off, but will deny ever having "crashed"

Ride to survive and only worry about it when/if it ever happens.

[laRIKin]

On the road I have had only 2 with damage.

1/ car pulled out a cross the road. Me and bike had seen better days I was OK just had a real sore foot that should of been broken and was on sticks for a week or two. And lost some skin on my right thigh.

2/ Hit a strip of black ice going slowly down hill following a car, a foot wide and 3 feet long, The pillion and I were OK.
Bike was a bit of a mess, it slid and flipped going down the hill, while we watching sitting half in the grass (left corner) bent the frame etc etc. (XS1100)

[Quasievil]

Is there any other thread possible more suitable to tempting fate?
if you havent crashed and say so make sure you have some wood handy

[Trudes]

Is there any other thread possible more suitable to tempting fate?
if you havent crashed and say so make sure you have some wood handy

Why do you think for once I've kept my trap shut?
Oh wait,..... SHIT!!!!!!!

[Patch]

Why do you think for once I've kept my trap shut?
Oh wait,..... SHIT!!!!!!!

woman and the word quiet are never in the same sentence - or for very long at least

[Trudes]

woman and the word quiet are never in the same sentence - or for very long at least

Ohh hey, I do try, sometimes. Now as for the last word.....

[SlashWylde]

Well, seeing as you asked... I've never crashed.

I've owned two bikes since October 2004, my 250cc Virago on which I covered 9,000 kms and my current VN800, on which I have covered 31,000 kms.

So 40,000 kms and a little over three years later and not a single crash or serious near miss.

Goes to show it is possible to ride a motorcycle and not crash. Having said that I fully expect something to happen one day, and I expect it to be something unforeseen and out of my control.

[trumpy]

Had my bike license since 1971 (yep, that old) had my first crash two and a bit months ago. Don't remember anything except waking up lying on the side of the road thinking "jeeze that didn't take long to get home.....oh hang on...oh bugger...: Since I was on my lonesome I figure I must have done something dumb....only wish I could remember what it was
Big "ups" to the cute nurse who looked after me so well for a couple of days..........hey at my age I take my exitement where I can.....

[YellowDog]

I was just wondering if there was anyone out there who has never had the misfortune of crashing their bike? By crash I don’t mean like when you over revved you bike when you were learning and it fell on you (what I did).

Have never ever had a crash or come off my bike. And I don't want to either.
I realise that this says something quite bad about my reserved riding style however I think we all look to get different pleasures out of our riding.

In my defence, I have made a few mistakes in the past where I have no idea how I stayed on the bike. e.g. When your back wheel overtakes your front wheel, it is reasonable to expect to hit the turf and not fininsh standing with the bike upright.

I have learned a lot from such mistakes that I have survived.

I guess having a Guardian Angel helps!