Anyone never had a crash?

[mazz1972]

Offroad yes plenty of times so gave up and got a quad.

Technically I guess this is also offroad - recently was attempting to ride out of a shallow roadside ditch. Halfway out I stalled, put foot down, nothing there, toppled over. Just a couple of scratches to the front mudguard, dented pride, and lots of laughs with us two ladies straining to heave the bike upright from a precarious angle.

Nothing else though

*touch wood*
*touch wood* again
*touch wood* one final time

[Timaa]

never binned so far, and i been riding boutt 1.5 years now.

[swbarnett]

- recently was attempting to ride out of a shallow roadside ditch. Halfway out I stalled, put foot down, nothing there, toppled over.

Reminds me of one of my minor bins. Just past the Piha turn-off on Scenic Drive I rolled to a stop at the side of the road. I'd moved on to the footpath as there wasn't enough room to get off the road otherwise. What I hadn't realised was that when I stopped the footpath was a good foot above road level and when I put my right foot down (path was too narrow to go left, nasty cliff) it hit air. Rolled over gently and landed on my butt.

[Rotor]

Had 3 crashers in 25 years
#1: on the Thames coast at Tapu in the rain with girlfriend. I was thinking about home then BANG, I was on the road. Age: 16. Bike CB 350
Lesson: think about what your doing, not where you are heading

#2: Top of the Bomb Bay hill when there where lights, into the back of a car. AGE: 18. Bike GSX1100ESD
Lesson: Don't look at things that you don't want to hit

#3: Wilsons Bay, Thames coast. Hit a car and tralier that was blocking the road
AGE: 22 Bike GSX1100ESD (same bike as #2 crash) Still have said bike in shed, she doesn't look to good
Lesson: anything can happen at any time
There you go

[The Lone Rider]

I've never crashed on the road.

Only time I've crashed a "bike" was when I was 10 years ago, on a C90 step through riding around on my uncles orchard. And even then only crashed twice - once hit a giant hole in the ground (the grass wasn't mowed so couldn't tell it was there) and the other was when I was doing slides through a big mud hole. The bike sure didn't like filling up with mud.

Few close calls on the road though. Plenty of opportunity to be yelling out "FUUUUCCCCKK!!!" on the road.

[ynot slow]

A bit harsh don't you think? I'm sure it's not that funny to everyone who's known someone involved in a fatal accident...

Point taken,my thoughts were with those who have lost mates in road accidents,I have had one mate die in a car accident.

My message is hopefully some will see the folly in his ravings,thus if someones listens to thoughts posted here then all good.

[BiK3RChiK]

Hell! Crashing ain't funny!! I've been in a few car accidents, none of which were my fault. The two worst ones were a drunk driver smashed into me head-on after losing it coming around a corner and the other one was at night coming around a blind corner and a whole herd of about 300 cows were on the road!!!! EWWWW!!! That made a mess! Hopefully, I don't meet ANY of these scenarios on the bike.... I'm sure the back pain I contend with now is nothing compared to what that would be like! Ride safe everyone...

[kiwi cowboy]

I haven't!!!
But then I've only been riding road for a month

[kiwi cowboy]

[QUOTE=MaxCannon;1431426]None so far


Another one was a close call with a barrier turning on the motorway,


sooooooo i hope you stoped and gave that barrier a good talking to witch way did it turn-did it indercate
sorry

[headlesschicken]

I aint gonna be crashing for a while now.. my bikes getting fixed
(not my fault!)

[Radar]

Heres a few from me...

1. Loose crap on tight bend:
30 years ago I was taking my 650 Triumph Bonneville (big fast bike back in those days) up a mountain road, hit some dirt on a hairpin curve and slid into the bank. Bike and I only had a few scratches, lucky no one was coming down in the other lane.
Lesson: Dunno. Cannot go slow on every curve and if the dirt, metal or diesel is spread wide, it will be very difficult to avoid.


2. Tram tracks:
Also back when I was a young dude, I had my picked-up-from Munich factory new 600 BMW with my friend on back. We hit the streets of Budapest, Hungary, early on a Sunday morning. The streets were slick from rain that night and I was going extra slow due to the tram tracks on the road but #$%@X!! I got caught anyway in those tracks and it threw both of us sliding into the curb. I had crashbars installed over the BMW's opposing cylinder heads for this reason and we came away from that with hardly a scratch on the crashbars. Again, lucky there was no traffic, and that I had a leather jacket and helmet, the bike had crash bars, and somehow my friend was ok.
Lesson: Avoid Chch roads when wet!


3. My stupid accident:
In stop and go bumper to bumper city traffic with my Triumph Bonneville, decades ago. I was really tired from staying up most of the night so was not paying attention and throttled too much when the guy in front suddenly stopped - swerved but banged my knee so hard I could not walk and an onlooker insisted I get into the ambulance that came. On crutches but managed to paint my helmet with the extra free time, LOL. Lucky nothing broken.
Lesson: don't ride when fatigued


4. Stupidity nr 2:
My friend nearly died a year ago on the Paihiatua Track that leads into Palmerston North. She was in hospital for ONE YEAR and is now paralyzed for life with limited movement in one arm. It had been 20+ years since she was on a bike, went out and bought a big cruiser on hp, and after a few rides she decided to go to Palmerston North with gale force winds and heavy rain - there were weather warnings all over the place - shiite, I would not have caged over there in those conditions. Took a curve too wide and slammed into an oncoming car. Not so lucky, except that she survived and gets lots of support from everyone including her (born) paraplegic husband.
Lesson: bad weather + lack of skills = crash!
Footnote: a week ago I went over the same twisty road where she had the accident, and I was nervous and reminding myself "slow in, power on, faster out" etc at each curve. Wouldn't have done it without the (unknowing) support of the Ulysses Club group I was riding with. Anyway, it was a psychological block that I needed to deal with and it felt good to achieve that ride.


5. Inexperience
One of my riding mates went too fast into a corner because he was freaked out when a $40k Ducati flew past him, breaking his concentration. He panicked and hit the clutch and front brake hard - over he went but at least his protective clothing and MX knee guards saved him, so he lucked out wearing his gear.
Lesson: PRACTICE those tight curves and don't let anything ruin your concentration.


Conclusion: Most accidents are avoidable. Even when cagers are out to kill by swerving into MC's, as we see on this thread a skilled rider can take evasive action. For the unavoidable situations, if we are wearing protective gear and don't get run over or thrown into cheese cutters, injuries can be minimised.

[Wingnut]

Haven't crashed on the road but have 3 broken vertibrae due to the offroad variety.

[Skyryder]

Nothing major. Went into the side of a concrete underpass years back slowish but hit the wall.

That's the underpass that goes below the Sockburn bridge on Main South road.

My only crash


Skyryder

[blossomsowner]

most serious accident i had was when an old guy pulled across the intersection i was about to cross (I had the green light) and i thought thats ok until he stopped......... blocking both lanes completely..... so I parked my bike front first just forward of his drivers door and and carried on forwards. broke two bones in my right hand. Plenty of close calls but i agree that safe riding practices go a long way to reducing the risks.

[icekiwi]

Had A few years riding on an off (more on than off luckily)...
Last slide down the road was after the front went and I lowsided 1/2 way through a sharpish righthander on my way to work 12 mths ago ...
A good scrape to the fairings...a good reminder 4 me...
Concentrate on what your doing....would have saved my arse...