Never thought I'd post a thread like this - aka Spuds1234 nearly bins it

[scumdog]

I was going a bit quick and probably wasn't paying enough attention.
Spuds1234

C'mon dude, this is KB - ya don't say stuff like that on KB - after all, this is the 21st Century where it's always somebody elses fault.

And too much speed has nothing to do with any crash.

[phoenixgtr]

Gotta watch those cars mate. Glad to hear you came out of it ok

[Spuds1234]

If I dont take responsibility for the things I can control no one else will.

If I ever end up down in the dumps with no money and no bike it will probably be my fault. No one elses.

In everything you do there is always a lesson to be learnt. Its whether or not you stop to find the lesson, think about it and then learn from it that counts.

[Mr Triple]

If I dont take responsibility for the things I can control no one else will.

If I ever end up down in the dumps with no money and no bike it will probably be my fault. No one elses.

In everything you do there is always a lesson to be learnt. Its whether or not you stop to find the lesson, think about it and then learn from it that counts.

You have a fantastic attitude spuds, it's a shame more people don't take it on board.

See you out on the road sometime.
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[HungusMaximist]

Learnt a good lesson after I over took a car in a suburban road and got hit.

Learn the lesson and move on!

Those GSXF are hefty beast btw!

[Spuds1234]

Those GSXF are hefty beast btw!

Sure are. Ive had 15000 trouble free km's on mine, and 10000 troublesome ones.

The bike just doesnt want to stop going. Sure it needs a new 2nd gear which Im weighting up fixing, or I will just sell it and get something else. Just dont know what to do yet. Need to do more soul searching.

And riding without 2nd gear isnt that bad once you get used to it. Hell its been so long without 2nd gear when I get on other bikes I always rev 1st and go right into third. The ZXR250 I helped test ride the other day didnt like that much. It took it though /ramble

[mashman]

loud pipes save lives!

Not always... In the last year i've had 3 people switch into my lane on the highway whilst riding next to them... RSVR with open Akras, not exactly quiet... It's just sheer fuckin ignorance... they still don't look. Add that to the several incidents i've almost had a roundabouts... People cutting into my lane and nearly wiping me out and this mornings incident with the old guy that was staring at me as we both entered the roundabout at the same time, the difference being that he was speeding and I wasn't... I had right of way and somewhere between the access point of the roundabout and the roundabout itself he realised that and thought it would be a great idea to give way... He slammed on his anchors and watched as i missed the backend of his cage by mm... I swear i could feel his exhaust on my shin as i went by...

There's no legislating for idiots that can't use their mirrors or indeed make a decision at an intersection... Like Spuds and a few others say ... Prepare for the worst case scenario in your day to day riding and you'll likely stay tyres down...

[EJK]

loud pipes save lives!

Did you had to say that out LOUD?? lol

Glad to know you are OK Spuds. Its good to finally read a KB'er being honest and self-critical: you knew you were going too fast and were not paying attention as you should have been. All too often I read here about an accident or near accident, and the KB'er blames cagers, road conditions, bad brakes, the weather or anything else but never puts himself into the equation. When roads are used as race tracks by bikers who cannot see past their nose with any self awareness, accidents will happen.

So Spuds, thanks much for your post. You have given us a fair analysis and hopefully it will result in better safer riders.

I'd say! I'm tired of blaming on the cagers and diesel on the ground. Bling for both of you!

[motorbyclist]

Loud pipes point behind you not forward. The majority of the sound travels behind you and in an upwards direction ergo the car infront of you probably still wont hear you and you will go deaf faster.

true, but it does make a difference, just like how headlights only work when someone is looking in your direction while you head towards them but they do help you get noticed nonetheless

perfect example was one day i was unfortunate enough to be stuck in my car in the parking lot that is the auckland motorway. i heard a rumble over the racket coming from my stereo and that gave me enough time to ensure i wasn't blocking the bright headlights splitting up behind me (turned out to be a SV1000 that sounded like it had no mufflers at all and a hyosung following close behind)

that said, many cars are so well sound insulated you can't even hear the bells at railway crossings and many drivers don't seem to know how to use mirrors for anything other than adjusting their make-up

plus i like to hear alot of what's happening around me, which is why i don't use an mp3 player while riding (not that i even own one, but i know people that do ride with them blaring over the wind and engine noise)

[motorbyclist]

He slammed on his anchors and watched as i missed the backend of his cage by mm... I swear i could feel his exhaust on my shin as i went by...

i've had a few whereby the car accelerating rather than stopping has prevented the accident also, plus a few where by braking i've had to make emergency maneuvers that i wouldn't have otherwise had to have made

[PrincessBandit]

... I was lucky enough to break/stop in time before the guy pulled right out in front of me.. I stopped there shaking me head at him, when he got out to apologize, I gave him the finger and hit the gas = P ......

Its a good reminder.. slippery roads are not forgiving.

Understandable, but at least he went to apologize. I would have felt totally stink if I'd done that, stopped to apologize to you and you treated me like that. Or maybe that was the whole point of your response. An encounter like that would not put bike riders highly in my esteem; and before you rant about the driver deserving it for their actions at least you were about to get an apology rather than abuse from him. Trust me, there are plenty of road users out there who abuse the crap out of you even when something is entirely their fault.
"Slippery roads are not forgiving" - obviously neither are you.

[motorbyclist]

+1

they stopped, and wanted to apologise. usually they keep driving, if they DO stop, 9 times out of ten they try to abuse you because it somehow isn't their fault they ran a stop sign/red light/failed to give way/didn't look/were reversing back around a blind corner.

that said, i'm usually pretty angry with people when they nearly hurt my bike/me

[FruitLooPs]

I've had the whole u-turn situation too, memorial ave with the fuggin split median sections. Every tom dick and harry wants to pop a u-turn at them.

In my instance someone was doing a u-turn into the two opposite direction lanes, thus blocking the view of the bint who decided to do a u-turn into the lanes going in my direction with me just down the road tootling along.

A large amount of skid (bloody panic, must learn from that), some furious braking on her part (not before she was sideways across both of the lanes) I jumped off the brakes, weaved hard off the road and around her front bumper by 10cm odd.

I think she was in a state of shock, I was already off and down the road cursing profusely into my helmet.

Keep an eye out in the weather! if it'd been wet I would've dropped it from braking and slid into her car sideways

[Guided_monkey]

Gotta love those bugger's that 'Sorry mate didn't see you'

Had one tonight on Southern Motorway. Red BMW no indication just pulled into a notional gap in the fast lane...... only problem was me filtering. Headlight on high and indicators.

A quick heart in mouth moment...... lot's of brake..... wet road!!!!!

And the knuckle head finally realises there's a big red, loud motorbike in his way.

Oh well........ another life almost lost.