The story of a young fella thinking he's god and the lowside that followed

[Filterer]

Well the important question Mark is did any of your mates see you come off or not....?
The bike had some rash anyway so isn't the end of the earth...did you end you riding to school or getting the bus?

[sunhuntin]

problem was i was already going into the corner as it was juddering give or take about a metre and at 50 k's bike don't like being put into first lol by the time i even thought clutch in i was on my asrse literally asking myself...wtf just happened

then i think perhaps your reflexes arent sharp enough. next time, quit thinking your shit hot and focus on what your doing.

prtich....yep, i work on that every time i ride, lmfao. gotten very jumpy around cars and intersections, im often on the brakes when i dont need to be.

[Jonny Rotten]

shit my g string?

you wear a G string !!!!!

thats a bit gay..................

well.....atleast your ok

[McJim]

I'd like to say "yeah we've all done stupid shit like that" but some pedantic fucker would probably pop up and say "I never did - I'm perfect"

I've binned from being an absolute tit - too hard on the front brake while turning a corner and over I went - live and learn.

you probably won't make the downshift on a corner mistake again so in that respect lesson learned - glad only pride got hurt.

If you're anything like me there are loads more lessons to learn - lets hope they're all embarrassing and not dangerous.

cool.

[skidMark]

i didn't downshift mid corner at all i downshifted before i had even started to turn it but i went into the corner while it was still juddering i think and the fact of it being in first with alot of revs i was putting all 34 hp through the wheel most likely on a new slippery tyre i don't think is the best combo...

i guess i was too used to having my lovely gpr 80 that never let go.....no matter how hard i tried

with an irc tyre which we later today found the bike shop put 42 psi in it...noting i only weigh 62 kg's

so that tyre might as well have been solid rubber....

i think i shouldve waitied and saved my pennys for another gpr....learnt this lesson the hard way...

can't blame the tyre i guess i shouldn't put so much faith in the bike eh

[gijoe1313]

Well, good to hear you're alive and well from your experience - at least you can reflect and learn from it. Best to keep reading and learning about the fine art of safe motorcycling! I'm reading everything I can get my hands on and still hungry for more information.

Ah well, fix up the bike and ride safely for the future - at least the only thing hurt was pride (which we really don't need too much of!) and you're getting the usual help and abuse from fellow kbers!

[Katman]

Just the sort of answer I expected from your intellect. What I get from having a bit of faith in you eh. Next time hit the bus your mate was waiting for wont ya. Make life much easier for us all.

Fuck you're a judgmental prick. And don't lecture me about scrapping shit off the road.

[sAsLEX]

I can feel the love in this thread slipping at an alarming rate..


Continental Attacks warm up in a blink but you still have to have some respect on cold tyres...... but you know that now.Remember a simple thing like dumping the bike at low speed doesn't seem so bad,slide across into the other lane and things can change very quickly for the worse.

saw a guy on a bandit 1200 thingo at the top of my street this morning red leathers , had dropped it and was strugglin to pick it up,, was fuckin furious at the car drivers that pushed their way past the poor guy as he tried to pick it up I was well back in a queue a fair way away and was just putting the handbrake on to run across a few lanes of traffic before someone in the car next to the guy gave him a hand to pick it up, Aucklanders are wankers except for the guy who like I was about to got out of his car crossed traffic and gave the guy a hand

vent off


ps was dropping lady to work rode my bike to uni and back as i do every day.

EDIT: them Tls dont like the gravel do they.......

[deathstar]

i have to agree with katman on this one about you speedie ... can't say you haven't done shit wrong and agreed mark pisses alot of people off but you are down his throat about every subject trying to prove him wrong ... shit if there is anyone to say doesn't follow advice i've come off 3 times because i didn't stop. the main thing i beleive is that a bike can be amazing but with a shit rider your going to get trouble

[scracha]

so i downshifted from 3 to what i thought was 2nd ....ended up in first....back wheel locked up and started juddering along . due to the hard engine braking....as far as i remember i brought on the revs a bit which got it out of the juddering by this time i'm starting to enter the corner, a right hander

Thread convergence here but THE LEVER ON THE LEFT OPERATES THE CLUTCH.

Any fule noh you clutch out fast on way up box and clutch out slow on way down box.

Still, at least you did it on a 250 as a learner and admitted it was inexperience.
[BAIT]...shhh....Some of the grown ups do similar things on V-twins and try to blame engine braking. If they can't handle the big toys they should get some training or ride a motorsickle more suited to their abilities [/BAIT]


Remind me NEVER to buy a used 250 in this country!

[Zed]

Live and learn Mark...i'm glad you're still with us!

[RantyDave]

Remind me NEVER to buy a used 250 in this country!

Shit yes. Due to my ongoing non-death my mates are all starting to become interested in biking and, inevitably, asking for advice on a first bike.

It goes something like this: One cyclinder cheap; Two cylinders better; Four cylinders trickier, but more fun to grow into. However, very nearly every second hand IL4 250 in the country has been thrashed absolutely to death.

So, go ahead, prove me wrong....

Dave

[Mr. Peanut]

Shit yes. Due to my ongoing non-death my mates are all starting to become interested in biking and, inevitably, asking for advice on a first bike.

Exactly, I've already converted 4 people to bikes ^_^

Oh, and you think IL4s are bad? Try a 2t >_<
Far better value though.

[Squeak the Rat]

Mark,

The first thing you need to learn to control when riding bikes is the stuff that goes on inside your head.

Then it's a matter of learning and applying the learnings. Read books, articles etc. Get Twist of the Wrist out of the library. PM me your address if you want and I'll mail you a recent PB magazine that has a good article on cornering and the process for entering a corner and throttle/brake application throughout the corner, including the effects on tyres/suspension etc.

And learn from your mistakes. For example, if I hear of you undertaking another rider again I might get grumpy like speedie too.....

At the end of the day mate, we want you to stay alive.

StR

[skidMark]

zxr's crash well very little gets broken

mechanically my bike is loverly.....has had new chain and sprockets....just had the cam chain done with tensioner blade as well and all new springs and shaft etc for the tensioner....

and a loverly new clutch just put in...

it is well loved...

there are a few well loved ones out there just because theyve been lowsided etc....doesn't mean theyve been thrashed...

but in saying that....

the single are all thrashed because people ring the tits off them trying to get power....

the v twins are alright and generally because of the bike they are in are not thrashed....

and inline fours the majority have had an owner at some point that has run it into the ground.....

just gotta check them out thoughroughly before buying ...if it's thrashed you will be able to tell pretty quickly.