According to an article in Visordown it is inevitable, but is really just luck that in 25 years of riding and I mean lots of it I never have?
http://www.visordown.com/features/on...rash/6225.html
What do you think?
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06-08-14, 08:26 PM
According to an article in Visordown it is inevitable, but is really just luck that in 25 years of riding and I mean lots of it I never have?
http://www.visordown.com/features/on...rash/6225.html
What do you think?
It is all guess work. Someone could have ten accidents and the other nine would never have one. I would like to think that I will never crash again as I am now more responsible and careful but there is always something around the corner that could take you out.
Yeah I think I'm becoming that someoneOriginally Posted by Conehead
I had mine when some prick knocked me off my moped
I have a dodgy knee as a reminder of a nasty encounter with a kerbstone when I was 16, tried to go around a corner on rails but the bike didnt want to. Think myself very lucky as I missed the on coming truck by inches! Certainly I treat corners (especially kerbstones) with trepidation! Also taught me the value of cow hide! Amazingly the bike was fine, save a torn seat cover.
The other morning I saw a neighbour from the street (16 years old) do the same thing that I did all those years ago, although he did it without the breakage (well not to him anyway his special go-faster exhaust looked more like a saxophone when he picked up his bike).
Several early days accidents in my teens, mainly on the 'ped and a notable one that wrote off my X7, all would now be avoided as totally down to my inexperience and (mainly) to my total disregard for personal and public safety - ie riding like a dickhead.
Since then most have been off-road or the odd track spill (a few seasons bum basic proddie racing back in the LC era). On the road I've not had a spill for nearly 25 years and IAM training will hopefully help this continue.
Nothing is guaranteed though, out Tuesday evening and was presented with a van overtaking a cyclist on a blind corner, fortunately I was not bang on the white line and had plenty in reserve and was able to drop in sharper. Not so sure though if I had arrived at the corner a fraction later : (
Trev did you ever race against a mate of mine Adam Lewis in the LC proddie days.
Don't recall the name but then only new a few by name. I raced in North Gloucester Motorcycle Club in the early 80's, I think from about '82 through to '86, circuits were Castle Coombe, Keevil, Colerne and I even recall a session at Thruxton but that may have been an 'invitation'. Started on an X7 (used a couple) and then onto an LC. Steve Colville was the tuner of choice (also got him to do my DT175!). Never troubled the leaders much (certainly on the X7) but usually managed to get in half a dozen or more races each weekend by running a 250cc and entering proddie and open classes. I recall being lapped by a mate of mine, Mark stone on his RG500 race bike and that was in a 4 lap 'qualifer'!
Cracking fun, really was racing on a budget, the first couple of seasons were on the bike I rode to work, just changed top end, rejetted carbs, bunged on the racing tyres and taped up the lights. Did lead to two weeks commute on my mums C70 when I binned it once in practice.
We've all been there. Laying in a ditch or roadside somewhere. Sadly with increased traffic on the road multiplied with less tolerance and awareness of other road users multiplied the shocking state of our roads these days, by it's inevitable that we will all have "incidents" of some kind while riding. We just have to do our best to minimise the chance of that happening.
+1. All the above factors. Would add a lack of patience which = frustration = accidents.We've all been there. Laying in a ditch or roadside somewhere. Sadly with increased traffic on the road multiplied with less tolerance and awareness of other road users multiplied the shocking state of our roads these days, by it's inevitable that we will all have "incidents" of some kind while riding. We just have to do our best to minimise the chance of that happening.
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