10 Common Motorcycle Crashes and How to Avoid Them

http://rideapart.com/2013/08/10-common- ... void-them/

Good read with entertaining videos. Stay safe!

That left turn in front of you got me twice, broke my back the first time

Ive also crashed due to cold tyres/slick surface/squidliness (all in one crash)

Also lost traction in the rain on some oily surface, front tucked.

Then due to ultimate squidliness I looped a bike before lol


Oooohhhhh

I also thought my kickstand was down and fell over once

And another time I was washing my bike and when I was moving it I slipped in the water and it fell over lol

Almost forgot

I had to check my phone for directions so I pulled over on the side of the road. The bike was vertical on the kickstand. Iddidn't think it'd matter since I was going to make it quick and it was late at night with no traffic , then this huge semi truck comes blowing by and it created enough force to make my bike fall over and get owned by the curb lol

BLB has moved things to a new level, he now has a 2 man team come to his location to throw his bike on it's side for him.

An old mate of mine back when we were young once rode his bike into the back of his own parked car.

There may have been some drink involved.

I almost had a little accident of my own as I was laughing so hard

twice in the same day after riding all day, i leaned my Hawk GT650 onto its sidestand to find it was up! i saved both times but pulled a lot of muscles!
years later i got off my 748 thought the side stand was down, it was not, tears ensued...

i was cleaning my 900RR and rolled it backward while trying to get the last of the wax off the front wheel, i had set the bike on its side stand but it was not locked down, the thing fell on top of me when i was lying on my back.
im sure theres more, but time doesnt permit....

On my old fzr, I stopped for fuel. I shut the bike off and took off my helmet before realizing that I had pulled up to one without premium. At this point my helmet was hanging from the left mirror. I started the bike back up to pull ahead to the next pump. As I was rolling ahead, I noticed my helmet starting to slip off the mirror. I reached to save it, somehow forgetting that my left hand was already in use (slipping the clutch). Both helmet and bike tumbled to the ground.

I lowsided once while dragging elbows around VIR. Done it countless times before, but this time I had installed stiffer fork springs without balancing the rear with a stiffer spring. Lost the front, at least I was already on the ground. The bike's capabilities were exceeded.

Been hit by fellow bikers from behind twice. Picking your riding buddies is very important, riding faster and staying far ahead is too, but that has consequences as well, too many crash trying to "keep up".

Funnily enough I've been learning this shit all day as I had to do a Rider Improvement Course (RIDE) today. Got caught on my fav stretch of road doing 120 in a 60, 72 in a 50 and 48 in a 40. TBH I'm very lucky the copper (who was on a unmarked bike) was really cool as that should have been an automatic ban and a driving without due care and attention charge. To say I shat myself when he told me the speeds he had me at is an understatement! He took pity on me though and just told me to slow the fook down and keep it under 3 figures in future. It worked because I've stopped fast road riding, if I lose my licence I looe everything. The course was ok actually and I enjoyed it in the end. Learnt a couple of things to take away from it and avoided up to 9 points and a massive fine! Win!

And our clowns have more humility, therefore making them wiser also.