Our crashes; how they happened?

Well, I was reading Hornet's little story and thought it'd be very interesting and funny (hopefully) to read about other people's. Gruesome I know bwaahaahaa!

So I'll start;

2004, I'm begging my Dad to let me ride his bike (02 VFR v-tec), and he finally relents.
"My beloved son, here are the keys, there's the track. I know you've never ridden a bike before. Don't survive if you crash my bike. Have fun".

5 laps later I hit the v-tec for the first time, and head towards a 90deg right-hander at what feels like triple my previous speeds...

So naturally I grab a full four fingers on the front brake with the strength of a woman giving childbirth, and for some stupid-ass reason I actually remember the linked brakes and stamp on the back too.

I sailed gracefully over the handlebars while the bike did an equally graceful cartwheel behind me. The head marshall was behind me at the time, and says the bike actually did a 360 in the air and landed back on it's wheels (explains the popped fork seal), wobbling a bit and then flopping onto it's left-hand side.

Mild concussion, dislocated left shoulder and broken right foot.
All in all, must've been hilarious and I've only finished paying off my Dad 2 months ago.

Not too bad considering what the marshall explained to us happened!



PS: Didn't like the bike anyway...

Ouch!

My last one, day one, attempted changing up from 2nd to 3rd whilst wheelying.....approx 80 mph at change of gear, worked a treat and continued sailing along front wheel aloft until I landed it at about 100mph.

Decided to have another pop, prove to myself it was more judgement than luck.........Ooooooooo yeah I am a wheelie master and no mistake.

Day two, bit pissed off with trouble with my ex-wife, decide to take it out on the roads. Have another pop at my new trick..........OK, so it was more luck than judgement I thought, as I slid down the road at 85mph on my arse.

Bike written off, insurance paid out enough to buy a bike a year younger with 5,000 less miles and full akra system. Dislocated a toe, broke a toe. Small price to pay for an upgraded SuperDuke!

Mind you, the insurance company are recouping their losses through my annual premium now!!

Girlfriend wanted a promise....no more wheelies. We came to a compromise, I will no longer attempt to change up from 2nd to 3rd whilst on the balancing point. Job's a goodun!

I have binned it twice so far...once on the road and once on the track...once on my bike and once...not on my bike

The first one I was out on my CBR1100XX with a group of guys, we had just been through some nice high speed sweepers and the day was going well until we turned off onto another road, it was very tight and twisty of course when you have been sitting on 180++ it takes while to adjust again...so of course belting along doing maybe 120kph we come to a lovely downhill, off camber, decreasing radius corner way too fast, my mate Faye who is in front can see whats coming so she starts washing off speed as do I, she tips it in but runs wide over the white line and loses the front which pushes her yet wider...right into my path as I was hanging out VERY wide so i could cut back in harder and hopefully make the corner...anyway options were:

a) Do I try to tip in and maybe take out my mate in the process
b) or do i look for a soft place in the scenery

I took option b, washed off a bit of speed and came down on my left side at about 100k's, peg dug in while sliding and both me and the bike somersaulted off into the tree's...ended up laying across a fallen tree on my back, bike upside down next to me leaning up against a tree and bit's of Blackbird scattered everywhere...on the other side of the tree's about an 8m drop into a rocky creek bed

Damage to myself was gravel rash, Kevlar burns and nasty swelling to my left knee, (wearing Draggin Jeans at the time), minor right collarbone fracture, severe bruising to my back...and the belting from the missus who was on the ride and came around the corner to see my bike busted up and me nowhere to be seen...

Faye ended up catching the front end lose and rode back to check on me...I think my first words were oops...oh fook

Now for the pics...











and here is the before shot...



but hey sometimes these things happen for a reason, I might not have a Superduke if this hadn't have happened

This happened on a brandy new 2002 gixxer 600 yellow/black, and the only bike I've ever owned with a steering damper. I was on the Garden State Parkway riding at about 100mph when my friend and I decided to slow down a bit while passing an infamous cop speed trap. Needless to say I gave it WAY TOO MUCH front brake, the bike began to violently tank slap. Instead of letting go of the brake and riding it out, I gave it more front brake, and off into the wild blue yonder I took off over the bars. I slid 100 yards without a jacket. The bike a total loss slid 500 yards. I recon i was traveling at 75mph when I hit the pavement.

Every moment I was telling myself this is the moment a car takes my life, but nothing ever hit me. When I stopped tumbling I stood up to sea of white lights. My friend ran up to me, and he looked like he died. He was pale, and breathing heavy, and was really happy to find me alive. I walked onto the ambulance, never went into shock, and went home after 3 hours of "scraping" at the hospital. 30 days later I returned to work, but I took a year off from bikes, trying to gather myself...the rest if history. I learned an important lesson, and I hope someone else see this and NEVER RIDES WITHOUT PROPER GEAR!!!!!!

PS I know I'm wearing a moomoo, but what you cant see is both my hips and sides looked just like my arm, and I couldn't wear anything with a waist band for 3 weeks. Showering was the worst part, the water would be at a slow drip, and it still hurt so bad.

A moomoo, lord that's funny. Glad I can laugh about it now because you didn't get hit by a car!

Thanks Smurf, I'm glad you can get a laugh outta it.

thanks Jo.
i am using this as an excuse to get new exhaust
now what to get?

Acra ti full exhaust, do not forget the newest SDR has a bigger header that works with all slip-ons....

Have ya seen her..... tell me have ya seen her??.... do do doo do doo do doo do, in a picture show... have ya seen her... the song,, black dudes sing it


why oh why did you have to go away,,,, oh yaah oh I been lookin to have some one to lean on.....and Im lost baby Im lost... LOLOLOL

forum karaoke, how ye likey!!!!??? joe you are the funniest sob i ever met!!

Sounds like my washing machine on spin cycle! :shock:[/quote] back still rice crispies snap crackle and pop, I have never broken anything right off just green breaks and stress fractures ,ligaments torn off(norway viking blood lines )....er....explaines the unslim build and tact less approch on things in general

Jim, if this had offended you so sorry my man, no foul intended. so I did edit this post.

Peace,
joe