How fast have you crashed before??
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RE: How fast have you crashed before??
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Lesson learnt : Never be over confidence ; always be in a proper riding attire..jacket and jeans at least ; check your tires daily( it caused me to low sided) ; it made me $4700 poorer!!!
Lesson learnt : Never be over confidence ; always be in a proper riding attire..jacket and jeans at least ; check your tires daily( it caused me to low sided) ; it made me $4700 poorer!!!
whiteguyblackblade - i hate when people are like "pop a wheelie" just got to ignore it =/. and i know what you mean with the doctors and nurses not being gentle with road-rash. (and vicadin only makes you sleepy which is bull - i want what women get thru birth)
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RE: How fast have you crashed before??
Forum members..anymore funny or scary stories to tell???
This can be a learning experience to all..All of us dun have to go thru the same stupid mistakes that I made or others here who wrote their stories.
Come on..share ur memorable experience(some not), while others who read can roll on their backs in laughter or send a shiver down their spine!! [8D]
This can be a learning experience to all..All of us dun have to go thru the same stupid mistakes that I made or others here who wrote their stories.
Come on..share ur memorable experience(some not), while others who read can roll on their backs in laughter or send a shiver down their spine!! [8D]
#23
12-10-2006, 02:10 PM
RE: How fast have you crashed before??
Here's another one...
First year riding my YZF600R. Parked at the Bank lot, I mounted the bike, geared up, fall weather, and exicted to Ride. I noticed someone waiting to take my spot, so I was a bit anxious. Started the bike up, clutch in, 1st gear, and ease on the throttle. Next thing you know, the bike abruptly stops, I go forward in a hurry, then the bike slams to right. Now I'm pinned between the bike on my left and a big'o SUV on the right. If you can image, the SUV blocked my fall to the groud. I then noticed, you guessed it, I didn't remove the front wheel lock. DAMN! Mind you, I bought it in yellow for visiablity. I just never used the cord that wraps around the handle bar.
I was so embrassing. I couldn't move. I was pinned. I could get a good grib to push/pull the bike off me. I was suffering like a fish out of water. Lucky and to add further embrassment, the person waiting for my spot became my Super hero. He/She, I can't remember, pulled the bike off me and help with standing the bike up. Wow, did I feel like a di*k!
I then, with my chin up, remove the damn lock off the brake and freed myself from this horrific embrassing ordeal.
Good times! NOT!
First year riding my YZF600R. Parked at the Bank lot, I mounted the bike, geared up, fall weather, and exicted to Ride. I noticed someone waiting to take my spot, so I was a bit anxious. Started the bike up, clutch in, 1st gear, and ease on the throttle. Next thing you know, the bike abruptly stops, I go forward in a hurry, then the bike slams to right. Now I'm pinned between the bike on my left and a big'o SUV on the right. If you can image, the SUV blocked my fall to the groud. I then noticed, you guessed it, I didn't remove the front wheel lock. DAMN! Mind you, I bought it in yellow for visiablity. I just never used the cord that wraps around the handle bar.
I was so embrassing. I couldn't move. I was pinned. I could get a good grib to push/pull the bike off me. I was suffering like a fish out of water. Lucky and to add further embrassment, the person waiting for my spot became my Super hero. He/She, I can't remember, pulled the bike off me and help with standing the bike up. Wow, did I feel like a di*k!
I then, with my chin up, remove the damn lock off the brake and freed myself from this horrific embrassing ordeal.
Good times! NOT!
#24
12-10-2006, 06:37 PM
RE: How fast have you crashed before??
been riding sincw 1981 i have a few crashes under my belt.It was 1981 riding a brand new kawasaki LTD 750."cruiser".Nothing stupid just going around a turn in late march hit some sand and down I went maybe 40 mph.What saved my right leg from being cut off was that when the bike went down the case savers grabed the top of the curb and left enough room for my leg.The bike slid for about ten feet with just enough room for my leg.That to this day scares me more then any other accident I ever had.someone was definetly looking out for me.Anyway after the crash I was pinned under the bike.A passerby stopped and lifted the bike and I drove home.
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damn...so many scary stories. My only wreck was 5 min after getting my 95 Kawasaki 500EX turning around at the bottom of a hill, hit some sand and did a very slow lowside...enough to break the handle bar, blinker, and fairing though. That was somewhat embarrassing 
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Well, back in 96, i was in the military in Las Vegas (I can think of wworse places to be stationed). I woke up in a hospital in a lot of pain while being told to push the button for the morphine drip. I was thinking I fell down the stairs at my work because I couldn't remember anything else.
In reality, two days prior I went to lunch and was returning to work going about 45 mph when a car pulled out in front of me to make a left turn. I hit the center of the driver side of the car and it shot me into the air. I went about 30 feet, hit the ground head and left hand first. The cop on the scene said I was awake and answered everything fine except I thought I was in Texas, not Nevada.
UMC did reconstructive surgery on my left wrist. I busted out 6 of my upper front teeth (and that was with a full face helmet) and the gas tank looked like a crushed soda can - my nuts were the size of tennis *****, but black. Keeping my sense of humor (the morphine helped) I asked if I could get the same size in white.
Every morning, when I am putting my teeth in, I am reminded that not every accident is the riders fault and sometimes accidents are unavoidable. The best way to be prepared is by weraing the right gear. There is no doubt that I would be dead if it wasn't for the helmet.
Also, 0mph... bought my 06 cbr1000rr in September and on week later, while parked in a parking lot, some #%&*$@ backed into my bike. he pushed it back about 2 feet until the kickstand snapped and then pushed it a little further on its side. $2,500 in damage and I didn't even make my first payment on the bike. I am glad I had full coverage!
In reality, two days prior I went to lunch and was returning to work going about 45 mph when a car pulled out in front of me to make a left turn. I hit the center of the driver side of the car and it shot me into the air. I went about 30 feet, hit the ground head and left hand first. The cop on the scene said I was awake and answered everything fine except I thought I was in Texas, not Nevada.
UMC did reconstructive surgery on my left wrist. I busted out 6 of my upper front teeth (and that was with a full face helmet) and the gas tank looked like a crushed soda can - my nuts were the size of tennis *****, but black. Keeping my sense of humor (the morphine helped) I asked if I could get the same size in white.
Every morning, when I am putting my teeth in, I am reminded that not every accident is the riders fault and sometimes accidents are unavoidable. The best way to be prepared is by weraing the right gear. There is no doubt that I would be dead if it wasn't for the helmet.
Also, 0mph... bought my 06 cbr1000rr in September and on week later, while parked in a parking lot, some #%&*$@ backed into my bike. he pushed it back about 2 feet until the kickstand snapped and then pushed it a little further on its side. $2,500 in damage and I didn't even make my first payment on the bike. I am glad I had full coverage!
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RE: How fast have you crashed before??
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Well, back in 96, i was in the military in Las Vegas (I can think of wworse places to be stationed). I woke up in a hospital in a lot of pain while being told to push the button for the morphine drip. I was thinking I fell down the stairs at my work because I couldn't remember anything else.
In reality, two days prior I went to lunch and was returning to work going about 45 mph when a car pulled out in front of me to make a left turn. I hit the center of the driver side of the car and it shot me into the air. I went about 30 feet, hit the ground head and left hand first. The cop on the scene said I was awake and answered everything fine except I thought I was in Texas, not Nevada.
UMC did reconstructive surgery on my left wrist. I busted out 6 of my upper front teeth (and that was with a full face helmet) and the gas tank looked like a crushed soda can - my nuts were the size of tennis *****, but black. Keeping my sense of humor (the morphine helped) I asked if I could get the same size in white.
Every morning, when I am putting my teeth in, I am reminded that not every accident is the riders fault and sometimes accidents are unavoidable. The best way to be prepared is by weraing the right gear. There is no doubt that I would be dead if it wasn't for the helmet.
Also, 0mph... bought my 06 cbr1000rr in September and on week later, while parked in a parking lot, some #%&*$@ backed into my bike. he pushed it back about 2 feet until the kickstand snapped and then pushed it a little further on its side. $2,500 in damage and I didn't even make my first payment on the bike. I am glad I had full coverage!
Well, back in 96, i was in the military in Las Vegas (I can think of wworse places to be stationed). I woke up in a hospital in a lot of pain while being told to push the button for the morphine drip. I was thinking I fell down the stairs at my work because I couldn't remember anything else.
In reality, two days prior I went to lunch and was returning to work going about 45 mph when a car pulled out in front of me to make a left turn. I hit the center of the driver side of the car and it shot me into the air. I went about 30 feet, hit the ground head and left hand first. The cop on the scene said I was awake and answered everything fine except I thought I was in Texas, not Nevada.
UMC did reconstructive surgery on my left wrist. I busted out 6 of my upper front teeth (and that was with a full face helmet) and the gas tank looked like a crushed soda can - my nuts were the size of tennis *****, but black. Keeping my sense of humor (the morphine helped) I asked if I could get the same size in white.
Every morning, when I am putting my teeth in, I am reminded that not every accident is the riders fault and sometimes accidents are unavoidable. The best way to be prepared is by weraing the right gear. There is no doubt that I would be dead if it wasn't for the helmet.
Also, 0mph... bought my 06 cbr1000rr in September and on week later, while parked in a parking lot, some #%&*$@ backed into my bike. he pushed it back about 2 feet until the kickstand snapped and then pushed it a little further on its side. $2,500 in damage and I didn't even make my first payment on the bike. I am glad I had full coverage!
This is the scariest accident in my opinion!! Ouch!!! This is 1 of my worst fears..head-on collision onto a car making a turn.
I've seen worse road traffic accidents..part and parcel of being a fire fighter / rescue specialist. This send shivers down my spine..[
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#28
12-15-2006, 02:10 AM
RE: How fast have you crashed before??
40 mph, dog ran out and I split it in half. Nice dose of road rash.
30 mph on my Rd350 racer in 1980, uphill curve, ran out of tire and the bike just slid out. I got to watch it tumble while I landed on my feet and slid. no ****! Not a scratch except torn jeans
30 mph on my Rd350 racer in 1980, uphill curve, ran out of tire and the bike just slid out. I got to watch it tumble while I landed on my feet and slid. no ****! Not a scratch except torn jeans
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40 mph, dog ran out and I split it in half. Nice dose of road rash.
30 mph on my Rd350 racer in 1980, uphill curve, ran out of tire and the bike just slid out. I got to watch it tumble while I landed on my feet and slid. no ****! Not a scratch except torn jeans
40 mph, dog ran out and I split it in half. Nice dose of road rash.
30 mph on my Rd350 racer in 1980, uphill curve, ran out of tire and the bike just slid out. I got to watch it tumble while I landed on my feet and slid. no ****! Not a scratch except torn jeans
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12-30-2006, 02:07 AM
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35 mph on my 2006 CBR1000RR . Man walking his dog with leash in hand not on the dog. The dog decides to Crouse the road with man in chase. Locked up the brakes and lost it. Thank Good that I had my gear on or I wood have had road rash. That was an expensive dog almost $3000 in parts.