ok guys i am pretty new to the harley zoo and i was wondering who has had the most spills and who has hit the road hardest as my bike is about to arrive from the good oldUS of A and hoped i might learn a tip or two from you seasoned road runners?

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I've been in two accidentswhile riding. I hit a car the first time, and a truck hit me the second. Thankfully, I was able to recover fully from both. I was being stupid and riding a wheelie when I hit the car, so I guess I asked for that one. When the truck hit me, I was paying attention and riding sensibly. I even saw it about to happen in that "bullet time" slow motion, but I was unable to do anything about it. I say the same thing to everyone I talk to who is thinking of taking up motorcycling, "it's not a matter of if you will get in an accident on a bike, but when."

 

souljah
ride like you're invisible
lots of screwballs out there
i notice them more so on my scoot
than when driving.as for accidents
none,but plenty of close calls
i've been riding for 9 years
i thank the Lord for that!!
nice pic in your thread.

 

watch everyone trust no one, always expect the unexpected when least expected!

 

New member of the Down club. I wrecked 2 sport bikes when i was young w/o getting too injured. Went down Wed. because i looked down to unzip a zipper. My mistake i guess it took longer than i realized and i was deep in a corner. Surgery is thursday to "put the jigsaw puzzle together" as the dr. called my arm. Wear ur gear. Have fun.

 

Was riding in stop and go traffic on a freshly paved road durin a light drizzle. Hit the front brake a little to hard and the bike went down in a nanosecond. Was doing about 25mph and went over the handlebars. Skidded on my palms enough to wear a hole through the palm of one of my leather gloves and kissed the pavement with the side of my face. Might have broken something in my face as I had an aweful sinus infection for about 3 weeks on that side to go with the black eye, but thank God for the gloves.

 

Had a 79 honda 400 few years ago..went around a corner way to fast, realized I wasn't goig to be able to make the turn so I breaked....rear tire locked up..held the skid..however when I let up flung me off the bike...saw the bike slide down the road infront of me. Scary as hell..had a full face to the face was okay...knee right arm (near elbow) serious road rash (I had a polo on..dumb..)..have a big bumpy scar now...but it's cool, I tell the ladies I was bitten buy a shark.

Got a deuce two weeks ago...going to wear gear and definitely going to be careful on her.

 

far out guys sounds like some pretty close calls guys the man up stairs must be watching you

 

been riding a couple years, been down once. wasnt too bad, just making a quick right hand turn on gravel.

 

+ 1 . you really are kidding yourself if you don;t think you will ever fall off. just a question of how bad.
ride safe , do a riding course.