View Poll Results: Been in a motorcyle accident
No
16
16.00%
Dropped my bike
31
31.00%
accident, minor or no injury
33
33.00%
major collision with another vehicle
20
20.00%
Voters: 100. You may not vote on this poll
non-scientific poll
Outstanding HDF Member
Joined: Sep 2005
Posts: 3,475
Likes: 3
From: Southeast Wisconsin
Dumped mine 1/2 way on the Blue Ridge Parkway when I stopped to take a photo and parked the bike against the crown in the road, which didn't offer it enough lean. Luckily, I was on the down hill side and caught it before it crashed all the way. Had a bitch of a time lifting it back up but the adrenalin was really flowing. Accidents happen...if you have a constant negative feeling about riding, you probably shouldn't. Sometimes we make our own reality via negative thoughts.
Club Member
Joined: Sep 2009
Posts: 2,290
Likes: 2
It Happens
as i soon venture into the world of motorcycles for the first time...i've been hit with many people giving me a hard time about the number of accidents related to other drivers and how it is too dangerous etc etc.
so...for my own non-scientific poll, i'd like to ask how many of you have been in an accident while riding your motorcycle...
so...for my own non-scientific poll, i'd like to ask how many of you have been in an accident while riding your motorcycle...
Wear your lid and fill out your organ donor card, then ride it like you stole it!
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Joined: Nov 2009
Posts: 87
Likes: 2
From: Brooksville , FL
heh, guys/girls, i'm hard-headed, i'm in this for the long haul. not afraid of dying...or getting hurt. i've done everything at least once...military, jumped out of planes, etc etc. so i'm not really looking for advice, cause no matter the outcome of the poll, i'm still in. i was just interested to see how many motorcyclists have been in accidents of some sort.
Grand HDF Member
Joined: Jan 2008
Posts: 4,530
Likes: 607
From: Raleigh NC
as i soon venture into the world of motorcycles for the first time...i've been hit with many people giving me a hard time about the number of accidents related to other drivers and how it is too dangerous etc etc.
so...for my own non-scientific poll, i'd like to ask how many of you have been in an accident while riding your motorcycle...
so...for my own non-scientific poll, i'd like to ask how many of you have been in an accident while riding your motorcycle...
He passed away today, Hurt sums up his advice about motorcycle safety in one sentence: "There is no magic bullet other than getting smart."
Road Warrior
Joined: Oct 2009
Posts: 1,403
Likes: 25
From: se michigan
there are 2 kinds of motorcycle riders, those that have crashed and those that are gonna crash.....
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Old man pulled out in front of me, said he didn't see me. Broke both bones in the lower left leg right below the knee (I have new hardware now) and my left wrist.
That won't stop me from riding, I like it too damn much......
That won't stop me from riding, I like it too damn much......
Tourer
Joined: Mar 2009
Posts: 421
Likes: 2
From: United Socialist Republic of Massachusetts
I chose #4
But qualify for 2, 4
I was going down the road and got sprayed with a sprinkler, was so pissed, I didn't get the stand down before I got off.
Tried to balance a pizza On my Road King, saved the pizza, dropped the bike.
Riding a friend's enduro in germany, got too close to the car in front of me, he braked to make an illegal turn, and I clipped his quarter, smashed my front end(I Limped away), his rear quarter, the cop took both are statements, because we were both at fault (me riding too close, him making an illegal turn), we could file a claim with our own insurance, but couldn't go after the other(this was all settled right there at the scene)!
But qualify for 2, 4
I was going down the road and got sprayed with a sprinkler, was so pissed, I didn't get the stand down before I got off.
Tried to balance a pizza On my Road King, saved the pizza, dropped the bike.
Riding a friend's enduro in germany, got too close to the car in front of me, he braked to make an illegal turn, and I clipped his quarter, smashed my front end(I Limped away), his rear quarter, the cop took both are statements, because we were both at fault (me riding too close, him making an illegal turn), we could file a claim with our own insurance, but couldn't go after the other(this was all settled right there at the scene)!