Call me the "wreckmeister"
I've been down more times than Linda Lovelace and still riding.
View Poll Results: Have you ever crashed a bike
Never crashed.
116
24.84%
Put a bike down once.
165
35.33%
Been down more than once.
186
39.83%
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How many have crashed.
Tourer
Joined: Feb 2009
Posts: 318
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From: Houston area
Twice.
Back in the 80's, first day cleared to go back to full duty at work after ACL surgery an 83 yr old man driving a '70 bonneville pulls out from a stop sign and catches me between the forks and frame. I do me Evel Knievel impersonation flying thrugh the air and bouncing around the pavement. Full face helmet so mainly road rash but my rice burner was totaled.
Last year on my current bike, 1,600 miles from home, a guy in a pickup backs staright out into the road from a blind spot. I t-bone him, thrown forward then onto the pavement. Fractured my right thumb and messed up the tendon when it came off the grip and smashed into my fairing mounted mirror. $5,000 dmage to the front end.
Bike shipped home and I flew.
Back in the 80's, first day cleared to go back to full duty at work after ACL surgery an 83 yr old man driving a '70 bonneville pulls out from a stop sign and catches me between the forks and frame. I do me Evel Knievel impersonation flying thrugh the air and bouncing around the pavement. Full face helmet so mainly road rash but my rice burner was totaled.
Last year on my current bike, 1,600 miles from home, a guy in a pickup backs staright out into the road from a blind spot. I t-bone him, thrown forward then onto the pavement. Fractured my right thumb and messed up the tendon when it came off the grip and smashed into my fairing mounted mirror. $5,000 dmage to the front end.
Bike shipped home and I flew.
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Joined: Feb 2008
Posts: 5,615
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From: Escondido, CA
I dont know why someone would call themselfs a biker and then use the word CRASH!
I am 72 yrs young and rideing strong and I have lost some good friends over the yrs of riding. some thier fault some not. It seems that some of you folks on this fourm like the word CRASH very much. crash bars, have you crashed, I crashed, the word crash is not or never used by anyone that has been involved with Harleys over the years. The word crash is very offensive to a lot of us folks.
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I am 72 yrs young and rideing strong and I have lost some good friends over the yrs of riding. some thier fault some not. It seems that some of you folks on this fourm like the word CRASH very much. crash bars, have you crashed, I crashed, the word crash is not or never used by anyone that has been involved with Harleys over the years. The word crash is very offensive to a lot of us folks.
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Joined: Nov 2007
Posts: 59
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From: long island
My first accident was with a car,that I thought was parking on the right side of the road but she thought she was driving a semi into her driveway on left, I tried to pass her on left and she turned into me, my fault!
second mishap i was making a left turn and the road looked wet but no rain in sight,all of a sudden the bike slips out from underneath me ,kept my feet up and spun around in circles thank goodness for crash bars! apparently a truck spilled fuel oil around the turn.
second mishap i was making a left turn and the road looked wet but no rain in sight,all of a sudden the bike slips out from underneath me ,kept my feet up and spun around in circles thank goodness for crash bars! apparently a truck spilled fuel oil around the turn.
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Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 4,598
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From: navarre ohio
betting 60-70%of the people on here that have been riding a while have gone down at least once,hard enough it took a min. to start thinking strait again
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Saying it differently !!
I dont know why someone would call themselfs a biker and then use the word CRASH!
I am 72 yrs young and rideing strong and I have lost some good friends over the yrs of riding. some thier fault some not. It seems that some of you folks on this fourm like the word CRASH very much. crash bars, have you crashed, I crashed, the word crash is not or never used by anyone that has been involved with Harleys over the years. The word crash is very offensive to a lot of us folks.
Retro 08
I am 72 yrs young and rideing strong and I have lost some good friends over the yrs of riding. some thier fault some not. It seems that some of you folks on this fourm like the word CRASH very much. crash bars, have you crashed, I crashed, the word crash is not or never used by anyone that has been involved with Harleys over the years. The word crash is very offensive to a lot of us folks.
Retro 08
