Soooo...
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From: Oklahoma
Soooo...
I've always heard the saying that "there are 2 types of riders: those that have laid their bikes down and those those who haven't laid their bikes down, yet."
Yesterday I got to join the first group...
Just proceeded through an intersection when the line of cars in front of me slowed down quicker than I was ready for. Hit the brakes a little too hard and they locked up, and I laid my bike down on it's left side. And of course it was the day that I had just decided it was just a short trip to run a couple of errands and it was just warm enough to not go ahead and wear my jacket and I had rushed out of work, locking up my helmet inside...
Good news: only a handful of stitches to me head where it bounced on the pavement and some nice road rash on my arm and hands. A few other scratches and bruise, and a major bruise to my ego and PO'd at myself that it happened.
Better news: only broke the shifter peg off from the slide, a scratched up clutch lever, scratched up left mirror housing and broken mirror.
Ironic twist: one of the errands was stopping by the tag office to transfer the bike title into my name and get my new tag.
Funniest moment: my 4.5 yo daughter, after I told her what happened-
"You fell on the road?"
"Yes, honey."
"Next time fall in the grass. It's softer."
Dat's my girl...
Yesterday I got to join the first group...
Just proceeded through an intersection when the line of cars in front of me slowed down quicker than I was ready for. Hit the brakes a little too hard and they locked up, and I laid my bike down on it's left side. And of course it was the day that I had just decided it was just a short trip to run a couple of errands and it was just warm enough to not go ahead and wear my jacket and I had rushed out of work, locking up my helmet inside...
Good news: only a handful of stitches to me head where it bounced on the pavement and some nice road rash on my arm and hands. A few other scratches and bruise, and a major bruise to my ego and PO'd at myself that it happened.
Better news: only broke the shifter peg off from the slide, a scratched up clutch lever, scratched up left mirror housing and broken mirror.
Ironic twist: one of the errands was stopping by the tag office to transfer the bike title into my name and get my new tag.
Funniest moment: my 4.5 yo daughter, after I told her what happened-
"You fell on the road?"
"Yes, honey."
"Next time fall in the grass. It's softer."
Dat's my girl...
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Joined: Sep 2012
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From: San Diego
Ouch. I have been riding a very long time and like you are "in the club" but it happened with of course my first bike, when I was 18. The good news, I have not repeated the feat. Well, IMO the track does not count. : ) So hopefully you'll join the "once is enough" crew now. Glad you are ok, bikes can be fixed, hard to put brains back into a broken head.
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Mine was just a few months ago on a sharp, right-hand curve in Virginia. I don't want to do it again.
A note about helmets. I understand that in the majority of crashes, the greatest protection occurs when you go from the sitting upright position to hitting your head on the pavement. In other words, a 4 1/2 to 5 foot drop. You don't have to be going far and fast to need one.
Glad you are okay.
A note about helmets. I understand that in the majority of crashes, the greatest protection occurs when you go from the sitting upright position to hitting your head on the pavement. In other words, a 4 1/2 to 5 foot drop. You don't have to be going far and fast to need one.
Glad you are okay.
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From: Saint Amant, Acadiana
MrTheatre, it is possible to stay up even with locked up front. It requires some practicing. I do not know the real circumstances of your incident indeed. Maybe laying it down was a wise decision.
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It was one of those choice moments... But I seriously doubt wisdom was a part of it!
Thanks for giving a positive thought to it!
