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smallfrowne Scooby Slapper
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Posted: 11:26 - 12 Oct 2015 Post subject: Front tyre Vs Back tyre collision |
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3rd Track day completed yesterday, lovely day for it as well. 1st ever proper off at speed too, track or road.
It all happened so fast, it was at the end of the start/finish straight going into the left hand bend - I was following a green bike and we both went wide to get round another bike I think. The memory gets hazy at this point but I'm 99% sure (according to my recollection which may be 100% wrong) the green bike went down with a low/high side or something and I went straight into him as he was on the ground. We both ended up sliding some way onto the grass and medical took him off for a look, I was fine. Marshals are a friendly bunch.
Oops. I probably shouldn't of been so close (although I wasn't right up his arse) and maybe I could of avoided him better if I had the skillz but I ended up going over his ankle, not that I knew it at the time. Once back in the paddock in the process stripping off the broken panels to get home (1.5hr ride ) he came up to me and asked what happened (discharged from medical ). He thought I hit his back end and took his rear tyre out.
This set the niggling doubt in my mind that maybe I did, even though I'm sure he'd lost it before I ended up going into him. From watching moto gp and the like the commentators always mention that the front wheel always loses out the the back tyre of the leading rider in confrontations, how true is this? Though I know anything is possible
Anyway the day was a good laugh and I managed to get home with twisted forks and broken r/h footrest, he didn't seem too peeved by it (perhaps a little) and was limping but upright, and was with a gaggle of mates and a van - who kept asking me questions as though he couldn't of done anything wrong, but then maybe he didn't, I don't know anymore. I wish I'd of asked the people watching at the side if anybody had any footage but I was more worried about getting home, oh and finding my gloves, which I think some nob has run off with.
https://i.imgur.com/fegQaWbl.jpg
Also the other thing to note is that No Limits were happy to lend me any tool I needed to get the bike roadworthy again, and I think the Cod Father was about to lend me a pair of gloves before I mentioned I had a spare (It was bloody freezing in the morning).
Either way if it was my fault or not, sorry about the leg Mr Green Bike Man, speedy recovery ____________________ '90 VFR750; '89 NC30; '95 DR650; '89 CD250U; ~'82 CG125; ~C90 |
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Slacker24seve... World Chat Champion
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Posted: 19:55 - 12 Oct 2015 Post subject: |
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Poor obs. You went off in sympathy by the sound of it. ____________________ Triumph Daytona 675 track bike + girlfriend's Honda Hornet 600
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smallfrowne Scooby Slapper
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Posted: 00:27 - 13 Oct 2015 Post subject: |
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Poor obs, target fixation.. I'm ticking these off the list
Definitely should've gone to the inside like you say, I can just about remember the split second decision and I didn't do too well, probably went for the outside which was my first intention all along. My reactions aren't too good. Maybe I was thinking of days of thunder at the time, "stay high"
And thanks, that makes sense I suppose about the front vs back.
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... If only he was. ____________________ '90 VFR750; '89 NC30; '95 DR650; '89 CD250U; ~'82 CG125; ~C90 |
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Sounds like you will never know.
Next time run a gopro (or similar) ____________________ The purpose of life is to fight maturity. |
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Old Thread Alert!
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