Screwed up today

[bikedemon99]

Too fast for the road conditions, just came off 45 minutes of motorway on to the country road, road is wet, sharpish right hand bend with a left hand side road at the bend, extremely poor surface bumpy on the bend, gravel because of the junction, car waiting at the junction, about 35mph maybe 40mph!!! leaned in to the bend having seen the surface but too late to do anything about it apart from hope you stay shiny side up, front wheel slides away,
holy shit as I slide down the road on my side leaning on my elbow and the bike in front of me as the bike eventually slides in to the grass ripping it up and me sliding in to it almost back on to it, yipee as I jump to me feet totally unhurt, thank god for leathers, bike brake pedal bent, front brake lever slipped round, fairing scaped, mirror scraped, back box nackered, moral of the storey, ride to the conditions. I cant remember the last time I lost the front and its something I always dread but this one was a pleasure, very very lucky, I shot some vids on my mobile of the road and scrapes and will upload them later, ride safe guys
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[Howling TerrorOutOfOffice]

Another for the spill counter eh?
Glad you just had a slide
When i had a similar off i was buzzin'...should of gone Phew
But was just grinning (until i had to ride my bike back with bars bent no clutch lever and bits hanging off. Also ached the next 3 days)

Pat
riding like a granny around the corners
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[Acemastr]

Always a big worry for me, glad you're ok though, it is worth having gear.

Live and learn, we all do it
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[bikedemon99]

My mobile video

I now by watching the video over I see they widened the road so the bend tightened more that I expected for my speed and the road surface and conditions,

its always interesting

Sorry had to dump the link due to a prick
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[bacon]

glad your ok dude

[Ariel Badger]

Personally I do not believe you when you say you came off by " Riding too fast for the road conditions", it just sounds like an excuse.
Are you sure it was not diesel on the road, badly maintained road, car driver on mobile phone, blinded by flash of speed camera, a slight nick in your tyres, a horse or a runaway kitten?


Edit....
Glad you are ok.
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[Ichy]

Doesn't look like much of a corner? Must be the point of view. What the heck is going on with that road surface, its all over the place!

Anyway your not hurt, nothing to worry about. Bit of brasso will sort that lot out.
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[Shaun]

Looks like you got away fairly lightly which is always nice.

[bikedemon99]

Thanks guys for your support, yeah I think I gave too much attention to the car that had just appeared at the side road ( fear they'd pull out ) than checking the flow of the road, and yep a road surface to die for!!!
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[OssY]

Literally...

[Bigbaggiesbik...]

I am absolutely appalled by what I am reading, do you not know it was your cock up? Having watched the video, I think you were riding out of your limits and quite frankly your a danger to yourself and everyone around you.

This type of riding on the open road should be left for experienced, skilled riders, not amateurs who think they can ride and who inadvertantly are too scared to admit when they are wrong.
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[bikedemon99]

[Im-a-Ridah]

I've not seen the video, but I presume they either coated it with chippings or it's just a b road which tend to accumulate gravel in the worst places. I followed a diversion along a road covered in these kinds of corners in the wet + fog + light mud about 2 weeks back, felt a bit close at times but I wasn't going more than 30ish on the corners.

[bikedemon99]

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[Bigbaggiesbik...]

Bikerdemon,

Just noticed the rating issued - for the record, my original post was somewhat tongue in cheek, all that was missing from the original post was the "You need some advanced training" comment which 99% of the time appears in these type of threads.

It was a light hearted statment / Dig at these monkeys who see fit to comment on everyone elses incidents and or riding styles.

So on that note, apologies for hijacking a semi serious thread with my bullshite response.
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