Bad luck #77!!

[Blue_SV650S]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7b7Oh-dQFQ



Discuss!!
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[swiftb]

Holy f*ck! Thats the kind of thing that puts me off a trackday. Most seemed to be going at the same/simlar pace then that tool seemed to be going way too hot before he realised it. Nice 'slamming' of the anchors too. I know accidents and incidents are all a part of racing/trackdays but the cock was going way too fast for his own good which is inexcuseable. Feel sorry for the victim! I know if that happened to me it would be a long long time before id be back on a track, probably even a bike!

[Blue_SV650S]

Its possible that it was mechanical failure (throttle jammed open) ... but it was probably just adrenalin meaning he over-egged it!!

If you read one of the comments its funny though ....

"77 was going so fast, he even got taken out by a bike that was sliding along the track ... thats some skillz #72" (or summin to that effect!! )
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[Louise]

Stuff like that puts me off T/days too - Not being swiped by someone else, but me swiping them

[Blue_SV650S]

[binge]

I think the insurance issue is what scares people about crashing on track. My insurance dont, and wont cover me for riding on the track. So if I do a track day and bin it, Then I wont be on another bike for a while due to money.

If somebody takes me out on track, Where would I stand getting the bike fixed, Especially if they arent insured for track riding either.




Ben

[Blue_SV650S]

[DynaMight]

Theres a much bigger chance of you crashing rather than someone crashing into you, especially on a trackday.

But I reckon if you have enough proof (pics or vids or eyewitnesses etc) that say it was not your fault and someone hit you, then you could probably still take said person to court for the damages.
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[Itchy]

[Blue_SV650S]

[Blue_SV650S]

[Silver]

[Shaun]

[Al]

I've only just started getting into trackdays but I think you've got to think of the worst case scenario, ie a wrecked bike and gear and decide if you could deal with that.
I couldn't afford to lose 8k so wouldn't dream of taking a brand new sports bike and riding it flat out round a track with no insurance. Where as my bikes only worth £800ish which although I'd be pissed to lose that much, it wouldn't be the end of the world.

The thought of getting injured and being off work unpaid does worry me a little though.
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[DynaMight]

I dont mean 'suing' the track organiser but the individual involved in your accident. I am not saying I condone it but at the end of the day if you're wiped out by some idiot doing something silly, its a little unfair having to repair your own bike.

also when I said you're more likely to crash by your own accord rather than someone else, I was purely referring to track riding not road riding. I meant you are more likely to crash due you pushing/making a mistake rather than someone taking you out.
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[Kickstart]

[alone]

To me it kinda looked like he pulled an accidental wheelie, while leaning a little. Grabbed the front brake before it landed - and well, it was over from there.

and I'm with Itchy. Although I think he should have tried to over shoot and run off by himself, not try to stop. Isn't what he did essentially what causes a large majority of biker deaths? Panicing at corners?
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[Blue_SV650S]

[Itchy]

[Itchy]

Well the Nurburg ring handles this nicely , you crash you pay a HUGE amount of money to the track management company to fix the armco barrier and to be lifted off the track.

Probably slows people down a fair bit.
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[D O G]

The Nurburgring (or nordschliefe) is a public road, you need insurance to legally drive on it. The payment for the armco is along the same lines as you would have to pay for damage to armco on any road.

They do charge a fee for road closure costs, but again your insurance should cover it.

The nordschleife is not a track.

[Itchy]

[Kickstart]

[NSR Mick]

The ring was excluded from my last policy but not the new one I've just taken out.

Some companies use the term one way toll road to exclude it without naming it.

As for binning your pride and joy on track that's the reason I bought a track bike.
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