Scary moments....

Mr Pants! · I Karma Joined: 29 May 2004 Karma :

I am sure this may have already been done at some point. No harm having it again if it has. Very Happy

Out of interest and also to learn from other peoples mistakes. What is the most scary experiences you have had in your biking careers....? What have you learnt from these experiences?

Mine was overtaking a coach on my Daytona T595, I had only been riding the beasty 3 months, being 30 years old at the time I thought I knew what I was doing (born again rider Embarassed

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Pinged myself up to 100+mph, then realised I was approaching a round about very quickly, I went cold all over and believed I was not going to be able to get rid off all those nasty mph's in time!!! Luckily nothing was coming and I managed to shecane (spelling??) straight through the round about. Exited out the otherside with a heart rate of 170bpm..... I learnt that day to respect the throttle a little more! Cool

Also it was hard to let go of that brake and take the round about, almost froze and went straight into it!! I remember thinking let go, LET GO!!!!
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tatters · Exxon Valdez Joined: 04 Jan 2004 Karma :

l think the worst l,ve had was went my front tyre blew out and came off the rim at 40mph on my old NSR125, bike was griding on the rim and bars were slapping the tank. was so lucky to bring it to a stop without dropping it but new wheel was needed Embarassed

killerspam · Derestricted Danger Joined: 25 May 2004 Karma :

I was pulling away from a set of traffic lights which managed a T junction of a carraigeway. Just as I got to the point to turn right into the far carraigeway, a BMW hurled through the red light, missing me by inches. I thought I was dead, and flew straight into the fence on the other side of the road.

Josh · Traffic Copper Joined: 20 May 2004 Karma :

I was doing about 40 around some B roads in my area, when I came up over a hill (about 35) and literally just over the hill was a quad bike, stopped, with his arm out to the right, I had no way of knowing he would be there, and I managed to stop just before hitting him, although there was some skidding, and the back tyre was starting to snake.
I was scared, rode the next few corners at about 20mph, stopped at a local cafe, had my lunch, and I was good to go again.
Damn farmers, and their sly hidden turn offs. :<
That and when I was taking a corner in my village, only at abot 15mph, was accelerating to 20 as I left the corner, and the back wheel slipped on a wet manhole cover, again, the back end kind of slipped, I got scared, but was like 1 minute away from my house.
Although they aren't majorly scary high speed accidents, they scared me at the time, and taugh me some lessons.
1)If you don't know where the farmers hidden turn off are, be careful riding over hills and round corners in Devon/Other farm infested areas.
2)Avoid wet manhole covers on corners.
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tony532 · World Chat Champion Joined: 29 May 2004 Karma :

riding back on the cat and fiddle road about september last year when i had my rs125 i was trying to keep up with my m8's on 600's got to the balcony (the first tight bend coming from the pub)

and got object fixation.. looked out at the view of macclesfield rather than where i wanted to go and went very wide

had only been riding a month or so.

last week was riding pillion on the back of my m8s bike

he overtook a lorry only to find there was another lorry coming the other way. nothing i could do about that braced myself for certain death Sad

he managed to get back in behind the lorry he overtook

no need for stupid manouvers like that when you have been riding for 20 odd years Thumbs Down

Clanger · Stirrer Joined: 27 May 2004 Karma :

Suppose it was the time when a car came right at my left hand side whilst I was going round a roundabout....all I could do was shout NO, and then it all went tits up....

Nothing I could have done about that though. Car driver could have done with a few more lessons about giving way to traffic on a roundabout, & getting his eyes tested or something.

Another time I had a bunch of boys in a car try and take me out on the A30, again sod all I could do about it - apart from a U turn and ride away! Both me and my van driver witness memorised the car details and reported it to the police only to find out it was a stolen car that had been involved in an armed robbery earlier that day.... talk about wibbly wobbly knees after hearing that one.

And a good old tank slapper from hitting diesel on the approach to a roundabout, did everything in my power not to fall off, succeeded admirably!
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Lee_367 · Brolly Dolly Joined: 22 May 2004 Karma :

the scariest moments i have had are either on roundabouts when people just pulled out on me and on wet manhole covers. Karma

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Clanger · Stirrer Joined: 27 May 2004 Karma :

bikegirl · Nitrous Nuisance Joined: 29 May 2004 Karma :

I got to a point where I was having one or two scary moments every time I went out with one gang of mates for a Sunday morning spin - that's what happens when peer pressure pushes speed up to 150mph on twisty A roads.
Since then I've considered sticking to tracks... but can't resist those roads. Haven't been out with that gang for a while, fun though it was.

Stupid things I have done: take a look
https://www.bikegirl.co.uk/snippets/tyros.asp
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Steve H · World Chat Champion Joined: 18 Oct 2003 Karma :

mrchips · World Chat Champion Joined: 05 Mar 2004 Karma :

Probably artics passing me on the moped, some within inches of me.

bikegirl · Nitrous Nuisance Joined: 29 May 2004 Karma :

jay12329 · Dr. Evil Joined: 02 May 2003 Karma :

When I picked up my hornet leaving the garage the clutch slipped out of my fingers, got a bit of wheel spin then did a little wheelie, and ended up stopped on the wrong side of an A-road with both feet on the floor, shaking like mad!
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Mr Pants! · I Karma Joined: 29 May 2004 Karma :

Scratchy · Scooby Slapper Joined: 30 May 2004 Karma :

I will always remember the cold feeling when, as I approached a car from behind on a dead straight country road at about 130mph, it's right hand indicator started blinking to turn into the only gate on that stretch of road. Bugger.
Do you go for the overtake or try to stop? I went for the overtake and passed him before he started to turn. Gulp!
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timelimit · Nitrous Nuisance Joined: 19 Feb 2003 Karma :

Six hours in from cornwall to london using nothing but a roads with a hangover...dark roads....very tired....running out of fuel in some area called the blackdown hills (i think). Twas scary as hell and never wanna do that again aty 2 am Sad

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ProXimaCore · Dougal Joined: 01 May 2003 Karma :

My scary moment had to be on thursday there when I was out riding the twisties. Getting a little too confident for my own good I raced at a tight left hander a little bit too fast and as I went round I had to lean the bike accordingly to get round the corner because of the silly speed I was doing. This ended up having the bike over so low that I could have easily scraped my elbow along the road if I stuck it out to the side. I'm not exaggerating in the slightest. The tyres must have been on the limit. I have no idea why the bike didn't low side. It was pretty much horizontal. Reassuring to know that the bike will go over that much but I don't think I'll try that one again. Shocked

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mr jamez · World Chat Champion Joined: 04 Aug 2003 Karma :

Doing 60mph on a dodgy AR125 in the dark on a busy road with no license, no insurance, no protective gear. Didn't even know how to ride a bike until that moment Laughing

stevo as b4 · World Chat Champion Joined: 17 Jul 2003 Karma :

Well last yr, one of my scary moments was when riding my Speedfight 100 along a main road at 60mph, when the back wheel locked up solid. That wasnt alot of fun at the time! poxy snapped drive belt! Mind the 2mile push to my mates house on a hot afternoon wasnt much better either!

atom · Scooby Slapper Joined: 26 Apr 2004 Karma :

Scariest moment so far, there have been a few in my two months of riding, was today, coming around a right angled corner too fast, thinking I couldn't tighten it up and was going to end up on the other side of the road, the side with the landrover four by four in the way. Managed to avoid certain death, but only just, my heart and body never raced so fast. I saw the drivers face, I think we were both surprised I made it.
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NSR125-Kid-UK · Attention Whore Joined: 03 May 2003 Karma :

Racing down a road at NSL+10 (my bike accelerates far quicker than it stops) only to have a taxi pull out into the space that i needed to travel through to get to the other end of the road.

He managed to reverse back up the side road, just before i shot past his nose (grr crap brakes) Confused

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karen_moomin · World Chat Champion Joined: 11 Apr 2004 Karma :

About 2 hours ago...I had a little go of Colin's ZX6-R (very silly, I know) in an industrial estate. Tried to do a U-turn, saw a brick wall in front of me, somehow stalled it in panic. It threw me off and the bike landed on my leg and the floor. Then it wouldn't start for ages and we had to take it apart, and now Col says it's not changing gear properly Crying or Very sad

Obviously not scary in comparison to others' experiences but I could have easily gone head first into the wall.

I won't be doing that again in a hurry. I think I'd better stick to learning to manover my own bike first Embarassed

zaknafien · Joined: 25 Mar 2002 Karma :

We've all done something similar karen, at least it was colin's bike and not yours. Razz

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GSXR · Two Stroke Sniffer Joined: 08 Apr 2004 Karma :

RD 350 YPVS seizure and rear wheel lock on the A5 at around 95 mph. It turned out to be not that scary as just grabbing the clutch sorted things out nicely. Stripped the engine to find a holed piston - bloody S&B's & Allspeeds...
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Godzilla · L Plate Warrior Joined: 31 May 2004 Karma :

About 2 years ago I was following a mate through Cornwall (St Mawes). It was dark and cold and I had been riding for about 4 hours solid.

Anyhow I ended up on the wrong side of the road about 4 feet from the front of an oncoming 18 wheeler - basically because I was so tired, I'd started using my mates brake lights as my own "braking markers", and totally misjudged an decreasing radius corner.
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