The Tot stacks his bike into a ditch and has it all on film!

[The Tot]

I purchased a Hero Go Pro for my birthday since I was impressed with the results off my mate's cam. It was 130 delivered including memory.

Long and short of it was I was barelling around country lanes with new tyres and new bearings when the temptation of going for a blast was too much. I assessed the corner incorrectly and went in WAAY TOO early! I guess confidence from winning a wet karting race last week was still about so I went from

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to

THIS

So, lessons I learned were


Farmers fields are very soft to crash on
as a result, leathers & lid were unscuffed
bike looks a bit muddy but fine
make sure I have a good read of Twist of the Wrist 2 again and not get complacent
Crash bungs did a good job of digging into the field and dragging it off.

My bike ended up looking like...


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https://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs448.ash1/24686_411869710711_500990711_5009041_8236576_n.jpg

I hope people who do stack it are just as fortunate!

Ride safe and keep off the grass!
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[.....]

Unlucky, next time just lean further. Target fixation?

[The Tot]

That and WAY TOO early turn in! Because it looked flat and clear from a distance, all I saw on the entry was the road curving to the left. So I "assumed" it was a straight run. Little did I know there was a ledge and a field entry on the right. It was only 20odd mph but target fixation was what killed it. I was also in the wrong gear (a few gears too high). Either way, lesson learned and I was VERY VERY lucky!

I need to get some bike wash now.
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[.....]

Glad you and the bike came away unscathed

[The Tot]

If anything,

I MUST thank that kind couple who stopped immediately to help me out!

AND the two northern guys on the K8 Busa and Triumph Sprint Triple. I'M OK and found the whole even quite funny!

I'm now starting to ache though!
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The Tot 2019 Z1000SX - 2007 R1
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[Hetzer]

Yay for no lamposts/trees/hard hurty stuff.
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"There's the horizon! Ride hard, ride fast and cut down all who stand in your way!"

[The Tot]

Hetz,

I'm down Kent sort of ends. I know you were around east sussex, what good roads are there that sort of the woods? That little crash was just near Tenterden on the A28.

I'm starting to like the roads down here... but not when I have an off.
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[Irezumi aka Reuben]

[swiftb]

I cant help but think if you werent cocking about trying to 'apex' in the oncoming lane etc it may not have happened, but top marks for the video - it was most amusing It must be a big relief to pick up your bike and see its actually pretty much ok! Btw where was the camera mounted - was it fixed to something in the storage space with the pillion seat removed?

[Thom]

It's quite an amusing little video but i have a question...

Now i'm not a fast rider, i wouldnt say, and i dont tend to move around much in the saddle, but i cant help feel the ride didnt feel smooth and you could have easily sat in a higher gear and made much smoother/quicker progress, rather than changing as often as you did?

Im just curious as to how you feel about it, im not trying to be critical, im just curious!
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[Hetzer]

[The Tot]

Yeah, I've noticed a LOT of things. I bought this so that I can actually see how much i need to improve.

1) I like to hang off... But in doing so, I'm riding twisted. I'd like to do the same route again (without the crashing obviously)... but have a more natural rhythm.

2) I should ride how i normally ride and dismiss the fact that it's being recorded and play up. I wouldn't have made that mistake if I knew I weren't being recorded. I would have normally kept left and turned in late... but in some of the videos I had, people criticized me for riding too far into the gutter.

3) Gearingwise, I tend to ride in 5th-6th, but I charge down the box in the corner because it makes it a LOT more smoother through the bends. A lot of physics involved but I think one of the reasons why I didn't make that turn as well as target fixation was poor road reading... including being in too high a gear for the corner. I find if i've got the engine spinning at about 5-9k, it's really neat in turning in.

4) I haven't got used to the new front tyre I had on yesterday. I was trying to find its sweetspot because the old roadsmart was completely chamferred (and been on the bike for 10k miles) so I got used to it.

Hetz... A259? That's around the corner from work. Actually, dungeness is VERY close to camber sands and rye! I DID not know that!

Putting the full video on... chances are it wont be as funny as the crash vid lol!
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[Hetzer]

[Thom]

[Hetzer]

Higher gears = loose, lower gears = tight. Anyone who's missed a gear into a corner and come up in neutral will know how bad 'loose' can be.
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[Mac_Black]

That was by far the gayest off I think I've seen in a while, almost as bad as me vs the tree last year.
Very entertaining though and good to see the infamous tot humility as always.
It's always nice when you have a funny one and come away with your kit/ ride unscathed, makes you feel really lucky considering.
Keep it sunny side up

[The Tot]

THIS WAS HOW THE VIDEO SHOULD HAVE LOOKED
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The Tot 2019 Z1000SX - 2007 R1
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[MaybeGuy]

[Matt06]

Unlucky man, cool video though.

Hard to judge the angles from the video and how much you are leaning off the bike, but I would say not to try too hard. Looks like you are hanging off more than you would need to for the corner. Like you're trying hard to get your knee down, but the corner isnt sharp enough to require it.

Try and keep your shoulders and hips parallel and maybe lean down a bit closer to the tank. Should help with looking through the corner more an avoid the target fixation thing.

I think you were off the throttle in the 'crash corner' so maybe try to brake/sort out body position and power it through the corner. Leaning over on negative throttle gives me the feeling of not being able to lean anymore so maybe this was a cause of you running wide?

Props for posting the video.
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[salty21]

not being funny or rude in any way, but i've noticed you seem to over analyze things, the only piece of advice i think would help is to just ride the bike and enjoy it as it cant be good having all these theory's ratling round in your head mid corner
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[The Tot]

Yeah, I only analyse looking back at the crash. Sometimes you'd want to know why you've crashed and who to blame. In this case it was VERY clear who was at fault.

In short, it's not a bad piece of kit, spending £130 on it

https://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=370353684271&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT

I'd have liked to get the contour HD, but the motorsports mounts make it a highly versatile piece of kit.
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The Tot 2019 Z1000SX - 2007 R1
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[adama]

Glad your alright mate . All that matters
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[Wozza]

[The Tot]

Yeah, you're right there. It's coming off the A28 since I took a wrong turning. I noticed signs for Appledore and decided to take it since I see signs for it on the way to work at Dungeness. It's a good lesson learnt now since I've stopped the temptation of turning in early. I could say I've missed out on a LOAD of potential near-misses as a result of that accident since it was a bit of a wake up call... catching it on video was even better so I knew exactly who to blame...moi.
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[Wozza]

The left-hander imediately after the right-hander you crashed on is even tighter and had you stayed on you would've been on the wrong side of the road, so maybe coming off where you did was the best thing!