Scariest moment so far..

[iMark]

Got new tyres on bike and left it sitting for a few days.

Washed the bike and went to take it a quick run to dry it off, not realising the road I chose is bumpy as hell then got a huge speed wobble coming out of a corner due to the crappy bumpy road.

That speed wobble on it's own scary enough (Worst one I've had so far, had a couple before on the ER-5 oddly enough) but on new tyres as well = scariest 5~ seconds of my life so far

Probably lucky it was onto a straight road after the corner like
https://www.google.com/maps/@55.076172,-3.659442,3a,75y,90.78h,86.24t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sE5Era6QPAz559k8kS1o8Lg!2e0?hl=en


Anybody else want to share their scariest moment on a bike so far?
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[andyscooter]

hairiing round a bend with my mate and finding a lorry had shed a load of bricks just after was the most bum clenching
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[Clutchy]

One hand on the bars and had a tank slapper while going over a speedbump, no idea how I saved it
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[MC]

[sensi5446]

today, riding down the A57 doing 30, car in front is about 6 car length in front car behind is about the same, can see an oncoming car ahead indicating to go right, car in front passes him, he waits a few secs, doesn't see me as he's focused on the car behind me, attempts to go then luckily sees me and slams on my heart went and my arse twitched Theres no way I could of stopped as I was a few metter when he moved.

stay safe

[P.addy]

I remember doing lots of flips when I got pulled out on, remember seeing a light spinning thinking, fuck, dis gon hurt. Wasn't scared or in too much pain, coma ftw.

Most scared I have been I reckon was in Spain, going round a corner on the R1 at ~140mph, the back wheel skipped, I drifted to the other lane, shit was so cash. I needed new pants.

[Nobby the Bastard]

Was sitting outside my girlie's parents house, summoning the courage to go in and explain that I had been spilling my beans in her and she was pregnant....
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[MarJay]

The scariest moment was the tankslapper before my accident in 2011. Once I was off the bike and sliding towards oncoming traffic I was sort of resigned to my fate.
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[chickenstrip]

[Shaft]

In the seconds before my majax, I don't remember being scared at all, in fact it was a moment of extreme clarity, I don't think I've thought so quickly and clearly since (although I did reckon I was going to get away with it, maybe that's why there was no fear).

My scary moment was probably following two other guys, somewhere near Epping Forest; it was pitch black and we were approaching a long uphill lefthander, at considerable speed.

Suddenly the cloud cleared and the moonlight reflected off what was obviously a broad band of diesel, right down the centre of the lane.

By the time we all saw it, we were pretty committed and just had to try and shift off line slightly and hope for the best.

They both got through, but I just nicked a bit of oil with my back wheel and had a massive slide, which I don't know how I got out of.
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[Dan79]

My scariest moment at the time was an occasion when I was riding the RXS100 down a dual carriageway overtaking a row of slow traffic at about 70mph, with my head down, chest tucked into my tank bag, and feet on the rear pegs (which happened to be welded to the rear swingarm so they rose and fell with the rear wheel), when the rear wheel started oscillating like a caravan with a weeble inside it. It seemed to weave from one margin of the lane to the other, and at the time I thought it was curtains, but somehow managed to even out and carry on. Bet it gave the motorists behind me a spectacle.
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[Mario_Kempes]

Stuck behind a bunch of cruisers and customs on one of my favourite mountain roads, about a dozen of the potty headed dicks decide to just sit behind some car doing about 15mph less than the speed limit on one of the only straights in the whole road.

After realising they're not overtaking the car I go for it myself. Only for the 2nd one from the front to finally pull out to make a go of it just as I'm passing him doing about 75-80mph.

There's cars coming the other direction so I swerve all the way over into a shallow ditch on the other side of the road and avoid the cars coming towards me. I stand up on the pegs and just run over the rocks and other assorted shite just waiting to fall. Managed to come to a stop with the back brake. Pretty amazing work, even if I do say so myself, but I still looked like an impatient arsehole who tried and failed to overtake a dozen harleys.

The moment when I swerved onto the other side of the road with a stream of traffic coming towards me had my arse twitching like a rabbit's nose.

[JP7]

Coming off a roundabout and starting to open the throttle up, only to hit a patch of gravel and have the bike start to go sideways. I'm not sure how I saved that one!

And this afternoon, coming round a corner to discover a freshly "surface dressed" road. Like a gravel driveway... for five damn miles. I hate chippings on roads so much.

[Rogerborg]

I thought I'd gone out on the Enfield wearing trainers, but fortunately it turned out that I had my brogues on.
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[blurredman]

Coming off motorway too fast, almost hit barrier, was riding on the grass verge. Luckily by the time I was on the grass I was going more or less parralell with the road.
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[kernow24]

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The scariest bike related moment I've had was as a pillion when I grabbed a lift home from a mate after dropping my bike off for some work. We came off the A road around a tight sweeping slip road - one of those that does 270 degrees to go back under the main carriageway - and he was drifting out towards the right-hand gutter. I realised we weren't going to make it and the adrenaline just surged. I virtually had my shoulder on the ground, hanging off the left side of the bike and, after skittering along the detritus in the gutter for many yards, we finally edged away from the kerb and back onto the road proper.

It was genuinely terrifying and he admitted afterwards that he'd given up and was just getting ready for the crash to happen when I took things into my hands.

That was over 20 years ago and I've never gone pillion since, and I never will.
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[SQL]

Today was scary, just entered the lanes when the rear wheel bearing shit its self at 40ish massive wobble and lots of brown trousers.

[covent.gardens]

The time I rode over some sheet ice outside a car wash. If I had been going any slower I would have come off! But I was going just fast enough that although I lost the front wheel on the ice, and the bike started to go down, it cleared the ice just in time and managed to recover itself. Pretty damn lucky that one.

[Eddie Hitler]

[BrownTrousers]

Riding home from work yesterday, on a busy but flowing NSL road, a car up ahead coming the other way drifted over the white line and completely into our side of the road for no apparent reason. The Car in front of me had no chance - Slammed into him head on.

Wasn't so scary at the time as I was busy making sure I stopped in time and then didn't get hit from behind. But stood around at the scene afterwards had me thinking, it was the airbags and crumple zones that saved their life, what if the guy had drifted over two seconds later into my path.

May not seem scary to more experienced people but had me riding the rest of the way home a bit more cautiously. Also grateful that I learned from my one minor in mod 2 in March - following distance.
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[suburban myth]

I've never had any major, major moments on a bike, mostly because I only ride a 50 atm. Years ago when I had Speedfight 100 I lost it in a swerve (some prick jumped the lights into my path) survival instincts just take over, tuck and roll, hope for the best. Don't really recall it as a moment mostly on the basis I walked (rode) away. No damage to me other than bruising, few scratches on the 'ped. Cunt didn't stop, no witnesses got any details.

Most recently, last October when I was on the M1 in the car I watched a Mondeo jettison its back box from the next lane. All I remember thinking as it came towards me was that I hoped it stayed down. Ended up collecting it with the bumper/radiator (both of which were replaced by his insurance - he saw me hit it and stopped) and dragging it for a few yards. That really was a real moment, and to be honest I even considered a cigarette despite stopping smoking almost 7 years earlier.