Just had my first off :(

Ork12 · Brolly Dolly Joined: 05 Dec 2004 Karma :

Just posting to say, had my first off Sad

, was going up a curve (1 inch tall max), and it was muddy, so my back wheel spun out. Wham I hit the floor, my first thought was to get up and get inside (was pulling into my driveway), a couple of cars stopped but once they saw me get up they drove off. The damage to my moped is just a broken mirror. But I will need a new helmet, but thats no problem as im glad it just save the important bit of me Very Happy

. Im just so glad I had my leather gloves on, its made me realise the importance of them, right now my left hand lil finger is swollen so bad, but without the glove only god knows if I'd of still had the finger.
Sorry to bore you all with another story, I just hope another person reads this and understands the importance of safety gear.

Dan 4RR · World Chat Champion Joined: 02 Dec 2004 Karma :

Well at least your alright Thumbs Up

Minus the swollen finger of course lol.

Good Job you were wearing gloves ! Thumbs Up

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Ork12 · Brolly Dolly Joined: 05 Dec 2004 Karma :

Yeah thanks for the advice, know that now so will be good for future Smile

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Josh|RD125LC · World Chat Champion Joined: 08 Sep 2004 Karma :

I had my first off on January 14th (hehe I can still remember the date). I was off my bike for 4 weeks because of the damage and the parts for my bike are very hard to find. I fell off in the rain. I was filtering in between traffic (either side of me). I happened to notice that the gap was getting very tight and I got very nervous. The gap got too small for my liking and I broke, stupidly pulling the front brake, resulting in front end sliding and bike hitting the floor and ending up lodged under a car. Luckily I had my gloves on too, because they were tore to shreds. I took a blow on the helmet and also tore my jacket. Hail protective clothing! Since this I have learned to drive much better in wet conditions and NOT use the front brake

Sorry to hear about your accident and I'm glad you weren't hurt too much. We all learn from mistakes Thumbs Up

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THCi · Nearly there... Joined: 28 Sep 2004 Karma :

By all means use the front break, but do it in a controlled manner. When its wet I use 60% front 40% back, remember that it aint the ammount you pull/push the levers, but the ammount of stopping power put against the travel of the wheel.

Also, using back first then second makes a different, if the back locks all that the bike is gonna do is fish tail until you release.
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izzi81 · Could Be A Chat Bot Joined: 24 Apr 2004 Karma :

ahh the good old mud-back-wheel-sliding incident! very familiar to me as I did the same thing on my Ninja not long after I got it. Used way too much throttle causing the back wheel to spin on the mud and down I slid. I was wearing all my gear, and didn't need to replace any of it, but I had a lot of fairing repair to do (and am *still* doing the confidence re-building a year later!!)
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Rodger Wabbit · Renault 5 Driver Joined: 23 Jun 2004 Karma :

Arrrrr stop with all these offs! Its making me want to leave my bike in the shed until the nicer weather comes Embarassed

Anways Sorry about ur off, and im glad u came of fairly ok Shocked