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Posted: 22:32 - 08 Oct 2019 Post subject: The I fell because excuse.. |
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I see this a lot on this forum and in general conversation with other bikers.
How many of you really believe it?
What I am on about is
'I dropped my bike due to diesel'
'I dropped my bike due to a drain cover'
'I dropped my back due to sand on the road'
'I dropped my back due to leaves on the road'
Maybe it's true but I can't help but think to myself.. Really though, maybe it was just cause your was driving a bit crap.
It just seems these excuses are really overused. Heck even then you should know not to slam on your brakes or the accelerator if your going over a slippery surface.
Expecting some hate ____________________ Bikes: Previous Bikes: Piaggio x8 125: 2012/2013, YBR 125: 2013/2013 BMW R1150GS 2013/2017, Honda CBR600RR 2017/2017, Honda CB500 2018/2018, Suzuiki Address 110cc 2019/2020, BMW R1200GS 2021-2023
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Posted: 22:40 - 08 Oct 2019 Post subject: |
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It certainly happened in the days when Bridgestones made crap plastic OEM tyres for Japanese 2 smokes. I know!
Dunlop TT100's and Avon Roadrunners caused me to have a twitchy anus a time or two as well.
Modern tyres have pretty well eliminated most of those worries however whacking the throttle open on a busa coming out of a corner on a wet road can cause palpitations and a risk of road rash.
Nowadays it's a case of not reading the road conditions in MOST cases. ____________________ Triumph Trophy Launch Edition |
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Posted: 22:43 - 08 Oct 2019 Post subject: Re: The I fell because excuse.. |
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adam277 wrote: | I see this a lot on this forum and in general conversation with other bikers.
How many of you really believe it?
What I am on about is
'I dropped my bike due to diesel'
'I dropped my bike due to a drain cover'
'I dropped my back due to sand on the road'
'I dropped my back due to leaves on the road'
Maybe it's true but I can't help but think to myself.. Really though, maybe it was just cause your was driving a bit crap.
It just seems these excuses are really overused. Heck even then you should know not to slam on your brakes or the accelerator if your going over a slippery surface.
Expecting some hate |
I dropped my bike because I forgot I wasn't driving my car and and went to take my foot off the accelerator instead of easing off on the throttle. ____________________ Chickenystripgeezer's Biking Life (Latest update 19/10/18) Belgium, France, Italy, Austria tour 2016 Picos de Europa, Pyrenees and French Alps tour 2017 Scotland Trip 1, now with BONUS FEATURE edit, 5/10/19, on page 2 Scotland Trip 2 Luxembourg, Black Forest, Switzerland, Vosges Trip 2017
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Posted: 08:19 - 09 Oct 2019 Post subject: Re: The I fell because excuse.. |
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adam277 wrote: | I see this a lot on this forum and in general conversation with other bikers.
How many of you really believe it?
What I am on about is
'I dropped my bike due to diesel'
'I dropped my bike due to a drain cover'
'I dropped my back due to sand on the road'
'I dropped my back due to leaves on the road'
Maybe it's true but I can't help but think to myself.. Really though, maybe it was just cause your was driving a bit crap.
It just seems these excuses are really overused. Heck even then you should know not to slam on your brakes or the accelerator if your going over a slippery surface.
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There needs to be a special category for the Most Magnificent Trollery.
I ALWAYS have an excuse for when I fuck things up. ____________________ Disclaimer: The comments above may be predicted text and not necessarily the opinion of MCN. |
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Posted: 10:56 - 09 Oct 2019 Post subject: |
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One I've heard more than once is 'i crashed due to the car in front braking suddenly'
Hang on mate you rear ended the car in front not the other way round. ____________________ Bikes: Previous Bikes: Piaggio x8 125: 2012/2013, YBR 125: 2013/2013 BMW R1150GS 2013/2017, Honda CBR600RR 2017/2017, Honda CB500 2018/2018, Suzuiki Address 110cc 2019/2020, BMW R1200GS 2021-2023
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Posted: 11:30 - 09 Oct 2019 Post subject: |
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There's a lot of truth in that. Even saw a guy fall off coming away from the lights once because of poor throttle control, and then look around for a big enough piece of gravel, and level the blame at it. But I was right behind and I saw everything.
It might be an American thing that's osmotically migrated over to this side of the pond. They often blame something or someone else. I hear they can't ride on grass clippings over there either. It's a thing. You can't call them up on it, either, because they don't handle disagreement or alternative views that well. Saw a Youtube video of a guy ambling about at 25 on an enormous open street with perfect flat tarmac, only to fly into a rage and berate a man mowing his lawn by the side of the road about the danger he posed to motorcyclists' lives! |
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Posted: 12:29 - 09 Oct 2019 Post subject: |
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Posted: 12:41 - 09 Oct 2019 Post subject: |
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I dropped my bike at night on a dead flat road because I ran over a 1" thick bolt
I can't really remember how I went from jump to slide, but I probably grabbed the front brake as I used to keep two fingers on it
Then I learned to pay more attention and have avoid many crashes since then!
I do run over the occasional thing though. ____________________
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Posted: 13:17 - 09 Oct 2019 Post subject: |
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Thankfully I've only dropped two bikes. The first was the Superlight parking it up in my garden: lost balance and it tipped over... onto grass so harm no foul.
The second time I jumped off the MT07 during training and thought I'd put the side stand down: lost balance and it tipped over... onto me
Luckily I was wearing decent boots and CE armour trousers and came away with a bruised ego. Bike was unscathed
So both times the reason was "I iz muppet" which, in truth, is what most people avoid stating in their own explanations
Oh, you mean actually sliding down the road in a horizontal fashion? No but the closest I've come is mashing the back brake instead of the front on the Superlight (aforementioned unexpected braking ahead event) and the back end did a little dance but was only doing ~20mph at the time so held it together.
The road I live on has a real dome in the centre of the camber (with a shiney-shiney bead of tar down the centre) and every bike I've ever ridden slides all over the place if I go down the centre of the road (parked cars either side ofc) so I get to practice sliding about every single day. I suppose that helps ____________________ Husqvarna Vitpilen 401, Yamaha XSR700, Honda Rebel, Yamaha DT175, Suzuki SV650 (loan) Fazer 600, Keeway Superlight 125, 50cc turd scooter |
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I dropped a bike some years ago by braking on gravel, but had an embarrassing drop a couple of months ago, approaching a mini roundabout, car coming from the left indicating right, made the assumption that it was going to come of on my road, slowed to let it enter, but instead of coming off it carried round in front of me to re enter the road it left, instead of stopping to let it through I slowed right down, became almost stationary and was too slow to put my foot down, result a stationary drop because I lost balance.
Never happened to me before, bad judgement, poor riding and poor anticipation of other road uses.
But there was a leaf on the road as well.
What is annoying is that I have been polishing my off road skills on the Himalayan and have been improving balance and control on the green lanes, then drop the Tracer in front of an audience at a roundabout, was a bummer. ____________________ Alcohol doesn't solve problems, but neither does milk
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I came off my XJ because I was riding like a twat. ____________________ Chances are quite high you are not in my Monkeysphere, and I don't care about you. Don't take it personally.
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Previously : CB100N > CB250RS > XJ900F > GT550 > GPZ750R/1000RX > AJS M16 > R100RT > Bullet 500 > CB500 > LS650P > Bullet Electra X & YBR125 > Bullet 350 "Superstar" & YBR125 Custom > Royal Enfield Classic 500 Despatch Limited Edition (28 of 200) & CB Two-Fifty Nighthawk > ER5 |
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The Shaggy D.A. wrote: | I came off my XJ because I was riding like a twat. |
This sounds familiar ____________________ Chickenystripgeezer's Biking Life (Latest update 19/10/18) Belgium, France, Italy, Austria tour 2016 Picos de Europa, Pyrenees and French Alps tour 2017 Scotland Trip 1, now with BONUS FEATURE edit, 5/10/19, on page 2 Scotland Trip 2 Luxembourg, Black Forest, Switzerland, Vosges Trip 2017
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 4 years, 172 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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