high speed fall off

[pspluke]

i recently came off my kawasaki gpz 500 s at 125mph(ouch) and walked away with hardly any injuries whatsoever, which where a badly bruised foot, both badly bruised knees, a badly bruised thumb and a bad scrape on my arm(could have been a lot worse). i was wearing good quality boots, leathers and helmet which took the brunt of the fall, it shattered one knee protector, shredded my leathers and boots and deeply scarred my helmet.

it wasnt a nice experience by any means but would urge anyone going on a motorbike to wear full safety gear at all times,

[ZaphodBeeble]

Glad to hear you are OK. How did it happen? What gear was you wearing, specifically?
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[yambabe]

[ms51ves3]

[pspluke]

[pspluke]

[ZaphodBeeble]

[Seb]

I'd say wringing a GPZ500's neck long enough to manage to hit 125 on it is pretty avoidable if you ask me
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2010 Triumph 1050 Sprint ST

[Drew]

[Mudskipper]

I'm a twat too, but I don't dictate to others how they dress.

It must be time for 'Flip Flop Watch' again...
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[yambabe]

Come on Zaphod, you've been here long enough to know how often this same ol same ol argument comes up.

I haven't replied to one of the threads on this subject for ages, thought it was my "turn"............

....and my opinion is that I don't need "urging" to wear safety gear at all times, if I want to ride in a hot pink bikini with sequins I will (although that would be a little unfair to other road users considering the size of my arse).....

If the OP wants to post & tell us about his off, fine, if he wants to preach about always wearing gear, well frankly yaaaawn.
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[Flip]

[pspluke]

[Flip]

[ms51ves3]

[Seb]

[pspluke]

[Seb]

Fair play to you for learning from it then Just don't forget that you was pretty damned lucky to walk away from an off at that sort of speed, no amount of gear is going to make you invincible sadly
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2010 Triumph 1050 Sprint ST

[pspluke]

[Flip]

Stupid speeds on the road...We've all done it at some point. Most of these BCF f*ckers are still doing it.

[c_dug]

You survived a 125mph highside on a road lined with tree's!

Fancy picking me 6 random numbers between 1 and 49 please?



My GPZ would never do 125! had it up to 120 twice but it wont go past there.

c_dug
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[pspluke]

[c_dug]

To be fair mine isn't exactly in good condition, it is gradualy dieing, regularly sitting flat out on the motorway probably doesnt help it to be honest, although im sure you will agree the engine seems to encourage you to rev it more and more

c_dug
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[pspluke]

[c_dug]

Have fun trying that one! Just because its got the gearing for it doesnt mean the engine will A) like doing it. B) Survive trying!



c_dug
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