GOT MY KNEE DOWN ON THE BROS!! but...

Pol Anorl · Banned Joined: 13 Apr 2010 Karma :

i also slid out and hurt my leg Sad

left the gf's went to go round a corner that was a bit damp and hit some oil...

That moment i felt my back wheel slide i was like *tuck balls in hold on and hope for the best*

but im alive no damage to bike just scratched mirror Very Happy

I wasn't trying to get my knee down i was riding sensible but damn that oil!
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Frost · World Chat Champion Joined: 26 May 2004 Karma :

This is like then george mallory allegedly was the first man to the summit of everest in 1924. He could never be credited with climbing it and he didn't return. Similarly i don't think you can claim to have got your knee down unless you then got it back up again of your own accord Laughing

Oil is shit but you've discovered a truth, oil is at it's worse at the end of summer where it's had months to build up on the roads without being properly washed off. Rain at the end of summer tends to bring it to the surface making finding a patch more likely.

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swampy · World Chat Champion Joined: 04 Aug 2004 Karma :

If crashing counts as getting your knee down, then I got my knee down on a Honda Vision AND a GS 125.... Wink

EDIT: And my NSR, but that was more a head down...
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Frost · World Chat Champion Joined: 26 May 2004 Karma :

If in doubt ride in the wheel tracks of cars, the oil is less likely to end up there and will get cleaned up faster if it does.

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mistergixer · World Chat Champion Joined: 15 Jun 2005 Karma :

In about 99% of cases, i read 'i hit a patch of oil/diesel and crashed' as 'i ran out of talent'.
Reading the pages of BCF, you would think the roads are awash with oil and diesel, and strewn with gravel.
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Redoko · World Chat Champion Joined: 04 Nov 2009 Karma :

Doesn't count unless you could recover...

And 'oil', yeah, right. Wink

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Blau Zedong · Banned Joined: 26 Jun 2006 Karma :

Poor obs etc etc.
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yambabe · World Chat Champion Joined: 12 Jul 2004 Karma :

I was talking to Howling Terror today at a classic bike show. The OH was with me, again telling tales of some of the stuff him and his mates used to get up to on the bikes we were looking at "back in the day". HT observed that he was glad he only got into bikes at a more advanced age as he wasn't sure he would have survived had he been younger, and stupider, when he discovered them.

I agreed, and pointed out that after a bit on here you can just tell who the next statistic is going to be. Like who? says HT. Well that guy with the bros for a start say I, any time now he is going to post about crashing, just hope it's a minor one........

Take this as a warning. You are WAY too gung-ho about your riding, and next time you might not get up and walk away. I want to hear about your adventures riding, not the injuries you have gained. Karma

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I concur Jo..rode home like a twat. Thumbs Up

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Laughing

In all seriousness, glad you managed to walk away and the bike hasn't come off too badly...

J.W.Pepper · Nitrous Nuisance Joined: 05 Jul 2011 Karma :

So much oil around!!

Seriously, i've been riding for like 6 months now so I'm super talented ( Razz

) and have not once yet seen a patch of oil..

I have, however, crashed and was man enough to admit I was a twat Mr. Green

Glad you and your bike is ok though.. crashing is bad enough on the ego and the whole 'did anyone see me'?? without having to push the bike home and spending hundreds to fix it. Thumbs Up

2 of my fingers still hurt 2 months on.. Sick

Lessons learned and all that jazz Very Happy

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Chippings are nasty too

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mistergixer · World Chat Champion Joined: 15 Jun 2005 Karma :

There is such a thing as inappropriate speed.

Whether you were doing 12mph or 120mph into the corner, you went in too fast and crashed. Therefore your speed was inappropriate. Therefore you were riding like an idiot.

Given that you clearly know the road well, that makes you an even bigger idiot.

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truslack · World Chat Champion Joined: 08 Apr 2007 Karma :

Between a few of my mates, covering hundreds of thousands of miles I've only ever seen one crash due to diesel/oil, it was outside a petrol station and it was obvious from walking up the road that there was little traction.

It's always nice to have something to blame, but it's better to realise the actual cause and correct it in future.
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Sam_Y_93 · World Chat Champion Joined: 04 Nov 2009 Karma :

I've only been riding 2 years, haven't seen much diesel or oil on the roads. You see a few patches here and there but not enough to throw you off (unless you brake heavily over them I guess) but recently there has been two huge diesel spills in cambridge, one coming out of a petrol station and goes up the road for about 600 yards. The other starts on a main road and goes over 2 roundabouts, both have been covered with what I guess is cement dust so are visible but still pretty greasy.

When I crashed my ybr I claimed it was diesel or oil, but now I just realise how slippery it is with the first heavy rain for a while. I came up to a corner on a route I did all the time, tapped the front brakes and went down. I hadn't been riding very long and didn't really know what happened, so just went with diesel on the road. I did get up and walk along where I had come off and it was pretty slippery there.
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