What's the Worst Accident You've Had without any Injuries?

[Springbok_Rider]

Hi,

I'm still waiting on my mod 2 and thanks to those who contributed to my previous thread, will be purchasing a CBR F Sport as my first big bike. In my 10 years or so of driving, I haven't had an accident and hope this is the same with riding.

I realize most accidents can be avoided with good observation/anticipation skills, and practicing to have the correct reactions for those times when things do get hairy.

For those who have fallen off though, what is the worst crash you have walked away from without any injuries? And why do you think you didn't get hurt - i.e. gear, the manner in which you fell etc.

Preferably looking for road only stories due to all of the hazardous objects. In this regard, I am interested in purchasing something like the following for protection under my jacket:

https://www.dainese.com/us_en/motorbike/jacket-w-t-pro.html?cat=41

https://www.sportsbikeshop.co.uk/motorcycle_parts/content_prod/94471

Are there any known good jackets with this armour built in?

- although will probably only use kevlar jeans and Ariat boots for my legs due to practicality.

If that guy who recently had a 30mph off and hit a lampost at a roundabout (dislodged artery, liver laceration etc.) had one of these, would his injuries have been as significant?

Anyway, back to the accidents. Just trying to learn from others to see what worked for them.

[U_W v2.0]

hmm seems people seem to underestimate the need for legs these days.

get kelvar jeans but make sure they have armour in them too.

knee caps, hips, ankles, lower and upper legs, feet, they're all very much important parts to ride a motorcycle you know lol
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[J.M.]

Crashed in to the side of a moving van at around 30-50mph, not including the vans speed.

I walked away from it with all of my gear intact (replaced the helmet though) but a very poorly bike.

My hip slightly hurt and got worse over the next 5 hours to the stage where I needed cruches to walk. By the next morning I was fine.

Personally, I just got lucky. I would have hit the van head on if he hadn't tried to avoid me.

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Also please note that a large amount of accidents for new riders on big bikes is over cooking it. I.E. taking to much speed in to a situation that either you or the bike cannot handle.

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I've tended to stop worrying about whatifs now. I've had a shit day today and decided to live a little and went for a gearless ride, including no helmet. Was awesome. No kittens were killed.
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[Andrew122]

I read an article recently in Ride (maybe, not sure) written by one of the race doctors. He talked about the gear he wore, based on what he'd seen work and not work with other riders. He didn't wear much in the way of armour, other than what came with his jacket and trousers. And a back protector of course.

His argument for not wearing chest protection was that there was absolutely no evidence that it worked. He claimed that the ribcage already does a good enough job.
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[thx1138]

came off on my xr a few weeks ago, tried "changing lanes" halfway through a rut, ripped my clothes, not a mark on me

[pits]

Without being funny, but stfu and stop winding yourself up about killing yourself on a bike, last thread was all namby pamby am I going to die rubbish, and you follow up with, wanting to know what accidents people have had and how to avoid doing it.
STFU and get out there and ride, the bike isn't going to kill you or cause you to have an accident as soon as you get on it, get out there, ride it.

Seriously dude, MTFU
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[barrkel]

Always wearing gloves and helmet. I have some very light perforated summer gloves now, so even the hottest weather is no excuse to go without.

Here are all the accidents I can recall at the moment:

Low-sided in the wet @ 15mph - rear hit a manhole cover submerged in a puddle while pulling out of a junction. Wearing a wool coat with a rain jacket on top (!) - no injuries.

Side-on collision with a car @ 30mph - car, driven by teenager, thought I wouldn't overtake the bus he was parked in front of, and did a u-turn in front of me. Wearing jeans, jacket and gloves on a baking hot day. Bumped my knees a little going over the handlebars and bouncing off his bonnet. No permanent injuries.

Low-sided in the dry @ 25mph - on a sharp corner, I leaned over further than the hard parts would allow. Wearing jeans and t-shirt. Slight graze to skin on forearm; it's slightly pink these days, doesn't tan as well. But not an ugly scar by any means, still got hair, normal skin texture, etc.

High-sided in the wet @ 15mph - while pulling out of a junction and turning right, I gave slightly too much throttle for the greasy road surface, then chopped it while I tried to ride out the fishtailing like the past few times I did that. Wearing jeans and jacket. Got foot caught under scooter; somewhat deep abrasion on top of foot, and soft tissue injuries with very dramatic bruising where the scooter rolled my foot round the wrong way. At this point, I decided to wear boots instead of shoes, and to be far more gentle in the wet when at any kind of lean.

Low-sided in the dry @ 15mph - brushed past a pedestrian that suddenly decided to change his mind and walk backwards when crossing the road on a green light. Got other foot caught under scooter and rolled; similar soft tissue injuries and bruises, but no abrasion owing to now wearing boots all the time. Now extra suspicious of pedestrians at anything that looks like it might be used as a crossing. Treat them like sheep; when in a crowd, they might get spooked and jump out onto the road.

Low-sided in the dry @ 30mph - fooling around, my braking distance exceeded my vision, and when I tried to brake, my suspension bottomed out on a speed bump, which in turn caused the tyre to lose traction. Wearing full textiles, race boots, race gloves. No injuries. My trousers got torn up a little where they went on top of my boots, and my summer jacket is now a little scuffed up. Lessons: Cordura is substantially better than generic polyester textiles; and take it easy on the bike in limited visibility, no matter how well you know the road. Also learned my ER6 definitely doesn't brake as well as my scooter at lower speeds. Also, ABS is awesome and you should get it if you can.

I would class all the above as accidents without injury, even though I've been in Emergency Ward twice over each twisted foot to get x-rays and verify nothing broken. If it didn't stop me riding the next day...

The scariest was the high-side. Definitely prefer low-siding to high-sides. The least culpable and probably the worst looking was the u-turn. Teenagers shouldn't be allowed to drive

All things considered, the minimum I would wear today on a ride is jacket, gloves, boots (not necessarily motorbike boots, but something to protect from abrasion) and jeans. On a short trip at city speeds and a hot day, I would still consider going in a t-shirt.
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[Springbok_Rider]

[Springbok_Rider]

[TheSmiler]

The best accident I've had with no damage if you aren't counting gravel rash to my knee slight thumb joint to end size.

Would be coming off at 30-40 mph on my CBT going into a corner too fast the bike went into neutral stupid me slipped it up into second but the bike juddered causing me to come off and go flying. Gear I was wearing was second hand helmet/second hand cheap gloves/ second hand cheap textile jacket/ £5 touring boots that were at the end of their day and normal cargo jeans.

Not as bad as other peoples offs but that was mine all the others have been either slow speed 10-20mph and not concentrating/doing something wrong/bad luck on the day.
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[Springbok_Rider]

Barrkel - awesome post, the sort that new riders can learn from.

I would be interested to know just how different regular Ariat boots are in terms of protection compared to motorcycle boots. Are motorcycle boots designed to prevent broken bones, or just abrasions?

[pits]

[Springbok_Rider]

[barrkel]

[illuminateTHE...]

two hours after getting my r125cc i binned it into a side of a car at 30 odd. Tinted windows audi a4 massive exhaust, the driver SMIDNSY me.

I walked away from the crash. I was lucky i landed on my back after flipping in the air and the bag i was wearing at the time took all the impact. I never ride without my (lucky) bag now xD.
On a bitter note my testicles were saw for around a week as they hit the tank :*(.

[pits]

Thing is I am not actually taking the piss out of you.

Whether you know it or not, you're working up a mindset where you will not be comfortable on a bike, you will read this accident stories and you will be riding along thinking "well so and so had a van do XYZ and theres a van there, will he pull out on me" it puts you on edge, then if something little happens, maybe you spin your tyre up, or you target fixate what ever it is, that is another thing that makes it uncomfortable, next thing you know you just want to get home and put the bike away and not go out on it.

I did with my Aprilia, she shook her head at me and almost chucked me off, which then left me uneasy to the point where I was running wide on corners, I crawled home at 30mph, put the bike away didn't ride it for 2 weeks, first ride back out, back of head, going to chuck me off.

What did I learn from that moment? Nothing because the odds of recreating it are so high it is near impossible.

Mate of mine bought an R6, span rear tyre on it, was convinced someone spiked his tyre with oil, or something, the bike sat for 3 weeks till he replaced 1200 mile old tyres with brand new ones.


Don't make yourself uneasy with bikes, it is more than likely to make you crash than anything else, you don't really ride at the moment, but when you get on that bike the back of your mind works overtime, the selfpreservation kicks in, then it brings up stuff like "Smiler came off at 30mph in the wet"...Barkell slipped out on a drain cover....shit theres a drain cover" at which point you have now target fixated on drain cover, stiffened up, got tense and this is more likely to cause an accident than anything else, your mind will try and kill you on a bike.

Two ways your mind will do it.
1. As above, so and so did this, this happened to me before, fuck, there is XYZ, quickly target fixate, now I am in a bush

2. Yeah that was awesome, I can go faster around that bend, and ride like Rossi, yeah,,,,balls am in a ditch


Stop talking about other peoples accidents, whether a bike is too powerful for you, get on it, ignore the fact you could die or get injured on it, goes same for any other mode of transport, enjoy it, be vigilant and get on with it, otherwise you will become a nervous rider, you will have an off and wont get back on.

Just trying to get you MTFU, don't try and learn from something that has no lesson relevant to you, only you can decide best course of action when it comes to your accident
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[Flatbadger]

[illuminateTHE...]

everybody probably goes through 'how am i going to die and crash' stage... dont be so hard -_-

[mattsprattuk]

https://imageshack.us/a/img41/7730/12092010033.jpg


https://imageshack.us/a/img594/3973/12092010029.jpg


Nuff said.

No, it was never a ''streetfighter''...
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[Springbok_Rider]

Sorry about that - I edited my post above to be more informative.

Pits: I'm honestly not working myself up. I am looking forward to it more than anything and have ridden and loved it. Just finally doing it properly now with mod 2/big bike etc. Good points though, and obviously wouldn't want to freak myself out after a wobble.

As mentioned, I am just trying to know what to look out for in advance and learn what gear works. The same sort of lessons that should be present in the mod 2 and advanced rider courses (although granted, it's better to learn first hand rather than think about what others have done).

Barrkel: Thanks for that. I do notice my Ariats (use them for work as well) get supple after a while which would probably do f* all for protection against any bumps.

Illuminate...: Lol, I was wondering about that as well. Since I plan on doing touring either here in Oz, or in Europe (family is in UK and fiancee is from Norway so would ride between the two) I would need something to carry my laptop.

[barrkel]

[GrumpyGuts]

Drove straight into a kerb. Thought it was fun so fuck you.

No injuries, just a scratched bike
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[Turks]

Hit an oncoming car that tried to quickly turn across my lane at some lights, bailed and stopped in my path. Managed to send the bike down the side of the car and was stopped very abruptly by hitting my shoulder into the windshield pillar (its actually dented) and hit my back into the windshield (cracked). Walked away but had pains/aches for 6 months. The crash taught me a lot about observation and quashed my belief that I'm invincible.

I was wearing jacket, helmet, gloves and boots. My jeans were ripped straight through at >20mph. I felt very lucky indeed that day, I popped down to a&e and the doctor was amazed at my lack of injury. Bike was a write off, not sure about the car - lovely car though

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[Andrew122]