Crashes and Clothing

[dainesefreak]

Here you go if you're interested.


Crash

954 Fireblade v E reg VW Polo - "Right turn Clyde".

Braking from around 80 mph to about 30 mph on impact, country road. Car turned into me crushing leg against tank and then pushing bike over onto the other side momentarily pinning my leg. The car wing also crushed my hand against the side on the tank/handle bars. I slid for about 15 - 20 yards on my back/side then arse.


Clothing worn


Arai RX7 Roberts GP - only scrapped the visor pods, slight scuffing to plastic, no injury.

Dainese Flash Leather Jacket - minor scuffs to right arm/right shoulder carbon armour from road, no penetration through leather. No injury. Had it for about 5/6 years.

Dainese P103 Leather Jeans - minor/medium scuffs to knees no penetration through to armour. Minor scuffs on arse. Minor bruising to left knee through hard armour from car/bike crush no lasting damage. Had them for about 5/6 years.

Alpinestars SX1 boots - tore long the instep coming unstiched revealing foot. No injury. Had them for about 2 years.

spidi SP2 Out Winter gloves (Cloth and Leather palms, Air/Wire armour pads) - No damage at all. Bruised finger from car/bike crush, no lasting damage.

[freestyler_onli]

GSXR K4 vs Range Rover Vogue


CRASH:

Riding down main road when 4x4 driven by drunk 73 yr old man pulls out of side road. Crushes bike under 4x4 i go into his wheel then thrown into railings.

Ruptured spleen, internal bleeding, bruised lungs-1 piereced, fractured wrist, 5 broken ribs, numerous gashes and contusions of body.



CLOTHING:

(hot night and making local trip)

Kickers summer jacket £80(cut off by medics)
Light cotton/nylon trousers £30(cut off by medics)
Nike trainers £70(got both back eventually)
OGK Helmet- £250 smashed to bits but saved my head/life!


Phew!

[McGee]

Kx 250 vs. Tree

CRASH:

Out of stupidity having never ridden off road i jumped on a mates old kx and was pratting about in a big ploughed field went into a ditch at 30 slowed to about twenty and come out at a funny angle and hit a tree at about 20-25mph while in the air.

3 brokern fingers, sprain ankle, broken ribs and a black eye (wth), various cuts bruises and a concusion (sp)


CLOTHING:

long sleeve tee ($40)
Jeans ($90 wrekced them big ol rip in them)
Some Etnies ($120 still got them )
and a no-name brand crosser helmet which i cracked from front to back ($30)

And yes Mo i survived
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Its pronounced Jixxer!

[White Noise]

ZX-7R Vs rider crapness

Crash (19/09/05)

braking from 140+ on revitt straight at snetterton, didn't do it progressivly enough and locked the front wheel causing me to hit the deck at about 120 and slide/tumble for about 200 metres

road rash on my elbow, first point of contact and went through the leather, slight road rash on my lower back. stiff neck, suspected whiplash style injury but still not seen a doc about it


clothing:
richa fazer jacker (~£220)
richa slider trousers (£180)
Shoi raid helmet (write off)

leathers just been repaired for £90, really good job done on them! . Raid II brought for £180
WN
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[billy whizz]

Crash ZX10 vs Volvo 460 doing u turn on a blind bend across solid white lines.

came round bend at approx 35 mph saw car no chance of stopping so i stood up on the foot pegs and did a double somersault and half pike eventually landing on my arse 20 feet down the road.

clothing:- full two piece leathers - no damage
suomy gunwind- no damage
sidi boots - no damage
ft gloves - no damage
pride bruised

bike f*cked but volvo dead too as bike entered through o/s front wing removing front wheel and strut assy and feeding said items to engine through cambelt cover!
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Here comes the summer!

[Type_Mo]

[Yoshi]

Minimoto Vs Tarmac

Doing, estimate ~20mph on my minimoto, first time riding it, dropped it due to being surprised at accelleration and then being surprised at quick braking

Left Knee scraped tarmac and landed on my arse.

Damage:

Left Knee - Scrapes
Dignity - Bruised

Clothing:

Quiksilver jeans torn knee!
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Past: TS50, RS50, ZXR400, LT80, TS250

[mistergixer]

1985 RM125 Vs Builders Rubble.

CRASH:

Exiting a right hand bend, hit powerband in 2nd, front wheel lifts, 3rd gear, front wheel still in air, rear wheel hits lump of concrete/bricks dumped by pikeys, bike and rider part company.

Broken knuckle, dislocated finger, lovely 'gravel rash'.
CLOTHING:

T-shirt - ripped and blood/mud soaked, thrown away.
Army surplus trousers - as above.
Army surplus boots - light scuffing.
AGV Motox lid - as above.
Hein Gericke 'road' gloves - completely fucked, palms ripped out on both gloves, however, not even a scratch on my hands!
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Don Eladio is dead. His capos are dead. You have no one left to fight for. Fill your pockets and leave in peace. Or fight me and die!
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[Reevo8]

Knocked off of CBR6RR doing not much over the limit. Was overtaking, got sideswiped.

Gear:

RST Leathers- Not bad nic, but were cut by the ambulance staff to get me out. Will be buying again.

Nava lid-Squeezed into an oval as the van hit me, and then stripped itself off of my head.

Swift Boots- Arrived that morning, very good, left me with just a sprain on my ankle.

Gloves-dunno what make they were but they dissapeared!

Injuries:

Brain Damage- Brain haemorrage
Broken and dislocated finger, meaning re wiring needed.
Cracked shoulder blade.
Sprained ankle.
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05 ZX10R, (**05 WKR)

[dainesefreak]

Makes interesting reading already with only a few replies.

[Mongrel]

Bike vs rider


50 mph lowside due to attempted cornering on gravel

Hein Gericke textile jacket-slight tear in elbow
Hein Gericke leather trousers- slightly scuffed still in use
Hein Gericke Evo boots- scuffing to plastic protection, still in use
Hein Gericke Evo gloves-unmarked

Injuries-slight graze to knee caused by armour.

Yes I did buy all my gear in one go at Hein Gericke when I got back into biking and yes I got a really good discount

You should be noticing a pattern by now

Those peeps who crash in t-shirts and jeans get hurt.

Generally those who crash in 'proper' bike gear may still get hurt but get hurt less or not at all....hopefully fot the jeans brigade , it makes you think!

[McGee]

I didnt plan on riding a bike that day hence my lack of gear
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Its pronounced Jixxer!

[mistergixer]

I learnt my lesson, always ride in decent kit on the road, and plenty of armour off-road!
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Don Eladio is dead. His capos are dead. You have no one left to fight for. Fill your pockets and leave in peace. Or fight me and die!
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[knockout_bar]

1977 KE175B Vs Missed gear.

Incident

Taking it in turns riding around a field with my cousin and a mate on my KE175. Was coming down a hill. Decided to try out some engine braking.

I went to shift from 3rd to 2nd, hit neutral so I kicked it down again and it went into 1st, bike revs up, I shit myself thinking the engine is gonna blow and go hard on the front brake.

Not quite a stoppie, but I did a cool somersault over the handle bars.

Clothing

Random tee shirt (£5)
Jeans (£15)
Globes (£30)

Conclusion

I got away fine, actually it was quite fun. Took about 8 kicks to get the bike started again, but she fired up in the end . I've learnt my lesson and can now use engine braking properly lol.

Only downside was that I lost my shoe going over the handlebars and when I got up, I stood in some shit . I had to borrow my mates sock, he never got it back .
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125 trail bike, custom bars, handguards etc. - ?500.

"egg flied lice" - R6jonny (inspired by McGee)

[RealNinja]

Crash

ZX7R vs wet and slippery white lines

I had just overtaking a car and was doing approximatly 80/90 mph when I noticed that my friend in front was indicating to go into the next junction. Instead of overshooting the junction I attempted to slow enough to make the turn, which required me to brake as I crossed back to the correct side of the road. It was wet and slippery and the front tucked.

100 metre slide down the road, separated from bike.

Clothing

Belstaff leather jeans (unarmoured) - scuffed on the hip, and very thin at the point that took most of the abrasion, deep bruise to hip.

Wolf Nimbus Leather (armoured) - scuffs on the forearm, which seems to have just taken off the silver colouring on the lettering, broken zip toggle.

RST GP2 leather gloves - hole in abrasion area on palm, small bruise on palm, slight numbness from impact.

Prexport race boots - vents on side completely filed down, split gel pad on side of ankle.

I still wear my jacket and my gloves, as both are completley servicable, but I have since invested in newer gear which is fully armoured, but this is more down to me doing trackdays regularly than anything else
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[dainesefreak]

Any more for any more? Looking at the spills counter there's plenty on there.

[Nic Publish]

ZX6R V Red Mist

Location: Snetterton

Crash: Highside

At the end of revitt straight in my first race...got overtaken by about 10 bikes and got really mad....twisted the gas way too early and next thing I new I was flying through the air at a weird angle..

Damage: Completely tore all ligaments in my right shoulder off the bike for bloody months

Advice: Don't ever race a zx6r with a knackered rear shhock and a head full of ideas that you are the as yet undiscovered greatest motorcycle racer to ever walk the earth! Those thoughts will just kick your arse the moment they get the chance!
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[White Noise]

[Mongrel]

[White Noise]

[McGee]

I just love the fact although i had a helmet on i got a black eye. Think my mates punched me while i was out
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Its pronounced Jixxer!

[Villers]

Excellent thread guys, good arguements for wearing your gear.

My storys crap but....

CBR6 V The dreaded white lines

Folded the front end turning into a junction I didnt know too well. Was about 15mph, hit the deck and slid the width of the junction before mounting the curb.

gear

Richa one piece with CE armour - slight scuff on richa logo
Sidi corsa vertigos - No damage other than toe sliders
Richa air force gloves - tore palm but no hand damage
AGV V flyer - no damage no impact

Me
Stiff as a bastard for two days, asthma attack from pushing a CBR6 with a cracked generator cover pissing oil out everywhere up a big eff off hill!


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[stinkwheel]

Crash
Jawa 350 vs Audi 80. No-mirrors u-turn.

Bike went into drivers door at about 20mph. Rider hit top of door/roof with shoulder, splatted against side of car by bike then landed back on road.

Clothing worn
First generation 'scott' cordura jacket with integral armour (a very new thing to have at the time).

Shoei TXR lid.

Random gloves, combat trousers and army boots.

No damage to clothing or rider.

Car written off due to major structural damage (creased b-pillar)

Crash 2

GPZ500s vs road.

A 70mph highside on the A6 approaching Shap summit. Rider slid about 30yds on backside then ragdolled to a halt.

Clothing Worn

Bellstaff fabric jacket with removable back, elbow and shoulder armour. Moderate scuffing to back of jacket. Small tear on elbow over armour. (causing a small friction burn on the riders elbow).

Bellstaff leather jeans (zipped to jacket). Some light scuffing on the arse. Still in use.

Akito swift gloves, stitching abraded on palm, small hole in little finger. Not their first crash so in the bin, done their job twice.

British army assult boots. No damage.

Shoei TXR. Some scuffing to paint on back of helmet. Demoted to spare as after five years it really was starting to stink anyway.

Rider walked away, bike took some heavy scuffing and lost a handlebar (snapped off). Back on the road for £45 and some plastic filler.
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