My first crash :(

bidman · Crazy Courier Joined: 01 Oct 2005 Karma :

Hi, I can't stand reading posts that are extremely long so I thought I'd write a short story of what happened and include some pictures. Very Happy

I low sided on a left hand bend and trapped me foot and broke my peg, no real reason for the low side maybe a bit of grease or gravel on the road?? Stood the bike up it and headed straight for a car on the wrong side of the road, dived back onto my side but just at the turn in point for a right hander, headed straight for a lampost I chucked it to the right to miss it, front end dug in then I dnt remember much apart from hearing my bike cartwheeling down the road smashing to pieces. Sad

I think i'm extremely lucky to come away with only a smashed helmet and a broken foot and a few bruises here and there, so all is well, not too sure about biking anymore, i'll have to wait an see Confused

Heres some pictures to help with the story and the damage to the bike , more to come Thumbs Up

Cheers Dan Thumbs Up

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Rookie · World Chat Champion Joined: 09 Feb 2005 Karma :

Another nasty one! Glad to hear you made it out OK, real shame about the bike. Get well soon. Sad

ram_doom · World Chat Champion Joined: 25 Mar 2006 Karma :

Sickening! Glad your not too badly beaten up Crying or Very sad

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Fadel · Trackday Trickster Joined: 06 Feb 2006 Karma :

Ouch, sorry to hear about it mate, bikes can be replaced, lives can't so glad to see your not too badly injured

Get well soon Thumbs Up

bidman · Crazy Courier Joined: 01 Oct 2005 Karma :

Cheers guys, I think I'm off to bed its startin to catch up with me a bit shakes you up pretty bad Thumbs Down

Dan

Also before anyone says 'oh well he must have been doing a stupid speed' I was doing around 50mph in a national zone and have taken this corner hundreds of times before. I'm going back to see tomorrow to check for gravel or grease as a number of other people said their bikes were twitching and sliding at the same place.
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fire · World Chat Champion Joined: 06 Feb 2006 Karma :

oooooooo

get well soon mate

i remember my 1st crash, luckily i wasnt hurt, and it wasnt quite as bad, adrenaline rush was immense, i dont know why one of my immediate thoughts were....

"lets do it again!"

these things do make u reconsider biking, i know mine taught me to go alot slower/easier then i use to, hope you make the right choice Thumbs Up

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Groove · World Chat Champion Joined: 10 Feb 2005 Karma :

Were dropping like flies! Shocked

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GearboxGeezer · World Chat Champion Joined: 06 Sep 2005 Karma :

Does look a bit muddy there. Bad luck mate, least you didnt hit that fucking car.

Can I asked what pertection you was wearing, and be honest! Like was u wearing leathers, boots? or jeans and trainers Very Happy

tony532 · World Chat Champion Joined: 29 May 2004 Karma :

bad luck there Thumbs Down

tony532 · World Chat Champion Joined: 29 May 2004 Karma :

looking at the diagram.. it looks like you over cooked it on the first bend... braked heavily to avoid the car and then smacked into the wooden steak/lamp post thing which sent the bike tumbling ten metres down the road.

thats just my observation of course.. i'm not implying thats what happened

McGee · O RLY? Joined: 24 Jun 2005 Karma :

ismunday · Borekit Bruiser Joined: 07 Sep 2005 Karma :

Unlucky mate, but glad to hear you're basically ok!

Where abouts in the country did this happen and when? Wasn't Wed night (3rd) west of Brum was it?

bidman · Crazy Courier Joined: 01 Oct 2005 Karma :

FreshAL · Sir Crashalot Joined: 04 Jul 2005 Karma :

Bad luck mate, hope you heal soon.

Stock up on the painkillers, you'll start to notice a whole load of other aches and pains in the next couple of days.

Take it easy

Minky_monkey · Traffic Copper Joined: 01 Aug 2004 Karma :

Unlucky!

Or not, to have missed that telegraph pole!? How close? Shocked

Simple · World Chat Champion Joined: 08 Feb 2005 Karma :

OO could have been much worse, greasy road?
could have been an accident prior to you getting there that hadn't been cleaned up properly?

Beautiful weather we have today and you don't know about biking, I'm sure sitting by an open window with the sound of bikes wizzing by and then howling down the bypass would make your mind up I know it drives me mad when I need to get some work done.

Hope your ankle heals well and your back out there with the best of em before too long Thumbs Up

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proximity · Crazy Courier Joined: 08 Oct 2004 Karma :

I dont get what happened. You had 2 crashes ?

Are you saying you got back up from a low side and then crashed into a lamppost? Laughing

Glad you're ok Thumbs Up

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bidman · Crazy Courier Joined: 01 Oct 2005 Karma :

John C · World Chat Champion Joined: 06 May 2005 Karma :

Sounds nasty, glad your ok (ish) though.

Dark · World Chat Champion Joined: 02 Jun 2004 Karma :

Fair play on avoiding the head on with the car!

Bad luck on binning it though. Hope you get better soon
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akaDAVE · World Chat Champion Joined: 01 Sep 2005 Karma :

Well done for avoiding the oncoming car! Shocked

The road looks like the tarmac is breaking up from the edges inwards so there was probably lines of loose gravel mud on the road, probably from heavy tractor tyres overlapping the edges and damaging the tarmac.
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bidman · Crazy Courier Joined: 01 Oct 2005 Karma :

Hi, NSRSparkie is spot on with what happened Thumbs Up

made it a lot easier to understand Very Happy

cheers

As for the road I have just been back there and the road has broken up in the middle and there is a diference in height of the two parts and it seems my back end slipped down onto the lower part which caused the initial low side.
Dan Thumbs Up

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FreshAL · Sir Crashalot Joined: 04 Jul 2005 Karma :

bidman · Crazy Courier Joined: 01 Oct 2005 Karma :

WavyGravy · Scooby Slapper Joined: 10 Mar 2006 Karma :

Well done for avoiding turning an accident into a tragedy, the state of the roads continues to decline, even motorways seem to be carving up badly, especially in the slow lane, the local favourite for blowing out a few cobwebs is the M45, the other week about 2 miles onto it from the M1 the surface has definitley shifted- making it very uneven and causing the bike to weave, i was only on a single cylinder 250, would hate to think if i'd been testing out a quicker bike!

anyway, dont wish to hijack your thread, quick and safe recovery to you and your bike
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