First crash...

[themaffeo]

Hey, been riding 3 weeks now and finally had my first crash.  

I was coming around a VERY tight corner (130 degrees?) when it happened.  I've navigated the corner before in my car, and have always disliked it, mainly because the road that feeds the turn is a 45mph road, and even in a car, you have to slow down to 15 to ensure you don't go wide and risk hitting an exiting car (since it's blind).  Basically, when i tried to take it on my bike, i felt like i was going to go wide, so i tried to lean more and give it some throttle, but my front tire hit a huge patch of gravel and dirt and that sent me sliding.  Fortunetly i was in full gear so i only have a small scrape on my knee.

I'm posing some pictures so you can see the turn... and maybe somone can learn something from it.

The turn entry:


Looking at the exit of the turn


The dirt in the middle


My Skid


My knee =) heh

[davipu]

welcome to the club, now go clean your bike. noob

[ashman]

how did the bike make out?  anytime you can pick up your bike and walk away its not 1/2 bad. it took me 2 yrs to lay mine down, never so much as dropped it in that time. smart move wearing yur gear tho  dont be afraid to get down a little in those turns, the GS is pretty nimble bike.

-ash

['04gs500f]

same thing happened to me a month after riding, i just DIDNT see that BRIGHT patch of WHITE sand and before i knew it my GS 360ed to the right and i slingshoted to the left

best part was i was on the way home from ordering gear so i got a little road rash on my legs and hands

ohhhh the irony!

['04gs500f]

PS

Glad you made it out in once piece!

[Dom]

There's something a little "Columbine" about that avatar.  Maybe it's just the high-school-looking kid holding a couple of guns thing...that's what it reminds me of.

['04gs500f]

Seems i can't even have a joke avatar =/, they arent real guns they are called airsoft guns, i play with my friends, its very similar to paintball with the exception that they are modeled after real world weapons

[themaffeo]

how did the bike make out?  
-ash

Only damage was cosmetic.  scraped up the side pretty nice, but nothing broke.  *whew!*

[raylarrabee]

glad you were wearing your gear and glad you'e ok.