I crashed my 06 GS500F......3 weeks old!!!!!!!!

[babypumpkinhead]

Some 17 year old girl pulled out in front of me, I chose to lay it down rather than fly over her car.     

[RVertigo]

No room to swerve?   

[babypumpkinhead]

No, a 3 lane road, I was in the left and she came from the right about 15 feet in front of me.  Oh yeah, and it was wet out, forgot to mention it.  I think I'm lucky enough to have had enough time to bail rather than fly, even though I ended up smashing in her door and rocker panel with my body.

[rangerbrown]

laying a bike down is how you can get killed, stay on the brakes longer and hit head on, you may fly over but wont go under and be drug around by hot exhust(spell)

msf should have covered this.


but in any case glad your not hurt more than you were. good luck with the rebuild

[z315]

I agree, riding on your brakes till the biter end dose makes more sense. Even though you bail out at let's say 40mph. If you ride out your brakes till impact, you may have reduced your speed to about 20mph if not lower. But if you were to bail out and let it slide, your speed remains about the same especially when the gound is wet.

my two cents.

[Mr.7]

I don't think we won't be able to fully comment on this accident since we didn't see it. Mabye bailing was the only choice he had

[galahs]

Glad your ok 

hows the bike looking?

[babypumpkinhead]

Well, for anyone who's been in an accident, you know there's no time to think.  You may have missed my second comment saying it was extremely wet out.  I hit both brakes, but they instantly locked up, and 15 feet isn't much time to pump them.

The bike doesn't look too bad to the untrained eye, but when you get close up, looks like some frame damage.  Looks like I might be going through the whole break-in process again, oh well.

[Alphamazing]

Well, for anyone who's been in an accident, you know there's no time to think.  You may have missed my second comment saying it was extremely wet out.  I hit both brakes, but they instantly locked up, and 15 feet isn't much time to pump them.

The bike doesn't look too bad to the untrained eye, but when you get close up, looks like some frame damage.  Looks like I might be going through the whole break-in process again, oh well.

If you had time to think about dumping it you had time to brake.

[babypumpkinhead]

 "I hit both brakes, but they instantly locked up, and 15 feet isn't much time to pump them."

I did, just like my previous post says, they locked up, it was wet out.

[Alphamazing]

If you had time to think about and actively lay down your bike you had time to release your brakes.

This is a good example of why we should all practice emergency stops, even in incliment weather.

[galahs]

I understand what both parties are saying.

but!

as it happens so fast, I think it is hard to tell ones self they are better to hit an object head on ather than lay the bike down (which is a natural survival instinct).

Thats why as Alfasaid, you need to practice practice practice till it becomes second nature, so when presented with a situation like this, you don't react on instinct, but on trained process.

[pantablo]

I don't think we won't be able to fully comment on this accident since we didn't see it. Mabye bailing was the only choice he had

actually, it never should be a choice. bailing means you've resigned yourself to a collision. always stay on the brakes as long as possible. it IS the best solution, and "laying it down" isnt really a valid option.

[domas]

Sometimes "choosing" to lay the bike down is a result of overdosed rear brake.

I practice to press rear brake at a constant force, which doesn't depend how much front brake is used. Also i practice to turn a little bit while braking hard. It helps if you need couple of feet to the side in 15 yard stopping range to avoid the crash.

[ducati_nolan]

Hey everybody, LAY THE FU*K OFF 

[ducati_nolan]

He crashed his bike, let's have a little sympathy for the guy and thank god he's alright. In an accident hopefully we learn something but it dosen't do pumpkin head any good for us all to criticise him when we weren't there.

So sorry man, that really sucks. I hope you get that dumb b*tch to buy you a brand new bike, as well as cover your medical expenses, car rental, and buy you all new gear.
Really stick it to her 

Ride safe 

[galahs]

so what was the injury count?

[MarkusN]

I was in the same situation. Laid her down as well (and proceeded to finish a 5000 mile round trip around Germany; 't wasn't all that bad).

Never pretended it was intentional. It's just what happens to an inexperienced rider in an emergency stop in the wet.

[Jarrett]

Nobody wants to lay down a bike.  Nobody wants to crash.  Nobody wants poor drivers to make the road more unsafe for those of us on 2 wheels.  We're here to give advice, console, ridicule, critique, rebuild, and patch up.  Good job on not getting yourself killed.  Sounds like it could have been much worse.  I have some stock handle bars for free if you need them.  I'll cover shipping if you do.  Thanks for sharing your story and giving us all a heads up to be safe and ride like everyone is out to get us.

[metallic5spd]

Hey everybody, LAY THE FU*K OFF 

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