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I might have been going 10 mph. I wasn't looking where I wanted to go....
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Quote from: TadMC on April 27, 2006, 06:35:41 PM
Quote from: ajgs500 on April 27, 2006, 06:34:30 PM
40mph
Wow!! Did you get hurt?
Well it didnt feel good.......
http://gstwins.com/gsboard/index.php?topic=25523.0
Once at -3mph trying to get the damn thing on the centerstand.
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ALPHA !!! where are you?
both mine were less than 20mph. still hurt like a biatch, though.
first time in gravel, I pulled the front brake.
2nd time I just lost control on take off
both times-- less than 6mos riding and no MSF
100 - 110 km/h
Kangaroo + corner + inexperience = bad
oil spill for me at like 10 mhp :cry:
thank good we dont got that here in miami
Quote from: nick_villan on April 27, 2006, 07:27:02 PM
thank good we dont got that here in miami
:o get what, nick :icon_confused:
Quote from: average on April 27, 2006, 08:16:32 PM
Quote from: nick_villan on April 27, 2006, 07:27:02 PM
thank good we dont got that here in miami
:o get what, nick :icon_confused:
Roos......I think :icon_rolleyes:
mmkay :icon_confused: ......................
Quote from: bbanjo on April 27, 2006, 08:47:00 PM
Quote from: average on April 27, 2006, 08:16:32 PM
Quote from: nick_villan on April 27, 2006, 07:27:02 PM
thank good we dont got that here in miami
:o get what, nick :icon_confused:
Roos......I think :icon_rolleyes:
He was talking about oil spills. Miami is known for their oil-free roads. But NOT their oil-free babes.
Anyways, this brings up a topic I wanted to ask about, and it is on the same tangent as this, so here goes...
For those of you who have laid it down, did you utilize your insurance, and how did that affect your rates? Just curious about where the break-even point is with fixing it yourself VS claiming it on your insurance and getting hit with higher rates.
Dave
neigbour owns a bike shop and my dad works for sharpi so they both went really good. couldnt get the scratches of the engine, but their like battle scars to me
yo sorry i was refering to the kangaroos, id hate to have them cross the road. lol
Since we seem to be talking about fast and slow crashes .... I think I can top the slowest cat.
How 'bout not even being anywhere near the bike ... nothing touches it .... but it falls over.
Damn wind! (50mph+)
:bowdown: Oh, I know ... stop, stop, really. I'd like to thank the academy ... :bowdown:
120 km/h / roughly 75 mph. Not an experience I intend to repeat, though I came away almost unscathed. My gear is another story.
Damage to the bike was also minimal: Bar ends, turn indicators, case protector bars, Headlight chrome ring, footpeg, central stand, mirror. All just scratched; she was rideable.
Quote from: 3imo on April 27, 2006, 06:53:40 PM
ALPHA !!! where are you?
Here I am!
I've had two at around 50mph (probably a little less for the first, a little more for the second).
I'm hoping if I ever lay her down, I can tuck my legs, hold on and get minimal damage to myself on my 500F. Yes, the fairing is not a "full" fairing, but it has to save meat. Having said that, knock on wood and I swear I hope those car and truck drivers can pay more attention. I have a lot to live for........great job, beautiful wife, son is a 21 month awesome miracle, etc..........life is too good to have it cut short.
I read some reviews about protective wear before riding. Honda course taught me to ALWAY wear a helmet, which I do, full face. I bought a Joe Rocket jacket that has the "added" plastic? plates in it in places, and unfortunately, from reading this forum, my Joe Rocket Atomic gloves are not going to give my hands the adequate protection I believe I need. I'll be shopping for some better ones.
Note: Wife takes the Honda Beginners course in two weeks. I hope she wants a sport bike, maybe a CBR600RR so we can switch back and forth and also ride together.......
50-55mph, and yeah it hurts... wear gear and don't skimp on the pants. (pants were my weak link)
i'm still in the second group...so i'm sure i'll resurrect this thread when that most unfortunate day comes. :cry:
i'm with middlem2 - my gloves suck. Thanks to the experience of friends i've never met, i'm getting new gloves today. :2guns:
60-65mph
http://gstwins.com/gsboard/index.php?topic=11184.0
ruffly 60, bottomed out the suspension, and washed the front end out with the eh stock tires at deals gap (AKA GRAVITY CAVITY)
jeans destroyed, lucky only Had a good deep scratch,
hair line fracture in left arm, bent tank with aim
rapped the muffler into the rear wheel
snapped the right fairing in two
scraped up the left fairing
broke every single mounting tab for the head light and front fairing
hurt my neck
and one hell of a rush
Quote from: middlem2 on April 28, 2006, 03:15:25 AM
Note: Wife takes the Honda Beginners course in two weeks. I hope she wants a sport bike, maybe a CBR600RR so we can switch back and forth and also ride together.......
For the sake of your family, I hope she DOESN'T want a CBR600RR.
0 MPH... :oops: Quick stopped with the handlebars far from straight... Having 100lbs worth of woman on the back didn't help with holding it up either. :icon_confused:
Luckily I dropped it in some grass. :thumb:
45-50mph :2guns:
Quote from: Longinus on April 27, 2006, 07:25:16 PM
100 - 110 km/h
Kangaroo + corner + inexperience = bad
I've had a roo run out in front of me but luckily he kept going and didn't stop as I sure wouldn't have been able too. :o
3rd gear + 9500 rpm + 90* left hander + sand + cold tires + new front tire = low side at 65 mph
This was at the track. Slide for about 40-50 feet. No big deal.
Thanks for the link to the wipe out you had. I will be buying pants also. Might get a little hot at the stop lights in the summer, but seems it is a better alternative than getting my legs ground up on pavement.
Now then, why not a CBR600RR? RR is race ready! I thought one would go well with my GS500F, sort of a good mix.
about 10000-11000 rpm in 5th
i was informed it was quite spectacular
20 ft in the air before rag dolling it into the grass
Never layed the GS down. Fastest I have evered layed a bike down was going into corner 5 at Road America on a Fast by Feracci Ducati 851 in 1987 during a AMA Pro Twins practice session. I was still at triple digits when I lost the front end while on the brake just after starting the turn in for the corner. Sustained a sprained ankle and that was it. What made it funny is that my brother arrived at the corner just after I crashed and saw the bike on one side of the track and me on the other. He knew that couldn't be good. He was right, I was waiting for the crash truck.
Braking and at about 15mph coming into a junction the car behind me saw L plates and hell broke loose - they actually knocked me off the road before speeding off. And then about 10-15mph on a roundabout on oil/diesel leak from a lorry - complained to the local council and now they put that powdery stuff on it everynight! to protect bikers like us from oil spils. 1-0 to me :cheers:
About 90 or 95 mph at Streets of Willow Raceway.