My pretty blue bike is broken....yes I wrecked, yes I'm ok...pictures will follow....my bars and tank are pretty much destroyed..i think I can fix my tank and I have extra paint from the first time I painted it..


So what happened? I was following FreeWheelBurner (Jeff) we'd only gone 4.2 miles  twistie road no corner signs...none...corner came up too fast, I almost recovered, hit a lip and some gravel and flung myself into a field...I think..idk Jeff will have to comment lol... I promise pictures as soon as i pop some tylenol...

heres what i remember..the corner came up really fast, it was down hill, there were no signs or anything, i saw Jeff like lock on his brakes and he almost wrecked too, there was car across the yellow lines going the opposite way, i panicked when i saw the car, moved over and couldnt make the corner, my rear tire broke lose and when i got it to grip again i was right up, not laid over, and then my front started to wobble from side to side and i was like f%$k..this is gonna be worse if i try to save it so i just let it go into the field  and i landed in a ditch further down in the field a good 10-15 feet from my bike  basically i  remember feeling the gravel under the tire as it went down seeing grass then being dizzy cause i was flipping through the air

The corner: I ended up where I was standing when I took this...

Glad you came out of it safe, bummer 'bout the bike though

NO MORE CRASHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Glad you're ok though!

Glad you're allright!  Aw, man, sorry to hear about the bike, though.  Never give up!  Look were you want to go...etc.  It looks to be an off-camber turn with lots of debris strewn about by cars.  That's a mild downhill, but yep, gravity is against ya.  Were you on the brakes at all?

the reason i gave up is because there was a telephone poll and a steel pole about 10 feet apart, i went inbetween them, instead of hitting the pole, I was really close to it.. I was on the brakes but I started to lock the wheel so I went easy on them..I never hit pavement only grass and dirt, I went down on the left side, not the right, so I flipped around sideways I guess ? 

Good judgement!    Hope you feel better, heal up.  Get some rest, drink water; no beer.

If I did something wrong I really want someone to tell me so I don't f%$k up again   

Pics!

It's not a total loss. With some time and money, you'll be back on the road in no time!  But that is how it is with everything isn't it.  I just hope I'm not next 

I'm so glad you're ok.  Good judgement too BTW.

Rest up and take it easy.

RRRRR!!

That could have been soooooooooooo bad.  You're f%$king lucky as shaZam! you didn't go under someone tires or break your spine on a phone pole.  GODDAMN!

How did the corner sneak up on you?  From the pic it looks like a 30 MPH corner...  Maybe a 25 MPH corner...  What's the speed limit on the road and how fast were you going?



f%$k!  I'm gonna buy a cruiser and hang out with old people...   


I didn't see you mention any injuries...  I'm assuming you were in full gear and you're just a little banged up.

Quote from: RVertigo on August 30, 2006, 06:13:36 PM
a little banged up.

You're pregnant?!?!?!  I though a man and a woman...  I mean...  Don't you have to be with a ...

oh... never mind

Quote from: RVertigo on August 30, 2006, 06:13:36 PM
How did the corner sneak up on you? From the pic it looks like a 30 MPH corner... Maybe a 25 MPH corner... What's the speed limit on the road and how fast were you going?


I didn't see you mention any injuries... I'm assuming you were in full gear and you're just a little banged up.

I know how lucky I am..I kept thinking about that all day...someone is definitely watching out for me...

That corner wasn't marked, I knew there was a corner but I didn't know how sharp it was and I should have slowed way down..that was very very bad judgement on my account....normally there are corner warnings/signs speed limit signs and there was nothing on this road..not even a speed limit sign so in NY that means they're 55mph roads...it WAS my fault I'm not trying to blame it on anything other than that to complicate things there was this car that wasn't on the right side of the lines..it almost took out Jeff and barely got over the yellow lines before I passed it



I was wearing gear:

Scorpion helmet has one little scratch, I don't think I even hit my head and if I did, I didn't really feel it but I'll be getting a new one

Fieldsheer Breeze Mesh women's jacket, I hit my elbow slid for while, I have some grass stains and dirt, help up good

AlpineStar Octane Perf'd Leather Gloves some dirt on the the palms not even a scuff

Harley Boots, over the ankle no issues there

I have a bruise on my knee I think from the tank  my neck is sore like when you get off a roller coaster but not neck injury sore, my moms a nurse and checked me out I'm good to go just really sore...

And I'm not pregnant but I thought I was the other day when I ate a jar of pickles and then peanutbutter out of the jar with a spoon..

Any other questions?

according to that picture ... u were in the wrong lane?

  yeah after the car passed me and i lost it in the corner

Quote from: Onlypastrana199 on August 30, 2006, 07:04:58 PM
... And I'm not pregnant but I thought I was the other day when I ate a jar of pickles and then peanutbutter out of the jar with a spoon..

Any other questions?

Smooth or Crunchy peanutbutter?  (I'm partial to Crunchy myself.)

Appreciate the explanation and sorry your riding your GS is haulted for a while.  Glad you came out of it more shaken than hurt.

As far as what you did wrong, it sounds like you just came in too hot for the angle and style of corner.  An off-camber, downhill road is rather tricky.  It's easy to see loss of traction easpecially if braking while leaned over. The no-no is braking in a curve -- gotta scrub off speed before the turn, or pressing harder during it. Remember it's Slow (to a suitable entry speed) - Look - Press (to initiate lean) - Roll (to maintain stability).

May both your and your bike heal quickly.  

good crash....you walked away...much better than 5-6 days in ICU on a morphine drip....mmmmm, morphine, drool
just push this button when it hurts....

if you get h-bars and a mirror(and a wash)....you can ride the bike as is.....just not as pretty

ugly bikes need luvin too
(just ask Srinath..... )

Wow, really sorry to read about your accident, hope your soreness goes away.  Bike can be fixed really glad you were not hurt worse than you are.

AJ would really be surprised if you were pregnant    on that note my wife might be 

ah man. that sucks. good thing you were thinking clearly-at least AFTER misjudging the corner entry. Looks like (based on total guessing out my ass since I wasnt there...) you could have target fixated, which prevented you from looking through the turn..or you got on the brakes too hard leaned over...I dont know. I'm guessing. Just glad you're alright and the bike isnt totalled...

hope you get back on the road quickly.

Glad you are ok, sounds like you rationalized every little buck/jolt from the GS.... I hope I am so collected when it is my time to crash again.... first (only) time I lowsided there was gravel involved in a similar turn (downhill, blind turn) so I didn't even have a chance to think.... only slide.

Slide, slide... to the right, to the right, now dip baby dip 

glad you are ok