[Got Fast?]

As I have been saying its was going to happen sooner or later. Actually about an hour ago. Yep my first spill. I was pulling into the left turn lane to catch the green when this big white chevy just goes infront of me and stops so he can make the turn. I basically had two options the tail gate or the opposite side of the street. Basically I stopped really hard and went around him so I would not hit. I am pretty sure my back wheel started fishtailing when it hit the paint on the road. The fishtailing got pretty bad after I went around the guy I have saved it before in such a situation but this time I was probably getting a good foot of lateral mvement on the back wheel and I was on the opposite side of the road and I pulled myself down. In retrospect I might have been able to stick it if I had more space but in the moment that was not on my mind. I am not clear on how I fell, I know the bike lowsided but I hit headfirst on the left side while the bike was going right. After the impact I took a couple of tumbles and a slide and that was that. I have some bruising but minor in my opinion. I was just going down the road to get luch from work so I did not have my jacket on and frankly my shirt save for a small hole is fine which is surprising. As for the bike it has some scratches on the fairings the front blinker is busted and it took the right mirror off as well as bending my right rear set, I just bought a new one for 6 bucks love ebay. And I got a hot cop in the charger to chill with me for a bit so that was cool. All in all from what I was told it looked alot more dramatic than it was, honestly ive gotten more messed up in rugby. Just surprised at how lucky I got could have been a lot worse. And the Jack@$$ didnt even stop I am willing to bet he didnt even realize what happened. So the synopsis of this story is I finally kissed pavement and lived to tell the tale THANK GOD. As for what I learned, you can be the best rider on the planet but that does nothing for every other idiot in a car who is on the road. Be safe guys its a dangerous place out there.

[.OrgOwner]

Glad to hear your ok. It's wise to assume that all drivers are idiots when your on your bike and allow for the fact, sadly most of them just don't care.

[THE JESTER]

In all the advice I've been given over the years regarding bikes two stick in my mind , Asume everyone is out to kill you and dress for the crash not the ride.It sounds a bit over the top but it works for me.

[Weasle1000RR]

Lucked out eh? I have a similar story. I was in my hometown of Prescott AZ, heading down to the square to a waffle house to meet a girl for breakfast. There is a large hill leading down to the square with many tourist stores lining the sidewalks. As I made my way down, a blue haired old woman in a Delta 88 blows the stop sign from the side road and made the turn right in from of me. At this point, I had the same options as you: Get a good look at the trunk and rear window, or go around and try to save it. So i change lanes quickly to avoid the collision, and she changed with me! There was no escape now. I locked up the rear brake and laid her on down at about 20mph. I was wearing my jacket, gloves and helmet so no major damage to my body (except I lost some skin on my knee but I wasn't using that skin anyway). But the worst part was that the declined grade made the bike slide much farther than on a level surface. I lost upper, lower, and tail fairings on the right side of my F2. And a mirror. She was completely oblivious, didn't stop, didn't even touch the brakes. Luckily I found my exact same fairings on the beloved eBay, full set, for 250 picatures of George Washington. And I still made it to the waffle house on time. That girl is my girlfriend now. She has a CBR 600RR. Happy day.

[tymeshare]

Originally Posted by THE JESTER

In all the advice I've been given over the years regarding bikes two stick in my mind , Asume everyone is out to kill you and dress for the crash not the ride.It sounds a bit over the top but it works for me.

well said... ...i could not agree more...never..NEVER trust anything in a cage..moving, stopped, on fire...doesn't matter..DON'T TRUST THE IDIOTS IN CAGES

[Got Fast?]

Completely in agreement guys, from now I may choose to take some mirrors as souveniers since this is not the first time someone has done that to me . The irony is I wear my jacket 9 out of 9.2 times frankly I think I look good in it. The second irony is that a cop pulled me over earlier to tell me my blinker was busted in the back (never park near cars at grocery stores) I knew it im just waiting on the new set to get in. He told me to be careful. Jinx yes indeedy it is a world of idiocy out there. And to the org owner since it is the sad truth that people just don't care. Ride safe fellas and take it from my incident wear your gear all the time because one time is enough.

[Jacob]

Glad to hear your ok. One can never be too careful...