mkhaynesaz
4/4/2007 4:23:41 PM
damn ! last night was an eye opener. i have been riding with the same group of people for about a month now, and last night we had an a ride .. we meet up at the usally spot.. nothing new coupleof new guys hondas!! (group is 5 gixers ((yeah i said it ) and 2 r-6 and me 1krr ) and now the addition of an f4i and 3 600 so it was a good group, so we started out slow nothing crazy couple guys ride stand up wheelies , and we start hitting some local twistys, and ridgt in front of me the guy on the new 07 gixxer(26 miles on it ) went down in the apex of the turn .. scared the hell out of me .. cause went i got stoped he was stuck under the bike kicking his feet like he broke something.. pulled the bike up he sid out jumped up and we all starting to check him out to make sure he was ok .the whole front clip on his bike was broke it started and we then all got out of the way. and he called the police, cause the reason he went down was the car was on the wrong side of the road crossed the double yellow .. it just make you relize you can go at any time. yesterday i was asking about if it would be ok just to t-shirt for work and after that wholle thing there is no way i would ever ride without my jacket again. i meet up with us latter and we got zip ties to help hold it in place till he could get it in the shop. and he was wearing a jacket, gloves, lid , and icon jeans. not much road rash as he sild into the dirt off the road fliped it at least twice al the front farings were busted up and a decent dent on the tank oppsite side of the road rashed faring .. its wierd i read about guys get hurt all th time i watch it on u-tube and other places but being there and being the first one to help.. just was wierd !
rrasco
4/4/2007 4:45:02 PM
there ya go. that could have been you with just a T. glad he made it out okay as well.
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ORIGINAL: mkhaynesaz
yesterday i was asking about if it would be ok just to t-shirt for work and after that wholle thing there is no way i would ever ride without my jacket again.
i've heard that before...
Munson
4/4/2007 5:59:26 PM
quote:
ORIGINAL: mkhaynesaz
the reason he went down was the car was on the wrong side of the road crossed the double yellow
That happens so often you can almost count on it. Just another reason to keep things mellow on public streets. You need to be able to recover from other people's mistakes, not just your own.
I'm glad your buddy wasn't seriously hurt.
themadpaki
4/4/2007 6:06:00 PM
great post dude. glad everyone's ok. sorry about the bike. : /
transambird_2000
4/4/2007 7:10:49 PM
Always drive like your invisible man. Just think that they don't see me. Thats what i do.
same here. and i always wear my jacket, gloves, and helmet, no matter how hot it is.
voodoochyl
4/4/2007 10:24:31 PM
quote:
ORIGINAL: mkhaynesaz
damn ! last night was an eye opener...reason he went down was the car was on the wrong side of the road crossed the double yellow...it just makes you realize you can go at any time. yesterday i was asking about if it would be ok just to t-shirt for work and after that wholle thing there is no way i would ever ride without my jacket again.
Someone else is always gunning for you (intentionally or not). Make sure you have the tools to survive! The lesson you learned from this experience may save your life someday.
KingMushroom
4/4/2007 10:26:29 PM
Yeah, never hug the center line on a left turn, unless you like eating bumpers.
JZHALES
4/4/2007 10:27:21 PM
quote:
ORIGINAL: transambird_2000
Always drive like your invisible man. Just think that they don't see me. Thats what i do.
+1 Zillion thats probably the best advice you could ever give any rider, it will make the difference in living and dieing
WhiteDealershipRice
4/4/2007 11:45:07 PM
ATGATT
All The Gear, All The Time... It will save your life.
Glad to hear your friend is OK, BTW did the car stop? or did it just kept going like nothing had happened??
Leveltwo
4/5/2007 1:39:12 AM
yay, three cheers for beer! oh wait, i mean GEAR!
HAVOC
4/5/2007 1:53:26 AM
yea bro i know how you feel. i was riding with my brothers 1 day and i was in the back with my younger brother in the middle. it was his 1st time on this road with me and my middle brother leading. he had lost a contact just a few minutes earlier and he thought he could keep going. well to make a short story he went into a turn that he thought said 55 but was really 25 realized it in the last second started to slow down but not enough ended up going off the road luckily there was a drive way right where he went off and managed to keep the bike up and pull nicely i. poin tis i thought i was going to watch my brother go down and it scared the shit out of me !
