It happened, lot sooner than I thought too

[Rogentx]

I always knew it was a matter of when and not if, I just didn't expect it to happen so soon lol. I decided to go out some practice on mild twisties and without pushing my limits. Well time for me to swallow my pride because I end up making the mistake of pushing my skill level and end up wrecking. I wasn't seriously hurt, but bike suffered some damage. I won't know until after the 6th when the insurance person comes and looks at it. I studied the film and I know what I did wrong. Pardon my language in the video too. I plan to get back riding again asap

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNHoP2WHrek

 

[gpzDave]

Sorry to hear that man, looked like it hurt.

 

[Rogentx]

Sorry to hear that man, looked like it hurt.

Aside from my ankle and minor road rash, I wasn't too hurt. I think my pride and the pain of embarrassment hurt the most. Still though, I decided to post it so people will take the words seriously when he/she hear "don't push your limits". Hopefully my mistake of doing that will help prevent others from crashing as I did.

 

[kryten]

It's hard advice to take but when you see the side of the road quickly approaching the best thing to do is look away (you go where you look), look into the turn, push the bar on the inside of the turn and lean into the turn. Even if you think you're leaned as far as you can, lean more. The bike can handle much more than most casual riders can handle. Don't hit the brakes and don't let off the throttle. Hitting the brakes and backing off the throttle will both make your bike stand up and go straight. Stay steady on the throttle and lean like you've never leaned before.

Sorry to see you went down but at least you're intelligent enough to look at it and try to figure out what went wrong so you can learn from it instead of making excuses and trying to hide your mistakes.

 

[Rogentx]

It's hard advice to take but when you see the side of the road quickly approaching the best thing to do is look away (you go where you look), look into the turn, push the bar on the inside of the turn and lean into the turn. Even if you think you're leaned as far as you can, lean more. The bike can handle much more than most casual riders can handle. Don't hit the brakes and don't let off the throttle. Hitting the brakes and backing off the throttle will both make your bike stand up and go straight. Stay steady on the throttle and lean like you've never leaned before.

Sorry to see you went down but at least you're intelligent enough to look at it and try to figure out what went wrong so you can learn from it instead of making excuses and trying to hide your mistakes.

Excatly. I was looking into other videos, then watched mine again. The factors were: My speed was too high, I was solely depended on lean and without turning the bars, and the mistake of looking straight when I sensed I was in trouble. I knew not to slam on my brakes and squeezed lightly in hopes to lessen the inevitable crash. I think the main reason for it was simple; I pushed my limits. I plan to return eventually but this time, with more practical and/or intelligent approach

 

[Trinith]

I was solely depended on lean and without turning the bars

You cannot steer a motorcycle without the bars, with few exceptions. At high speed you pretty much MUST use them. Keith Code has a pretty good demo bike for this point, but I cannot find the video. Instead read this: http://www.superbikeschool.com/machinery/no-bs-machine.php and then find a copy wherever you want of the "A Twist of the Wrist" books. Read them, you'll learn loads.

 

[Rogentx]

I was solely depended on lean and without turning the bars

You cannot steer a motorcycle without the bars, with few exceptions. At high speed you pretty much MUST use them. Keith Code has a pretty good demo bike for this point, but I cannot find the video. Instead read this: http://www.superbikeschool.com/machinery/no-bs-machine.php and then find a copy wherever you want of the "A Twist of the Wrist" books. Read them, you'll learn loads.

Definitively. I made lot of mistakes that day, but walked away with knowledge (well, after I saw other videos and such ) I checked out that website that davetecme emailed me and I checked it out. And watching the video (i'll check out the website you mentioned too), it made sense on all the mistakes I did. I'll check into the library and see if I can find something, or at a book store.

 

[TrailChaser]

Glad to hear you're alright. That looked like a nasty tumble. Sry about your bike, I really hope it okay. I don't know if you remember my crash, but it was pretty similar only I wasn't going nearly as fast. I've watched Kieth Codes Cornering Bible at least a dozen times, and will probably just order the DVD soon.

Here's the first of 6(IIRC) but it get's pulled down by youtube pretty frequently so just search for "Cornering Bible" if that link doesn't work anymore.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyVdyUTnlDw[/youtube]

 

[Octomoto89]

OUCH dude! That looked terrible, I can't believe you got up and chuckled!

Glad you're alright though! all we can do is learn from our mistakes.

 

[Rogentx]

OUCH dude! That looked terrible, I can't believe you got up and chuckled!

Glad you're alright though! all we can do is learn from our mistakes.

As odd as it was about me chuckling, I was trying to keep good spirits in a not so pleasant situation. It was also because of the irony because I always stress about not pushing one's limit, and I end up doing that and wrecking.

I learned a few things walking from this, well, that and watched a few more videos on cornering, then studied my footage and I could tell what I did wrong. Lesson learned and will be prepared for next time

 

[Mikesmotorbike]

I'm glad you're ok after this, as has been said before, we all learn from mistakes, and everyone drops it atleast once.

Hope to see you back on the bike soon

 

[BonnyJonny13]

i remember a quote from On Any Sunday - "you'll never know how fast you can go until you fall down".

at least you know you've found a limit, where you went wrong and what you can do better next time.

glad you're not injured too seriously bud!

 

[Neilisin]

As BonnyJonny13 said.... glad you didn't hurt yourself too bad. Sometimes .... only sometimes ... you'll find your tyres and the road surface can influence your "skill".


I bet you were sore the day after!

 

[ariderslife]

good to see ure ok