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I'm gonna go ahead and nominate you for a Darwin Award. Hopefully you bite it alone before you kill someone.
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UTCiv
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Oh I'd be the first to admit is was incredibly stupid. I really have no defense or excuse for it, but it did happen, it was the single closest call I've ever had that was 100% completely my fault.
My descriptive writing in the first quoted paragraph probably portrays our proximity a little closer than it really was prior to the incident and that we were riding much harder than we actually were (as far as even discussing the bikes and their potential which we were never even close to). It makes me sound like I was trying to be a badass and was just all over him pushing him and what not. What were doing was sort of lane splitting (staggered riding). I still made a mistake of getting too comfortable on the road, too comfortable with my proximity to the people I was riding with, and ended up riding up on him to a point where I could not safely slow back down and give him the proper room.
This is starting to sound a little too much like a defense, which it's really pointless to defend such a bonehead move, so I'll humbly accept my nomination (wth no intention of heading to the awards ceremony) and return to enjoying the forum.
My descriptive writing in the first quoted paragraph probably portrays our proximity a little closer than it really was prior to the incident and that we were riding much harder than we actually were (as far as even discussing the bikes and their potential which we were never even close to). It makes me sound like I was trying to be a badass and was just all over him pushing him and what not. What were doing was sort of lane splitting (staggered riding). I still made a mistake of getting too comfortable on the road, too comfortable with my proximity to the people I was riding with, and ended up riding up on him to a point where I could not safely slow back down and give him the proper room.
This is starting to sound a little too much like a defense, which it's really pointless to defend such a bonehead move, so I'll humbly accept my nomination (wth no intention of heading to the awards ceremony) and return to enjoying the forum.
It doesnt matter who you are or how long you have ridden. If you ride, its a certainty you have made a mistake at one time or another, some people more than others. 
What matters is that you learn from them so as not to repeat the error.
Earl
What matters is that you learn from them so as not to repeat the error.Earl
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Billyboy
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Yeah, if someone, especcially my brother was riding my ass like that I'd get real mad.
I've had a couple near misses.
Going through an intersection blind. Going under the limit of 50km/h. Left turner. Stopping in my path. Locked rear wheel. almost went down, saved it. She pulled ahead and gave me some space, I stopped where her bumper was a half second before. Chased her down. "Didn't see you!" she said.
I've had a couple near misses.
Going through an intersection blind. Going under the limit of 50km/h. Left turner. Stopping in my path. Locked rear wheel. almost went down, saved it. She pulled ahead and gave me some space, I stopped where her bumper was a half second before. Chased her down. "Didn't see you!" she said.
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Schweisshund
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It doesnt matter who you are or how long you have ridden. If you ride, its a certainty you have made a mistake at one time or another, some people more than others.
Earl
Amen Brother !!!! =D>
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Schweisshund
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I saw my first motorcycle accident today
I saw my first motorcycle accident today
And it was NOT pretty! I was driving in downtown Holly Springs, GA (small town) and came around a corner to see a Kawasaki in the air in oncoming traffic (2 lanes). It slammed to the ground and slid for about 15 feet. I didn't see the rider until a few seconds later because a White pickup truck in front of me obscured the view. He was sliding on the asphalt on his back, he had shorts and a short sleeve shirt and leather gloves. He was able to stand up, get infuriarated, take his helmet off and slam it to the ground while cursing. His right arm was bleeding profusely (road rash skinned him). There was a black pickup truck - apparently the at fault driver in front of the white pickup that was in front of me. Once the rider stood up, that truck took off.
I went to do my errands, came back and reported to the 4 officers and medic what I had seen - apparently the at fault driver went home, switched cars and came back (???????)
The rider of the Kawasaki had his arm in bandages and was on the cell phone - thanked me for reporting what I saw.
Wear jeans and a jacket guys. His arm was skinned.
I saw my first motorcycle accident today
And it was NOT pretty! I was driving in downtown Holly Springs, GA (small town) and came around a corner to see a Kawasaki in the air in oncoming traffic (2 lanes). It slammed to the ground and slid for about 15 feet. I didn't see the rider until a few seconds later because a White pickup truck in front of me obscured the view. He was sliding on the asphalt on his back, he had shorts and a short sleeve shirt and leather gloves. He was able to stand up, get infuriarated, take his helmet off and slam it to the ground while cursing. His right arm was bleeding profusely (road rash skinned him). There was a black pickup truck - apparently the at fault driver in front of the white pickup that was in front of me. Once the rider stood up, that truck took off.
I went to do my errands, came back and reported to the 4 officers and medic what I had seen - apparently the at fault driver went home, switched cars and came back (???????)
The rider of the Kawasaki had his arm in bandages and was on the cell phone - thanked me for reporting what I saw.
Wear jeans and a jacket guys. His arm was skinned.
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gremlin
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one other time a guy backed up over my bike in a parking lot. I was sitting on the bike at the time. he just came to a stop and started backing up. its hard to push a bike backward fast. i was yelling at him, hitting the horn and there was a bunch of persons just walking by. thay never trued to help. when he finely woke up and figured out something was wrong he bent my front finder and egged the the rim. he decided he better pull ahead. jerking the bike forward. I ended up dropping the bike. he jumped out of the truck and said i did not see you. he even had the nerve to offer me 100 bucks not to report it. boy was he mad when the cops showed up. he even found out the tow bill was going to be higher than the 100 he offered. one new rim and finder and i was ready to go.
he learned real quick what a poed biker can do. I have valve covers that have a valve remover built in. he keep getting flat tires on the passengers side.
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Jon Kram
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Almost cut a Volvo wagon in half when I was 17 at dusk on a city suburb street at about 100 or so mph. Glad I missed it, at the time all I could think about was my bike getting totalled... didn't care I almost got killed. Another incident that made me wierd:?
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Regis
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Did the 'search' for 'Close Call' and decided to add my own little lunch time story from today.
Leaving the plant and get to the intersection to make a right (it's a four laner both ways, and I'm going from moderate traffic to the busier street). I make a right into the right lane and I've already scoped out the much clearer left lane. I make a quick helmet check to my left and I make the lane change.
Something in my brain clicks and I just nail the throttle on the GS1100E in second gear. A split second later I hear a car locking up behind me as I'm hitting 6 grand. The screech of tires continues for another second as I hit 7, then 8 grand. I am clear and also scared $hitless! Either I miscalculated his speed in the left lane from far back, or he was coming up fast on the rear, not planning to stop and made the change through the intersection, nearly right into me.
After 25 years off've a street bike, I am in agreement of the statistics, that it's way more deadly out there, than back then!
Leaving the plant and get to the intersection to make a right (it's a four laner both ways, and I'm going from moderate traffic to the busier street). I make a right into the right lane and I've already scoped out the much clearer left lane. I make a quick helmet check to my left and I make the lane change.
Something in my brain clicks and I just nail the throttle on the GS1100E in second gear. A split second later I hear a car locking up behind me as I'm hitting 6 grand. The screech of tires continues for another second as I hit 7, then 8 grand. I am clear and also scared $hitless! Either I miscalculated his speed in the left lane from far back, or he was coming up fast on the rear, not planning to stop and made the change through the intersection, nearly right into me.
After 25 years off've a street bike, I am in agreement of the statistics, that it's way more deadly out there, than back then!
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80GS1000
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The incident that gave me the most pause about riding a bike in the canyon twisties came last weekend. I was coming around a 30-35 MPH left hand, blind exit, 180 degree curve on a two lane, double yellow strip divided canyon road when at the 90 degree mark, a Ford F150 pickup truck appeared IN MY LANE. Not just a little bit over the double yellow line, mind you, all 4 wheels were in MY lane. "OH F*&**&*&CK" came outta my mouth, I knew I was screwed. Pain, hospital bills, worse flashed through my head. He swerved to avoid hitting me, which is fortunate because I literally had no exit path at that point. Pulling left would have had me hit his front right bumper, pulling right would've hit the right bumper. Stopping would've meant becoming a hood ornament. Guess he was trying to straighten out the curve or misjudged how tight the corner was and ran wide on this twisty road in his ill-handling truck and was hoping nobody was coming the other way.
I should have turned around, grabbed his plate number, then called the cops that some guy who looked like he was on drugs pointed a gun at me while he drove past. Given that the sheriff was parked at the bottom of the canyon, that would've made Mr. F150's afternoon a bit interesting.
I should have turned around, grabbed his plate number, then called the cops that some guy who looked like he was on drugs pointed a gun at me while he drove past. Given that the sheriff was parked at the bottom of the canyon, that would've made Mr. F150's afternoon a bit interesting.
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Thanks GS1000! It's a good thing too. This morning's ride, found me far more cautious than I was yesterday morning, that's for damn sure! Your weekend misadventure was something else too! Mine was my stupidity and I got away with it. Yours was pure fate. Glad you escaped that one too! I read the whole thread and some of the things our fellow GS'rs had to do to escape death or serious injury were pretty radical!
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82GS650GZ
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I've got a few myself.....
I've got a few myself.....
I have only been riding for about 2 years and have had my share of run in's with "cages". The first time was Less than 2 months after I bought my first bike.
I had beed over at a buddy's house helping him prep the engine for his race bike ('01 R6) to go into the shop for finial tuning before it went back into his bike for next season. Loaded the engine into my truck and took it to the mechanic. We get back to his house a realized we had forgot to take all of the parts. Rather than waste more gas in one of our trucks, we got on the bikes and headed for town. He has a '01 Buell X-1 Lightning with a V&H pipe and I have a '04 Buell XB9S that at that time was still stock. As we approached town, we got off the main road and hopped to a frontage road that ran past the lake. I was comming up to a 'T' intersection (we were going straight through and had the right of way) and spotted a LARGE balck Tahoe-esque vehice approaching the same intersection. Keep in mind, I was less than 50 feet from the intersection running about 30mph. Well the SUV didn't stop at the sign. He pulled right out in front of me. I cut as far to the side of the road as I could without hitting the row of mailboxes that was there. Some how I managed to keek the bike upright and both tires on the ground as I locked up both tires and shoulder checked the SUV about the second row passenger door. Talk about making a "Newbie's" Butt-h*** pucker!!!:shock:
That was my first close call and have had a few more since then, but I will repeat what I have seen in a few other various posts. Most of the time the offending cage is being driven by a woman(-1) with kids(-2) holding her cell(-3) in broad daylight with me wearing my orange Icon vest(-4). That alone is why I put over $1000 into that bike last winter. Airbox mods, exhaust, ECU, and now she is LOUD! ( but not obnoxious!) I've had alot fewer problems this year and it goes to show, Loud Pipes Save Lives!:-D If you are not going to make a effort to look for a bike, You are going to hear me and look to see where it is comming from!
I'll post more of my stories later, and it just goes to emphisize that you really need to pay attention to your surroundings, because no one else is.
I've got a few myself.....
I have only been riding for about 2 years and have had my share of run in's with "cages". The first time was Less than 2 months after I bought my first bike.
I had beed over at a buddy's house helping him prep the engine for his race bike ('01 R6) to go into the shop for finial tuning before it went back into his bike for next season. Loaded the engine into my truck and took it to the mechanic. We get back to his house a realized we had forgot to take all of the parts. Rather than waste more gas in one of our trucks, we got on the bikes and headed for town. He has a '01 Buell X-1 Lightning with a V&H pipe and I have a '04 Buell XB9S that at that time was still stock. As we approached town, we got off the main road and hopped to a frontage road that ran past the lake. I was comming up to a 'T' intersection (we were going straight through and had the right of way) and spotted a LARGE balck Tahoe-esque vehice approaching the same intersection. Keep in mind, I was less than 50 feet from the intersection running about 30mph. Well the SUV didn't stop at the sign. He pulled right out in front of me. I cut as far to the side of the road as I could without hitting the row of mailboxes that was there. Some how I managed to keek the bike upright and both tires on the ground as I locked up both tires and shoulder checked the SUV about the second row passenger door. Talk about making a "Newbie's" Butt-h*** pucker!!!:shock:
That was my first close call and have had a few more since then, but I will repeat what I have seen in a few other various posts. Most of the time the offending cage is being driven by a woman(-1) with kids(-2) holding her cell(-3) in broad daylight with me wearing my orange Icon vest(-4). That alone is why I put over $1000 into that bike last winter. Airbox mods, exhaust, ECU, and now she is LOUD! ( but not obnoxious!) I've had alot fewer problems this year and it goes to show, Loud Pipes Save Lives!:-D If you are not going to make a effort to look for a bike, You are going to hear me and look to see where it is comming from!
I'll post more of my stories later, and it just goes to emphisize that you really need to pay attention to your surroundings, because no one else is.
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Doing about 100mph the front end started to shimmy. I thought sure I was going to lose it but it stopped when the speed dropped to about 80. That was over 20 years ago and I haven't done it since, at least not on a motorcycle. My Dakota has GPS'ed out at 137.5 mph.
Has anyone installed a shimmy dampner on their bike? What kind and how well do they work?
Has anyone installed a shimmy dampner on their bike? What kind and how well do they work?
In the years from 1982 to 1986, I rode with a bunch of crazies who liked to ride at over 100 no matter where they went. We used to ride from NYC to Marcus Dairy in CT at 120-140+ on the interstate almost every Sunday. Don't know why we were never pulled over. Anyway, more than one time we came upon other motorists that were obeying the double nickel and sometimes we would pass on either side of these "slowpokes". I recall one time when I was setting up to pass a car on the right when I saw the driver suddenly make a move like he had just realized he was about to miss his exit. He started to move right, saw me coming up fast, swerved a little back to the left, which allowed me to make my illegal pass, then he exited the road. Had he not seen me, I most certainly would have impacted his car at around 120 mph.
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spyug
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Touch wood, I haven't had anything happen in my 4 years of riding.
I did have an incident away back that was kind of like 1980GS1000's. I was driving on our cross town highway in my Ford van in the right hand lane. I was just passing the first on ramp which is a great 290 degree decreasing sweeper. I didn't see anyone on the ramp as I passed and was driving along listening to the tunes with not a care in the world.
All of a sudden, I heard a big sport bike accelerating like a bat out of hell. The sound startled me and I immediately swerved toward the shoulder just as numb nuts went by me at about 100......on the right hand side. I didn't ever see him behind me and only reacted to the sound. Lucky for him he was by me before I could even make the swerve. Scared the poop out of me.
I don't like riding on the highways likely because of this incident. It still gives me the willies.
Ride safe gals and guys.
Spyug.
I did have an incident away back that was kind of like 1980GS1000's. I was driving on our cross town highway in my Ford van in the right hand lane. I was just passing the first on ramp which is a great 290 degree decreasing sweeper. I didn't see anyone on the ramp as I passed and was driving along listening to the tunes with not a care in the world.
All of a sudden, I heard a big sport bike accelerating like a bat out of hell. The sound startled me and I immediately swerved toward the shoulder just as numb nuts went by me at about 100......on the right hand side. I didn't ever see him behind me and only reacted to the sound. Lucky for him he was by me before I could even make the swerve. Scared the poop out of me.
I don't like riding on the highways likely because of this incident. It still gives me the willies.
Ride safe gals and guys.
Spyug.
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t3rmin
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Almost hit a deer yesterday. Was dusk (the right time of day) and September (the right season), so I *was* keeping an eye out, but he still came up awfully quick. Luckily the 700 stops quick.
Same ride I went into a 15mph curve too hot and almost had to go wide into the other lane, except the old folks in the Mercury coming at me made that impossible. Leaned 'er over hard, scraping my boot, and made it through. Definite pucker moment.
Same ride I went into a 15mph curve too hot and almost had to go wide into the other lane, except the old folks in the Mercury coming at me made that impossible. Leaned 'er over hard, scraping my boot, and made it through. Definite pucker moment.
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Riding Connie down to the hardware store this AM in mild traffic,when I had a couple step onto a crosswalk right in front of me.
Right under a shade tree, hardly saw them, I guess they were expecting me to stop.
Well stop is the law, so I did.
Locked up the rear and did a nice slide right up to them.
Stopped and the ole guy nodded.
Took off and noticed those da mn cagers weren't keeping close to me anymore.:shock::?\\
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Right under a shade tree, hardly saw them, I guess they were expecting me to stop.
Well stop is the law, so I did.
Locked up the rear and did a nice slide right up to them.
Stopped and the ole guy nodded.
Took off and noticed those da mn cagers weren't keeping close to me anymore.:shock::?\\
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There is a bridge in Pittsburgh that has a curve in it. I was crossing the bridge during a rain storm going to my house in Bellevue. The roads pavement is seperated with steel girders. My rear wheel slipped out from underneith me on a girder. My Kaw LTD 1000's peg bounced off the roads surface but because of my many crashes on dirtbikes I was able to pull the bike back up with all my might. As I drove on, caught my breath and my heart stopped racing I went home and changed my underwear.
If that peg would of caught the road surface I'd be dead.
If that peg would of caught the road surface I'd be dead.
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