Making a Uturn on NB Eagle to go SB, lost traction and rather accepting to take the fall which I should have done since I am all geared up with armour including my pants, I put my foot down and try to save the bike and felt my knee/leg pop sideways. The guy behind me helped me pick up my bike and as I was planting my left foot to mount the bike and ride away, It didn't feel right. Wasn't hurting but definately not right. So a couple of people helped me get to the corner, wheel my bike over to Mcdonalds and I assessed the situation. I was less than a half mile from where I lived. But I ended getting an ambulance only because I wasn't sure what the status of my leg was, plus I have never been in an ambulance so I decided to get carted off. So dissapointing, I asked for lights and siren and no go. Turns out after xrays, no broken bones but it sure feels like it when I try to walk. My leg buckles out in front of me when I try to walk, so I'm just hoping on one leg to get around for the moment.
What happened is that I simply took the U-turn too agressively under current conditions, but it's a move I do all the time. Agressive vs conservative. Reason to conduct a real quick U turn off of a left turn signal, the vehicle behind me might assume that i'm just turning left and ride away and they take off, maybe without paying full attention that I'm actually going to slow down. A U-turn will require you to initially slow down rather than speed up once reaching the turn so I have to be careful for the vehicles behind me. I also have to be careful of the vehicles taking a right turn onto the roadway that I'm turning onto, most vehicles will swing wide, not turning into their nearest lane which can create conflict. But I'm use to completing my turn inside 20 feet, well within going into the second lane so if there is a vehicle turning right, which there was, as long as they turned into their lane, no problem.
The combination of all the oil, grease, radiator fluid and deicer on eagle, and the damp roadway was a recipe for disaster. I was doomed. The guy who help me pick up my bike said it was really slick in that spot. I was so close taking the Eundoro. Can't see any damages to my FZ, but it was dark.
Sometimes, I guess it just pays off to ride around the block rather than making that real tight turn.
What happened is that I simply took the U-turn too agressively under current conditions, but it's a move I do all the time. Agressive vs conservative. Reason to conduct a real quick U turn off of a left turn signal, the vehicle behind me might assume that i'm just turning left and ride away and they take off, maybe without paying full attention that I'm actually going to slow down. A U-turn will require you to initially slow down rather than speed up once reaching the turn so I have to be careful for the vehicles behind me. I also have to be careful of the vehicles taking a right turn onto the roadway that I'm turning onto, most vehicles will swing wide, not turning into their nearest lane which can create conflict. But I'm use to completing my turn inside 20 feet, well within going into the second lane so if there is a vehicle turning right, which there was, as long as they turned into their lane, no problem.
The combination of all the oil, grease, radiator fluid and deicer on eagle, and the damp roadway was a recipe for disaster. I was doomed. The guy who help me pick up my bike said it was really slick in that spot. I was so close taking the Eundoro. Can't see any damages to my FZ, but it was dark.
Sometimes, I guess it just pays off to ride around the block rather than making that real tight turn.