coming round a bend at 60kph, hit a patch of gravel i didnt see as it was on the lane marker and i was eying a larger patch of gravel just away from the patch i hit. was in mid turn as i was more or less gonna carry the turn through as there wasnt enough room to straighten the bike up after lane change so soon as i hit the gravel the bike just straightaway fell on its right side landed on my leg but then skidded away i cracked my chin on the pavement and my left hand hit palm facing down as well. 2 scratches, super sore neck, sore right leg, immensely more respect for gravel. bikes got broken front fairing (piece missing) rear brake lever bent a bit, wheel sqeaks a little when rolling it slowly, scratches to body on right side as well from sliding. all my protective gear came in EXTREMELY handy as I suffered essentially ZERO injuries. cracked by back on the ground as well at one point but my intense back protector did its job well.
gonna trade this bike in for a drz400 now. I was getting fairly comfortable on this bike now that I had put on about 3,000km. But ANY mistakes you make are magnified on a bike as quick as this is (2006 FZ6). I had a few close calls over my first 3,000km from noobie mistakes being magnified by power of bike, nothing too close, but close enough to raise an eyebrow. After laying in a hospital hallroom staring at a ceiling with neck-brace on and laying on a backboard it is extremely humbling and huge dose of reality. laying there thinking wow if it had been worse i would be laying here with spinal chord injury or something rly bad. All the videos of guys taking spills from youtube, aftermath stories, just big dose of reality.
for the most part the FZ6 I had under decent control. But it is just way too tempting on that bike to go a little quicker than maybe you should be going (which is what was the cause of my other close calls over the first 3k clicks). Any and all uncertainty is magnified with a magnifying glass that just blows up what youve done wrong or were unsteady with on this bike. And as confident as I have become on the FZ6, when I ride my cousins DRZ400 I feel so much more content as I am 100% riding the bike instead of the 90% me riding bike 10% bike-riding-me that happens with newb on FZ6.
red blob is me on approach, red line is desired line for lane change then turn
yellow lane markers are lane divider lines (actually white on the black roads) and dont have em mid-intersection but i drew em in anyway in the intersection as well
gravel on the lane marker, and in intersection.
blue X is point of impact with ground
yellow squiggly is the bouncing and skidding
green squiggly is me shuffling over to side of road
red body is me laying on my back feeling like I got hit by 20 baseball bats at the same time.
haha, WOWZERS INDEED!!!!
gonna trade this bike in for a drz400 now. I was getting fairly comfortable on this bike now that I had put on about 3,000km. But ANY mistakes you make are magnified on a bike as quick as this is (2006 FZ6). I had a few close calls over my first 3,000km from noobie mistakes being magnified by power of bike, nothing too close, but close enough to raise an eyebrow. After laying in a hospital hallroom staring at a ceiling with neck-brace on and laying on a backboard it is extremely humbling and huge dose of reality. laying there thinking wow if it had been worse i would be laying here with spinal chord injury or something rly bad. All the videos of guys taking spills from youtube, aftermath stories, just big dose of reality.
for the most part the FZ6 I had under decent control. But it is just way too tempting on that bike to go a little quicker than maybe you should be going (which is what was the cause of my other close calls over the first 3k clicks). Any and all uncertainty is magnified with a magnifying glass that just blows up what youve done wrong or were unsteady with on this bike. And as confident as I have become on the FZ6, when I ride my cousins DRZ400 I feel so much more content as I am 100% riding the bike instead of the 90% me riding bike 10% bike-riding-me that happens with newb on FZ6.
red blob is me on approach, red line is desired line for lane change then turn
yellow lane markers are lane divider lines (actually white on the black roads) and dont have em mid-intersection but i drew em in anyway in the intersection as well
gravel on the lane marker, and in intersection.
blue X is point of impact with ground
yellow squiggly is the bouncing and skidding
green squiggly is me shuffling over to side of road
red body is me laying on my back feeling like I got hit by 20 baseball bats at the same time.
haha, WOWZERS INDEED!!!!
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Caouldn't be happier!
