How long had you ridden before you crashed.

[damnpoor]

I almost crashed tonight. I was going around a corner out in the middle of nowhere on a road that didn't have a fog line painted on it. In the city it's no big deal, the streets are pretty free of debris. Anyway, I went around the corner like I normally do but couldn't see the inside of the turn and hit some gravel. The back slipped out, and I barely managed not to high side on the recovery. Looking back I know I did all the wrong things, but there's not much you can do once the reflexes sieze you.

 

[jondav123]

I am assuming that we are talking "street crashes". When I was young and dumb (just not young now), I looped a wheelie at about 50mph......learned what road rash was!!! If we were talking dirt, If you don't crash in a day, your not riding hard enough! LOL

 

[Hellgate]

Those two sound especially horrible. OUCH!!! I know the second one was real bad, but how did you and the bike fair after hitting the ground at 60?

Warm tire stoppies FTW!

I cried after the crash on my GS. Not because I was hurt but my beautiful bike was smashed up. I was in my last semester in school, pulled an all-nighter and was going to the book store on campus to get some supplies for my very last project. I was punchy and thought it would be fun to pull a stoppie, not... I low sided, and as the GS hit the ground the case cover cracked and I slid in the oil from the motor. I followed the bike for a good 100 feet on my ass. We piled into the curb and came to a stop. I pushed the bike over to a friend's house and her jaw hit the ground when she saw me. I was a bloody, oily mess. She didn't feel sorry for me. Oh well!

 

[Hellgate]

I am assuming that we are talking "street crashes". When I was young and dumb (just not young now), I looped a wheelie at about 50mph......learned what road rash was!!! If we were talking dirt, If you don't crash in a day, your not riding hard enough! LOL

Great point, dirt bikes are like skiing, it you don't crash, you ain't trying!

 

[jsteinb95]

If we were talking dirt, If you don't crash in a day, your not riding hard enough! LOL

LOL...so true! :thumbup:

 

[08fz6]

knock on wood never been down on a street bike, now when i used to race MX like said before if you don't go down your not riding hard enough something as simple as the berm giving out.... or the ocasional new guy locking up the rear wheel in front of you and landing on him over the big double.......but street I never ride over my head haven't been down and do not want to join that club!!!

 

[fz6nick]

Never crashed myself, but been crashed into in my second year. It was my own fault for obeying the law and sitting in the traffic, I was crashed into from behind. I learned my lesson and always break the law and filter through the traffic now (This was in the UK, in Belgium it's legal to filter).

This is why I leave it in first gear at intersections, no matter how long the red light. And I leave room between the car in front of me and me.

Riding 2 years 3 months, no crash, knock on wood, never dropped either (K.O.W.) Rode about 10k miles in first 2 years 2 months. 2k miles in last month (on the FZ6)

 

[syda]

Crashed yesterday, first time, had the bike a month. Hit some gravel and a manhole cover doing a turn at 10 or 15mph at the most and then lowsided. Happened pretty quick, next thing I knew I was on the ground sliding.

Dislocated my big toe and the one next to it on my left foot when the bike slammed on it.

The picture was taken 30 minutes after the crash, before going to the hospital. You can only see the crookedness of one toe, but can't really tell how messed up the big toe is from the picture.

Alignment on the bike is off, broke off the foot rest for on the clutch side, and then just cosmetic scrapes elsewhere on the plastics, and of course, the engine. Funny, the frame sliders should be arriving in three days... Wonder how much that's going to cost me.

Oh well, I'm stuck on crutches for the next few weeks at best.

I'm curious if riding boots would have saved my toes from dislocation... Not sure how much it would have helped. Any thoughts?

 

[jsteinb95]

Crashed yesterday, first time, had the bike a month. Hit some gravel and a manhole cover doing a turn at 10 or 15mph at the most and then lowsided. Happened pretty quick, next thing I knew I was on the ground sliding.

Dislocated my big toe and the one next to it on my left foot when the bike slammed on it.

The picture was taken 30 minutes after the crash, before going to the hospital. You can only see the crookedness of one toe, but can't really tell how messed up the big toe is from the picture.

Alignment on the bike is off, broke off the foot rest for on the clutch side, and then just cosmetic scrapes elsewhere on the plastics, and of course, the engine. Funny, the frame sliders should be arriving in three days... Wonder how much that's going to cost me.

Oh well, I'm stuck on crutches for the next few weeks at best.

I'm curious if riding boots would have saved my toes from dislocation... Not sure how much it would have helped. Any thoughts?

Bummer. That gravel is the devil!
Get well soon. What kind of shoes were you wearing?

 

[syda]

Bummer. That gravel is the devil!
Get well soon. What kind of shoes were you wearing?

Shell-top adidas sneakers...

Luckily I had everything else on, draggin' liners, gloves, helmet, joe rocket jacket, etc.

 

[jsteinb95]

Shell-top adidas sneakers...

Luckily I had everything else on, draggin' liners, gloves, helmet, joe rocket jacket, etc.

It's hard to say if that still would've happened, with riding boots, or not. Go buy some riding boots anyways and hopefully you won't have to test them.

Glad you were wearing the rest of your gear.

 

[D-Mac]

Been riding for nearly two years. 16,000 miles and no issues yet (only 700 miles on the FZ6). I do feel myself pushing the limit a bit more lately, so I can see how overconfidence often leads to problems. Forums like this help me keep things in proper perspective.

 

[Mako]

I has been riding over 3 years and never crashes, but in april someone stole my precious bike and left her on the road all broken.since then i am try to repair the bike piece by piece.
sorry if i dont write well, i'm trying to
:thumbup:

 

[wrightme43]

Doing fine man.

bummer on your bike though. Thats just rude as hell. Stealing it is bad enough, but crashing it too, is severe beating land.

 

[GodSpeedLuc]

hey man, boa sorte para teu mota. i know how brutal it can be out there in portugal. (i would because i go there almost every year-lol. being half portuguese/half brazilian.) although europe can get pretty rough with bikers, brazil is the worst. i can gurantee that you find a downed rider daily. they're crazy down there riding in between cars ALL THE TIME through traffic weaving and swerving and basically asking for it.

so with these crashes and/or stolen bikes, given the ideal circumstances, does insurance cover for it?

 

[symtex]

I crashed within 5 minutes of getting the bike.
I had never ridden a motorcycle or taken a class.
The guy dropped it off at my work, I paid him and I hopped on and hauled ass across the parking lot and laid it down in front of most of my co-workers. I was not wearing a helmet or any protective clothing. I got some good road rash. I was 15 at the time.

I have since then put a little over 22k on bikes and laid one down once in the rain coming to a stop.

 

[madmanmaigret]

Probably the third day of my riding career. Riding an enduro in an open field with my Pops. I started to realize that if I pulled more on the throttle the faster I would go (Duh I know but I was young and dumb) I saw a little hill up ahead...... gunned it, shot up in the air, came down HARD on the front wheel and flipped over the bars...... never crashed sense (sp) never really felt ballsy enough to try anything that stupid again.

 

[Rifleman]

Started riding in the mid-60's...........still awaiting first one.......not with anticipation, but with all three eyes on the road and accepting everything that happens, as my responsibility.........count on nobody but yourself, and ride within your limits and the bikes limits according to the conditions at hand........

Remember, nothing just happens......everything is cause and effect.......don't cause an unwanted effect upon yourself !

 

[FZ6 in Gresham]

Had my FZ6 for about 8 months when I went down this spring. I'd been riding for a little over a year at that point.

I was in a turn lane behind a van and the light turned green. We both started to go, I got into the lean, then the van slammed on its brakes. Instead of straightening out and trying to swerve around the van I hit the brakes in the lean and hit the ground :spank:.

The reason the van slammed on his brakes is an oncoming car ran the red light. It was totally preventable on my part. If I would have waited a second or so I would have had more room between me and the van and I could probably see the oncoming car and stopped much faster (without crashing). The handle bar came down on my hand and I was lucky to only get contusions. The bike got a little scrapped up and stays that way as a reminder to me!

Most of the time when I read of motorcycle accidents it seems there is always some way the rider could have prevented it. This is definitely the case here.

 

[white&red]

I bought my 2008 FZ6-N in June and just got it last week + all the gear so I started riding and today was my 3rd day(!) and I should probably mention this is my 3rd day of riding a Motorcycle as this FZ6 is my firs one...

And ...I almost killed myself today. Fortunately the bike turns out to be very forgiving, I was riding behind another bike, much more experienced guy, we weren't going very fast but it was quite quick, he went round the bend and stopped at a red light, I was looking at my speedometer the moment I drove into the bend and I didn't notice the light, the moment I saw it I hit the brakes, the rear wheel started sliding but the front still remained in control, I could hit it harder and fall or hit the throttle and run the red light at 60MPH.

Who wants to guess what I've done...?

So £$%^&* stupid...you don't even have to say this, I know. Bottom line; I think the bike saved my life.