Because my mental and physical skills failed or.........my new Pilot Pures Suck!
I was going around a corner near home and took it pretty aggressively and the rear tire slid out from under me. I have had my rear end slide out from underneath me a number of times and I usually just ride it out by applying a steady throttle. Any roll off I would be afraid of high siding. So I thought nothing different. For a second, I didn't even realize that I was no longer riding. It was a very weird feeling. My foot was still on the pegs and both hands were still on the handlebars while I just slid about 20 feet with my bike.
My right elbow hit the ground and because my hands were still gripping the bars, my elbows were locked underneath and I coudn't budge. My elbow landed right on the sweet spot with my armour, but as I continued to slide, the area where the forearm and elbow armour flexes pretty much disintagrated. I estimated my speed around 25-30 mph max. My right leg was sliding too, but thanks to my Motoport Air Mesh Kevlar, I didn't feel a thing. Ordinary jeans would have resulted in some major road rash. Nothing less than a jacket with armour would have resulted in a broken elbow, that's if I had an elbow left. Remember, my elbow was jammed underneath the handlebar stil being in a riding position.
Here are some pictues. The right side of my Fieldshear Air Mesh Jacket, it's four years old, it was time for a new jacket anyways.
My right elbow. Thanks to my jacket with armour, I still have one.
The corner, you can see the tire marks. Can't figure out the markings. But after the skid marks, there were another 10 or more feet of some sort of scraping.
Now you are wondering about the bike. LOL.....it faired a lot better than me. The Uncaged Frame Sliders did it's job. With the exception of a few scuffs on my belly panel, this is it. I can't believe it. My bike has suffered more damage from tipping over than after a 30 mph 20 feet slide on the roadway. Go figure.
I tend to push it from time to time, I certainly raise my risk level for doing so. That's the mental decision I choose to make. But I would never do so without the proper riding gear because if my physical skills fail too, that's all I have left.
I decided to go to a quick care and get my elbow checked out. They cleaned it up and gave me a shot. Took some x-rays. All the medical staff complimented on my decision to wear all the proper riding gear. It was the very first time that they had encountered a motorcyclist with such minor injuries.
So was this a crash? It was more of a slide, I never let go of the bike. I'm kind of glad that this happened, it's really the only review I had left to do on this forum.
I was going around a corner near home and took it pretty aggressively and the rear tire slid out from under me. I have had my rear end slide out from underneath me a number of times and I usually just ride it out by applying a steady throttle. Any roll off I would be afraid of high siding. So I thought nothing different. For a second, I didn't even realize that I was no longer riding. It was a very weird feeling. My foot was still on the pegs and both hands were still on the handlebars while I just slid about 20 feet with my bike.
My right elbow hit the ground and because my hands were still gripping the bars, my elbows were locked underneath and I coudn't budge. My elbow landed right on the sweet spot with my armour, but as I continued to slide, the area where the forearm and elbow armour flexes pretty much disintagrated. I estimated my speed around 25-30 mph max. My right leg was sliding too, but thanks to my Motoport Air Mesh Kevlar, I didn't feel a thing. Ordinary jeans would have resulted in some major road rash. Nothing less than a jacket with armour would have resulted in a broken elbow, that's if I had an elbow left. Remember, my elbow was jammed underneath the handlebar stil being in a riding position.
Here are some pictues. The right side of my Fieldshear Air Mesh Jacket, it's four years old, it was time for a new jacket anyways.
My right elbow. Thanks to my jacket with armour, I still have one.
The corner, you can see the tire marks. Can't figure out the markings. But after the skid marks, there were another 10 or more feet of some sort of scraping.
Now you are wondering about the bike. LOL.....it faired a lot better than me. The Uncaged Frame Sliders did it's job. With the exception of a few scuffs on my belly panel, this is it. I can't believe it. My bike has suffered more damage from tipping over than after a 30 mph 20 feet slide on the roadway. Go figure.
I tend to push it from time to time, I certainly raise my risk level for doing so. That's the mental decision I choose to make. But I would never do so without the proper riding gear because if my physical skills fail too, that's all I have left.
I decided to go to a quick care and get my elbow checked out. They cleaned it up and gave me a shot. Took some x-rays. All the medical staff complimented on my decision to wear all the proper riding gear. It was the very first time that they had encountered a motorcyclist with such minor injuries.
So was this a crash? It was more of a slide, I never let go of the bike. I'm kind of glad that this happened, it's really the only review I had left to do on this forum.
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