My first rear wheel skid

[Magnar Infectus]

Driving to to work this morning. About 8 minutes before I start typing this. I was on a road that i've probbably driven on almost every day for the past 18 years. Three lanes wach way. I was going about 47 in a 45. The light changes to yellow when I'm too far away to not run through it on red, but closer that I want to be for a normal (slow) stop. There's noone infront of me, and noone behind me. I stop quickly with both breaks. I heard the rear one lock, and feel it start to slide to my right. I let off the front break some and the rear one a tinsy bit and turn into the skid. I think it may have slid 10-15 degrees off center before I recovered. I ended up stopping with the bike straight, upright and with the rear wheel on the double white line. I did however forget to shift all the way down to first. I was in 2 or n iirc.

All in all it was kinda fun despite being a pucker moment.

I'm kinda used to skidding. I used to do in my truck when no one was around, just to get used to the feeling. I think that may have helped, 'cause I turned into it without having to think to myself "Hey dummy, turn or die!"