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Old 04-12-2009, 03:34 PM   #21
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Re: Top 3 factors in Motorcycle Traffic Fatalities

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As they say " I had to lay'er down".

Full right turn and full front brake will slam you to the ground.
While I think that term is WAY over used, it's probably appropriate here.

So......what's your analysis....after the fact?

I assume you got away with just a few bruises?

Would using only the rear brake have prevented a tip-over? Maybe but I doubt it.

Probably good that you didn't fight any harder to hold it up; that's sometimes how legs are broken.

Could be a good learning/teaching moment here.......I'm all ears.
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Old 04-12-2009, 03:50 PM   #22
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As you can see it is a very steep banked turn( atleast 3 maybe 4 feet).

This was a pretty day in late October and a lot of riders were out to get their pictures taken by Killboy.
There were 2 supermotards railing aorund that corner to get good shots.

I was already coming to the yellow lines while watching the corner.

You tell me??

post pictures later.
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Old 04-12-2009, 04:39 PM   #23
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The only way to avoid this would have been.... go on down the road to a safer place to turn around.
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Old 04-12-2009, 05:27 PM   #24
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As they say " I had to lay'er down".

Full right turn and full front brake will slam you to the ground.
While I think that term is WAY over used, it's probably appropriate here.
Totally tongue in cheek

So......what's your analysis....after the fact?

Find a better place to turn around.

I assume you got away with just a few bruises?

Quite a few when all added up....some still today.

Would using only the rear brake have prevented a tip-over? Maybe but I doubt it.

Not a chance...very steep to the right.

Probably good that you didn't fight any harder to hold it up; that's sometimes how legs are broken.

The picture you see is the force raising me up..only to slam me down.

Could be a good learning/teaching moment here.......I'm all ears.
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Old 04-12-2009, 06:45 PM   #25
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The only way to avoid this would have been.... go on down the road to a safer place to turn around.
Good. I was hard pressed for any answers but turning across traffic where you have limited visibility is usually not wise. I guess a "spotter" probably would have worked too.
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Old 04-12-2009, 10:07 PM   #26
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Great pics and great conversation but we're pretty far off the original topic. Somebody start a new Topic, I think this one has run it's course for now.
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Old 04-12-2009, 10:10 PM   #27
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I forgot , this was to say that i believe in helmets.
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I forgot , this was to say that i believe in helmets.
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An excellent composition paper. Congratulations!
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Ouch. One lesson I learned skiing this season: I may not be too old to ski, but I am definitely too old to be falling down. My shit is taking a lot longer to get itself together than I remember from year's past. I can barely get my MC jacket on and wearing a backpack is right out. One spill on the MC and my riding days may be over or seriously curtailed.
I am 60 and have noticed over the last few years that a small cut or minor burn takes a lot longer to heal. Even mosquito bites last longer!
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