Glad you are OK.
Looked like a nice day/ride till the end.
Still April folks, be careful out there.
Looked like a nice day/ride till the end.
Still April folks, be careful out there.
Good to have you back safe! How fast were you going?
David - I'm just glad you are okay.
Look at it pretty close, looked to me like you set up too late, didn't commit quick enough and fixated. One of those "AH! SH*T" moments.
Fred seem to have it right, the down shift wasn't as smooth as your others, did you chirp the rear wheel and up set the bike?
Looked like you almost had it at the end there.
Oh, nice cliff avoidance too!
Good Lord! Another one!?!? So glad to hear you're OK!!! Talk to us... tell us what you could have done to avoid it. Were you getting your arse off the seat enough?
Please post some pics of what the damage was too. Nice to hear it wasn't a mess like the last one!
Thanks for sharing and again.... Happy to know you're alright!!! Take care!
I am in agreement with you Vegas, once you get on the gravel you are really in the sh1t.Damn, as far as I'm concern, it was still a great recovery. By the time you dumped the bike, you were pretty much almost to a stop. In my opinion, it was a great save by making the correct decision! That particular situation could have been disasterous. Meaning that a natural reaction to correct the turn in the soft gravel, or hitting the brakes at the wrong time could have meant major wipeout. I bet ya 9/10 riders wouldn't have the same outcome.
David I am gutted for you, fair play that you didn’t lock up the front or rear wheels and end up sliding over the edge of the cliff. That is a testament that you were still thinking during the crisis.
Nelly said:What speed were you doing when you did drop it? David I am so glad you are ok.
Nelly said:I guess what really hurts us the most is that you have spent so much money, time and effort on your bike. Anyway its meant for riding so fair play to you. I have seen some beautiful showroom bikes that don't see any miles unless its on the back of a trailer.
If its any consolation to you I have also done the same thing, a split second loss of concentration then having to commit to going off road. Actually I think your video demonstrates probably the most common mode of coming off.
Again I am glad your ok.
Nelly
Yeah the only moment I wasn`t thinking straight was for a second there while entering the turn...
Seen on speedo in the video: 71mph after the downshift, 56 entering the dirt, 20mph when the bike is in the air (when I got ejected). The koso's speed is very accurate (I calibrated it) and its refresh rate is fast, but since it all happened in like 3 seconds, I would take about 20% off these speeds due to the 1/2 second refresh rate.Thanks David,
My video viewing quality is not that good, I knew you were going some by the engine note.
The bushes probably did you a bit of favour (bit like a tyre wall) in reducing the impact.
Nelly
well again we're glad you're safe, and that new headlight is gonna look good! are you going to paint it all black, or leave it bare for a while? also how did the seat cowl get messed but not the side pods (did the bike actually flip over?)? it just seems like more would get bashed. Probobly the last bike I wanted to see crash besides my own good luck on the "re-build"
Thanks David,
My video viewing quality is not that good, I knew you were going some by the engine note.
The bushes probably did you a bit of favour (bit like a tyre wall) in reducing the impact.
Nelly
that the bike took so little damage puzzles me as well, but hey, I won`t try to understand it too much!
is this the new headlight you were looking at getting?
YouTube - Marty Endo crash