malone
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Post by malone on Aug 20, 2009 17:15:02 GMT 10
Just had a read thru this thread ... am curious as to what bike you eventually bought and how the riding is going? Oh and not crashed on road ... dirt bike yes once with only minor inj ... I think I would be crying buckets if I saw Stormy all battered and bruised Son has had his first off - rear ended - he was stationary and car hit him from behind at about 50kmh, first thing he did when I saw him afterwards was to thank me for making sure he had the right gear on. He was stiff and sore but nothing broken
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Post by gadgetarse on Aug 28, 2009 8:05:46 GMT 10
G'day Malone,
She ended up getting a cheap and basic CBF250. They are such an easy bike to learn on, I think its a good choice. Unfortunately the Adelaide winter has kept her off it to a large degree, and we have only been out a handful of times, but she is doing fine and really enjoy's it each time she rides. I told her if she enjoys riding a 250 around town, that's good news because that's about the most boring riding you can do! She has some good riding gear too (and looks hot!). She's about to get some draggin jeans to complete her safetyware.
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Post by jayzigg on Sept 1, 2009 21:55:32 GMT 10
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roxybob
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Post by roxybob on Sept 2, 2009 11:13:50 GMT 10
No crashes for me in 14 yrs (touch wood ) Come close a few times. Don't you love car drivers who have their eyes painted on Touch wood, touch wood!
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alpal
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Post by alpal on Sept 3, 2009 14:11:59 GMT 10
Between 1966 and 1974 I had heaps of crashes some rather serious, hit by cars on three occasions and I hit cars (yeah my fault) twice plus numerous offs being a hero or pissed. Have done nearly 34,000 ks (14K on Storm 20K on Busa) in nearly two years since buying a bike again and have not looked like having an accident touch wood, but todays bikes are so much better in handling, braking, power, reliability and most of all tyres than the shit we used to ride ...
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Post by bigfella on Sept 14, 2009 9:52:32 GMT 10
Hi Guys, I have been watching this thread for some time but not keen to comment on 30 years without an off. That all ended yesterday in the Adelaide Hills with a 15 metre tree falling on me my pillion and the bike behind. Luckily no real injuries to speak of just two totalled bikes We wre all lucky to still be here. One thing I can say with confidence is if you havn't come to greif DON't it hurts like hell. Not to mention f*#^ing up your bike.
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Post by MartinX on Sept 14, 2009 10:26:19 GMT 10
Hi Guys, I have been watching this thread for some time but not keen to comment on 30 years without an off. That all ended yesterday in the Adelaide Hills with a 15 metre tree falling on me my pillion and the bike behind. Luckily no real injuries to speak of just two totalled bikes We wre all lucky to still be here. One thing I can say with confidence is if you havn't come to greif DON't it hurts like hell. Not to mention f*#^ing up your bike. Jeez, not the Blackbird!!!?? Can you give us any more details, it sounds very bizarre. Oh, and by the way, did it make any sound?
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malone
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Post by malone on Sept 14, 2009 16:46:43 GMT 10
Glad to hear that all three of you were ok, shame about the bikes
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Post by paulbassett on Sept 14, 2009 20:11:13 GMT 10
Hi Guys, I have been watching this thread for some time but not keen to comment on 30 years without an off. That all ended yesterday in the Adelaide Hills with a 15 metre tree falling on me my pillion and the bike behind. Luckily no real injuries to speak of just two totalled bikes We wre all lucky to still be here. One thing I can say with confidence is if you havn't come to greif DON't it hurts like hell. Not to mention f*#^ing up your bike. Hi Brenton, is the bird totalled? I saw you on channel 10 news- bloody legend mate!
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Post by bigfella on Sept 14, 2009 23:08:28 GMT 10
Cheers Dogman
Not sure about the bike yet it looks to be mostly non structural but I recon the forks and head stem need to be checked out to be sure. If either are gone I recon she is stuffed.
Ten wanted to get me to go back to the scene and do a bit there but I wasn't going to do that but agreed to talk on the previso that it was more focussed around the protective gear etc. Hope that was what came across not us trying to grand stand.
Will keep you posted and post a couple of picks when I get some sent. That is really the only way to really appreciate just how lucky we were. Mind you the image on the news of Heath laying in the middlerof the tree giving a thumbs up came close.
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Post by bigfella on Sept 15, 2009 20:43:45 GMT 10
Hi Guys, I have been watching this thread for some time but not keen to comment on 30 years without an off. That all ended yesterday in the Adelaide Hills with a 15 metre tree falling on me my pillion and the bike behind. Luckily no real injuries to speak of just two totalled bikes We wre all lucky to still be here. One thing I can say with confidence is if you havn't come to greif DON't it hurts like hell. Not to mention f*#^ing up your bike. Jeez, not the Blackbird!!!?? Can you give us any more details, it sounds very bizarre. Oh, and by the way, did it make any sound? Hi guys, I have now been given and taken a couple of pics re the Tree incident last Sunday. The more detail is best described as . Riding along minding our own business no excessive speed when a bloody great gum tree (15 metres plus tall)decided to lay down for a rest and landed on top of us. Us being my blackbird with pillion and a cbr 1000 rider only. The pics will give you some idea of how lucky we all were. and fill in the rest of the story. As you can appreciate at 120ks when something like that drops around 30 metres in front of you, you don't have time to do anything but hang on for the ride. How did it feel? Like walking down a guard of honour with every member swinging base ball bats. I still can't get my head around having ridden the bike through this without coming off. Of course the CBR and my pillion were not that lucky but not a single broken bone or stitch resulted.
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MartinX
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Post by MartinX on Sept 15, 2009 23:32:05 GMT 10
Jesus H Tapdancing Christ!
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Post by shayne on Sept 16, 2009 12:05:35 GMT 10
Glad you all came out of it ok.
When I was in my teens a local bloke from our town (school friends father) was driving down the road in his ute minding his own business when a tree fell directly on his ute. He was unfortunately killed.
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Post by madadz on Sept 16, 2009 12:22:35 GMT 10
You are all very lucky to come out unscaved Glad your all ok!!
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MartinX
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Post by MartinX on Sept 16, 2009 13:48:21 GMT 10
Hey bigfella, was it gusting at the time? I still can't get over the odds, firstly the odds against you being there at the very moment a tree decides to fall, and then the odds against no-one being seriously hurt. Methinks it's time for you to buy a lotto ticket! ;D
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Post by bigfella on Sept 16, 2009 20:22:38 GMT 10
Hey bigfella, was it gusting at the time? I still can't get over the odds, firstly the odds against you being there at the very moment a tree decides to fall, and then the odds against no-one being seriously hurt. Methinks it's time for you to buy a lotto ticket! ;D The wind was gusting very strong and probably at times Gale force. Some Idea of the things that conspired to put us there at exactly that moment. 1. A mate had bike trouble at Strathalbyn and we spent 25 minutes fixing his bike. 2. because of the wind factor we decided not to do Delamere Road between Victor Harbor and Cape Jervis as it is "too dangerous in high wind> Let's do Ashbourne instead that will be less windy. 3.Waited for 10 to 15 seconds for a couple of cars coming out of the car park instead of the usual squirt out in front method. 4. slowed to 75 to 80- kms on a 2 km stretch we normally would be doing 100 plus due to wind. 5. squirted up to 120 as usual for this relatively sheltered section and that is where the tree dropped. 3 seconds either way we would have missed it altogether or had plenty of time to see it down and stop. Just meant to be. And on the lottery ticket my wife and pillion both bought em but I figure I have no luck left. One friend suggested it was payback for all the good things I had done in my life. Not the tree falling but making it through alive. Now that really is putting a positive spin on it. Just got another pic through that was taken before anything was being cleared. It actually shows some of the branches nearer the camera that came through with my bike. Where the guy is standing is where Heath and his bike were located. You can actually see a bit of a tunnel on the right of the picture which is where my bike came through as the tree was falling. Damn glad we were riding toward the camera and not away from it. Unreal to see this one today. Anayway I have consumed enough of this thread on my little incident so will keep an eye out for the next addition and hope they are as lucky as I have been. Keep it upright guys.
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Post by simo on Sept 20, 2009 23:07:37 GMT 10
My new girlfriend absolutely loves being on the back of my 'storm, and now wants to move forward one position and ride a bike herself. Now, I mostly think this is the coolest thing ever, but she is an adrenalin junkie, and readily admits to having a bit of a god complex (ie. I'm indestructible, nothing can hurt me). Clearly a bad combo for a new rider. I would never tell her I don't want her getting a bike (how hot are chicks in leathers?!!) but I can't help but worry a little. Anyway, it got me thinking; pretty well everyone I know who rides has had a decent off at some point, and been hurt. I'm a bit mangled myself. So the question is, has anyone out there who is an experienced rider who hasn't had a decent crash? Came off on Montague rd in the hills on the ZZR600 - a few bruises and scrapes. Then got hit from behind while stationary at the lights by a f***wit texting while driving, so that killed the CBR600F. Now on the Storm for over 12 months and no problems so far.
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raven
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Post by raven on Sept 25, 2009 9:24:40 GMT 10
What can be said about this one Bigfella??? I went past the remnants of the tree yesterday So fortunate that no major injuries happened. Still hard to believe.
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Post by silentassassin on Sept 25, 2009 13:42:57 GMT 10
Have only just read this bigfella. so glad you got throw unscathed mate. bloody miracle. I'm with you on the lottery ticket thought. if you've just had that much luck there is no way you're gonna win.
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Post by bigfella on Sept 25, 2009 19:10:23 GMT 10
Hay Raven & Assasin
Cheers & thanks. One posative I got to do 400 ks on the VTR again last weekend with Nitros and some others.
I still love the thing but I have found another BIRD only 1400 ks 2007 in black. Maybe it was meant to be.
Still sorting out the insurance etc but hope to have the new love of my life in a week or so.
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Post by raven on Sept 26, 2009 7:46:30 GMT 10
Well done bigfella, straight back on the horse (or storm, or bird)
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Post by foxy on Jan 10, 2010 17:35:53 GMT 10
Crashing..... A sore point with me (lol) let's just say that metal detectors & me don't mix well. anyhoo, The missus just passed her test...2nd time around (she'd kick my A** if she knew i told anyone) ;D As alot of you have already mentioned, the right gear, mindset & training will go along way to seeing that she stays rubber side down. Been on a couple of rides with her when she was on the L's and it is pretty nerve wracking! I just have to remember that she's not a nutter like me. Got a ride planned out to lunch at the mundaring weir hotel on the 22nd to break her in gently. Any Perth dwellers around reading this...if you are available, you are more than welcome to join us. would like to meet some fellow stormers.
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Seanus
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Post by Seanus on Jan 13, 2010 15:34:33 GMT 10
My wife really wanted to ride with me as well. Took her a couple of goes to get her license. When she got it I was like you, freaked out as she was a real nervous rider. It all ended in tears and now I doubt she'll ride again. Don't tell anyone but I'm stoked. Some people aren't meant to ride motorcycles.
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Post by 2k4vtr1000 on Jan 26, 2010 17:08:49 GMT 10
Well to add some more of the same.. On dirt bikes : way too many to remember them all... On roads bikes just one major accident ; When I was young, in Adelaide, I was coming up to a 4 way intersection on a Suzuki ER185 as a woman in a MkII Cortina stopped at a give way sign on my right. I had started to slow down to about 50ish (in a 60 zone) and had just started to accelerate when she decided to pull out.. result was cruncha time.. my knee hit just behind the front wheel (passenger side). I left a hole in it while I flipped over and landed on the gutter on my back.. I never saw the bike again. Hardly remember most of it to be honest. Woke up in Flinders University pre-op with a degloved right knee and a hairline fracture of my right fibular, watching a nurse and a doctor put cotton wool in under my knee (I was happy as larry on the N2O and didn't have a care in the world ). I got out after only a 1.5 weeks and was back on my feet within 2 months. Anyway I go off very lightly compared to some of the other patients in the 5 wards of motorcycle accident victims there at the time. It certainly was a wake up call and I quickly learnt to ride with these impressions always with me. Other than that, I've dropped it another 3 times in 25 years (all at very slow speeds) and haven't had an off for 15 or so years.
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Post by udlose on Jul 1, 2011 11:43:02 GMT 10
I'm lucky enough to have never come off a bike. I've been riding for about 4-5 years and done 100,000+ kms of commuting, mountains, track days, drag racing, wheelies, tourers. I've never been acused of not trying hard enough though. I actually have it in writing from a cop that I'm in the top 1% of craziest "drivers" he's ever witnessed in his 15 years of being a HWP. I clipped a car once with my GF on the back but we didn't come off (didn't even put my foot down) so I don't count that.
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Post by Simmo on Jul 5, 2011 9:08:07 GMT 10
Crashing my dirt bikes was just another way to slow down....not looking forward to my first "off" on the black top though!!!
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Post by hivisibility on Jul 5, 2011 20:25:26 GMT 10
First ride behind my uncle at 3... apparently. first bike a z50 at 4 a puch75 next, then a MR50 and so it went....
My grandads both rode, Dad, Mum, Uncles, Stepdad was into speedway sliders, by the time I was 10 I reckon I had spent 1/4 of my waking life on a two wheels. First road crash, flipped an RM80 coming home from school, second was a stuck throttle on an rz350 in the wet, then a big one when leading a group i missed a turn-off and the bloke behind me looked back and up to find me hard on the stoppers and him cruising at 120, sent the Missus (mine) flying into the air like a catapulted cat, me trying to ride the bike out vertical on the front wheel and my mate in the biggest save he will ever have (despite destroying his left hand side), what saved our legs were believe it or not the fact he pulled his bike so far down he put his front brake caliper under my rear swingarm and the gearsack rack on our bike took a good walloping and possibly saved our collective legs from major damage. Ironic thing is another completely mental mate once told us we would eventually collect each other we rode together everywhere every day in freight-train style. apart from that I have had more saves and "escape plan" moments than i care to recall on the road.
Dirt is another thing lets just say there's a fair limp in my walk, I forget stuff and get headaches and i know the inside of a few specialty wards pretty well.
I agree with the off-road kids always make better riders, only lost one mate who was a kid riding on the farm to a road accident, but quite a few mates and acquaintances who were only road experienced only............
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Mattjin
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Post by Mattjin on Jul 10, 2011 22:40:04 GMT 10
I have not crashed on the road, and I completely agree with you on the dirt riders. Almost all of my mates that ride on the road now had many years of dirt riding under their belts before hitting the road. Same with me. I believe it gives you the skills to know what the bike feels like when it is getting loose, and what to do to correct it. Learning this on the road usually comes after you are already crashing.
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Post by pete on Jul 11, 2011 2:06:48 GMT 10
I have crashed on the road ...but after getting knocked off by a car many years ago but I do personally agree that coming from riding dirt bikes it certainly makes you a wee bit more controlled and responsive to your surroundings...oh and PS guys as you get older you get wiser to these matters but you will only find this out with age
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Post by griffo117 on Jul 12, 2011 4:29:57 GMT 10
The worst ive had was on my xr200 going round a round about with knobby tyres the worst hurt was my pride apart from that no accidents but a hell of a lot of close calls in my 22 years of riding
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