There is the problem, You are riding the street bike like a dirt bike! Sorry that does not work any more than trying to do the 15 ft. jumps on an R6. Face it man YOU need to learn how to ride ON THE STREET
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I Almost Killed Myself Today On 11th Highway (Orillia)
- Thread starter Pegassus
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There is the problem, You are riding the street bike like a dirt bike! Sorry that does not work any more than trying to do the 15 ft. jumps on an R6. Face it man YOU need to learn how to ride ON THE STREET
OpenGambit
Banned
Pretty sure he needs that alarm system even less now.
FriendlyFoe
Well-known member
... and YOU, dear sir, owe me a new keyboard, because you just made me spit out the banana that I am eating!
its a vicious cycle
You more lean and bike less and yes there are those of us who do off road as well and not on prepared tracks either.
You stood the bike up in a curve !!!! and you are fortunate to be here as a result
- you accelerated up to 65 and THEN leaned.
....no you don't know what your are doing and the outcome proves it.
Listen and learn grasshopper......or in your case likely not.
He's not gonna like what you have just called him ... :-(
That is funny.
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Bigevildoer
Guest
Almost did the same thing at TMP. Dug the peg in hard enough for the entire rear end to skip up and over. Instructor thought for sure she was witnessing a high-side in the making. Luckily my fat butt came down in time to regain control and keep going.
ItIsWhatItIs
Banned
That is so true, I was on a road in the process of being paved. I was travelling on the dirt and the part where the dirt met the paved was a huge lip of asphalt. I knew if I hit that at the speed I was going it wouldn't be good for my tire and rim. I applied to much front brake and I dropped the bike. It wasn't that bad of a drop as I held onto the bike and it stayed running.
lol troll
ItIsWhatItIs
Banned
There is confidence, and there is ignorance,
It definitely appears that more training is required.
If someone called me ignorant and I require training I would find this offensive and a insult coming from someone with zero track record on GTAM. My guess is the op was going faster than 65 and his rear slipped on some gravel. This also could have happened if he wasn't leaning enough and was heading for the shoulder. To get out of this he may have leaned more and possibly accelerated to his detriment. If the op is going to be slammed these posters should back it up with something constructive.
Don't feel sorry. Like ItIsWhatItIs, Pegs posts ridiculous stories, asks for advice and then proceeds to insult everyone that bothers taking him seriously. Next time around, there's a few more GTAMers ready to take potshots.
There was more to that post that you chose to edit out and, oddly enough, that poster's comments were echoed by those of others, whom I know to have a great deal of knowledge and skill. "Get more training" is a valid, and accurate comment.
Did you read my original post or just the edit? I did not call the OP ignorant.
I stated that there is a fine line between confidence and ignorance and he needs to be careful of the difference.
If you read the whole post, I quoted where he said "Well if it's not mechanical I don't know what else I can learn". In summation I thought there was still room to learn so more training may be required.
I will say that I think it is ignorant for you to attack me for my opinion.
Without knowing me personally, you have based my skill on how long I have been a member of GTAM or by how many posts I have made. Now that shows ignorance in itself.
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At what point exactly do you figureyou recovered? When you hit the island or when you went flying across highway 11? Or was it when you realized that if there had been a guardrail. Or traffic you'd be dead?
You didn't overestimate your bike. You overestimated yourself like you always do
You're a terrible rider, by your own account.
rmemedic
Well-known member
+1.
I could honestly say, I'm probably one of the more proficient dirt riders on the forum (and I still think I'm slow at it)... I'm more at the level of jumping 80-100' jumps... But get me on the asphalt, even with a few years on the road experience and quite a few in the dirt, and I'm nothing special. I don't let my off road skill set fool me in to thinking I'm better than I am on the street because they are completely different, and I haven't had "advanced" training on the pavement, but it's something I intend to do, as the street isn't the place to push it.
The only place my off road experience really helps on the street, is in the split second decisions required in some instances on the street.
tough - truth hurts - maybe something will sink in before he kills himself. Besides he "hopped" didn't he
With 43 years riding I can pull some seniority in the grasshopper identification field
.....not that I didn't do my share of foolish things.....there was this flat topped bridge near St Catherines - going too fast......first time I ever cleared the entire top.Damn Honda Hawk sure took a beating on the landing but stayed upright. ....passenger had NO IDEA!!!
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and when to use what brake and not panicking at some gravel or being in the shoulder and ultimately how to fall. I suspect there is more use than you may realize. There are things long time riders do without even thinking about them
I think some dirt - even if it's on a road bike is good practice for when it comes up unexpectedly in a construction zone in the rain. All pavement can lull you.
Been a while since I'd done any extensive off road until this year and 3 months down under picked up some skills - not nearly as much rust whenI hauled out the Burgman this year. 200 km of rough outback track will get your teeth rattling on the washboard and test your mettle in the soft stuff that just sort of appears. Then the forest tracks offer an whole nother set of challenges including some unexpected whoops they put in to control runoff.
Gotta pay attention all the time.
Looked for the shifter a couple of times on the Burgman tho ....duh
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