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Spectacular motorcycling accident (Read 1747 times)
Aug 21st, 2003 at 4:43pm

Smoke2much   Offline
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Does anyone have any spectacular motorcycling accidents under their belt they want to share?  I once hit some Ice doing 90 MPH, slid down the road for a hundred yards and walked away.  Hardly spectacular but it's the best I've got.

Anyone else?

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Reply #1 - Aug 21st, 2003 at 4:52pm

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Way back in the '60s my old Triumph Tiger Cub threw a tread on the front tyre. I was negotiating a roundabout at the time. Ended up laying in the road with the bike on top of me - right in front af a bus queue. The silence was deafening & nobody rushed to my aid. Fortunately, only my pride was hurt. Hardly spectacular but wonderfully embarrassing. Then there was the time I braked too late & ran into the back of a stationary bus. Seems I had a thing about buses at the time. LOL Grin
 

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Reply #2 - Aug 21st, 2003 at 4:58pm

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I had dozy doris in her Fiesta whilst talking on her mobile pull out right in front of me and send me clean over her bonnet!
Busted both legs. She came out with the immortal "Oh I didn't see you". By the time the police got there she was sitting on the side of the road sobbing. I was rather err unpleasant to her! Stupid myopic moron!

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Reply #3 - Aug 22nd, 2003 at 9:43am

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Its things like that, that convince me not to get a bike. If I get hurt by act of God or my own stupidity I can deal with it, but theres too many looneys with a license to kill out there.
 

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Reply #4 - Aug 22nd, 2003 at 9:53am

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That is why I don't ride in Britain any more Craig, on the continent most people have had at least a moped, so they are v.bike aware here. Its safer to ride a bike than drive a car!
Britain on the other hand has one of the worst records for moronic drivers.... Oh and Volvo owners (ask any biker)!

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Reply #5 - Aug 22nd, 2003 at 10:56am

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As an ex-motorcyclist (I was never a biker) I like to think I'm "bike aware". This works 2 ways. Most of the guys with big powerful bikes are equally unaware of motorists. I'm not getting at Fozzer. BTW Wink
The ones I see around here never comply with speed limits or have any regard for other road users. Some even hold racing comps on busy roundabouts & narrow country lanes. I've been forced to take avoiding action on several occasions when a bunch of bikers come tearing round a bend towards me on my side of the road. Complete maniacs.......! These are not young lads I'm talking about but adults who should know better. What gets me is that the police don't seem to do anything about it although woe betide a motorist going 5 mph over the limit. Roll Eyes

I enjoyed my old bikes but wouldn't dream of riding one now. Never mind the cars. What with jaywalking pedestrians daring you to run them down & ordinary cyclists with no road sense all over the place it's too blooming dangerous. IMHO
 

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Reply #6 - Aug 22nd, 2003 at 12:13pm

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Doug if I can secure a used Hungarian army T-72, do you want me to make inquiries on your behalf re-export licence? Grin

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Reply #7 - Aug 22nd, 2003 at 12:40pm

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Thanks Mark. That would definitely be worth thinking about. Does it come with ammo? Wink
 

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Reply #8 - Aug 22nd, 2003 at 12:46pm

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I'm sure it can........ Grin
 

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Reply #9 - Aug 22nd, 2003 at 12:54pm

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Right. Put me down for 2. They would look good in my drive.  Grin
 

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Reply #10 - Aug 22nd, 2003 at 12:58pm

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Would that be HEAT, SABOT, or anti-Traffic Warden rounds Doug? Grin Oh and would sir prefer his models in traditional green, or the more modern green and black camouflage?
Any optional extras, e.g. reactive armour, Bodecia hubcaps, 20mm cannon?
 

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Reply #11 - Aug 22nd, 2003 at 1:39pm

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I think the multi-purpose Marmalade cluster rounds should suit me fine. As for the paint scheme, how about one of each? Then I can choose one for a specific operation, like a traffic warden hunt. This will be fun. Grin

Those hubcaps sound interesting. Roll Eyes
 

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Reply #12 - Aug 25th, 2003 at 4:52pm

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Hi Hagar.... Grin...!
Are these the type of hub-caps you require from Ozzy...?
..very effective in reducing the height of Traffic Wardens.. Wink

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Reply #13 - Aug 25th, 2003 at 8:26pm

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My maths teacher hit a cats eye while doing 130 on his motorbike. He skidded about 200 meters in about 2 seconds and broke his arm.... Dangerous things motor bikes. Undecided
 

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Reply #14 - Sep 6th, 2003 at 5:56pm
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Couple of years ago I was trying to keep up with my mate. We came to a red traffic light and I was closing fast. About 30 m from the lights they turned green so I whacked the throttle open (in my imagination it was like a rolling start of the race) in a desperate attempt to get past.  At the same moment my mate executed a very nice stoppie (you know- braking so hard that the rear wheel takes off). There was no way I could avoid a fantastic rear-end collision.
Turnes out he had been trying to get his bike in neutral, looking down at his neutral light, in order to perform the stoppie without stalling the engine. He never saw the lights turn to green, just green plastic flying around as my trusted Kawasaki Z200 crashed into him.
That was cool.

I have been upside down in a dry ditch once with a motocross sidecar-outfit on top of me because the throttleslide got stuck. It was a 520 Honda CR two-stroke that succed air in so hard that it flattened the throttle-slide spring at one side. After about two hours running the spring would become so flat and sharp at one side that it cut into the carb body, thus completely jamming it.
The first time we experienced this was at the end of a straight, flat out in 5th gear doing appr. 110 kph. Now a sidecar rider has a rope tied to his wrist that kills the ignition if the rider falls of.  It should also work if you swing your arm backwards. The guy I rode with however had replaced it with a telephone cord because this way he could walk around the outfit without killing the ignition after minor crashes.
It ended with me (the unfortunate passenger) bruised beyond belief. It's a great sport, this sidecar-motocross.

Look at http://www.go.to/keescross if you want to see me in action. Go to the years 1992 and 1993. Arjan, thats me.
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