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?

Will

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!

Ozzy

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)!

Mark

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

Mark

I'm sure it can........

Would that be HEAT, SABOT, or anti-Traffic Warden rounds Doug? 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?

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


LOL...!

Picture courtesy of Arthur Moreland.

Cheers... ...!
Paul.
(England).

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.
Cheers
AJ

When I was 15 I took my cousins ZZR600 Kwaka for a quick spin the local bypass (he is a policeman!) and I ended up under the bike and in a lot of pain!
Then about 8 years later a mate of mine suggested doing our motorbike tests together, and I thought what the heck, it'll help me get over the fear, and it'll reduce my insurance on the car.
A week after passing I had my first big boy bike, and every chance I get I ride.
Bikes aren't dangerous. Half-wits in a crash helmet and leathers are.....

Ozzy

My only crash was on one of my first bikes when I was 16...(1950)... ...!
A 98 cc Sun 2-stroke... 8)...!
I had removed the rear wheel for some reason, (probably a puncture), and when I put the wheel back in the frame I forgot to replace the rear brake torque arm... ...!
So...
The first time I applied the rear brake, the brake drum rotated and  locked up the back brake and tore the wheel out of the frame.
The bike finished up as a mono-cycle and I was firmly planted in the road.... ...!
..(I think I cried a little at the time...) ...!
I've been very careful ever since... ...!
...54 years clean licence, no more accidents... 8)...!

Paul.

Im too smart to drive a moto, but my friend once drove his bike though a fence and flipped over.

and another time he was taunting an old lady when he hit a pot hole and some how he tore up his knee.  then the old lady laughed at him.

Quote:

Fozz, you didn't happen to invent the motorbike, did you?