Hey all, just wanted to share my accident today and hopefully inform newer riders like myself about my mistakes.
So today i was riding my bike to work due to other circumstances, and i was almost there!!!
Going around a sweeping right i wrecked..... i came into the corner way too fast for my skill level, i leaned in and drifted to the left, instead of countersteering and leaning more into the corner, i panicked and hit the brakes, obviously like we all know the bike stood up, there was no way i had enough room to stop. Went flying into the grass, hit a pile of branches and leaves, flew over/off the bike, did a couple flips, smashed chest/head first into the ground, bike hit a chain linked fence.
I was able to get up, pull the bike out from under the fence, get the bike up, and ride to work. I was about a quarter mile from work. The bike still runs fine, mostly just fairing damage and headlight plastic damage. Slightly bent the rear brake lever.
So let me just explain, a car was behind me so i wanted to “get away” from them, i sped up and went way to fast into a corner.
Im a new rider, ive never REALLY REALLY REALLY leaned this bike the heck ooooovvver, so i think i was not confident enough to countersteer harder into the corner. LACK OF KNOWLEDGE AND COFIDENCE. Ive learned to golf, and i know you have to think about everything before during and after the swing, the same goes for cornering a motorcycle. And i stopped thinking.
So if you think you can ride, if you want to zip around everywhere, it happens so quick. You think your in control, but your not. The bike can perform but you have to be smart enough to know your level, i clearly was not.
Honestly i should have taken the bike to an empty lot, slammed my brakes a bunch to get the feel for stopping distances, and practiced leaning this thing over more to build my confidence.
Any questions that might help anyone from making the same mistake let me know!
So today i was riding my bike to work due to other circumstances, and i was almost there!!!
Going around a sweeping right i wrecked..... i came into the corner way too fast for my skill level, i leaned in and drifted to the left, instead of countersteering and leaning more into the corner, i panicked and hit the brakes, obviously like we all know the bike stood up, there was no way i had enough room to stop. Went flying into the grass, hit a pile of branches and leaves, flew over/off the bike, did a couple flips, smashed chest/head first into the ground, bike hit a chain linked fence.
I was able to get up, pull the bike out from under the fence, get the bike up, and ride to work. I was about a quarter mile from work. The bike still runs fine, mostly just fairing damage and headlight plastic damage. Slightly bent the rear brake lever.
So let me just explain, a car was behind me so i wanted to “get away” from them, i sped up and went way to fast into a corner.
Im a new rider, ive never REALLY REALLY REALLY leaned this bike the heck ooooovvver, so i think i was not confident enough to countersteer harder into the corner. LACK OF KNOWLEDGE AND COFIDENCE. Ive learned to golf, and i know you have to think about everything before during and after the swing, the same goes for cornering a motorcycle. And i stopped thinking.
So if you think you can ride, if you want to zip around everywhere, it happens so quick. You think your in control, but your not. The bike can perform but you have to be smart enough to know your level, i clearly was not.
Honestly i should have taken the bike to an empty lot, slammed my brakes a bunch to get the feel for stopping distances, and practiced leaning this thing over more to build my confidence.
Any questions that might help anyone from making the same mistake let me know!