Popped my accident cherry today.
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- Track T 2411
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Re: Popped my accident cherry today.
I'm gonna put this out there, even though it might not happen to you. Get on the bike and ride as soon as you're physically able. Circumstances kept me from riding for over a year after my last dust-up, and I found I had lost confidence in the bike, the tires, and, especially, my riding skills. I still sometimes have issues with sweeping left hand curves, particularly with oncoming traffic. I make it a point to get some significant practice time in every spring, as well, to get over that hump. Just saying...
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"If you can't take the time to do it right the first time, how are you ever going to find the time to do it over?" -Unknown
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'Grumpy' - '81 Standard, now fully dressed.
'Layla' - '81 Standard w/dealer installed fairing and Hondaline bags.
'Scarlett' '76 'Survivor' nekkid as a j-bird!
Under Construction:
The 'Jalopy' '78-'79 Mash-up
'Quikie' '81 gl1100I back on the lift, project with the step-son!
In The Shed:
'81 gl1100I barn find aka "Josie, the farmer's daughter." (almost comatose build)
'77 gl1000, roller parts bike.
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Re: Popped my accident cherry today.
I wanted to go for a ride yesterday after I stripped off the windshield. However..with age comes wisdom..Track T 2411 wrote:I'm gonna put this out there, even though it might not happen to you. Get on the bike and ride as soon as you're physically able. Circumstances kept me from riding for over a year after my last dust-up, and I found I had lost confidence in the bike, the tires, and, especially, my riding skills. I still sometimes have issues with sweeping left hand curves, particularly with oncoming traffic. I make it a point to get some significant practice time in every spring, as well, to get over that hump. Just saying...
I am very sore on my left side. Hip, ribs, chest, shoulder.
I know my reflexes won't be up to par so until the soreness goes away I will be staying off the bike.
I don't have much seat time so this is all a learning curve.
I just wish I remembered it happening so I could critique what I did wrong..
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Re: Popped my accident cherry today.
I find therapy in parking lot practice. Unless the better half is on the bike probably 30-40% of my rides start in the local parking lot. Sometimes it is 2-3 minutes and sometimes when I am in the zone it is half an hour. It will get you back out in a safe place and you can concentrate on the base skills. You can never have too much slow speed skill.
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Re: Popped my accident cherry today.
It is unfortunate that you don't remember what happened exactly, so you could run it through your mind and decide what you should have done different. The fact that I remember my accident in great detail has helped me face the same situation again and make it a non-event. Maybe it will come back to you at some point.5speed wrote:I just wish I remembered it happening so I could critique what I did wrong..
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Re: Popped my accident cherry today.
Based on what my friend told me..and the marks in the gravel..I know what happened when I went down..it's the time just before that that I would like to remember. What was I doing when I went into the corner, where was the bike on the road,etc.Sugs wrote:It is unfortunate that you don't remember what happened exactly, so you could run it through your mind and decide what you should have done different. The fact that I remember my accident in great detail has helped me face the same situation again and make it a non-event. Maybe it will come back to you at some point.5speed wrote:I just wish I remembered it happening so I could critique what I did wrong..
The trip we took is extremely twisty with a lot of elevation changes..which is why I was riding conservatively.
Of course..not remembering it isn't such a bad thing.
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Re: Popped my accident cherry today.
My bet is on the front brake. Big no-no in dirt or gravel (or wet grass...ask me how I know).
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Re: Popped my accident cherry today.
Prolly thinking about that cute little waitress at the restaurant you just left!
A young lady in a Bikini was the reason I hit that truck back in 1980.
Just glad you were not seriously injured
A young lady in a Bikini was the reason I hit that truck back in 1980.
Just glad you were not seriously injured
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"The book is wrong, this whole Conclusion is Fallacious" River Tam
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2008 GL1800 IIIA "TH3DOG"
1984 GL1200 Standard
1975/6/7/8/9 Arthur Fulmer Dressed Road bike
1975 Naked Noisy and Nasty in town bike
Psst. oh and by the way CHANGE YOUR BELTS!!!!
"The book is wrong, this whole Conclusion is Fallacious" River Tam
"Yea I do dance awkwardly, and I am having more fun than you" Taylor Swift
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1975 Naked Noisy and Nasty in town bike
Psst. oh and by the way CHANGE YOUR BELTS!!!!
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Re: Popped my accident cherry today.
rofl... I almost rear ended a car once looking at a 65 Mustang...Whiskerfish wrote:Prolly thinking about that cute little waitress at the restaurant you just left!
A young lady in a Bikini was the reason I hit that truck back in 1980.
Just glad you were not seriously injured
1982 1100 standard. (sold)
1986 Yamaha FJ1200
2000 Yamaha Roadstar
1976 GoldWing. running but not on the road
1978 Goldwing. future cafe project.
2019 Can-Am ryker (boss's new ride)
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1983 Shadow 500. (sold)
1986 Yamaha FJ1200
2000 Yamaha Roadstar
1976 GoldWing. running but not on the road
1978 Goldwing. future cafe project.
2019 Can-Am ryker (boss's new ride)
2002 Shadow American Classic(sold)
1983 Shadow 500. (sold)
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Re: Popped my accident cherry today.
thought I would pass on a lesson I learned from all of this.
well besides "don't dump your bike!
I carry a multitool with me all the time..in a leather pouch..on my left hip.
guess where the darkest part of my bruise is..and where it hurts the most...
so..note to self..remove multitool before riding..
well besides "don't dump your bike!
I carry a multitool with me all the time..in a leather pouch..on my left hip.
guess where the darkest part of my bruise is..and where it hurts the most...
so..note to self..remove multitool before riding..
1982 1100 standard. (sold)
1986 Yamaha FJ1200
2000 Yamaha Roadstar
1976 GoldWing. running but not on the road
1978 Goldwing. future cafe project.
2019 Can-Am ryker (boss's new ride)
2002 Shadow American Classic(sold)
1983 Shadow 500. (sold)
1986 Yamaha FJ1200
2000 Yamaha Roadstar
1976 GoldWing. running but not on the road
1978 Goldwing. future cafe project.
2019 Can-Am ryker (boss's new ride)
2002 Shadow American Classic(sold)
1983 Shadow 500. (sold)
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Re: Popped my accident cherry today.
Glad you are here to talk about it. Been in a few wrecks myself from low speed gravel skids to a high speed ditching accident. Your "amnesia" is definitely normal buy also indicative of trama from your brain sloshing around. My last wreck caused memory issues for about 6 months but I landed my head pretty hard and the concussion was pretty severe. Like others said, asap, get on a bike and ride. Take every lesson you can get from it and ride on!
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