justin_o_guy2
Serious Thumper
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What happened?
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East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.
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On a Yamaha RD400, took a high speed run at a corner on a road that had a 60 MPH limit. First pass, inside lane, right turn, On Camber, went thru pretty hot, cant remember how fast now, but it was well over 60. Now,at this time, all the experience I had was dirt bikes & bicycles & Id never even owned a motorcycle, so, I hade very little experience,. That first turn felt good, so, I went back at it a little hotter, left turn now, outside lane of a 2 lane, the crown in the road made it off camber. I could not get it leaned over & was about to go off into the woods, so, I decided I would simply steer it thru the turn. I started to turn the bars left & it started standing up. I was closing fast on a fatal crash & I knew it. Since trying to drive it left wasnt gonna work, I only had one more thing to try. Force the bike down by turning right. I am here to type this, because that worked. When I got thru the turn & on the straight, I stopped as quickly as I could & put the stand down right in the middle of that road & got off & shook,, In Louisiana, you go offroad at any kind of speed & youre hitting a tree,, & thats either a fatality or worse. I was running at close to 100, no helmet( a helmet woulda just made identification easier)..
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