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How many times have you fallen off your bike?
06/19/13 at 09:39:19
So how many times have you fallen off your bike while in motion? Is it your first bike and how?
With a little more then 4000 miles experience ive fallen off my bike while in motion at least two times already. One time i locked up the rear wheel and hit a "roundabout" (was at night, distracted and panicked when i saw the roundabout).
One time i came up to a stop and the bike just fell underneath me! it happened so fast but i think its because i didnt have a good grip (handle grip slipping off, thought i had my hand on the bar).
The last time i thought i was in some rnickeymouse film (over confident) and leaned her over too much resulting in a lowside.
Do you guys also experience a certain euphoria when you fall and you know all is good, that you didnt break anything?
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06/19/13 at 09:41:56
I've been riding a long time and haven't fallen off my bike yet. Thats not a good thing to do. I would try to avoid it. You are only going to hurt yourself.
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06/19/13 at 09:49:33
I have not yet fallen off my Savage.
I fall off my trials bike religously..........it is the nature of the bike to push your limits to the next level. That is the only way to get better at it. The good news is that the dirt is soft and the bike and rider are seldom hurt......you have to learn to fall away from the hard stuff.
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06/19/13 at 10:05:30
I never "fall" off...
I tend to get ejected,.. or ricochet...
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06/19/13 at 10:12:37
LOL, I fell off the wifes savage on the way up to the dragon meet! Slow drop on a turn into a parking lot, got a knee burn (gotten worse slidding into base playing softball), hurt myself picking up the bike! go figure!
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06/19/13 at 10:30:01
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06/19/13 at 10:33:45
Never... off.
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06/19/13 at 13:39:50
In the early 80's I went down on my dirt bike a handful of times, since riding on the street I've yet to fall off, lay down or dump a bike. But you know what they say "There are two kinds of bikers, those that have been in an accident and those that will".
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06/19/13 at 15:27:11
I have been riding since 1958 without an accident. Time is running out on me to have one. I kinda doubt I will. I rode with reckless abandon in my younger days and many times with alcohol involved. I'm really careful nowdays and ride not to have an accident. Sorry to skew your claim.
Oh yeah, been driving autos since 1960 without an accident as well.
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06/19/13 at 16:23:27
Years ago I got it into my head that you should be able to maintain control of a motorcycle with the front wheel locked up. So I got my wife's little Suzuki 50cc step through on some wet grass, got it up to 15 mph, and locked up the front wheel. I skidded for 20 or 30 feet and fell down. Now this is the really stupid part (
), I thought "You almost had it there, maybe if you are going a little faster" so I got it up yo 50 mph, slid along upright for 50' or so and fell down again, injuring both knees slightly. Pain is a great teacher, and I gave up at that point.
The only time I have been down unintentionally was when I had stopped to turn onto a street with the rear wheel in some oil and the bike slid out from under me. No damage to the bike as I pulled several muscles making sure it settled gently to the ground.
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06/19/13 at 20:16:37
I've never fallen off a bike(started riding in the late 60s/early 70s). Fallen down, yeah, twice when moving,and quite a few times when I'd pull into a place and forget to drop the stand
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06/19/13 at 20:54:16
Once, but not exactly "in motion". When I was 15 and on my first bike, a Honda CT110, I stopped at a stop sign and stepped into an oil spot. Fwoop!
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06/20/13 at 01:18:47
How can you fall OFF the bike ?
Yer sittin' on it !!!
Maybe you meant "fell with bike" ?
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06/20/13 at 09:16:40
No. I've fallen "off".
I was on my mom's old TS250 riding through some trails and clipped the front brake on an over hanging branch.
I super manned it.
Then I was riding it through some dirt pits and came up too steep. Being young and plucky I juiced it to get over the sandy hill. The bike dug in and then fell sideways pinning me under the exhaust. I was 15 or 16 at the time but fortunately someone was there to get the bike off me. I have a big ol burn scar on the left inside thigh.
Then there was my best spill of all on the Savage. I barrel rolled that baby. Broke the windshield off, put a hole the size of a nickle in my left arm, road rash all on my right arm.
Then I had a careless where I attempted to execute a U turn with passenger one day in April. I say April because the street sweepers hadn't been out to clear the sand and salt from the New England roads yet. Plop. No injuries.
The one after that I had just done the head plug and a SS braided brake line. I must've run over a little bit of fluid I had spilled on the ground because the second my bike left my driveway and hit asphalt so did I.
Swollen ankle.
Haven't crashed the C50 yet but I've only had it since August. I bought that Savage in 2001.
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06/20/13 at 09:24:00
Or those who go down and those who know how to ride.
Clint Eastwood said "A mans got to know his limitations"
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