Hi,
very glad u made it and that nothing happened with u,I know exact how u feel 'cause last week i almost went down taking a sharp curve too fast.
take care and ride safe,we have a bike angel watching.

 

Glad your safe - part of the problem in the United States is that everyone has an attitude of I'm-the-most-important-person-on-this-road, instead of we're-all-in-this-together. Drivers here think nothing of passing on the RIGHT. In Europe, that wouldn't be tolerated; of course, over there they MOVE OVER. Read the book "Good Vibrations" by Tom Cunnliffe. It's about a cross-country and back odyssey he, on a HS and his wife on a Sporty, took across the country. He's a Brit and writes a lot about the differing attitudes in America and Europe.

 

Glad you're okay. I avoid 275 and 696 during rush hours. I take the mile roads in (usually 8 or 10 Mile) and the sun the last few days is brutal. I've started to give my self twice the space between me and the car in front of me since my view is diminished.

 

I don't need ABS I just squeeze the lever 500 times per second...

 

Congratulations on not crashing.
I would think what you learned from this was always be ready for something unexpected, when you are topping a hill. Most of my emergency breaking has been as I was cresting the top of a hill,usually because of traffic being at a dead stop or debris in my lane and traffic on both sides.
Tom

 

Yep, agree with you there. Back in July someone pulled out in front of me from a side street and stopped when they realized what they'd done, blocking my entire lane. I locked the rear up, and it came around about a quarter of the way - just held it down until I knew I was going to make it by (barely, maybe 5 feet to spare), and released. The way the bike comes back from that 1/4 rotation slide is pretty scarey - any further and I would've been thrown, as it was I was able to just use the momentum and go around the truck. Close calls suck, but there's always something to learn from em.

 

If you have tubes in your tires YES pull it out now and then get the tire patched from the inside if the tire is worth it. If you have tubeless get to a shop that can plug it till you can get a new one

 

Thats a good thing ey? Its when I start losing respect for a bike and the road itself its time to drive the cage. It only takes a second for it to go fubar. Glad you kept the ol gal upright sir.

 

We can all learn from situations like this, I commend you for posting this thread.

ABS is a no brainer-it's a good thing. But not everyone has ABS. So..........

I am curious about locking up your rear tire and then re-applying power. I was taught that once you lock up your rear tire you disengage power to the rear wheel and keep on the rear brake until you stop ( hopefully still on your bike ). The risk of a high side seems extremely likely if you apply power to that rear wheel.

So how do you handle a situation like this when there is traffic on your tail? Seems to me the worst thing you can do is high side in front of moving traffic because you'll likely get run over. Would most have just come to a complete stop somewhere away from the traffic? This could happen to anyone of us-just curious how people would handle this situation.

 

Maybe I missed something, but it sounds like you weren't using your front brake. The front brake is where the majority of your stopping power is. The front brake also doesn't lock up near as readily as the rear. And yes, when you lock the rear, you'll wobble all over the place. You need to practice getting on the front hard, in an emergency. You'll slow down a LOT faster.