Laying the bike down
#61
05-12-2010, 08:03 PM
There seems to be a theme here. Several posts about the speed of the situation. Mine was similar, so damn fast I had no idea WTF just happened. So you lock up the bike and it falls over or you crash into the side of a minivan. Conscious thought is impossible at this point. You react and you get what you get. Training helps for sure. Experience helps for sure. But when these things happen your only goal is to survive and to hell with the insurance company's motorcycle.
To quote aviation....Any landing you walk away from is a good landing. If you can reuse the aircraft then it was exceptional.
Same thing in a MC crash. If you walk away great, if the motorcycle survives then that is a bonus.
Sorry this is a little scattered but I am sick to death of the MSF crowd quoting the manual and pretending like there is anything other than a basic animal reaction at play. If your brain has time to make a conscious decision then it wasn't really that close.
Train train train and the reaction will be what you trained it to be but it will still be a unconscious decision.
To quote aviation....Any landing you walk away from is a good landing. If you can reuse the aircraft then it was exceptional.
Same thing in a MC crash. If you walk away great, if the motorcycle survives then that is a bonus.
Sorry this is a little scattered but I am sick to death of the MSF crowd quoting the manual and pretending like there is anything other than a basic animal reaction at play. If your brain has time to make a conscious decision then it wasn't really that close.
Train train train and the reaction will be what you trained it to be but it will still be a unconscious decision.
#67
05-13-2010, 05:09 AM
Got into the turn too hot, started dragging hard parts. Instead of leaning into the turn and applying a bit more pressure on the inside bar, he grabbed some front brake. And then, goodbye.
#68
05-13-2010, 05:27 AM
And in the second picture, you can see exactly what took him down - look at the front wheel. It is completely stopped.
Got into the turn too hot, started dragging hard parts. Instead of leaning into the turn and applying a bit more pressure on the inside bar, he grabbed some front brake. And then, goodbye.
Got into the turn too hot, started dragging hard parts. Instead of leaning into the turn and applying a bit more pressure on the inside bar, he grabbed some front brake. And then, goodbye.
That front binder will get you every time. Stay off it. 
