Glad you're all okay

 

hahaha, guys like you really get me. So, let me see if I have this straight: IYO, if someone rides in a manner which would make it very easy to avoid the cluster-f*ck that some douche bags in front of them created- that makes them "perfect"? Well, then I'M PERFECT! As is most everyone else I ride with.

Come one Dude, this isn't rocket science. It's basic motorcycle knowledge that EVERYONE who rides, should know (most do). If you ride dangerous, you're going to have accidents. Clearly, unless OP & friends want to become real statistics, they need some more education on how to alter their riding technique. 2 seconds, 4 seconds, 12 seconds and NO ONE in his group would have been affected.

 

That's true but grabbing a handful of brake, especially front brake, on a non-ABS bike is a good recipe for a low-side, which is exactly what happened in the OP's story. With ABS, it might have just been a "pucker moment".

 

Something I always have to remind myself of.....stock Harley brakes aren't that great. Nothing is scarier than that moment when you realize you don't have enough time to stop. It's one of those "life flashing before your eyes" moments. And, of course, it always happens when you don't expect it...which is why it happens. Glad everybody's ok.

 

I rest my case.

 

I'm curious. Maybe it's my anti-social nature but why do some of you riders post those kind of accidents? Are you looking for sympathy? Pat on the back because you didn't go down and others did? I can understand the God-fearing riders asking for prayers for the severely injured but sharing a common mistake by unskilled riders?

 

From a standpoint of someone who is new to forums, I appreciate these types of stories. I have been riding 20 years, 95% by myself. Learning from someone else's mistakes is way less painful than learning from your own.

 

Damn, I read the title and was thinking something else...

oh well, glad everyone is ok.

 

Think about it....for every time you lock them up.....if you only had 5 more seconds to react you probably wouldn't need to lock them up.

There are just so many things to watch when your riding. Driveways, intersections, the folks in front, the folks on the side, are you in an area that has deer roaming or running around, all kinds of stuff.

It all comes down to speed and following distance and your ability to brake. Your swiftness getting brakes on, downshifting, controlled speed reduction. Easier said than done. Even for the experienced rider.

Fidget with a radio too long, creep in too close at high speed, look left too long, right too long and whamo you can be in deep crap.

Just pay attention to everything going on around you. When your riding, concider yourself "working" too. Unless your on a nice open highway with no one around you got work to do. Even then the unexpected lost son of a gun who takes a police only loop around to get on the other side of the highway will kill ya too.

I don't take my own advice at times and it's those times when I too flirt with disaster. Learn from this one. It's ok.

 

Glad your ok and hope this doesnt stop you from fuiture rides.