how many off's have you had

[davepreston]

I'm not talking dropping the bike at traffic lights (Hong) but proper oh feck this is going to hurt binning of your bike


why you may ask, simple every fecker on here keeps commenting on my crash record but im sure their are many on here that have binned it far more often than me


so honestly how many have you had


DP


this tread will be followed by how many bikes have you killed :)

[Tomor]

1 but very nearly a second into a tractor last Sunday.

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[littleoldman2]

Seven

[Bibio]

in my yoof i had many off's but none were proper bone broken stuff, just scrapes and bruising. the bikes were always fixable with a bar and hammer. i learnt not to do the silly stuff again and progressed from there.

i have never killed a bike.

[dizzyblonde]

One. In eleven years.

[tonyt]

In my misspent youth I lost count, but did do quite a bit of racing..really had a lot more enthusiasm than ability or skill ... have broken most bones in my now aching ol body..lol

[AJC]

Hmm, technically I have went down while moving five times though none of these were above say 20mph and all were in city traffic. All but one was put through insurance and paid out 100% in my favour. Also all but once I picked the bike up and rode it home/to work.

I have never really killed a bike but I have had two written off by those pesky insurance types!...

[ethariel]

5 White (now yellow) box arrivals to the hospital with blue lights - think they count. Includes 2 writeoff's.

One trackday bin, bike dead (in many pieces) but no injury past bruises and pride (gravel works great compared to kerbs, lamp posts and stone walls!) - dont think that counts does it?

Oh since about 1987


PS - whats your total Mr P :)

[rictus01]

now where do I start.......

[squirrel_hunter]

I genuinely have lost count.

[DarrenSV650S]

now where do I start.......

It doesn't actually matter. You can count them in any order. Just count 1 for each off then add them all up

[rictus01]

It doesn't actually matter. You can count them in any order. Just count 1 for each off then add them all up

divided by about a million and a half miles :smt102

[Matt-EUC]

3. Knocked off once, second was a wild patch of gravel that appeared in my path as I was braking, and the third was on a scooter. On track.

[DarrenSV650S]

1st was on my 125 when I target fixated on something on a corner. 2nd was on a long, wide open, bright straight which then turned in to a dark, tree lined, sharp corner and I went in too hot. 3rd was on a roundabout and slipped on some welding rods. 4th was when the front sprocket came off and locked the rear wheel. 5th was filtering

[shiftin_gear98]

Just the once, killed the bike outright, got my first ever ride in the yellow box. Didn't think gas and air was all that..
No broken bones, but couldn't lift my right arm for 2 weeks. Was quite relieved when I finally could. Trying to carry my then 2 month old was quite tricky.
Not looking forward to doing it again, smarted just a bit.

[Popy Fresco]

Last friday was the only one i ever had...
Car helped me to stop the bike, binned front end... Thankfully I'm ok just some bruises

[missyburd]

3 in the first three months of having a 125, all because of road surface and learning the hard way about what you can't get away with. 1 on a diesel spill under 10mph on the SV but it was enough to knacker my hensteeth clocks so I've not had a rev counter for 3 and a half years.

Oh and a tiny collision in an Asda car park as some cretin indicated to park on the left and changed his mind last minute. Nice gouge out his car but bike was fine. He'd only had his car a day but hopefully he's learned the hard way about looking out for bikes!

[carelesschucca]

3!
1st one was a track night at Knockhill fitted braided hoses in the afternoon didn't test them and yes they have a sharper response than standard lines. I went from full chat in 5th to sliding on my backside. Luck for me there was very little damage to the bike.

2nd one was Spain last year doing about 20mph braking on a downhill off camber left hand turn when a toyota hilux appeared I gave a little more brake and I was on my side with the bike on top of me. No real damage to the bike once it was lifted off me and straightened we could ride off.

These two crashes were rider chimpery however my 3rd and last was riding to work on the first wet day after a period of warm weather, once again I used the brakes and found I was sliding with my feet against the bumper of the red golf in front of me. I hardly touched the brakes and the front was gone, most annoyingly it was the most expensive crash of the lot.

It's all about learning though, every crash I've had I've sat down and tried to think what I did wrong. Not knowing my bike for the first, stupid grab of the brakes at slow speed the second and the last was probably being to calm and relaxed in traffic. because of the last two incidents I now use a whole lot more back brake in slower situations as locking the back tends not to mean sliding along the road.

As for killing bikes, I've still not managed it but my lord have I tried.

[timwilky]

Universal org answer

Not as many as DavePreston

[andrewsmith]

Had 2 proper offs

[andrewsmith]

Universal org answer

Not as many as DavePreston

:winner:

[Red Herring]

Fortunately I got through my teens before I discovered bikes otherwise it would probably be a different story, but in the thirty odd years since I've been incredibly lucky and am still a road crash virgin.... Now if we include competition offs or work stuff I'd be a proper slag!

[Luckypants]

4. Three proper ones and a soft one...

1st one I learned overbanding can be slippy slidey as I lost the back coming out of a corner. No damage to me but my pillion got stabbed in the thigh by the pillion peg. Some damage to bike. First year of riding.

2nd one, proper **** up! Poor obs and poor skills led to me panic braking, going over the bars and flying superman style between moving cars. Broken ankle and dead bike, killed the car the bike hit. Luckily no damage done to car passengers. Second year of riding.

3rd one is well documented on here, target fixation, small cliff, bike, sky, road, sky, road, ouch. Broke same ankle, killed the SV, scared the crap out of Pete and Lisa. Tenth year of riding.

4th one, comedy 15mpg low-side as I learned the limits of lean on knobbly tyres.... Twelfth year of riding.

[SvNewbie]

You know, if I'd managed to fall off a motorbike as much as some of you guys I think I'd start maybe I'm not very good at this game!

[Nutsinatin]

Only one soft one on the 125, dark wet road in torrential rain, went over a manhole cover whilst breaking for a junction and slid about 3 meters, picked the bike back up and carried on, bent front brake lever and a 1 inch grind on the right hand fairing, even managed to scuff the palm of a glove and a pocket on my jacket! So after two and a half years i must have ap proper one coming.

[scotty217]

4 - two on my 125 when I was 18 that gave me blue ankles from the gravel rash and not cleaning properly, and two big uns on my gl500, one on deisel one on ice. Didn't kill either of my bikes.

[Thelens]

2 ! One high side at around 50 which had me sat in the air watching blue sky for what felt like an eternity
and One at 130 where a sheep decided to jump across the road.
Im still here so no complaints :)

[littleoldman2]

That's the problem with private roads, the suicide sheep.

[scotty217]

Tell me about it, nearly mint sauce on the AR! Bleeping little bleep! Sorry about the derail

[Thelens]

That's the problem with private roads, the suicide sheep.


Lol :) Well chops have tasted better ever since :)

[STRAMASHER]

1 biggie on the road. 14 year ago.

Gravel on the racing line.:rolleyes:

Ambulance, xray all clear so zombie shuffled out to mucho dirty looks and tutting from the old cows sitting about. Brasser.

Have since used the Heinz Beans method for getting round the bends.






56 Varieties.:thumbsup:

[Fruity-ya-ya]

1 low speed. Low damage.

That's enough for me thanks.

[Phoenix22]

I started riding in the 250 2-stroke mayhem of the early 80's & survived it, **** knows how, I used to think that sliding down the road on your **** was all part of the fun of motorcycling!!!! Had more offs than I care to remember but put it all down to ****e tyres and nothing to do with rider error! Yeah right.

[Balky001]

1 highside and 1 lowside. That will do

[punyXpress]

9th February 1963:
Came off 7 times!
Going up Horseshoe Pass to Dragon Rally.
Snow was 12 feet deep, but that's no excuse.
No injury to self or damage to bike. :D

[Mrs DJ Fridge]

Just one, shortly after passing test 18 years ago, going 84 miles per hour down local dual carriageway (I know this because the speedo stuck) three bounces off the crash barrier, on my side across A27 no more CBR250RR (grey import). Beautiful bike, but fantastic lesson learned, look where you are going not at the crash barrier. Walked away very lucky. DJ was angry enough to kill me!

[Bobbydigital36]

I've had 2, both on scooters. I got hit by a coach on my 50cc bike, he did a right hand turn without indicating. I low sided on my 125cc. Tiny wheels ftl.

[BanannaMan]

Three.
1 & 2 in the late 1970's.

1. Car cut me off ran into gravel and lowsided.
No gloves so had to have gravel picked out of hands with tweezers at the A&E.
Inexperience on my part.

2. Had rained earlier and there were puddles in the road.
Ran through a puddle in front of a farm supply store that ended up being hydraulic fluid.
Instant lowside sending me sliding into the other lane in front of a huge lorry hauling gravel.
Bike goes under lorry. Front bumper stops approx. 1 inch from visor.

Now that was a moment!
Handle bars ,mirrors indies on both ends but bike amazingly survived.


3. High side in 2008.

Got water in fuel ( fricking esso) on trip causing intermittent missing on 1 cyl. Foolishly decide to ride bike home.
100 miles from home starts constantly missing but again foolishly decide to continue.
Starts to rain as I am coming down off a mountain and I lean way into turn (duh) causing water to run away from fuel inlet.
Speedo goes from 45 to 120 with rear tire spinning. Back end passes front end.
(You know you're in trouble when you can see the front of your headlights)
Stayed on the throttle and managed to get bike back straight but it high sided as soon as the rear tyre regained traction.
Bike lands on me.
Result: broken collarbone , knee knackered. Bike fairs well with only right side of of fairing, mirror and indie destroyed.
Ruins every bit of kit I had on. Helmet, jacket, trousers, boots and gloves.
In the middle of nowhere. No signal on phone. Uprighted bike on my own causing more damage to shoulder.

Worse part was having to call the wife on the way home to tell her I'd crashed and to be ready to take me to the A&E. :rolleyes:

[shiftin_gear98]

Worse part was having to call the wife on the way home to tell her I'd crashed and to be ready to take me to the A&E. :rolleyes:[/QUOTE]



That was the worst part, explaining I was going to be late and that I was currently lying in the fast lane of the A406. Waiting for a ride.
Don't fancy that phone call again.

[Wideboy]

None

[Matt-EUC]

None


I can't help but feel that isn't true.

Not even on track?


Sent via the medium of interpretive dance.

[Jason H]

3 - all below 30mph

1st a week after getting the SV (first bike), lost traction on the rear wheel approaching a mini roundabout and low sided
2nd back in february broke my ankle when front end slide out on ice or oil (still unknown) and lowsided on the otherside
3rd last week, emergency stop, turned into soft dismount on to grass verge due to discovery hammering on brakes at the last second to turn right without indicating

Hopefully should be the end of it...if not I may :smt089

[Jayneflakes]

Prior to passing my test, I hit my instructor on day two of my DAS when the brakes failed me riding out of a flood. I dropped the bike slipping on a corner that had loose chippings on it and finally while on my way to the test centre, I was clipped by a joy rider in a stolen car, but did not go down.

I slipped on gravel while backing my SV into a parking space the day I passed my test. I dropped her once when a white van cut a corner and forced me to brake hard while on a bad camber. Then I was hit by a car while riding through Bristol last year.

On other occasions, my bike has been hit while parked and I have dropped her while moving her in the garage. I have also dropped the fuel tank while removing it from the bike to work on the engine.

There is great joy in being an early forties careful woman rider that is reflected in my insurance premium. :D

[kaivalagi]

1 on the SV at just under 30 in my first year of riding, I high sided in the wet after anchoring on too hard to avoid hitting a car pulling out in front of me...all my bikes since have ABS so save me from more embarrassing off's like that from happening again

[keith_d]

All small stuff for me, nothing above 30 mph.

The one that hurt was down to my own stupidity - too much front brake. The other one was on black ice and I just slid down the road like it was a skating rink.

[DJFridge]

One, on my Mod 1. Embarrassing and painful. Actually rode home again straight afterward but my ankle and leg swelled up so much overnight that I couldn't even wear socks for over a month, let alone boots. Didn't actually break anything (well, bits of bike but that doesn't count) and I figure I might only be that lucky once, so I'm fairly careful.

[CarlH]

Numerous.... Lost my crashvirginity at 15 with my newly bought 50cc scooter. Had my leg broke when ramming an electrical installation an got the leg between it and the bike. That was just 2weeks after removing the gips after breaking it in a skiing accident.

[CarlH]

Most memorable lost control when riding a bike in the wintertime, to fast into the curve and the bike in one direction and me in another.... No casualties but took me a couple of hours and a lot of angry words digging out the bike from 2meters down in the snow...

[flymo]

heh heh, lost count. Never had a crash on the road but loads on various tracks, some pretty fast offs too.

Scariest one was at Anglesey fighting for the lead when I got nudged onto wet grass at 105 mph approaching a fast corner with a tyre wall.

[Luckypants]

heh heh, lost count. Never had a crash on the road but loads on various tracks, some pretty fast offs too.

Scariest one was at Anglesey fighting for the lead when I got nudged onto wet grass at 105 mph approaching a fast corner with a tyre wall.
Saw that, Bally spectacular. Loved the way you got up and waved to your Mrs after :cool:

Sent from my HTC One

[Andy862]

None for first three years then bought my sv then had two in a week a slow speed lowside, not much damage to the bike swollen ankle left side of me in pain as I got under the bike to save money. Second one coming down the m2 when everything stopped went into the back of someone and my gentlemans area was on fire.

[Ben.tattooer]

Came off a week or so ago in maidstone :( woman went into the back of me when I was stationary. Obviously driving a new mini.

[Andy862]

Strange where abouts in maidstone. By any chance you aren't on a white sv are you?

[Matt-EUC]

Was it your wife?


Sent via the medium of interpretive dance.

[jambo]

I'm going to go with 6 on the road, and 2 slow speed slides on track.

None significant, though 4/6 road incidents involved another vehicle and some minor damage on each side.

I've tried to keep my nose a little cleaner of late as a fair few of the road incidents happened in fairly close succession when I started riding more in London.


Jambo

[flymo]

Saw that, Bally spectacular. Loved the way you got up and waved to your Mrs after :cool:

Sent from my HTC One

heh heh, I was lucky. Didnt know my **** from my elbow for a good 50 meters.

[davepreston]

I think we should ban you from Anglesy

[Bibio]

i notice your not owning up to any crashes Mr Preston.

[carelesschucca]

Here, Preston how many crashes have you had?

I don't see you telling us.

[carelesschucca]

Ah Lance you beat me to it. LOL!

Page 6 of his own thread and he's still not come clean.

[davepreston]

3 on the road, 1 on the track


so basicly my myth is far larger than the facts

[carelesschucca]

aye your Mrs was saying that at the GM last year ;)

[davepreston]

explain dear boy

[carelesschucca]

how do I explain the myth that you are, maybe over a drink or two at the GM.

[Ben.tattooer]

Strange where abouts in maidstone. By any chance you aren't on a white sv are you?
No I'm on a naked black pointy, came off on white rabbit roundabout!

[The Idle Biker]

Only one on the road. bottled it on a corner, straightened up, hit the curb, flew over a Garden hedge next to a bloke mowing his lawn. "**** off" he said, "Its Sunday, I'm mowing my lawn". i ****ed off.

Had one bad one on the track, left me with a hole just above my areshole. Don't want to talk about it :-/

[Tomor]

Had one bad one on the track, left me with a hole just above my areshole. Don't want to talk about it :-/

Shouldn't have done a trackday with Gav.....

[The Idle Biker]

HA HA. I can let him off that one. Got squashed between bike and tyre wall between Gooseneck and Mansfield, Again my fault.

[Bibio]

i've had a long time to think and i can remember 4. one was a wheelie gone wrong, another was i crashed into the back of a parked mini, i had a low side on a bend that my rather square rear tyre got stuck in a large open tar joint, another low side in the middle of Princes Street in Edinburgh taking a corner to fast late for work and it was pizzing down, not a crash but i smacked my nutzz off a petrol tank doing a stoppie when my feet slid of the pegs. all these were in my teens. i'm sure there are more but i cant remember.

[DanSp]

I'm 2 for 2 here. I put my gsxr600 in a tree (literally) when a car decided to do a u turn as I was overtaking. Completely smashed the front end which obliterated the front left caliper and my left knee!
Second was a white van changing lanes directly into the side of me on a dual carriageway, did more damage to me than the bike but uneconomical to repair by insurance company, broke both my thumbs, gravel rash on my ar$€ and hips, again screwed my left knee leaving me with a scar bigger than my hand and damaging some ligaments in my shoulder!

[CarlH]

I don't think it's a god idea to show this thread to my wife or my mother... Somehow they might get worried ;)

[Cymraeg_Atodeg]

Technically four; first was being collected by a hay lorry on a bend in mid-Wales, wrecked that bike, but, currently being rebuilt.

Second was an incident with snow, I thought I could ride home in the snow, made it about thirty feet before I fell over on compacted snow and decided to park up and get the train.

Third was on black ice, went around a corner and the revs rose but the bike slowed down, it was then I thought "oh bugger."

Forth (and currently last) was on a soaking wet April 1st and an old guy thought he'd change lanes without looking, as such I made the choice that the floor would hurt less than his bonnet.

Since then *touch wood* not ha too many issues, just loads of near misses, so, must be getting better, lol