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07-01-14, 10:43 AM

I think it highlights admirably the issue of not riding for a while, then getting on a 'big' bike and trying to keep up with people who have lots of recent experience, even if you would have been able to keep up 15 years ago (i have heard that this is the single most fatal accident prone group on the road).

It seems to me that there was ample stopping distance for the speed and the fog (the VFR and the Ninja stopped just fine). The SV made a mistake, one that is easy for an inexperienced rider to make, not using the front brake properly in an emergency stop and needing to emergency stop as he mis-read the change in speed of the VFR, again easily done. Reading comments (i htink on youtube) everybody was fine, the SV rider said it was entirely his fault, though I still think the police man was a bit of a knob there.

07-01-14, 10:43 AM	#66
ClunkintheUK Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Police cause SV650 to crash... I think it highlights admirably the issue of not riding for a while, then getting on a 'big' bike and trying to keep up with people who have lots of recent experience, even if you would have been able to keep up 15 years ago (i have heard that this is the single most fatal accident prone group on the road). It seems to me that there was ample stopping distance for the speed and the fog (the VFR and the Ninja stopped just fine). The SV made a mistake, one that is easy for an inexperienced rider to make, not using the front brake properly in an emergency stop and needing to emergency stop as he mis-read the change in speed of the VFR, again easily done. Reading comments (i htink on youtube) everybody was fine, the SV rider said it was entirely his fault, though I still think the police man was a bit of a knob there.