What to do in the event of an off?

[Stu]

Originally Posted by captainsmelly

A mate's advice to me is just to get away from the bike asap, even before an impact if its unavaidable (and you see it coming) Ride with the balls of your feet on the pegs, and be ready to jump!
He is quite an experienced crasher.
Haven't tested it out though..

What crap advice 100% of my riding is moments before an unavoidable accident and I've never chosen to jump off yet. I just chose to avoid the accident.

[_Stretchie_]

"What to do in the event of an off?"

• Slide down road
• Realise bike might be chasing you
• Turn over to see it hit the kerb on the other side of the road
• Shed a tear as you realise you've hurt your baby
• Get up and brush yourself off
• Pick bike up
• Sit down, place head in hands and sob a little in as manly a fashion as possible

: )

when i had my off( stupid rain) at bout 40 i just thought "this could hurt" as i knew i was heading towards a car, but it turned out it didnt really . the worst thing for me was hearing my bike slide down the road, especially as i was facing the other way.

Originally Posted by Jester666

1. Say/think "Oh S**t!" several times.
2. Say "Ow!!" lots of times.
3. Look for the bike.
4. Swear a lot when you see it upside down and missing lots of plastic.
5. Check limbs for movement.
6. Sit down when the pain finally hits you!

In that order!

+1

[dizzyblonde]

Originally Posted by _Stretchie_

"What to do in the event of an off?"

• Slide down road
• Realise bike might be chasing you
• Turn over to see it hit the kerb on the other side of the road
• Shed a tear as you realise you've hurt your baby
• Get up and brush yourself off
• Pick bike up
• Sit down, place head in hands and sob a little in as manly a fashion as possible

: )

you missed one, scream like a girl when you see a mates bike coming quickly towards your nuts somewhere between the kerb bit, and crying like a baby

mmm. Jester's post is nearest to muy own experience. It all happened so quickly, one moment this red Saxo was coming straight at me, ther next the bike shook like hell (cos I'd grabbed the front brake when leant over) and lowsided. I remember thinking 'Sh!t!' before hitting the road on my left side, I landed on my left shoulder, elbow and hip. Huge pain. I didn't whack my head and stayed conscious except when I had the morphine and things went very hazy.

There wasn't time to pull in arms and legs, let alone think on it. I was surprised that I hadn't broken my shoulder and elbow, instead I broke my pelvis.

Instinct once in the road was to stand up. I tried, but I couldn't move my legs, at that point I was frightened silly and hurting badly, but I remember thinking 'get out the road' so I rolled onto the kerb. And that's when all the onlookers appeared out of nowhere, trying to take my helmet off.

The only saving grace about the pillock in the Saxo - who had had his wheels on my side of the double white lines - was that he was a consultant anaesthetist and knew exactly what to do before the ambo arrived and carted me off.

Never saw my SV again.

7 June 2004. Not a good day.

Originally Posted by captainsmelly

A mate's advice to me is just to get away from the bike asap, even before an impact if its unavaidable (and you see it coming) Ride with the balls of your feet on the pegs, and be ready to jump!
He is quite an experienced crasher.
Haven't tested it out though..

Ok, first thing is, don't take the advice of someone who crashes a lot. Take the advice of our Wise and Benevolent Ruler Sid Squid and DON'T CRASH!

Secondly, no one seems to have included my favorite step in the crash cycle; somewhere before oh **** oh **** oh ****, I always think slobbolcks: I've done it again...

[_Stretchie_]

Originally Posted by dizzyblonde

you missed one, scream like a girl when you see a mates bike coming quickly towards your nuts somewhere between the kerb bit, and crying like a baby

Oh yeah.. Cheers Bambi killer



I'd blocked that bit from my mind

Originally Posted by _Stretchie_

"What to do in the event of an off?"

• Slide down road
• Realise bike might be chasing you
• Turn over to see it hit the kerb on the other side of the road
• Shed a tear as you realise you've hurt your baby
• Get up and brush yourself off
• Pick bike up
• Sit down, place head in hands and sob a little in as manly a fashion as possible

: )

What NOT to do is:

Shout "You insensitive B@stards" at your caring mates lunging in front of your downed bike, whilst on the phone to the recovery people.

[_Stretchie_]

They were intense times mate

; )