how many off's have you had

[andrewsmith]

Originally Posted by timwilky

Universal org answer

Not as many as DavePreston

[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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Originally Posted by littleoldman2

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

Lol Well chops have tasted better ever since