Bikerchick82 - Not Down but Out! - Page 5 - SV650.org

21-08-09, 02:56 PM

I have to admit that the bike kraft that I did in Northants probably had a lot to do with me not being as bad as I could have been.....

Before I did the course I would have been riding a lot more aggressively than I was, as it was when I saw the car I'd already started moving out towards the centre of the road before it registered that he wasn't going to stop.....I'm certain that I was only able to avoid him because I'd already taken precautionary steps to miss him.

I'm definitely in favour of taking advanced lessons/courses these days, you never know when they'll come in handy!

It's funny because my very first accident was in a similar situation - Brake or avoid? - and that one had a very different outcome, the bike got written off, the car got written off and so did I. I was actually riding faster on Monday night than I was back then as well.....Goes to show that experience really helps as well lol!

Doesn't stop me looking like a complete gimp when I'm trying to do up my trousers though

TEC · 21-08-09, 05:14 PM

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Originally Posted by bikerchick82

Doesn't stop me looking like a complete gimp when I'm trying to do up my trousers though

Dare I say, volunteers could be found

21-08-09, 09:16 PM

Form an orderly queue please

21-08-09, 02:56 PM	#41
bikerchick82 Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Bikerchick82 - Not Down but Out! I have to admit that the bike kraft that I did in Northants probably had a lot to do with me not being as bad as I could have been..... Before I did the course I would have been riding a lot more aggressively than I was, as it was when I saw the car I'd already started moving out towards the centre of the road before it registered that he wasn't going to stop.....I'm certain that I was only able to avoid him because I'd already taken precautionary steps to miss him. I'm definitely in favour of taking advanced lessons/courses these days, you never know when they'll come in handy! It's funny because my very first accident was in a similar situation - Brake or avoid? - and that one had a very different outcome, the bike got written off, the car got written off and so did I. I was actually riding faster on Monday night than I was back then as well.....Goes to show that experience really helps as well lol! Doesn't stop me looking like a complete gimp when I'm trying to do up my trousers though

21-08-09, 09:16 PM	#43
bikerchick82 Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Bikerchick82 - Not Down but Out! Form an orderly queue please