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Had my first track day on monday and on the second lap going all gung ho with the instructor following me completely messed up my line (for turns 13 and 14 at TWS if anyone is familiar) and there was no way I was going to rescue turn 14 (better rider could have but Im not that confident yet) so I made the snap decision to do some agricultural work with my v-twin tractor.. I also stepped the rear out once under throttle (I think it was Z3ns throttle/lean angle rule there) and had the bike slide a couple times on sealant (no big deal after the first time) and then on a puddle (scary). Oh and I went into the grass off of turn 10 before I figured out how to crank the bike over for turns. I am really glad I did all these things on the track and not the road.
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Couple nights ago - Cold tires, cold road with probably some water/coolant/oil. I was turning left from the light with my girlfriend on the back and the rear end stepped. Ive had it come out before on turns with a bad surface and didn't really freak out, but this time it felt like it swung out like 30-45 degrees or something. Maybe it was just having someone else on the bike that exaggerated the feeling but it felt like the bike was cranked over like in dirt bike vids and I couldve stuck my foot out supermoto style. I don't remember what I did to correct it but it turned out fine. I think it was probably a combination of cold tyres and road surface and me giving it too much gas/leaning it too much for the conditions. Im usually pretty careful to avoid oil patches etc when rolling up to the lights, but it was dark so I may have hit one. I wasn't even riding like a tool..
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Mar 13, 2011 18:20
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Worst ride ever today, nearly had 2 accidents within 2 hours. Pretty happy to be alive. In chronological order, first near miss: Was riding one road I have ridden before, but only once. For some reason it is slippery as hell, it must be something about the surface or it was dusty or something. I lost traction on the back on one or two turns just previously so I should have been expecting the following... There is one 15mph right hand turn which I hit too fast and the bike started sliding and shuddering side to side mid turn. Im not sure if I got into a two wheel slide or not as my memory is a little fuzzy on the details but in the process of getting it under control I ended up in the middle of the oncoming lane. I remember thinking that I should lean it more to keep it in my lane but thinking that the sliding + more lean angle = lowside. The really bad bit is there was a volkswagen jetta coming the other way. Luckily they were far off enough that I had time to get back in my lane and wave them a sorry without too much drama. That was pretty early on in the ride and I slowed it down after that point. Its also only the second time I've crossed into the other lane since I started riding a year ago... the funny part? The first time had been on exactly the same corner last time I was on this road about a month into having my bike and I'd forgotten about it. Cause - me riding like a total rear end in a top hat/dong. Second: Turning right onto a highway feeder. This is in rural texas and they have two way feeders which are possibly the worst design I can think of. Anyway, not used to this, not seeing the (somewhat faded in my defence) yellow lines and thinking it was a one way feeder I turn right into the left lane so I can overtake the slow pickup in front of us and get onto the highway which is on the left side. I seriously didn't even see the jeep grand cherokee which had to pull off the road onto the grass until he yanked it over due to it being hidden by the pickup. There was probably about 15-20 feet between us before I snapped over to the right and he pulled off. My riding buddy was behind me and nearly followed me into the oncoming lane too. I pulled over to the side, but the jeep kept on jeepin' down the road. I owe that guy a huge apology. Cause - Im a loving dumbass. That was probably also the closest I've been to death, or at least severe injury for a long time. After the second incident I wasn't feeling it any more and turned back home. The hour or so ride on the highway to get home was different than usual I really felt my mortality for a change. Massive wake up call - thought of selling the bike and everything.
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Apr 17, 2011 01:59
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Space Pornography posted:I know what you're sayin with those two-way feeders. It's a wonder that even with those flimsy yield signs there isn't catastrophic accidents commonly... When I was sitting on the shoulder with my buddy after the incident I was watching some of the cars turning onto the feeder and in the 2 or 3 we sat there there was at least 2 which did the exact same thing I did.
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Apr 17, 2011 16:33
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Scrapez posted:That is the dumbest thing I've ever heard of. Yeah two way frontage/feeder roads are retarded. In the case I posted up I don't even understand why it was 2 way because there is one on each side of the highway. There is a couple clovers/on ramps with a cloverleaf like curve in Houston which are also really badly thought out. Key in mind is Allen Parkway onto I-45 North. There is very little room to merge onto 45 before the lane ends - its WAY too short. And because youre just coming out of a tight turn your car/bike basically WANTS to go straight into traffic. Basically I always take this one like a grandma because you never know if you'll have a gap in traffic to fit into when you get to the freeway or if you're gonna have to slow or stop and wait. This one also has a nasty decreasing radius to it - I don't know what the gently caress they were thinking. There is also the Allen Parkway/Waugh clover which is less dangerous but still also potentially throws you out into traffic without much if any merge room.
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Apr 18, 2011 22:23
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A dog jumped out in front of my riding buddy a few hours ago. Didn't see it coming as there was waist high grass on either side of the road and it jumped out about 5 foot in front of him and he hit it at a decent speed. He is OK a gash down to the bone on his elbow and cracked bone in his hand. Very lucky he was able to walk away from it. He was wearing his full gear and his fieldsheer jacket and pants are trashed, helmet has some scratches so may be toast and his steel toe boots got ground down to the steel. His bike slid about 150 feet and ended up in the same grass so we didn't even see it immediately. It was rideable afterwards even. Currently in the hospital in Austin waiting for a buddy to get his truck here to haul him and the bike back to Houston. This was on the way home from an awesome weekend in the hill country. It was a small group of experienced riders and this is the first issue all weekend. I guess sometimes there isn't anything you can do.
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May 7, 2012 00:45
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Highly recommend taking your bike to a local shop that does suspension set up. Take it to somewhere that deals with local racers, they'll know how to do the set up correctly. It made a huge difference for how the bike felt for me.
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