[Bozo Skeleton]

Hit from behind at a red light by Mr. Magoo last month

 

[stunteR1]

not on the 1 but...

I haven't gotten my 99 1 back from being painted yet so I've been riding dirt mostly. Last Sunday I went head on into a tree riding some trails in Maine on my KX. Broke 2 ribs and punctured my lung. Anyone ever punture a lung? Scariest sh*t when you can't take a full breath. Thought I was going to die. Anyways, enough bitching, need a percocet.

 

[Spidey]

At PPIR (Pike's Peak Int'l Raceway) last month, coming out of turn 3 (the hairpin), I low-sided, let go of the bike, watched it stand up (thinking to myself "what a good looking bike") and flip over to the highside. Lucky for me it stayed on the highside and didn't start tumbling. Bar-slider & frame-slider took most of it (bent the bolt for the frame slider!). Exhaust, footpeg and lower cowling took most of the rest. The edge of the upper fairing and brake lever both got a bit scraped, but NOTHING BROKEN! :rock

I was doing 40-45 mph at the time. Not sure what caused it, combination of things I'm sure. It was a cold day, and I probably didn't lower my tire pressure enough (yes, the tires were warmed up - I'd already done about 5-6 laps at that point); there was a slipperly patch coming out of turn 3 that I might have hit (even though I didn't think I was on that line); I was following an instructor for a few laps at a faster pace than I was normally running (but everything seemed fine coming into, and going through the turn). *shrug* I guess we'll never know.

A friend of mine was following me with a video camera that session. I'm hoping to get a copy of that video today! No, he didn't get the crash - he got caught in traffic during the previous lap, and was a bit behind me. Hopefully he got some of the aftermath, though. The bike slid off the track into the infield, (which was muddy from rain the night before). I'll post some of the vid when I get it. Here are some pics of the damage - I still can't believe that nothing was broken!

 

[Rkrafty1]

Crashed two weekends ago at the Gap. $$$$ damage. Tucked the front end while knee to the ground in a left hander. I believe it was a tire failure....to many heat cylces....it just let go...very un-dramatic....no warning.

 

[vile]

lost my nerve in a hard curve...may 4th

same day i pitched my 2001 R6 into the ditch... 1 year prior.

may 4th is a bad day. my crash was absolutely due to lack of riding within the previous 5-6 months.

 

[brianb]

Not me *knocking on wood* so far no one from the forum has been killed and hopefully no does!

I often wonder if some have and no other member knows to post about it.

I don't ride with anyone who posts here so if I were killed you guys might not ever know.:cryin

 

[johnnyc]

my mate lowsided his r1 at turn 1 in mondello. then got a replacent brake lever to continue later on. then highsided it in the afternoon out of Tarzan2 causin the bike to burst into flames. bummer.
on the plus side, i shaved 4 secs off my best lap that day.
it didn't make him feel any better though.

 

[PsychoBlueR1]

Well...I almost low sided in some damn dirt in a parking lot last night...saved it though.

not looking forward to seeingm my baby get introduced to Mrs. Pavement or Miss Guardrail.

 

[XT777]

I've been seeing a lot of posts lately about riders going down. I hope this trend stops but just out of morbid curiosity who has else has hit the deck? I'll start off-

1) Ronin R1: Lowsided on Palomar last weekend

I was there almost all day last Saturday when did you go down and where?

I saw some pieces of red fairing off to the right on one of the first hard lefts on the tight side...was that you?

 

[Backstabber]

Had to lay the bike down to avoid being hit by some F***er that didn't stop at redlight..

The first thing he said to me was..." I didn't see u.."
My reply was something like...:machinegu #¤%&#¤!!!

 

[R1-XTC]

I also had an incident on 18th April (so much for good fridays) . ON my way to work, same route, I took this right hander at about 90mph and the front end washed. Destroyed the R1 (02) RIP, but my leathers, Arai, boots and gloves did their job very well. Both me and the bike ended up in a ditch. Ive internal bruising, boy is thats sore...... just awaiting the insurance money to start all over again

 

[badwires]

low side in the rain doing 35mph into a med left-t..front tire touched the line i think washed out...rashed left case cover clutch lever and tail...bike was making weird noise afterwards though got it checked and was told the chain was shot....wtf over

 

[x 03 R1 Stud x]

I was actually riding to the bike shop with my dad to price a midpipe for my bike so it can finally be next to near perfect. BUT....on the way there going around a corner I guess I hit a patch of something and my back tire slid out, at about 45-50mph. I only got minor roadrash, thank god. My bike got $6300 worth of damage, and all it did was slide on its right side! :cryin Luckily I have full coverage though!:yesnod

 

[HATEKILLDESTROY]

I'm in my 11th out of 13 weeks in a cast for a broken wrist from a highside. Longest amout of time in 5 years since I have not been able to ride. Wasting summer away. blahhh

 

[weylinj's wife]

my husband, weylinj, crashed right in front og me on July 19. Damn insurance only wants to give him 5300 for the bike. He said no, 7500 or fix it. Still waiting. I crashed in 1998, so mine don't count.

 

[windchaser]

Turn 1 at Button Willow

 

[morphixpj]

highsided mine two months ago at 3am coming home from work
taking way to long to fix

 

[R1_enough_said]

June 22.......highsided at 50-60....I'm thinking more like 60-70, but, THANK GOD FOR LEATHERS !!!!!

Fractured radial head (elbow) area.....

Finally got released to return to work on Aug. 13th


http://www.r1-forum.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=45793

 

[ssman]

lost the front in some gravel 17 june 2003 , broken colar bone still not joined but went for a ride today..........

 

[ssman]

went down

i lost the front on the 17-june-2003 in some gravel and broke my colar which still has not mended....