31-12-13, 04:41 PM
Nothing major like the above from me, thank the gods, but the most embarassing one was when I was doing an IAM Observed Ride.
I missed my Observer's turn signal, realised he wasn't behind me, so decided to do a U-turn whilst going uphill. Bike gets half way round, loses speed and falls over downhill
Fortunately no major damage. My right wrist was bruised but nothing broken apart from a bit of fairing.
Memo to self: Do NOT try to do U-turns on a hill!
I've also had a couple of near misses, mostly through overcooking left-hand bends by not reading the limit point correctly (one, just last Friday coming back from my mother's place in Bristol!) I need to resist the temptation to use the front brake (even if gently) and use a combination of rear brake and counter-steering. Of course that's easy to say after the event, but it's an automatic reaction
I missed my Observer's turn signal, realised he wasn't behind me, so decided to do a U-turn whilst going uphill. Bike gets half way round, loses speed and falls over downhill
Fortunately no major damage. My right wrist was bruised but nothing broken apart from a bit of fairing.
Memo to self: Do NOT try to do U-turns on a hill!
I've also had a couple of near misses, mostly through overcooking left-hand bends by not reading the limit point correctly (one, just last Friday coming back from my mother's place in Bristol!) I need to resist the temptation to use the front brake (even if gently) and use a combination of rear brake and counter-steering. Of course that's easy to say after the event, but it's an automatic reaction