Amir wrote:tim wrote:Hey Amir, do you know exactly why you crashed? Can you put it into words?
I was too fast around the bend. i went for the lean around the corner bt couldnt lean for some reason. I still had time to control it or at least slow down abit but i dunno it was wierd!!! i was only thinking abt the crash itself nd how will things mite end up after!! SO kept going straight ahead until i hit the kerb, I and the bike ended up sliding on the side of the road.
When i got on my bike to go for the ride, i was abit high!! i just wanted to get on the bike and go fast to reward mysef for finishing my VCE exams hahaha wat a reward!!!
Short answer: I was a little over excited about the ride, wasn't thinking much abt the safety...
I am working on my bike tomorrow...
Cool thanks for letting us know Amir.
I've only got your interests in mind here mate, I suggest why you crashed is that you have very little skills or knowledge about riding motorbikes, and for your sake and that of those around you you really need to calm that teenage energy and develop some good habits.
Rider training is the number one thing you could do.... In liew of that here' a couple of basics to work on!
1. Start with looking where you want your bike to go in the corner, always, no matter what happens or how scared you get or what goes through your head, look where you want to go.
Your eyes are going to want to look at other things like the bike in front of you, or the curb, or the car coming, or a pothole but keep looking where you want to go. You'll go where your eyes are looking.
2. If it's dry and your bike is in good nick and your tyres are inflated correctly your bike will stick to the road at a lot higher speed that you think. If you find yourself uncomfortable in a corner trust that it's gonna hold the road and keep going through the corner. Once you tip in do not grab the brakes in a corner, hold that throttle or at least coast through the corner, following rule 1. Grabbing brakes equals standing the bike up and going off the road.
Hope that little bit helps. Think and talk and read about riding as much as you can. It can be so much fun if you do it properly, and it can be dangerous and confusing if you do it wrong or go outside your skill level.
Tim.
My tyres were quite cold, hence why i sent the bike down the road approximately 1m out of my drive way.
