L and P platers
Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2011 8:05 pm
If you own a Hyosung and are on your L's or P's, for fucks sake slow down!
Today Leanne and I witnessed (and stopped to help) the second crash in the last two rides we've been on involving L and P plater riders (with no idea), on Hyosung bikes.
The first one crashed on a straight bit of road as he was going the opposite way to us. We pulled up as we saw him sliding to a stop and Leanne turned to chase down his two mates that were riding with him while I helped him and picked his bike up. He said as he went over the crest of the hill he got a bad head shake and the bike just went down. Leanne and I thought he might have tried to do a wheelie or something equally as stupid at the crest of the hill which caused the head shake as we couldn't work out how a gutless bike like that could manage to lift the front wheel just riding it normally. In talking with him he clearly had no idea about riding, safety, or bikes in general.
We came across today's numpty just after leaving the Robbo pie shop on the way home. We caught up to him in the first lot of corners and when he saw us behind him he pulled to the left of the lane to wave us through. He was a bit wobbly, the corners were tight and we had Trox with us who had fallen behind a bit, so rather than blast past him sharing the lane we slowed down to sit behind him and wait for Troy to catch up before we came to a better place to go around. Mr Wobbly-P-Plater realised we were staying behind him and pulled back into the centre of the lane, but then took off like a scalded cat (compared to the speed he was travelling). It lasted 3 corners before ambition outweighed ability and right in front of us he panicked, ran wide and decked it, hitting a sign on the side of the road.
As I was the second bike behind him I was already stopping as I passed him and his bike, tumbling along the side of the road, but then they hit the road sign and the bike bounced back out onto the edge of the road, nearly taking me out. I stopped about 10 metres past him and by the time I was off the bike and turned around he was standing up and walking to his bike. I was expecting to see him all messed up after hitting the sign post so it was a relief to see him up and about. During the post-crash conversation I was saying he shouldn't be worrying about people behind him and he should just stick to riding his own pace and his response was that he didn't want to hold us up.
In both cases there wasn't much damage to the bike so they could still ride it to get it home. Also in both cases, despite the cargo pants and joggers style of riding gear they managed to come out of it without too many injuries. I think they managed to not take any bark off by doing most of the sliding on the grass next to the road rather than on the tar but the potential for injury, espescially for today's crash was huge. Looking at how well they both managed to come out of their respective crashes, they are both extremely lucky.
Both of these riders were clueless. Yes, we were all a bit clueless about riding when we started, but these guys had no idea about bikes in general, riding technique or keeping themselves safe and in both cases they were riding with other beginners who also had no idea. It scares me to think just how many of these potential Darwin awards are out there and it also reminded me of how lucky I was to have people that knew what they were doing, who took the time to teach me (many of them from KSRC).
Today Leanne and I witnessed (and stopped to help) the second crash in the last two rides we've been on involving L and P plater riders (with no idea), on Hyosung bikes.
The first one crashed on a straight bit of road as he was going the opposite way to us. We pulled up as we saw him sliding to a stop and Leanne turned to chase down his two mates that were riding with him while I helped him and picked his bike up. He said as he went over the crest of the hill he got a bad head shake and the bike just went down. Leanne and I thought he might have tried to do a wheelie or something equally as stupid at the crest of the hill which caused the head shake as we couldn't work out how a gutless bike like that could manage to lift the front wheel just riding it normally. In talking with him he clearly had no idea about riding, safety, or bikes in general.
We came across today's numpty just after leaving the Robbo pie shop on the way home. We caught up to him in the first lot of corners and when he saw us behind him he pulled to the left of the lane to wave us through. He was a bit wobbly, the corners were tight and we had Trox with us who had fallen behind a bit, so rather than blast past him sharing the lane we slowed down to sit behind him and wait for Troy to catch up before we came to a better place to go around. Mr Wobbly-P-Plater realised we were staying behind him and pulled back into the centre of the lane, but then took off like a scalded cat (compared to the speed he was travelling). It lasted 3 corners before ambition outweighed ability and right in front of us he panicked, ran wide and decked it, hitting a sign on the side of the road.
As I was the second bike behind him I was already stopping as I passed him and his bike, tumbling along the side of the road, but then they hit the road sign and the bike bounced back out onto the edge of the road, nearly taking me out. I stopped about 10 metres past him and by the time I was off the bike and turned around he was standing up and walking to his bike. I was expecting to see him all messed up after hitting the sign post so it was a relief to see him up and about. During the post-crash conversation I was saying he shouldn't be worrying about people behind him and he should just stick to riding his own pace and his response was that he didn't want to hold us up.
In both cases there wasn't much damage to the bike so they could still ride it to get it home. Also in both cases, despite the cargo pants and joggers style of riding gear they managed to come out of it without too many injuries. I think they managed to not take any bark off by doing most of the sliding on the grass next to the road rather than on the tar but the potential for injury, espescially for today's crash was huge. Looking at how well they both managed to come out of their respective crashes, they are both extremely lucky.
Both of these riders were clueless. Yes, we were all a bit clueless about riding when we started, but these guys had no idea about bikes in general, riding technique or keeping themselves safe and in both cases they were riding with other beginners who also had no idea. It scares me to think just how many of these potential Darwin awards are out there and it also reminded me of how lucky I was to have people that knew what they were doing, who took the time to teach me (many of them from KSRC).
....It wasn't till I met a few from here that I realised how much you have to learn from experienced rider's....I myself still consider myself a noob with a hell of a lot to learn but also have come a long way IMO from when I first joined here....So IMO if your an L/P plater and can get the help/aid of a good experienced mentor take take the help with open arm's 
i dont condone riding like an idiot (cos ive never done that 
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