Be careful out there

[lifeinohio]

So, last night I was riding the monster home from work...stop at a light, I want to turn left and head home, light turns green, I roll into the intersection, but some idiot in an old Ford Festiva runs the light and I'm looking at her front fender.  I for some reason did not touch the front brake, I locked up the rear, slid sideways( I love flattrack) and just missed the front fender.  The bike started to stall so I pulled in the clutch  and released it again, the motor fired back up, picked up the falling bike and kept going in my intended direction.  The cager didn't even slow down and I didn't feel like chasing...so I went home.  A lady that was behind me, pulled up next to me at the next light and said my "angels" must be with me, but I just thought it was my old dirt biking skills cutting in.  So anyway, be careful, as always

[SacDuc]

Glad you are okay.

Next time use your front brake. Go find a nice clean parking lot and practice your panic stops.


sac

[DucMouse the Mighty]

glad you are ok...

[Howie]

Nice save  

[fastwin]

Glad you're OK! Man, in my God forsaken town I have learned to never, I'll repeat that, NEVER EVER be the first off the line when the light turns green. And when I do pull away I try and keep a cage between me and potential red light runners. At 4 way stop signs I have to watch the cars in the other three lanes come to a complete stop or make sure they are far enough away that I can clear the intersection before they get there. I don't trust anyone under any conditions in this town. Sure, it's another added riding hassle but I know for a fact it has saved my ass more than three times. Two of those times I was in my truck.

As hard as I try to follow my own safety program I'm sure the day or night I drop my guard that will be the time I get t-boned. It's a combat zone out there on a good day. Again, glad your "spidey senses" kicked in!

[Bill in OKC]

I wish I had dirt skills - and a video of your save.  I think you must learn things about motorcycle dynamics in the dirt that you just can't learn on the street -

[fastwin]

I agree. I'm an old dirt biker, that's where I started as a kid. I wish everyone could spend six months dirt bike riding before ever rolling down a paved road. Not that it made me into a fantastic street rider but it sure taught me things that would have been expensive to learn on the street and painful! Besides it's damn fun!! [moto]

[lifeinohio]

I wish I had dirt skills - and a video of your save.  I think you must learn things about motorcycle dynamics in the dirt that you just can't learn on the street -

I wish I had a video of it , too.  It happened so fast and I wasn't going that fast since I just left the light.

[Popeye the Sailor]

I'll be the pain in the ass of the day

1) Learn to watch for red light runners
2) Use the front brake-you're not on dirt
3) Don't chase the cager down-green does not mean go-green means go if it's safe. You put yourself in that position.


Ride safe!

[DoubleEagle]

Hey welcome,

I'm glad things turned out the way they did, but I'm always concerned too about the cager who sees the green from behind me and barrels ahead and if I haven't moved ....then I get smashed .

Got to be aware of like someone said ...all 4 directions at intersections.

Dolph     

[causeofkaos]

I'll be the pain in the ass of the day

1) Learn to watch for red light runners
2) Use the front brake-you're not on dirt
3) Don't chase the cager down-green does not mean go-green means go if it's safe. You put yourself in that position.


Ride safe!

arent you at least supposed to turn that in a compliment sandwich?

compliment
be an ass <--your words
compliment

im just kidding dont take it serious 

[Popeye the Sailor]

arent you at least supposed to turn that in a compliment sandwich?

compliment
be an ass <--your words
compliment

im just kidding dont take it serious 

Just want people to be safe 

[orangelion03]

I'm impressed with your reactions and glad you avoided a serious accident!   This was a reminder to myself to more consistenly follow one of my personal rules:  never be the first into an intersection!  In my eagerness to take advantage of my narrow footprint, I will on osometimes split the lane at a light to be the first one gone...bad habit.  I more typically hang back a car or two.

[Ddan]

All the second-guessing aside, it sounds to me like you did exactly what needed to be done.  By-the-book will work 99% of the time, but it's nice to have a trick or two in your bag for that other 1%.

[richard]

Its also a good thing your on a monster which is light and kinda like a dirt bike. Anything bigger than a monster is gonna be hard to do what you did. Good reflex man! Do you by any chance play tennis or ping pong or do martial arts? I heard they sharpen up your reflex a lot.