Re: change of subject

[Robert Silas <robert.silas@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I knew, I'll change the subject.
Bob Silas
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Ted Porter 
  To: oilheads@xxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Monday, September 25, 2006 12:40 PM
  Subject: Re: change of subject


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: <tpcutter@xxxxxxx>
  > <<
  > PS: I agree 100% with Tom Cutter. In a low-sider you may hang on to the 
  > bar, but
  > in a high-sider best to get away from the bike. I had both, I experienced 
  > the
  > feeling. >>
  >
  > Maybe I didn't make it clear. In a crash, you are going wherever the bike 
  > tosses you. There is way more energy than you have any hope of hanging 
  > onto. If you are able to "ride out" a lowside, you probably could have 
  > avoided it in the fiorst place.
  >
  > NEVER stop turning, baking and riding, until the wheels are higher than 
  > your head. Many crashes occur when the rider stops trying to ride the 
  > bike.
  >
  > Tom Cutter
  > Yardley, PA
  > www.RubberChickenRacingGarage.com


  I have to toss in my two cents here because I couldn't agree more with Tom's 
  comments. There are several variables at work in a crash obviously such as 
  speed, whether other vehicles are involved and so on. I am no accident 
  expert, but I do speak from experience after totaling my new '04 R1150RT in 
  a high speed low side two years ago. It was my first major crash in over 30 
  years of street riding on BMW motorcycles. Aside from many hematomas, a 
  partial tear of my left MCL, and compression fractures of two vertebrae 
  (anterior cracks at T4 and T5) I survived the accident thanks to good riding 
  gear. I'm a musician and mechanic, I count on good finger dexterity, 
  thankfully I had recently purchased road race gloves with armor. I think a 
  lot of folks overlook quality gloves when buying riding gear.

  A friend who was riding behind me just happened to be filming the ride with 
  a helmet cam, so my entire accident is on video. This gave me a chance to 
  analyze the accident and determine what I did wrong. I'm thankful for the 
  video because the crash was so violent (~65 MPH lowside into a tall dirt 
  embankment) and it was over so fast, I had no idea what happened until I 
  viewed the video.  Physics took over and I was tossed, rolled and tumbled 
  like a rag doll. To think that I could have had some control over my body 
  during the crash is laughable.

  Ted Porter
  Scotts Valley, Ca.
  www.BeemerShop.com


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