High side question

[waizen]

Just this past Monday (Labor Day) I had my first rear slide (my experience level is about a year and I ride a Kawasaki Vulcan 900 Classic).

I decided at the last second to stop at a light that was changing to red and stupidly slammed on the brakes. The rear then went into a slide.

All I could think of was "stay on the rear brake...stay on the rear brake...just like the MSF instructor told me. It was all in slow motion but all I could think of was high-side crash. My foot pressed down on that rear brake so hard, I almost broke it off. I stopped with no injury except to my pride, but my heart was racing.

My MSF instructor may have saved my life that day and she will probably never even know about it.

[High_Side]

Ruben Xaus says "what's a high side?"

Rueben Xaus says THATS a highside

[Amoryl]

Just this past Monday (Labor Day) I had my first rear slide (my experience level is about a year and I ride a Kawasaki Vulcan 900 Classic).

I decided at the last second to stop at a light that was changing to red and stupidly slammed on the brakes. The rear then went into a slide.

All I could think of was "stay on the rear brake...stay on the rear brake...just like the MSF instructor told me. It was all in slow motion but all I could think of was high-side crash. My foot pressed down on that rear brake so hard, I almost broke it off. I stopped with no injury except to my pride, but my heart was racing.

My MSF instructor may have saved my life that day and she will probably never even know about it.

you could swing back by your msf course, I'd assume she's still there if it's only been a year, if she is, shake her hand, thank her, and give her a quick rundown of what happened. they LOVE hearing how they helped you stay rubber side down. thats why they do the course in the first place

[HYPERR]

Rueben Xaus says THATS a highside

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mj7WuDAHUaA

[waizen]

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you could swing back by your msf course, I'd assume she's still there if it's only been a year, if she is, shake her hand, thank her, and give her a quick rundown of what happened. they LOVE hearing how they helped you stay rubber side down. thats why they do the course in the first place

Funny you mentioned that...that' something I did last fall...several months after I took the course (I wrote about it elsewhere in this forum, so I won't repeat it here). Let's just say I swerved around a dog that came out at my bike. It was a small thing, but thanks to the course, it was a small thing that was able to stay a small thing. Later that day, I thought about it and I actually went to the course (the event happened on a weekend) and on one of their breaks, I approached the instructor and told her what happened and thanked her. Felt a bit goofy doing that but you could tell it made her day.

I probably would have looked really goofy if I went back and thanked her for this recent event, too. Not sure what the border line is between being thankful to an instructor and becoming a thank-you-stalker, but I don't want to find out.

[HYPERR]

Not sure what the border line is between being thankful to an instructor and becoming a thank-you-stalker, but I don't want to find out.