"The Hurt Report"
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flynrider
- Legendary 2000
- Posts: 2391
- Joined: Thu Jul 21, 2005 1:36 pm
- Sex: Male
- Years Riding: 30
- My Motorcycle: '93 Honda Nighthawk 750
- Location: Phoenix, AZ
The vast majority are typical noob tricks, exacerbated by the larger and more powerful bikes the noobs tend to ride. Rather than one specific cause, like taking corners too fast, you could more accurately lump them in to a "lost control of the bike" category.
Up in the mountains of Northern AZ, the sides of hard curves are littered with bike parts on the weekends. It's not just from going too fast. When you combine that with just plain bad riding skills, it's a recipe for disaster. I see bikes wobbling in and out of turns, feet scraping along the ground, and it just makes me shake my head. How these folks even made it up to the mountains is a mystery.
In the city, a lot of the bike spills seem to be initiated by a bad cager move, like a bad lane change or a cage pulling out on the road in front of a bike. But the problem is that the bikers are not responding properly and losing control of their rides. Sometimes it's too much brake. Sometimes it's too much, or inappropriate use of the throttle. Often times the bike is going where it wants to go and the rider is just a passenger.
Like I said, this is anecdotal, but 20 yrs. ago most of the carnage I saw on the road was the typical "didn't see him" cager taking out a bike. Nowadays, I'm seeing A LOT more single vehicle accidents involving bikes.
Up in the mountains of Northern AZ, the sides of hard curves are littered with bike parts on the weekends. It's not just from going too fast. When you combine that with just plain bad riding skills, it's a recipe for disaster. I see bikes wobbling in and out of turns, feet scraping along the ground, and it just makes me shake my head. How these folks even made it up to the mountains is a mystery.
In the city, a lot of the bike spills seem to be initiated by a bad cager move, like a bad lane change or a cage pulling out on the road in front of a bike. But the problem is that the bikers are not responding properly and losing control of their rides. Sometimes it's too much brake. Sometimes it's too much, or inappropriate use of the throttle. Often times the bike is going where it wants to go and the rider is just a passenger.
Like I said, this is anecdotal, but 20 yrs. ago most of the carnage I saw on the road was the typical "didn't see him" cager taking out a bike. Nowadays, I'm seeing A LOT more single vehicle accidents involving bikes.
Bikin' John
'93 Honda CB750 Nighthawk
'93 Honda CB750 Nighthawk