2 Days of riding and I wreck

[Mag7C]

Damn. Those pictures are scary. Glad you were wearing a helmet.

I'd give riding another chance, but take it slow even after the course. Your body is most likely conditioned to panic if the same situation presents itself again. I got t-boned in my car making a left turn, totally destroyed the car, don't remember most of it, but for weeks after that I'd get tense in the chest making left turns.

Good luck, quick recovery, and if you choose to keep riding enjoy!

[bikeguy joe]

I bet you a dollar I know what happened.....I've seen two "newbies" go down the same way. One after about 15 minutes, the other after about an hour. Both were doing fine, then for "no reason" just went wide in a curve and ate it.

Both times I grilled them extensively and they both had about the same responses "I'm not sure what happened".

1. Look where you are going, literally. Look through the turn. Both these guys said they looked at the ditch right before they went into it.

2. Both riders also said they were afraid to "lean the bike down too far", one of them being warned against this by his WIFE! (non-rider)

I don't think either of them were aware of countersteering or any real riding technique. Both had dirt experience, the one of them had a LOT of hours on a four wheeler.

You don't need to "remember what happened". You need to take the riders course and regain some self confidence.

Next trip out, take it s l o w and use the secondary roads until you are confident and ready to ride on faster, more heavily travelled roads.

Push left to go left, push right to go right, (to a certain extent) Go back to the parking lot and practice, practice, practice.

Joe

[bikeguy joe]

I edited this post- I double posted......

[ducati748_4life]

tuck and roll... best technique.

[Sev]

Actually you want to go limp and try to relax, this it the best way to avoid broken bones.

You don't even see racers tucking and rolling to avoid getting hit by the bikes following them. Once you get rolling you are placing extra force on seams and weak spots in your gear which makes it more likely to shred, and you are at an increased risk of slamming some limb into the pavement at high speed resulting in broken or fractured joints or bones.

[bikeguy joe]

Yes, "tuck and roll" may work if you are on fire, but it's not the way to go if you are crashing....

[CentralOzzy]

It's hard to imagine a worse thing in the Burbs to smack into!!

A huge ditch & a nice slab of concrete to play with....Ouch!!

Nice bike you have, I hope it looks as good as it did before the stack.