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m1a1dvr wrote:The bike started going to the outside of the corner(it was a decreasing radius turn). So I did what I thought was right and pushed harder. The bike started cutting back in and the front tire hit the newly painted lines on the road. The next thing I know is I am sitting in the gravel along the side of the road.

pushing harder to lean is right.

assuming you had your maintenance throttle good and you didn't brake hard... looks like it was the slippery lines that got you.

You probably lowsided because your tire went onto the painted line. Those are slippery, so you had a loss of traction and the bike went down.

Thats exactly what happened. The tire hit the line and I went down. Like I said they had to have been painted recently. Because they were still shiny.

well at least you know what caused the accident, a combination of two bad lines: the fresh painted line and your wide line through the corner (possibly excess speed entering the corner or not picking the proper point to "aim" for due to it being decreasing radius).

not hacking on your cornering skills or anything, just good to know what to fix. you maybe should have scubbed off a little extra speed before entering the corner and looking a bit farther through it. that could have kept you from going wide and kept you away from those nasty lines.

decreasing raduis turns is what gets most new riders.

it got me as well.

Im sure my inexp. accounted for alot of it. I cant wait to get back on that road and show it whos boss.

firstly, VX wtf r u on about ???? how is hanging off a bike gunna help this guy ???? I swear dood your not all there are ya?


rule of thumb i use, "if its shiney, then its slippery no exceptions" and if its slippery then its to be treated with caution, doesnt mean ya have to avoid it, just means you need to be aware of its potential and treat it accordingly.

all you have done is learnt a valuable lesson, you now know the limits in that kind of scenario to which ya can go before ya bike will unhorse you.

Welcome to the club most people have a story of being spanked by their bike at some stage

shane-o wrote:firstly, VX wtf r u on about ???? how is hanging off a bike gunna help this guy ???? I swear dood your not all there are ya?

he didn't make it clear the 1st time... at 1st it sounded like he used too much lean angle, which hanging off could have helped.

That's a bummer. But hey, you're still alive, and (more importantly ) your bike is still alive, so go back out and own that corner! It's the only way to make things right again.

Hey, glad you and the bike are ok.

That "shiny=slippery" rule got me once -- except it was my tires. I got a new set of tires put on at the Yamaha dealership way back when, and they were shiny-new. So I pulled out on the road, gave it the usual (moderate) amount of throttle and *bang* I was standing over my bike as it lay on its side. Right there in front of God, the dealership and everything. I think I turned 5 shades of red inside the helmet.

Yeah, that shiny-new thing was a protective grease layer on the new tires.