View Full Version : So who,s crashed this year,road or track
Griff 64
19-Oct-2006, 14:27
Light hearted thread on this years binners! Road or track if no one really hurt.Do we have a winner.............
1.Cadwell acu day March.First lap new bike and tyres pooring rain int he left hander at Hall bends.Bent bar,peg fairing scratched etc
2.Castle Combe June10th DD.Leading class B lap 3 no brakes into Quarry corner.115mph binned it on the grasson the inside to stop and live.
Tank dented, bar, fairing, levers, exhaust etc.
Broken wrist mangled hat.
3 Castle Combe June 11th DD.Warm up lap oil cooler splits down back straight.First left hander at Bobbys chicane and down she go,s.
Oil cooler and pride.
4.Donington August 12th Trackday.Ran into gravel watching for aeroplanes on warm up lap.Ran into Coppice gravel and fell over at 2mph.Scratched newly fixed and painted fairing.
5.Donington August 13th DD.3rd lap of qualifying very wet lock front brake into Redgate.Slide lasted 50 feet honest. Okay about an inch then.Ran straight on into Redgate gravel.Didn,t even fall over marshall complements me on neet parking next to fence.
6.Snetterton September 3rd DD lap 7 3 corners from home,class B lead right hander in the esses lowside into gravel.Footpeg, screen ,fairing.Self loathing
Think thats the lot.Non on the road thankfully but thats a whole different ball game.
Funny they said you will fall of racing a bike at the ACU training day.Who else thought he was talking bollox lol
jeff st4s
19-Oct-2006, 14:31
Not quite the same.
Went to Wales to do some off road training, the guys said you would fall off, I thought NO WAY, I'm a decent mountain biker and I'm ok at offroad stuff.......yes way!
Fortunately they were the comedy fall off at 0 mph on a bend as the front wheel dug in and generally then fell in a bush. :lol: :lol:
dickieducati
19-Oct-2006, 14:42
nope, dont do crashes.
psychlist
19-Oct-2006, 14:43
I had a little slide at Paddock Hill during a DD race at Brands :lol:
Prior to that I'd tried to lean on Senna3 a bit too much in Hall Bends at the DD race at Cadwell and needed to polish out a few scratches ;)
1. Donington August 13th: Second ever race meeting. Qualified a stunning second in the wet. Come race time I'm poorly off the grid and bottled it with bikes going past me on both sides into Redgate. Forgot to turn. Into gravel at about 2mph and bike falls over. Kick gravel. Kick bike. Kick self.
2. Cadwell ParK October 8th. Stuck in traffic during qualifying. Oil flags out at the Hairpin for first couple of laps. Oil flags dissapear. Coming into Hairpin Kev Mooney takes inside line, I take outside. Turning in, a cr@p I'm going to hit him. Touch front brake and wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. So that's what it feels like to have an almost proper crash on the race track.
Nothing on the road so far and I commute every day. So hold thumbs it stays that way.
1) Assen Last chicane before checkered flag met Butch at the entrance end up on my Head in the Gravel.:o No Damage
2) Donnington Chicane before the start finish straight in timed practice, dragged brake on a wet line, you'll never guess what happened .......:confused:
new foot rest, paracetamol and imodium required
3) Snetterton (horrible place) dry practice, 2nd lap of the day get knee down (unusual), everything else follows 50ft on my butt again, new brake lever, foot rest, more Paracetamol and a bollocking from the wife...:rolleyes:
New helmets 3
What fun !!!!!!!!!!!
Donny TD - Up towards coppice. notice tiny weeny child on GP80 doing 3mph at apex. Decide I'd feel guilty for rest of life if I killed the nipper so grab handful of brake and watch bike somersualt. Lands upside down. Buried so deep in the gravel I can only see a few red bits! :lol:
Donny Qualy - Decide I want pole, ride faster every lap until front lets go at Macleans. Slide on bum and watch bike somersault (again...) into the gravel. Lands upside down.
No DNFs this year. :D
Grif you've definitely inherited my Dr Crash nickname from last year. Sure you'll keep her upright more next year.
Ali
not yet! left the track twice at cadwell but managed to keep it rubber side down
A numb brain, cold tyres and a slippery roundabout did for me at the beginning of the season. Side fairing, nose cone, screen, rear fairing, levers, brake reservoir, mudguard, forks, lower fork yoke, I forget what else ... at least my leathers were repairable.
Not a lot of fun :( I don't think my confidence really returned all year.
Here's to next year, though! :)
SlowLearner
19-Oct-2006, 15:09
Yep, had my first off this year.
Have only beed riding for 2 years so i guess its not that big a surprise......
Was riding slowlyish around the country lanes near woking, gong round a tightening lefthander when the traffic stopped suddenly to let someone out of a driveway ahead.
I braked too harshly and locked the front wheel as was still turning...... result lowside on my T9s and dend in Mercs back bumper.....:mad:
Ho Hum..... I guess we all make mistakes :D
rcgbob44
19-Oct-2006, 15:10
Dropped my 998s going up a kerb to get into a shop for its MOT, cost approx £700 to put right, now all I`m weighting for is my seat & panels back from ProTwins!
none for me, but I have seen plenty !
mav
Martinp
19-Oct-2006, 15:58
One for me I happened an hour after picking up the bike.:)
Redruth
19-Oct-2006, 16:02
Dropped the 996 at 2 mph but that wasn't my fault (broken shock absorber).
Nothing else this year :) Got off lightly, really.
Yep, had my first off this year.
Have only beed riding for 2 years so i guess its not that big a surprise......
Was riding slowlyish around the country lanes near woking, gong round a tightening lefthander when the traffic stopped suddenly to let someone out of a driveway ahead.
I braked too harshly and locked the front wheel as was still turning...... result lowside on my T9s and dend in Mercs back bumper.....:mad:
Ho Hum..... I guess we all make mistakes :D
no luck, sorry to hear that mister. Just checked your profile, when you coming for a ride out at Box, and by boating do you mean yachts?
Grif i find one part of your post quite disturbing...
2. June 10th DD... Broken wrist
3. June 11th...
I was right behind you for no's 2, 3 and 5 - were you feeling the pressure?!!!
Unusually, I haven't crashed this year...but don't tempt fate, some of you may have put your bikes away for the year but I'm still riding*
*well, I will be as soon as I can get some new tyres on the ST, get it MOT'd and taxed.
Just the 3 for me this year !!!!
Sound of thunder - Snetterton - Bike just been totally rebuilt - you remember the pics! - taken out at Coram, lots of damage, hurt wrist and hip.
Sound of thunder - Pembrey - 1st race, day 2, lost front into spitfires, broken ribs
Sound of thunder - Pembrey - 2nd race, day 2, lost front one corner afte spitfires!! broken fingers.
Total =
Fairing sides x 2,
fairing bracket x 1
front mag marchesini x 1
rearset kit x 1
Ti exhuast system x 1
clutch hub and cover x 1
brembo clutch m/cyl. x 1
brembo brake m/cyl x 1 + 1 lever
clip on tubes x 1
throttle tube x 2
days of work x 3
bone x 5
got of pretty light really !!!!!
andys 900ss
19-Oct-2006, 17:16
Had my first, ever!!, off at the recent Cadwell DD Race 1.
I was only talking to Senna3 about his first DD off the day before!!!
Mended the bike and went back out to win Class B Race 2.
(pic curtesy of Jessica Alderson)
Andy
Griff 64
19-Oct-2006, 17:45
Grif i find one part of your post quite disturbing...
2. June 10th DD... Broken wrist
3. June 11th...
I was right behind you for no's 2, 3 and 5 - were you feeling the pressure?!!!
Ah well..........urm.........Wasn,t sure it was broken and desperate to take advantage of my qualifying performance so thought i,d give it a go.Felt alright on the warm up lap as well until i turned left!
Went to the hospital on the Tuesday but walked out when they said that i couldn,t drive home in plaster.Got a lift down the next day and they were not to happy especially when i said i needed fixed for Oulton in 3weeks time!!!!
Funny thing is the healing has been far more painful/annoying than the break and its stil not perfect in October due to stiffness.
Anyway Nick who! lol
multi600
19-Oct-2006, 18:17
One for me on the road on the way to work. low speed off 5mph when car pulled out in front of me. No damage to me or bike till
Transit van following hit me. Now in wheel chair (Pelvis in kit form) till end of November. Hope to be back on a bike February. Just beware out there. It don't matter how well you ride there is always some arse that will come along and stuff you.
Mike
I'm impressed with Andy's pic - looks like he's still trying to save it!
Top show fella!!
Rattler
19-Oct-2006, 19:57
Just the four for me; :o
1. Jerez in Feb - lost the front in the wet at Angel Nieto
2. Cadwell in March - lost the front in the cold at Mansfield!!!
3. Oulton in Aug - lost the front at Mcleans, trying to go under a Gixxer.
4. Cadwell in Sep - lost the front on the grass at Charlies 2!!!
Bloody front!!
All crashed in practice though - no DNF in DD.
Tim
Tim
Practice your wheelies, you'll be much safer!
:D
Rattler
19-Oct-2006, 20:10
Tim
Practice your wheelies, you'll be much safer!
:D
Now I have crashed pulling wheelies and even got arrested for it!!! On a 350LC - many moons ago.
That's why I'm **** over the mountain at Cadders!!
Tim
I'm ****-scared over the Mountain, too! Wheelies ain't my thing. :)
Had my first, ever!!, off at the recent Cadwell DD Race 1.
I was only talking to Senna3 about his first DD off the day before!!!
Mended the bike and went back out to win Class B Race 2.
(pic curtesy of Jessica Alderson)
Andy
That's soooooooooo koolio !!!!!
I've lost count of my crashes but NEVER been caught on camera! gutted. it would almost be worth it!
After each one I scan through all the photo sites but they've never captured it.
closest i got was my avtar - not really a hero shot !!!
stumpy1
20-Oct-2006, 06:03
First time out this year at cadwell to see what my DD bike was going to be like for next year!
lost the front in the wet at the hairpin in the woodland section!!
Dropped my Gilera Saturno at the chicaine at Almeria at Easter-washed out the front-cold(ish) tyre-prat.
Mind you it later got it's own back by trashing the cambelt when the waterpump seized-4 bent valves...............
John
First time out this year
Old habits...
Nattyboy
20-Oct-2006, 11:30
duke2bsteve will be along shortly..ha ha !!
Just a little 'un on the track...
First ever race, wet Brands Hatch. Had an awesome second row qualifying and got my 'I'm passing ALL of you, whether you like it or not' head on. Swapped places with Cleggy several times, lost a bit of ground and attempted a last ditch out braking attempt into Druids. Front locked immediately, went straight down, thought 's h i t, I crashed' then got up and ran before my head got squished :D Marshall says 'you slid for miles!'....yeah, I know, I was there ;) Bashed me knee, broke a clip on and footpeg. Not bad for a 70mphish off.
http://www.btinternet.com/~tonyhathaway/desmodue/Images/crashbrands.jpg
http://www.btinternet.com/~tonyhathaway/desmodue/Images/crash1.jpg
http://www.btinternet.com/~tonyhathaway/desmodue/Images/crash2.jpg
Dave Harris Memorial TD - Clearways - Slight lapse of concentration led to completely wrong line out of Surtees. Decided to stand it up and go into gravel. Everything fine until I stupidly applied front brake at about 10mph - DOH!!
Scratched my beatiful black paintjob and felt v. embarrased for red flagging session - looked suitably sorrowful watching everybody entering back into pits.
Looking on the positive side - collected £350 for R4H!
RX
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