Ducati Sporting Club UK > General > Idle Chat > First Face plant:what bike,which road,who's fault..

[Loz]

Oh yes. 1982, on some Suzuki trailie 125 thing. I was learning to ride with a County Council sponsored initiative, great set-up. Anyway, on a bike-school road-trip, I locked the back wheel under braking and was thrown off the bike.
The weird thing was, the first I knew of it, I was sitting by the side of the road, rolling a cigarette, and wondering to myself, "Why have we stopped? Did someone come off?". My fellow pupils and the trainers then came back for me and explained what had happened to me.
I really had knocked myself senseless. Bike was a write-off.

[beancounter]

4 years ago, roundabout half a mile from home.

Bike? Suzuki TL1000S "the widowmaker" (the only non-Ducati I've ever owned)

Reason? still don't know. Diesel? Oil? Too fast? (unlikely!)

Short-term consequence - smashed hip socket, month in hospital, 3 months on crutches, 9 months of physio, year off bikes.

Long-term consequence - confidence never really recovered, hence now very very slow (ask Keefy...)

BC

[Fordie]

Last time I can remember was in Spain about four years ago, entered a single lane tunnel (well you could overtake a vehicle in it ) on a good straight road,Concentrating on the overtake I miss a warning sigh that the road curved right, leaving the tunnel at about 85mph ( I gave it some stick in the tunnel cause it sounded lovely) only to see the road disapear from view as it dropped away steeply with a chicane full of bollards and railings as the road crossed a river. Felt like a few boken ribs at the time and took about an hour before I could even get me leg over,the 450 mile bash home was a tad painful to say the least. Never did get to hospital to find out . Lessons learned Don't go into tunnels LEADING a ride out 4D