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Old 10-20-2009, 02:48 AM   #11
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if you were tigger you would have rode though the deer and stayed on!
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Old 10-20-2009, 05:20 AM   #12
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I witnessed one this summer.


Ill tell you all about it if interested, when I get home from work.
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Old 10-20-2009, 07:59 AM   #13
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Mine was a combination of inexperience and shitty luck.

We were ridding in a series of hills and valleys. Crested a hill, and a few buddies were stopped in front of me in the valley. I never saw them until it was too late. Slammed on the breaks, locked up the rear, did my first and only stoppie, hit two riders, high sided.

I remember watching my bike rotate underneeth me as I flew through the air. Time went very slowly.

Tried to stand up before I was done slidding. That wasn't fun. When I was able to stand up, I ran over and picked up the bike.

60 seconds later, a car came flying down the road, cresting the blind hill. If me and my bike would have still been sliding 60 seconds earlier, we would have both been run over.
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Old 10-20-2009, 08:12 AM   #14
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Came over the crest of a hill and saw a dump truck taking up both lanes of traffic while backing into a driveway. Rear wheel locked up, caught and flipped me off the bike. I landed behind the dump truck where it continued backing up... right over my left leg.
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Old 10-20-2009, 09:14 AM   #15
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Once from locking the front brake up and trying to turn/swerve at the same time. Inexperience...totally my fault.

It was my first bike and I had only owned it 4 days and was following too close and the traffic in front of me came to a sudden stop. I was not wearing proper gear either and got road rash all the way up on both arms.

Nothing like tearing up your shiny new bike with 30-day TEMP TAGS !!

This was also before they had MSF courses.

I am now a believer in the MSF course for new riders and AGATT
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Old 10-20-2009, 11:08 AM   #16
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I highsided on a gap run years ago as a result of hamfisted throttle input.
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Old 10-20-2009, 11:13 AM   #17
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a buddy of ours just highsided at the track this past weekend. He went about 15 feet in the air at ~90mph and landed on his feet. His legs are FUCKED. full of metal now and he won't be able to put ANY weight on them for 3months. Sucks.
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Old 10-20-2009, 11:27 AM   #18
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Old 10-20-2009, 12:53 PM   #19
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most of these arent what i'd call a "highside", i havent done it myself but have saw it happen a couple of times on the street
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Old 10-20-2009, 01:02 PM   #20
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most of these arent what i'd call a "highside", i havent done it myself but have saw it happen a couple of times on the street
What would you say were the cause of them?
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