Old Can Ride
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The most time consuming thing to put on is the blinker. The rest is quick. You will be riding soon.
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Glad you are doing well and the bike damage wasn't excessive.
....Crossed some tar snakes at relatively low speed (heavily loaded bike with camping gear on dirt oriented tiers) on what was not a particularly warm day (high 80s?) southeast of Prescott. Thought for sure I was going to go down. As much as I've ridden over them without incident in the past, after that moment I had a new respect for them.
The most time consuming thing to put on is the blinker. The rest is quick. You will be riding soon.
Good early morning all,
So I have been a long time lurker on this thread since I originally saw it, and I think about the video you posted and the circumstances of your accident regularly. I am a new rider myself, but I have been blessed with the knowledge and good advice from some very experienced riders. Chief among which is a current MSF instructor who has been riding and teaching for over 25 years.
I showed him your video and discussed the accident with him and one thing that stood out to both of us was the lack of throttle sound upon entering the turn. It appeared to us that you approached the curve too fast, slowed moderately and then left the throttle off until the point of impact with the ground. For us this seemed like possibly a larger contributing factor to the accident than tar snakes.
For your consideration:
1. Tar snakes are small, from the video it seems like your lowside was almost universal, i.e. your back tire didnt step out noticeably sooner than your front, or vice-versa. Unless you had both wheels on the same tar snake, I don't see how both wheels would have lost traction in such a fashion, one wheel should have slipped first.
2. In a turn without a smooth application of throttle, the weight of the bike is shifted disproportionately to the front tire. With a smaller contact patch than the rear, this is the last place you want the majority of the weight of your bike, especially leaned over in a turn.
3. Once you enter a turn and lean the bike over, a steady, smooth application of power (a smooth roll-on) will transfer the bike's weight to the rear and allow the weight of the bike to be placed on the rear tire. That throttle application should continue throughout the turn.
Check out Twist of the Wrist by Keith Code... There are videos avaliable online and books too. He even covers cornering in the wet and low-traction. It may help out.
Was working on the bike this morning and realized the shirt I was wearing.... Whoops!!
That's a great shirt
You'll probably feel a bit timid for a while yet; I had a 55mph high side back in 06 (Royal Enfield rear brake pedal FELL OFF (!), caught in the road, and launched the bike and me) . For months after, I kept feeling like the bike (any bike) wasn't "right" under me, kept pulling off the road to see if anything was wrong, tip-toed around curves, etc.
After some time, everything gets normal again.