Thread: Should have driven My Disco! HighSpeed motorbike crash

True story: I'm in my 50s and a couple of years ago I decided to get back into motorbikes. Being aware of the risk profile for 50ish returning riders I did a course at HART in Campbellfield.

Anyway, at the end of the day, when I was coming out of the facility at Campbellfield in my car and turning left onto the Hume Highway, one of the other guys that had done the course, who was probably in his 20s, passed me on his bike on my left, so inside of me. He then proceeded to fang down the highway at warp speed and the last I saw of him he was lane splitting between two semis ..... really not sure why he did the course or what he got out of it. Clearly he didn't hear what the instructor, an ex-motorbike cop, was saying about accidents ....

Originally Posted by VladTepes

Sheez
NavyDiver I'm glad you got away with that ! Well, more than could reasonably have been expected at any rate. Yell out if there's anything we can do for you.


I was gonna jump on here and mention about how I had a low speed off / crash in the traffic on Coronation Drive in peak hour last week - but, perhaps not


I assume the accident was terminal for the bike. Which begs the question... what bike you buying with the insurance payout ?

Suzuki V-Strom 1000 seems to be the pick the moment

I'm pleased you're on the mend Mr. D. What was going through your mind as you were doing the Supeman interpretation?
I had a 100kph off, some years ago, after a dog took out the front wheel in the dark, on the Cunningham Highway. As I was sliding up the white line, using my arse as a brake and a B-double pulling as far left as it could, all I could think was "I hope my bike doesn't hit the guard rail." and "bugger, I've got my good jeans on."

Originally Posted by NavyDiver

Suzuki V-Strom 1000 seems to be the pick the moment

My gosh, that is something.. I'm just as gobsmacked - given your current injuries- that you could consider " getting back on the horse" as reading about your accident. Mind you I can't talk - I had 8 motorcycle accidents before giving up- drivers are blind to motorcyclists. I would happily resume riding if everyone else walked...

Why would you be gobsmacked?
Everyone I know that’s had a serious off has hopped back on....

We don’t stop driving after a big smash

I had 8 motorcycle accidents before giving up- drivers are blind to motorcyclists.

Maybe that is because some MC idjits are so erratic with their movements on the road that one second they ain't there & the next they are barreling past & then WTF, they cut closely in front of you. Head lights on? Maybe or not.


Then what about the guys that take a bend so far over the centre line at speed that the bike is on the correct side of the road while their head & shoulders are on your side? A slight collision with a Rear Vision Mirror would be all it takes. When one lives & drives in the Hills here you see this more often than not, especially on a Sunday morning when they seem to go out for a club outing.

The road is not a Race Circuit where some of those antics belong. Mind you the good riders outweigh the dopey ones so that is a Plus.

We are reminded of these things when we pass a small Home made floral & white cross monument on a bend up the road which has been there for aprox 30 years after a rider slid under an approaching car. Died of course. We usually make the comment "What a waste of a life" & then we go on a bit how he could have been a lovely bloke with a great future in front of him as a Surgeon etc or something else of value to the community & his family.

Some one still thinks of him (besides us) as a person, as Flowers are routinely left there after all this time.

Originally Posted by 4bee

..... as Flowers are routinely left there after all this time.

Hi,
So many of those beside the roads, so tragic for those grieving.
Cheers

Best of luck with the recovery. You're story almost makes me glad I sold my bikes.