layed down my bike 2nd time in 400 miles.?

Question

Ok... firs time - was taking a left corner, ended up in the left side of the left lane right next to devider. hit the oil spot, and got my rear tire skid from under me. hit the curb with front tire, rear tire, layed it down on the left side on 40mph.
Second time - was making a right fast turn, sum guy pulled out right in front of me in a road cage... had to lay it down and roll... same left side.

Is it my bad luck, or whats up with me? any suggestions what should i do? I cant stop riding, im already too addicted.
:(

EDIT: i ride '03 suzuki SV650

EDIT2: aint a squid. i dont drug ****, i dont have an expensive bike. i took MSF a year ago. have being riding for 2 years...

EDIT3: denial is the first sign of being a squid? dont make me laugh. So if i say u r homosexual, and u say no.. you are in denial and u are indead gay? :) lol. Listen to yourself. haha

EDIT4: yeah, in both times it was probably my mistake, in first i was not supposed to go 45 in 30. and in second i was supposed to slow down even though it was a green for me.
But that does not mean that both could be avoided. C-mon.. dont tell me that u ride avoiding all laws and ****.

Answer 1

SLOW DOWN

"Is it my bad luck?"

It is not bad luck. It is simply bad choices. In both examples you could not see the hazard before you, and you admit that you were speeding.

So adjust speed and lane postion for the best veiw in your desired path of travel.

"What's up with me?"

You have fallen into a trap. Thrill riding. When riding starts to get a little, dare I say, boring, we start looking for ways to inhance the riding experiance. Taking corners, or blind corners, to fast is one way of spicing things up a little, but it also takes your head out of the ride and takes your safty zone away from you.

So position your self to see around the corner as much as possible and give your self some valuable time to react to that car coming out of that hiden driveway by slowing down. Most of all keep your head on the ride and not what your friends think.

"Any suggestions, what should I do?"

Read David L. Hough's Proficient Motorcycling and More Proficient Motorcycling. This fella draws some pretty horrific pictures of what can happen if we don't keep our heads in the game and gives good riding advise as well.

"I can't stop riding. I'm already too addicted."

Nothing I do or say could ever help you here because I to have that monkey on my back. This is the only addiction I can stand behind 100%.
Lastly it should be a :) face when you think of riding.
Ride Safe

Additional
Check out the Roadgear link Written by David L. Hough himself. He is much better at this type of writing then I'll ever be.
Again Ride Safe
Ride Smart

Answer 2

First I'd suggest taking it easy on the street. Your SV's a good-handling bike, but it's just not safe to push that handling to its limits on a public road - as you've seen, there's too many dangers in the form of oil slicks, road debris, vehicles, animals, etc, the latter two which are completely unpredictable.

As far as the second time, "had to lay it down" on the left side while making a right-hand turn does not compute (unless you high-sided, in which case we'd probably be talking about a much more extensively damaged bike). If you brought the bike up from a lean to the right in order to "lay it down" on the left, you should have kept it upright once you brought it vertical and then just braked hard. A motorcycle will stop quicker on its tires than on its side every single time.

Even if I'm reading it wrong, if you were going a little slower around the curve you would have had more time to react to the car pulling out in front of you, whether to tighten your turn, straighten out & brake, swerve, etc.

Answer 3

Notice how all the old geezers observe you are on a moderately sporty bike and automatically start hurling names. Geez folks - take your 30hp tractor out and just go on another poker run - chill out a little.

Sounds like you are a candidate for a little more experience and practice. We were all there once... some of us just forget about that.

You NEVER have to lay a modern bike down, as long as you are an experienced rider and ride within your personal limits. I suggest that you sign up for an MSF advanced rider course, or do the Keith Code school - something like that. Get out on a track or closed course and practice braking, high speed cornering, and other manuevers, so you can learn tou execute them properly and react better to emergency situations.

Answer 4

Don't worry I already laid down my Ducati 4 times since I had it the past 2 years. It takes a beating and keeps on going. One time it was hydroplaning in the rain because I was going to fast and the other time I was knee dragging and came up on some gravel. Just as long as you don't slam into a brick wall or car you should be fine.

Answer 5

the only time I easily have laid a bike down became final summer season once I made a extensive rookie mistake. I spent the completed day with some driving buddys in a city approximately 40 miles from the place I lived. Over the path of the day certainly one of my contacts degraded and that i had to take it out (i recognize stupid of me). not having a spare, i in basic terms rode one eyed (back, not the brightest pass). As dusk got here we've been approximately to return domicile and that i became following the p.c.. as quickly as we got here visiting a blind turn than ended up being sharper than i became waiting for. I, like an fool noob, hit the two brakes on a 700lb harley fatboy that became already dragging the floorboards. The rear brake locked up and it low sided on me. i became some how in a position to get the tire back on the floor and the bike reasonably upright, yet now i became going approximately 40 on a huge gravel patch. I straightened it out and utilized the brakes suitable in basic terms as I made direct touch with a collection hyperlink fence. the front tire went just to the superb of the help beam, which impacted the left floorboard and destroyed the shifter and board. This surprising ceasation of enertia sent me over the handlebars into the fence, and for this reason decrease than the bike because it fell on me, pipes down. I, of path, became not wearing any equipment different than evening lenses, denims and boots, not helmet or jacket. after i found out not something became broken, I have been given out from decrease than the bike, killed the motor, used some extra adrenaline to lifeless elevate it back up and directly to its stand, and acessed the wear. I readjusted the handlebars and straightened them on the forks, then rigged the shifter so it would paintings, and then rode domicile. different than for some minor paint injury, it in elementary terms value me approximately 3 hundred in areas and an afternoon to repair the damn concern. It became via a procedures the main inexpensive restore I made to that foresaken bike.

Answer 6

Can't answer the question, 'cause it wasn't my butt on the seat, and if I'd 'a' been there, the very same thing might 'a' happened to me.

If you want some armchair quarterbacking, I'd say that in both cases you were going a bit faster than was safe. Take your turns a little slower.

Answer 7

Do yourself, your Mom, and your wallet a favor and take a Motorcyclye Safety Foundation course. Any motorcycle shop can help you find information on classes ner where you live and it will help you become a better rider. The class will also save you money on your insurance, repair bills, clothes, and medical bills. Do the right thing and take the class. Do a Google search on MSF and check it out. If you keep trying to learn the hard way, you may die the hard way.

Answer 8

Go to Toys R Us and buy two sets of training wheels. Bolt one set to the back wheel and the other set to the front wheel. Now drain all the gas out of the bike and get a friend to push you around.

If you fall over with that setup, you might want to trade your bike in for a garden tractor.

Answer 9

I'd say there is a squid thing going on here.

You know they say one of the first signs of being a squid is denial.

There is a term foreign to most squids "Defensive riding".
Basically look ahead and anticipate potential hazards, like a driveway or debris in the road.

Answer 10

Take some classes and learn how to avoid stuff. I mean it, when folks are riding, they should be aware of everything around them. Helmet or not, you need to gain some experience.
Rick