"So Who's Gone Down So Far?" The Poll

[killerkeith]

As the saying goes, "there are 2 types of riders, those who have gone down and those who will". Where do you fit in?

[rick123]

I'm not really waiting for one. So far so good...

[Domon]

Endo, Type 3 shoulder separation.

[joeyjoejoe]

Sidswiped by a left turning cager (who also took off after he hit me! ). Low speed so only skinned knees.

[Rifleman]

Never......been at it since the mid 60's.........

[fastar1]

40km/h lowside after hitting gravel in the middle of a corner. Bruised knee, scrapped bike, otherwise all OK. Got up and kept riding.

[Red_Liner740]

went ditch surfing when i had to go wide in a corner because 2 harley riders coming my way were on my side of the road....cartwheeled when the bike hit a boulder in the ditch, walked away with a bruised hip.

[moto22]

Kissed the concrete -twice already

[omega8]

Haven't gone down yet and don't plan to.

[MassNutrition]

Haven't gone down yet and don't plan to.

No one plans to... you can be the BEST rider in the country, but you can't take into account for all the dumb f#*kers out there who are BAD drivers. After 10 years of riding, I thought I was invincible, until...

...I took my first slide 4 months ago. This dumbass chick SLAMS on her brakes infront of me for ABSOLUTELY no reason. No car infront of her, no animal crossing the road, no reason at all. I jumped on my brakes HARD, locked up the front, and the bike slid out from underneath me.

What were my reasons for her? I don't know... she dropped her cigarette, dropped her cell phone, dropped mustard on her shirt? I still can't wrap my mind around why she slammed on the brakes...

[mikbusa]

Haven't gone down yet and don't plan to.

I thought the same thing, right up until I hit the guardrail.

[unL33T]

First day.

Panicked in an intersection (lights were changing and I was still waiting to make a left), gave it too much speed, object fixated on the curb, hopped the curb, I bounced off the bike, bike went down the sidewalk a few feet and fell over.

It was rush hour. Lots of spectators. Quite embarrassing. At least 3 cars stopped to make sure I was ok and a pedestrian on the sidewalk (who luckily my bike did not run over).

[beverage]

Went down trying to dodge a left turning tractor trailer in my first year riding street. He "didn't see me coming". Damn those things take up a lot of space in an intersection!

19 years on the street since, with no further crashes, knock on wood.

[yettiman121]

Yetti is like a Weeble Wobble.

[sully]

Yup, many times...
all were in the dirt thank god, I ride an enduro...

[killerkeith]

The cloest I've come so far was the day I got a new back tire and took the corner to my street at the same speed I normally would and had the back end slide out a bit. I was able to stop the fall by sticking my leg out. Close but no cigar.

[roadtoruin]

not while moving or on a road or on my new bike or at all this year.

I'm never goin' down! EVAR

[Maverickflyer]

Yup, took a corner way to fast and caught some gravel. Bike slid out from under me and disappeared into the trees. Luckily I wasn't injured, only a bruised ego.

[shanekingsley]

driver crossed center lane and hit me head on.
no warning. no time to react.
just in the right place at the right time.

a lot of good came out of it, so I have no ill feelings to wards it or the other driver.

dropped my bike many times on my own by forgetting to take my disc lock off. I don't use a disc lock any more.

[Kri$han]

Yep.

Had been riding for about a month, 1st time riding in rain, stop-n'-go traffic, grabbed too much front brake at about 5 km/h. Front tyre washed out on me, and laid 'er down.

Only a bruised ego, and a broken bar-end mirror. My tyres were also grossly under-inflated (I was new), were 6 years old AND I was on the way to pick-up my pre-ordered frame sliders!...lol