msatrakkoic
Well-known member
Soo this is my first season riding. Went for a little rip today after the rain. Was riding west on queen past coxwell. Tried to turn into the mcdicks parking lot...and bam! Those streetcar tracks are waaaaayyyyy more slippery than I thought. I was stopped, and slowly started to turn when my front tire slid out, and the bike lowsided. The farings pretty mashed up, my clutch handle bar is pretty messed up. The shifter sheared off completly, and my mirror/turn signal are dunzo. Thankfully I am ok. Just a little bump on my elbow. I was just wearing my teknic back protector amd my teknic violator gloves (which took a lot of the impact).
When I went down, there were maybe 5-7 pedestrians around, and 3 cars in the oncoming lane (not sure about my lane)...nobody came over to ask if I was ok, or to help me get the bike up and off the road. In fact, as I was struggling with the bike, the oncoming traffic decided to drive around me. Luckily I was able to get it up and move it myself. Gotta love the people here in Canada.
I'm not sure what I should have done differently? I was moving slowly from a stopped position...perhaps I shouldve tried to be more perpendicular to the tracks, although I'm not sure that was possible.
Be careful out there.
When I went down, there were maybe 5-7 pedestrians around, and 3 cars in the oncoming lane (not sure about my lane)...nobody came over to ask if I was ok, or to help me get the bike up and off the road. In fact, as I was struggling with the bike, the oncoming traffic decided to drive around me. Luckily I was able to get it up and move it myself. Gotta love the people here in Canada.
I'm not sure what I should have done differently? I was moving slowly from a stopped position...perhaps I shouldve tried to be more perpendicular to the tracks, although I'm not sure that was possible.
Be careful out there.