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faniebraai said:
I agree with most you are saying here.... but doing what you say you must do, will not always prevent an accident, yes you might escape some... and if you can escape all, well maybe you should be the subject of some book or tv show.

the chances of being in a bike accident is A LOT more than getting into a car accident.... hence the rule "if you ride a bike, 2 things are for sure.... you will fall; and you will get wet"
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For sure.

Not every single instance can be covered, but certainly the majority can be replayed and either completely avoided or vastly reduced in severity.

The big problem is that a lot of people simply shift all of the blame onto other parties as if they were 100% in the right and that simply isn’t the case most of the time.

It certainly is a higher risk sport/hobby/transport, but that doesn’t mean it has to happen at full risk within that higher risk all the time.

As per the link posted there is a lot that can be done to vastly reduce the risk profile.

Therefore falling is highly probably, but not a certainty.
 
Windy as hell, but first day with bike. Want to put some time in on it.
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Any windless or less noisy helmet suggestions. I have a Shark S700? and using foam ear plugs. R 3-4k.
 
The dishwasher analogy is just idiotic
Motorcycling is an action in an ever changing dynamic in an all weather all condition environment
Dishwashing is controlled repetitive and doesn't require much grey matter sparking neuronsExperience most certainly does count and the longer you ve been in the saddle the greater your skills
The best formal training I ever had was with UK Police instructors and subsequent courier experience in central London
And Los Angeles gave me whole new skill sets for riding safe in heavy traffic but these are first world countries where driving standards are much higher than ours and people are generally more aware of bikes around them unlike here
My own accidents can be placed into two life phases ...the worse I put down to the stupidity of youth when I T boned a bakkie in the Arizona desert at speed. First fast Road bike and all, but as a 17 year old kid I couldn't have anticipated a bakkie turning as I had no road experience. But from these early crashes I learned a lot that made me into a better rider. However the crashes in more recent years have all been in SA . Diesel spills not visible in sunlight can suddenly wipe you out on Kloofnecks upper curves. I ve been broadsided by inattentive unlicensed drivers making sudden u turns and never saw them coming and with each mishap I've learned more about riding
Forty years since I sat on my first bike I m still learning but my experience gained from years in the saddle in all conditions has made me a safer more confident rider yet every day when mounting up I wonder if this might be the last time I get to ride because in SA we are pretty much invisible to drivers and despite our training and experience - extremely vulnerable to events beyond our control - but our experience of near misses in the past will prepare us to deal with the inevitable next one and chances are that we are more likely to survive the next encounter uninjured.
 
Hosehead said:
The dishwasher analogy is just idiotic
Motorcycling is an action in an ever changing dynamic in an all weather all condition environment
Dishwashing is controlled repetitive and doesn't require much grey matter sparking neuronsExperience most certainly does count and the longer you ve been in the saddle the greater your skills
The best formal training I ever had was with UK Police instructors and subsequent courier experience in central London
And Los Angeles gave me whole new skill sets for riding safe in heavy traffic but these are first world countries where driving standards are much higher than ours and people are generally more aware of bikes around them unlike here
My own accidents can be placed into two life phases ...the worse I put down to the stupidity of youth when I T boned a bakkie in the Arizona desert at speed. First fast Road bike and all, but as a 17 year old kid I couldn't have anticipated a bakkie turning as I had no road experience. But from these early crashes I learned a lot that made me into a better rider. However the crashes in more recent years have all been in SA . Diesel spills not visible in sunlight can suddenly wipe you out on Kloofnecks upper curves. I ve been broadsided by inattentive unlicensed drivers making sudden u turns and never saw them coming and with each mishap I've learned more about riding
Forty years since I sat on my first bike I m still learning but my experience gained from years in the saddle in all conditions has made me a safer more confident rider yet every day when mounting up I wonder if this might be the last time I get to ride because in SA we are pretty much invisible to drivers and despite our training and experience - extremely vulnerable to events beyond our control - but our experience of near misses in the past will prepare us to deal with the inevitable next one and chances are that we are more likely to survive the next encounter uninjured.
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Agreed.
 
The motorbike caught alight. A source told NARI that the Police arrested the driver of the vehicle on the spot for allegedly driving under the influence.

According to a witness on-scene, it's believed that the driver of the car don't have a license and he wasn't able to stand upright.

The critically injured biker, believed to be in his 30's, suffered two amputations. His right foot and right arm.
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http://news.searchsa.co.za/accident...ke-car-crash-amputations-driver-arrested.html

This is terrible. But when you witness the way people drive on the road and how little they care for bikers - speeding up to block you entering from a slipway, crossing the yellow line to pass you on the left...

Man fsck it. Except for beating traffic there's almost no joy in riding during the week. Bryanston is terrible.

Anyway...not related so /rant but FSCK that drunk driver ^
 
Hamster said:
http://news.searchsa.co.za/accident...ke-car-crash-amputations-driver-arrested.html

This is terrible. But when you witness the way people drive on the road and how little they care for bikers - speeding up to block you entering from a slipway, crossing the yellow line to pass you on the left...

Man fsck it. Except for beating traffic there's almost no joy in riding during the week. Bryanston is terrible.

Anyway...not related so /rant but FSCK that drunk driver ^
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The road rage personality seems to generally present itself in Gauteng.

Maybe this relates.
 
SauRoNZA said:
The road rage personality seems to generally present itself in Gauteng.

Maybe this relates.
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It's a South African thing. There's just more South Africans cramped into a smaller space in Gauteng.
 
Hamster said:
http://news.searchsa.co.za/accident...ke-car-crash-amputations-driver-arrested.html

This is terrible. But when you witness the way people drive on the road and how little they care for bikers - speeding up to block you entering from a slipway, crossing the yellow line to pass you on the left...

Man fsck it. Except for beating traffic there's almost no joy in riding during the week. Bryanston is terrible.

Anyway...not related so /rant but FSCK that drunk driver ^
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Emergency crew is searching around the crash scene for his foot.
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fksakes man.
 
Last weekend I had a nob try overtake into my lane, lucky I was watching him. I swerved violently as he pulled out right in front of me. Was way to close for comfort. My wife was riding pillion, she almost threw up in her helmet from the shock. How I managed to not get hit is mind boggling, a GSA with panniers is flipping wide.
 
Saw a bmw this morning on Sandton drive break down. Not sure what happened but the bikes just stopped
 
SirFooK'nG said:
my little breakfast run yesterday :)

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Decent. I did about 350km.

Which in hindsight was possibly not the smartest move for only the 3rd time on the bike.

Was in discomfort by the end, but still bearable. Cruise control is probably the best thing on the bike. Means you can sit up every now and again, stretch out wrists etc.

The RR is, um, suffiecently fast when you want it to be.
 
Noseworthy said:
Saw a bmw this morning on Sandton drive break down. Not sure what happened but the bikes just stopped
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Tried to use the indicator, caused a short. :p

I was at the Cedar Motorrad yesterday...eish. Have to get one soon.
 
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