Vid of my crash at the track

Penguin1120 · August 28th, 2012, 08:19 PM

3rd track day with the 2012 Ninja 250

2nd to last session of the day

Crash resulted in broken foot

Link to original page on YouTube.

Jiggles · August 28th, 2012, 08:39 PM

I shall add you to the hall of fame

And REALLY!? You monetized this video??? Goddammit I hate stupid video ads GRRR

Link to original page on YouTube.

csmith12 · August 28th, 2012, 08:39 PM

Oh man... that sucks. Nice riding keeping up with the gsxr could you pass em or were the "rules" holding you back?

psych0hans · August 28th, 2012, 08:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Penguin1120

3rd track day with the 2012 Ninja 250

2nd to last session of the day

Crash resulted in broken foot

http://youtu.be/QiDSQZkmjDw

That sucks man

looks quiet painful... At least you know what went wrong, so you can avoid it in the future. Good luck on your recovery. God speed and god bless!!!

cuong-nutz · August 28th, 2012, 08:48 PM

Ouch! Heal up quick!

Did you have rearsets? what caused you to break your foot?

Penguin1120 · August 28th, 2012, 08:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jiggles

I shall add you to the hall of fame

And REALLY!? You monetized this video??? Goddammit I hate stupid video ads GRRR

Link to original page on YouTube.

haha sorry Jiggles, i set monetize as a preset. Tired about hearing how modern today's mormon is?

Quote:

Originally Posted by csmith12

Oh man... that sucks. Nice riding keeping up with the gsxr could you pass em or were the "rules" holding you back?

Intermediate Class, so no passing on the inside. Passed a couple of gixxers in my other vid tho (ninja 250r vs CBR250R)

Quote:

Originally Posted by psych0hans

That sucks man

looks quiet painful... At least you know what went wrong, so you can avoid it in the future. Good luck on your recovery. God speed and god bless!!!

Yea it does suck. I had an appointment to take care of the kickstand mount before the trackday, but flaked on my tech

Penguin1120 · August 28th, 2012, 08:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cuong-nutz

Ouch! Heal up quick!

Did you have rearsets? what caused you to break your foot?

for some reason i tried to get up while sliding. threw me into a tumble and smashed my toes into the ground

Panda · August 28th, 2012, 08:56 PM

I thought that track looked familiar. I like your ninja vs cbr video

Heal up quick man.

cuong-nutz · August 28th, 2012, 08:57 PM

Yeah, that's one thing that stuck with me when I had my first low side: don't put your hand down.

csmith12 · August 28th, 2012, 08:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rPanda

I thought that track looked familiar. I like your ninja vs cbr video

Heal up quick man.

Yea, I thought I was watching a vid I had already seen. Best wishes for a speedy recovery!

folky15 · August 28th, 2012, 09:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jiggles

I hate stupid video ads GRRR

Really dude? Someone as informed as you isn't using AdBlock? I haven't seen an ad on YouTube in 3 years.

Jiggles · August 28th, 2012, 09:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by folky15

Really dude? Someone as informed as you isn't using AdBlock? I haven't seen an ad on YouTube in 3 years.

pfffffffffff Firefox is for newbs. But I went and checked out some extensions for Opera anyway and found a youtube only ad blocker

Being a strangely weird person, I like ads on webpages, I just don't like them shoved in my face

folky15 · August 28th, 2012, 09:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jiggles

pfffffffffff Firefox is for newbs.

Agreed, Firefox has sucked recently (i think its slow), but AdBlock & Chrome make a nice combo

(and just to add a relevant comment for the OP....I was the first 'Like' on your vid

Thx for posting!!)

Jiggles · August 28th, 2012, 09:28 PM

I've actually liked firefox more recently since they copied Operas format, but I'm still addicted to opera

csmith12 · August 29th, 2012, 07:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by folky15

Really dude? Someone as informed as you isn't using AdBlock? I haven't seen an ad on YouTube in 3 years.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jiggles

pfffffffffff Firefox is for newbs. But I went and checked out some extensions for Opera anyway and found a youtube only ad blocker

Being a strangely weird person, I like ads on webpages, I just don't like them shoved in my face

I have lucked into some killer deals/sales from ads but since I started using adblock I don't think I can go back to seeing the bulk of ads on sites. And it helps with my crappy backwoods bandwidth here in the hills of KY.

Nemesis · August 29th, 2012, 07:54 AM

Sucks about your crash & broken foot.

BTW, that track looks filthy dirty! Tell the org to clean that shiet!

Mocha Man · August 29th, 2012, 09:34 AM

Hope you heal up quickly!

CC Cowboy · August 29th, 2012, 09:49 AM

Do you still have your 93 900?

Kevin2109 · August 29th, 2012, 09:57 AM

Looks like SMX-5 boots? Not a diss on you or anything, but the smx5 isnt really a track boot meant to take a hit like that, a pair of super tech R's may have had a different outcome

Sucks about your foot though!

Hope it heals up quickly!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nemesis

BTW, that track looks filthy dirty! Tell the org to clean that shiet!

+1! But other then that the track looked beautiful

Penguin1120 · August 29th, 2012, 10:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CC Cowboy

Do you still have your 93 900?

Indeed. Its in my bedroom on pitbull stands

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kevin2109

Looks like SMX-5 boots? Not a diss on you or anything, but the smx5 isnt really a track boot meant to take a hit like that, a pair of super tech R's may have had a different outcome

Sucks about your foot though!

Hope it heals up quickly!

+1! But other then that the track looked beautiful

They were boots by AXO. Highly considering a pair of new A*'s before the next trackday though.

Jiggles · August 29th, 2012, 01:20 PM

Man, 600s are so slow

Penguin1120 · August 29th, 2012, 01:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jiggles

Man, 600s are so slow

I can honestly say I have more fun tracking the 250 than on my 600rr or RC51. Hopefully I'll be out there soon with you guys who are racing them!

Jiggles · August 29th, 2012, 01:31 PM

I can see why! Seeing a 600 slow a 250 down just makes me lol

choneofakind · August 29th, 2012, 01:39 PM

bad luck on the lowside man!

get better asap.

damn those hero-passing 600's.

csmith12 · August 29th, 2012, 02:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Penguin1120

They were boots by AXO. Highly considering a pair of new A*'s before the next trackday though.

Do you believe the A* boots would have prevented your injury where the AXO did not?

NoSkillsMcSuckington · August 29th, 2012, 06:20 PM

Hate to see that. Hope it heals soon. Great riding by the way. If I may be insensitive, I have those gloves..how did they hold up?

Jiggles · August 29th, 2012, 10:09 PM

Which foot broke?

Penguin1120 · August 30th, 2012, 05:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by csmith12

Do you believe the A* boots would have prevented your injury where the AXO did not?

I don't think so. I think my toes bent back similar to the way they flex when you're walking. Also sprained my ankle on the same side really bad, which I assume some high quality A*'s could have prevented. The sprain hurt worse than the foot.

Quote:

Originally Posted by NoSkillsMcSuckington

Hate to see that. Hope it heals soon. Great riding by the way. If I may be insensitive, I have those gloves..how did they hold up?

Awesome gloves! I've got two pairs and recommend them to all my friends. I think you get a lot for the money. They've held up very well (through my numerous crashes)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jiggles

Which foot broke?

Right foot. Kinda glad it wasn't the left

koenigcitizen · August 30th, 2012, 07:24 AM

Sorry about your foot!
Way to keep pushing that 600 in the corners...

What gloves are you wearing?

Penguin1120 · August 30th, 2012, 08:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by koenigcitizen

Sorry about your foot!
Way to keep pushing that 600 in the corners...

What gloves are you wearing?

Those are Alpinestars SP2 full leather gauntlets. The new versions are slightly different with the ring/pinky finger attachments. They retail for about $110.

NoSkillsMcSuckington · August 30th, 2012, 08:39 AM

Glad to hear that about the gloves. It's always nice to have a little confirmation of quality. Thanks!

clum88 · September 7th, 2012, 02:25 PM

heal well fast! Those were some pretty baller skills in the turns, anyone can go fast in a straight line lol.

Noob question though...what do you (or anyone else think) was the cause of this? Overloading the tires with too much acceleration and turning? Any way to recover?

Penguin1120 · September 8th, 2012, 07:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by clum88

heal well fast! Those were some pretty baller skills in the turns, anyone can go fast in a straight line lol.

Noob question though...what do you (or anyone else think) was the cause of this? Overloading the tires with too much acceleration and turning? Any way to recover?

Thanks!

The kickstand mount (welded to the frame) hangs really low and limits ground clearance on the left side. I rotated on top of the kickstand mount, which lifted the rear wheel off the ground causing the lowside.

**Notice: the 2013 models have the whole kickstand assembly tucked away nice and neat

**

akima · September 24th, 2013, 06:14 AM

I just noticed this video on youtube. When I saw your description of what happened it made me worried I might catch my kick stand... then I saw how low you went before it caught and decided that it probably wont be a problem for me lol! I did scrape a foot peg feeler once, but that has been my limit!

It's nice to hear Kawasaki have sorted out this issue on the 2013 ninjette.

@Penguin1120: How's your foot now?

subxero · September 24th, 2013, 06:39 AM

I feel like I have seen someone else crash on that exact same corner from this website

csmith12 · September 24th, 2013, 06:41 AM

I bet you have, there are at least 3 or 4 vids of this track floating around the forum.

crazymadbastard · September 24th, 2013, 06:52 AM

I also was wondering the why the slide. Then end reminded me of a horror moviw where the camera is dropped at the end of the movie and then nothing...
Good riding skills there & Heal fast!

Xtina · September 26th, 2013, 01:53 PM

Op it appears you had the bike too far leaned over. Just before you crashed your head was in with the top of the bike and not on the left side "kissing" the mirror. You appeared crossed up. Doing good til then though. I was rooting the whole time for you to pass the Gixxer twit.

Løckøut · September 26th, 2013, 08:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Penguin1120

3rd track day with the 2012 Ninja 250

2nd to last session of the day

Crash resulted in broken foot

Link to original page on YouTube.

Givin it to old dude in front of you though.

My wife looked at me in concern when I exclaimed 'FFF@#$*' when you dropped. Damn good riding.

August 28th, 2012, 08:19 PM	#1
Penguin1120 ninjette.org member Name: Andrew Location: Northern VA Join Date: Jul 2012 Motorcycle(s): 2012 Ninja 250R, 1993 CBR900RR, 1974 CB360T Posts: 17	Vid of my crash at the track 3rd track day with the 2012 Ninja 250 2nd to last session of the day Crash resulted in broken foot Link to original page on YouTube.

August 28th, 2012, 08:39 PM	#2
Jiggles Jigglin' your Jiglets Name: Sean Location: San Jose, Ca Join Date: Jun 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2009 K1300S, 2013 Ninja 300, 2011 Ninja 250R, Faster than Unregistered's ninjette Posts: Too much. Blog Entries: 1 MOTM - Apr '13	I shall add you to the hall of fame And REALLY!? You monetized this video??? Goddammit I hate stupid video ads GRRR Link to original page on YouTube. __________________________________________________ If the Ninja 250 doesn't have enough power for you, then you don't know how to ride it. AFM #676 Supersports are for n00bs

August 28th, 2012, 08:39 PM	#3
csmith12 The Corner Whisperer Name: Chris (aka Reactor) Location: Northern KY Join Date: May 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2010 250 (track), 1992 250, 2006 R6 (street/track), 2008 R6 (track) Posts: Too much. MOTY 2015, MOTM - Nov '12, Nov '13	Oh man... that sucks. Nice riding keeping up with the gsxr could you pass em or were the "rules" holding you back? __________________________________________________ Goal: Shake A Million Hands \| Look through the corners \| Track Day Prep \| Closest track? \| The Mid-Ohio School

August 28th, 2012, 08:48 PM	#5
cuong-nutz RIP Alex Name: Cuong Location: Houston, TX Join Date: Apr 2011 Motorcycle(s): '10 250r, '09 265r Posts: A lot. Blog Entries: 2	Ouch! Heal up quick! Did you have rearsets? what caused you to break your foot? __________________________________________________ HalfFast Racing Team Serving Greater Houston Area Riders:WFO Riders MotoHouston HPC CMRA Ride Smart Fastline Lone Star Track Days

August 28th, 2012, 08:57 PM	#9
cuong-nutz RIP Alex Name: Cuong Location: Houston, TX Join Date: Apr 2011 Motorcycle(s): '10 250r, '09 265r Posts: A lot. Blog Entries: 2	Yeah, that's one thing that stuck with me when I had my first low side: don't put your hand down. __________________________________________________ HalfFast Racing Team Serving Greater Houston Area Riders:WFO Riders MotoHouston HPC CMRA Ride Smart Fastline Lone Star Track Days

August 28th, 2012, 08:56 PM	#8
Panda not an actual panda Name: dan Location: philadelphia Join Date: Aug 2012 Motorcycle(s): 2008 Ninja 250, 2009 CBR600RR (Sold) Posts: A lot.	I thought that track looked familiar. I like your ninja vs cbr video Heal up quick man.

August 28th, 2012, 09:28 PM	#14
Jiggles Jigglin' your Jiglets Name: Sean Location: San Jose, Ca Join Date: Jun 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2009 K1300S, 2013 Ninja 300, 2011 Ninja 250R, Faster than Unregistered's ninjette Posts: Too much. Blog Entries: 1 MOTM - Apr '13	I've actually liked firefox more recently since they copied Operas format, but I'm still addicted to opera __________________________________________________ If the Ninja 250 doesn't have enough power for you, then you don't know how to ride it. AFM #676 Supersports are for n00bs

August 29th, 2012, 07:54 AM	#16
Nemesis CVMA #74 WSMC #750 Name: Nemesis Location: On the track Join Date: Oct 2009 Motorcycle(s): All of them Posts: A lot.	Sucks about your crash & broken foot. BTW, that track looks filthy dirty! Tell the org to clean that shiet! __________________________________________________

August 29th, 2012, 09:34 AM	#17
Mocha Man Blue Shell magnet Name: Nolan Location: Northwest Washington Join Date: Aug 2011 Motorcycle(s): 1997 Ninja 250 Posts: 816	Hope you heal up quickly!

August 29th, 2012, 09:49 AM	#18
CC Cowboy ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: Whodat Location: Ware Is.,MA Join Date: Jan 2009 Motorcycle(s): I pass the wind! Posts: A lot. MOTM - Mar '13, Jun '14	Do you still have your 93 900? __________________________________________________ If everything seems under control; you're just not going fast enough!

August 29th, 2012, 01:20 PM	#21
Jiggles Jigglin' your Jiglets Name: Sean Location: San Jose, Ca Join Date: Jun 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2009 K1300S, 2013 Ninja 300, 2011 Ninja 250R, Faster than Unregistered's ninjette Posts: Too much. Blog Entries: 1 MOTM - Apr '13	Man, 600s are so slow __________________________________________________ If the Ninja 250 doesn't have enough power for you, then you don't know how to ride it. AFM #676 Supersports are for n00bs

August 29th, 2012, 01:31 PM	#23
Jiggles Jigglin' your Jiglets Name: Sean Location: San Jose, Ca Join Date: Jun 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2009 K1300S, 2013 Ninja 300, 2011 Ninja 250R, Faster than Unregistered's ninjette Posts: Too much. Blog Entries: 1 MOTM - Apr '13	I can see why! Seeing a 600 slow a 250 down just makes me lol __________________________________________________ If the Ninja 250 doesn't have enough power for you, then you don't know how to ride it. AFM #676 Supersports are for n00bs

August 29th, 2012, 01:39 PM	#24
choneofakind ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: . Location: . Join Date: Feb 2011 Motorcycle(s): . Posts: Too much. MOTM - Feb '13, Feb '14	bad luck on the lowside man! get better asap. damn those hero-passing 600's.

August 29th, 2012, 06:20 PM	#26
NoSkillsMcSuckington ninjette.org member Name: Wes Location: Louisiana Join Date: Aug 2012 Motorcycle(s): Honda CBR250R Posts: 29	Hate to see that. Hope it heals soon. Great riding by the way. If I may be insensitive, I have those gloves..how did they hold up?

August 29th, 2012, 10:09 PM	#27
Jiggles Jigglin' your Jiglets Name: Sean Location: San Jose, Ca Join Date: Jun 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2009 K1300S, 2013 Ninja 300, 2011 Ninja 250R, Faster than Unregistered's ninjette Posts: Too much. Blog Entries: 1 MOTM - Apr '13	Which foot broke? __________________________________________________ If the Ninja 250 doesn't have enough power for you, then you don't know how to ride it. AFM #676 Supersports are for n00bs

August 30th, 2012, 07:24 AM	#29
koenigcitizen Russian Ninja :) Name: Andrei Location: Ocean City, MD Join Date: Oct 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2012 Triumph Street Triple R, 2009 Yamaha FZ6, 2010 Kawi 250r (sold) Posts: 335	Sorry about your foot! Way to keep pushing that 600 in the corners... What gloves are you wearing? __________________________________________________ 2009 Fazer (2009 Yamaha FZ6), 2012 Triumph Street Triple R

August 30th, 2012, 08:39 AM	#31
NoSkillsMcSuckington ninjette.org member Name: Wes Location: Louisiana Join Date: Aug 2012 Motorcycle(s): Honda CBR250R Posts: 29	Glad to hear that about the gloves. It's always nice to have a little confirmation of quality. Thanks!

September 7th, 2012, 02:25 PM	#32
clum88 ninjette.org newbie Name: Chris Location: Chicago Join Date: Jul 2012 Motorcycle(s): 2008 Ninja 250R Posts: 8	heal well fast! Those were some pretty baller skills in the turns, anyone can go fast in a straight line lol. Noob question though...what do you (or anyone else think) was the cause of this? Overloading the tires with too much acceleration and turning? Any way to recover?

September 24th, 2013, 06:14 AM	#34
akima Nooblet Name: Akima Location: England Join Date: Jul 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2011 Ninja 250R FI Posts: A lot. Blog Entries: 5 MOTM - Oct '13	I just noticed this video on youtube. When I saw your description of what happened it made me worried I might catch my kick stand... then I saw how low you went before it caught and decided that it probably wont be a problem for me lol! I did scrape a foot peg feeler once, but that has been my limit! It's nice to hear Kawasaki have sorted out this issue on the 2013 ninjette. @Penguin1120: How's your foot now?

September 24th, 2013, 06:39 AM	#35
subxero dirty boy Name: Joe Location: Johnstown, PA Join Date: Sep 2012 Motorcycle(s): I don't even know anymore?? Posts: A lot. MOTM - Apr '14	I feel like I have seen someone else crash on that exact same corner from this website __________________________________________________ I love the smell of burning pre-mix in the morning I don't think I'm a lot dumber than you thought that I think that I thought I was once.

September 24th, 2013, 06:41 AM	#36
csmith12 The Corner Whisperer Name: Chris (aka Reactor) Location: Northern KY Join Date: May 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2010 250 (track), 1992 250, 2006 R6 (street/track), 2008 R6 (track) Posts: Too much. MOTY 2015, MOTM - Nov '12, Nov '13	I bet you have, there are at least 3 or 4 vids of this track floating around the forum. __________________________________________________ Goal: Shake A Million Hands \| Look through the corners \| Track Day Prep \| Closest track? \| The Mid-Ohio School

September 24th, 2013, 06:52 AM	#37
crazymadbastard I'm crazy,your excuse is? Name: Winston Location: Connecticut Join Date: May 2013 Motorcycle(s): 250 2007 ninja Posts: A lot.	I also was wondering the why the slide. Then end reminded me of a horror moviw where the camera is dropped at the end of the movie and then nothing... Good riding skills there & Heal fast! __________________________________________________ My Cafe Racer Build My intro post

September 26th, 2013, 01:53 PM	#38
Xtina ninjette.org guru Name: Christina Location: Toronto Join Date: Jul 2012 Motorcycle(s): 2013 Ninja 300, 2007 Gsxr 600, R6-sold :( Posts: 270	Op it appears you had the bike too far leaned over. Just before you crashed your head was in with the top of the bike and not on the left side "kissing" the mirror. You appeared crossed up. Doing good til then though. I was rooting the whole time for you to pass the Gixxer twit.

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