Ninji 300 Rider Slowly Slammed Into Mountain

[kdogg2077]

I don't see any evidence of gravel. You can see some dust get kicked up when the rear locks but not gravel and none of the other riders had any issues with gravel.

Either he panicked and applied too much rear break or he had his foot to close to the rear break and accidentally applied it when he didn't mean to IMHO. If he had his foot just over the rear brake and then he shifted his weight it would be easy to do.

[Sulman]

Originally Posted by Triple Jim

Around here, if you assume a turn is clear but can't see all the way through it, you might easily come across a tractor pulling a tobacco wagon at 8 mph, or two pickup trucks stopped in the middle of the road, driver to driver, talking, or a 1/2" thick layer of grass clippings, or sand that washed out in the last rainstorm. As safe as riding out in the country where there are few cars seems to be, there are still plenty of things waiting to kill you if you let your guard down.

I learnt this the hard way. Well, almost the hard way. A corner I'd ridden many times at what I thought was a reasonable pace bore witness to me nearly t-boning an SUV pulling into a driveway I'd not realy noted was there; just out of frame on this grab from Streetview:


Luckily the driver didn't stop in a panic, and I managed to keep the bike upright during some fairly urgent braking while gently standing it up, missing his rear bumper by about a foot.

Complacency's a killer.

[Mohawk]

Looks like the rear span up on fine gravel. I've had quite a few of those on our Eurotour when we ride little used winding roads & either the front or rear looses traction. If he had been more experienced he would have dealt with it OK. But he was just really unlucky.

Be careful when you can't see !

[JohnnyBravo]

I don't like riding "too" fast when I can't see; if I don't know the road anyhow.

[Totalmichel]

nop, the 300 as a slipper clutch, it wouldn't lock up at that speed,
this as just sun glare, and lots of rear brake

[cadd]

He has ABS. Although I've never seen what my rear tires look like when I practice braking, but I don't think I ever recall locking up the rear (even in the rain when I slam on the brake pedal just to "test" the system). Mind you, I do this in a parking lot, straight up and down....not leaned over like he was.

[LittleRedNinjette]

I want to know more about the car on its side at the end...

[ROADandTRACK]

The jacket with the red shoulder he was wearing is from the 80's. I had the EXACT same jacket that i wore all through the 90's. I can't remember who made it though. It was agreat jacket and i crashed way harder in it than this guy.

[dcj13]

Saved himself from a low-side;
Saved himself from a high-side;
Lost the battle;
Won the war.