I had a similar crash some years ago in spring with my 990. First ride, landscape still snow covered and some cold air in a lower section of the road making a wide right turn, which caused humidity to freeze. Me and the bike were probably gliding the same distance you did. A car coming the opposite way could stop just in time. Damages to the bike: Crash bar lost 50% of it's substance on the lower corner, rear luggage rack lost the paint, hand guard scratched. Damages to the rider: motorcycle gear needed to be retired, both pants and jacket, because the complete left side was worn. No skin damage. Still today the alarms are going off once the temperature drops dangerously close to freezing point. All the gear, all the time! I wouldn't have walked away without it!
Ya squeezed the front brake, didn't ya? :) Advice from an old fart would be: Take a little time to check yourself out before you jump up like that after a fall/slide, even little ones. The adrenaline makes you want to jump up and run, but you can cause extra/unnecessary injuries if you break/sprain/prang something and then jump right up and try to use it. I always flex muscles/move joints a bit before I even think about getting up again. Nuttin' like adding insult to injury if you jump up too soon and break something else falling back down. Glad you didn't wreck anything other than a little pride :)
bob smith I usually show people how tough I am by screaming like a little girl and begging for narcotic painkillers to be administered every time I get a paper cut.
and off comes the Gobi (DAMHIK) I keep mine stored in the shop hanging from the rafters. The racks are great for protection, strapping things down & lifting when you tip over offroad (DAMHIK x 20) I did the PABiker (now CJ Designs) sidestand relocation bracket to save my engine cases, you dodged that bullet here! Glad that was an "easy" & safe get-off- it happens!
Next time you lean more in side of a corner instead of keeping upright and pushing bike down on panniers ..... Very lucky no oncoming traffic ... Be safe .....
Thanks for sharing the video! I'm shocked you and the bike were ok after the crash. I'm just curious do you remember how fast you were going on that turn?
Yea, I walked away with nothing but a hole in the ass of my riding pants (which was promptly duct-taped shut for the rest of the 7 day ride). I was very lucky. Definitely makes you think twice about pushing the limits of knobbie tires on the street.
Ouch, just pulled similar myself. Went through a turn at about 30mph and slammed right into a nice bigass gravel patch. Rear wheel told me to go fuck myself and zipped out right from under me. Was on an 1190adv. Only damage was some minor scraping to the left side footpegs and the crashbars.
s it possible that the side case had hit the floor when the leaning angle increases abruptly (maybe due to side knobbies bending) and thats what started the slide? glad you came out ok
I looked at the crash frame by frame. At about 14 seconds, the left mirror is slightly out of frame. Into the corner hot and the bike started to drift left in the lane. To compensate, a racer would lean the *body* into the corner with the bike standing up a bit to turn the bike and stay on the tires. You didn't do that! Instead, you left your body upright and rolled the bike into the corner. You can see the left mirror come into frame as your head shifts to the left of center when you should really be shifting your head to right of center to make the right tighter. At that point, the right mirror goes out of frame and then I'm pretty sure the right pannier touched down, which leveraged the rear end up a bit which let the rear end come around. If you'd slid on the back tire, it would have slid more controllably. It came around really fast, like the rear tire had left the ground rather than sliding on it. That was the pannier touching down and sliding. I'll bet that if you rolled the bike over with the pannier re-attached, you'd see a big flat scuff mark where it touched down. If you'd rolled of the tire and onto the pannier, the bike would've continued rotating and wouldn't leave a flat spot there, but a rounded spot instead. If the crash had been caused by over overloading the rear, the front would have been lighter and washed out. That didn't happen. If anything, the load on the back helped you keep the back tire on the ground but it also compresses the rear suspension and consequently reduces the lean angle before pannier touchdown. Lesson you should take from this: You need to learn to corner the bike with *your* body hanging off the inside, especially if you've got wide panniers. Another thing to do is have a friend help you to physically check your ground/angle clearances, loaded, before you ride bike. In off-camber curves or where a corner is heavily rutted, wide panniers will touch down earlier than expected and sometimes that'll leave a nasty mark that'll never buff out. You got off very very lucky with this crash, crossing the oncoming traffic lane without any consequence. Please take this as a wake-up call to get some more rider training.
Really!? Not one F-ing person stopped to see if you were ok? WTF. I know the other riders stopped near the end of the vid, but geez, no car pulled over. That's not good.
I had a similar crash some years ago in spring with my 990. First ride, landscape still snow covered and some cold air in a lower section of the road making a wide right turn, which caused humidity to freeze. Me and the bike were probably gliding the same distance you did. A car coming the opposite way could stop just in time.
Damages to the bike: Crash bar lost 50% of it's substance on the lower corner, rear luggage rack lost the paint, hand guard scratched.
Damages to the rider: motorcycle gear needed to be retired, both pants and jacket, because the complete left side was worn. No skin damage. Still today the alarms are going off once the temperature drops dangerously close to freezing point.
All the gear, all the time! I wouldn't have walked away without it!
Those saying dirt tyres caused. The road is bone dry. Knobblies should be fine
this is the video that got my dad to co finance my 690!! every other bike would have write off damage!
very lucky you didnt meet a car on the corner mate, stay safe.
That went about as well as it could have.
A fortunate slide across lanes + no rocks on the exit = best you can do! Ride safe!
oh, and. ...an interesting technique for getting a closeup of the flowers. 😉
Holy cow glad to see no real damage to you or the bike man! Ride safe amazing bike BTW!
Heavy load and knobby tires...
+Rider Mark Most likely
Thank the highway gods for that berm! You were almost sans-KTM. Glad you made it out okay, brother!
I'm glad your posse came back for you. they missed out by not being behind when it happened. nice recovery!
caught by a sudden gust of gravity
that was very enjoyable to watch, keep making them
Ya squeezed the front brake, didn't ya? :)
Advice from an old fart would be: Take a little time to check yourself out before you jump up like that after a fall/slide, even little ones. The adrenaline makes you want to jump up and run, but you can cause extra/unnecessary injuries if you break/sprain/prang something and then jump right up and try to use it. I always flex muscles/move joints a bit before I even think about getting up again.
Nuttin' like adding insult to injury if you jump up too soon and break something else falling back down.
Glad you didn't wreck anything other than a little pride :)
+ExperienceCounts2 but he is to cool to do that. He wanted to show everyone how tough he was :)
bob smith I usually show people how tough I am by screaming like a little girl and begging for narcotic painkillers to be administered every time I get a paper cut.
+ExperienceCounts2 , thank God for percs at a time like those. (don't leave home without, always in my tank bag)
I did that once, 125 Yamaha, front axle broke when I landed from a jump. Picked up bike then boom - big pain from my broken collarbone.
and off comes the Gobi (DAMHIK) I keep mine stored in the shop hanging from the rafters. The racks are great for protection, strapping things down & lifting when you tip over offroad (DAMHIK x 20)
I did the PABiker (now CJ Designs) sidestand relocation bracket to save my engine cases, you dodged that bullet here!
Glad that was an "easy" & safe get-off- it happens!
Next time you lean more in side of a corner instead of keeping upright and pushing bike down on panniers ..... Very lucky no oncoming traffic ...
Be safe .....
Glad you and the bike were ok after. Can I ask what road this is?, The views look amazing.
wrong tire choice for asphalt..
i'm more curious what brings this guy down, it's totally reasonable leaning angle.
Glad you're OK.
4:19 that view though...
Road fluff? dirty shit! nice slide bro 9 / 10
Hey man may I feature it? It'll be credited and linked back to your channel
I've been debating whether I should spend the money for those folding mirrors - looks like I should.
Thanks for sharing the video! I'm shocked you and the bike were ok after the crash. I'm just curious do you remember how fast you were going on that turn?
Hell yeah they are tough... Just thank the lucky stars there was no car coming the other way! Knobbies are only so good on the pavement hey.
Yea, I walked away with nothing but a hole in the ass of my riding pants (which was promptly duct-taped shut for the rest of the 7 day ride). I was very lucky. Definitely makes you think twice about pushing the limits of knobbie tires on the street.
UnsightedADV Are these the Conti TKC80's?
N1nJah Dunlop 908rr Rear and a Scorpion Rally front
That Dunlop one has a pretty interesting thread pattern. Looks like they will not need to be self-cleaned too often
tight corner on knobbies....could've been alot worse
Ouch, just pulled similar myself. Went through a turn at about 30mph and slammed right into a nice bigass gravel patch.
Rear wheel told me to go fuck myself and zipped out right from under me.
Was on an 1190adv. Only damage was some minor scraping to the left side footpegs and the crashbars.
curious as to why he went down
Wow, took a beating...!!!
Do you know what made you do down? It ddi not seem you were going too fast, nor did I see any gravel on the road.
s it possible that the side case had hit the floor when the leaning angle increases abruptly (maybe due to side knobbies bending) and thats what started the slide? glad you came out ok
Its possible, I feel like I would have felt the contact though. I think it was the fact I had an undersized tire on the 950 rim.
I looked at the crash frame by frame. At about 14 seconds, the left mirror is slightly out of frame. Into the corner hot and the bike started to drift left in the lane. To compensate, a racer would lean the *body* into the corner with the bike standing up a bit to turn the bike and stay on the tires. You didn't do that! Instead, you left your body upright and rolled the bike into the corner. You can see the left mirror come into frame as your head shifts to the left of center when you should really be shifting your head to right of center to make the right tighter. At that point, the right mirror goes out of frame and then I'm pretty sure the right pannier touched down, which leveraged the rear end up a bit which let the rear end come around. If you'd slid on the back tire, it would have slid more controllably. It came around really fast, like the rear tire had left the ground rather than sliding on it. That was the pannier touching down and sliding. I'll bet that if you rolled the bike over with the pannier re-attached, you'd see a big flat scuff mark where it touched down. If you'd rolled of the tire and onto the pannier, the bike would've continued rotating and wouldn't leave a flat spot there, but a rounded spot instead.
If the crash had been caused by over overloading the rear, the front would have been lighter and washed out. That didn't happen. If anything, the load on the back helped you keep the back tire on the ground but it also compresses the rear suspension and consequently reduces the lean angle before pannier touchdown.
Lesson you should take from this: You need to learn to corner the bike with *your* body hanging off the inside, especially if you've got wide panniers.
Another thing to do is have a friend help you to physically check your ground/angle clearances, loaded, before you ride bike. In off-camber curves or where a corner is heavily rutted, wide panniers will touch down earlier than expected and sometimes that'll leave a nasty mark that'll never buff out.
You got off very very lucky with this crash, crossing the oncoming traffic lane without any consequence. Please take this as a wake-up call to get some more rider training.
Looks like the same crash that you had in thailand...
I hope you upload some other videos...i like your channel alot...stay safe
Never been to Thailand before!
UnsightedADV ahahahah sorry my bad...wrong channel :D
Hi Quality from Austria... I love my 950! With Camera do you use? Go pro? greetings from Andalusia
+DJ Chefe GoPro Hero 3!
off road tires on the street.🤐
bjorn puimege my thoughts exactly. Plus to fast for them .
Keep your left thumb around the handlebars in future :)
Did you check the front tyre pressure? I would be curious as to if that contributed to the crash.
Checked it before we set out (32 PSI). Can't say I checked it after.
Really!? Not one F-ing person stopped to see if you were ok? WTF. I know the other riders stopped near the end of the vid, but geez, no car pulled over. That's not good.
Wats append?
Nobody stops typical
KTM - ready to crash