Grattan 2008 My crash at the buss stop

Jetbdude · 07-08-2008, 01:48 PM

Here's a little something I putted together at lunch time. It's a good vid to watch if you want to know what NOT to do. My lines are not good anywhere, completely messed up turn 2 ( I think I went all the way down to first gear) and the buss stop, well, you'll see. Watch the whole thing, the crash is at the very end

YouTube - Buss stop crash

Even messed up the title of my clip!

CBR929RE · 07-08-2008, 01:58 PM

I couldn't really tell but I know I'm in there somewhere passing you

only time it happened all 3 days.

glad you weren't hurt though. if you're gonna go down that might be the best place to do it, slowest corner and right next to the grass. god you're even good at crashing

ONEvcs · 07-08-2008, 02:10 PM

It was a better crash than mine....

You had to test that camera didn't you?
I saw myself go by after you crashed. Three laps after that and my bike was dragging on its side too.

for1only · 07-08-2008, 02:18 PM

you went in wayyyy hotttt!!!!-awesome video!!!

more power to you jetbdude-a crash like that would have me going even slower than I already go-you picked up and carried on like it was nothing

Shenders1 · 07-08-2008, 02:24 PM

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Originally Posted by for1only

you went in wayyyy hotttt!!!!-awesome video!!!

more power to you jetbdude-a crash like that would have me going even slower than I already go-you picked up and carried on like it was nothing

He didn't even re-bend his rear brake lever. The farmer in me was longing to go at it with a pair of visegrips.

bwhip · 07-08-2008, 03:00 PM

Don't worry. Lots of guys have binned it while trying to catch me.

SomeStrangeGuy · 07-08-2008, 03:28 PM

Damn, Little bit of fixation going on there E?

Doesen't look like there is alot of runoff there, so glad you made it out vertically at the end

NorthernRR · 07-08-2008, 04:45 PM

I was right behind him there and I have to say that it was just a little too late on the brakes and then he just ran out of track...

Glad things went as well as what they did all things considered. Not much damage all things said.

Jetbdude · 07-08-2008, 04:54 PM

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Originally Posted by CBR929RE

I couldn't really tell but I know I'm in there somewhere passing you

only time it happened all 3 days.

glad you weren't hurt though. if you're gonna go down that might be the best place to do it, slowest corner and right next to the grass. god you're even good at crashing

I'm not sure it counts, but you did pass me

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Originally Posted by ONEvcs

It was a better crash than mine....

You had to test that camera didn't you?
I saw myself go by after you crashed. Three laps after that and my bike was dragging on its side too.

My crash was WAY betters than yours, in every way!

First, I have it on film
Second, I have pictures of it
Third, I was not hurt at all
Fourth, I was able to ride my bike the rest of the event.

All in order.

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Originally Posted by for1only

you went in wayyyy hotttt!!!!-awesome video!!!

more power to you jetbdude-a crash like that would have me going even slower than I already go-you picked up and carried on like it was nothing

One of my biggest concern after the crash was to be able to pick up the pace again. My September crash really messed me up. I was happy to see that I was a second faster the next day. This crash is behind me now

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Originally Posted by Shenders1

He didn't even re-bend his rear brake lever. The farmer in me was longing to go at it with a pair of visegrips.

I was way to afraid of breaking it. Better have a bent one than none

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Originally Posted by bwhip

Don't worry. Lots of guys have binned it while trying not to rear end me.

Fixed

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Originally Posted by SomeStrangeGuy

Damn, Little bit of fixation going on there E?

Doesen't look like there is alot of runoff there, so glad you made it out vertically at the end

Fixation!, Our good friend NH was right in front of me. he was the fixation! I was coming too fast and locked the front.

Jetbdude · 07-08-2008, 04:56 PM

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Originally Posted by NorthernRR

I was right behind him there and I have to say that it was just a little too late on the brakes and then he just ran out of track...

Glad things went as well as what they did all things considered. Not much damage all things said.

You have the keys for the trailer right? Is everything fixed?

SomeStrangeGuy · 07-08-2008, 04:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Jetbdude

Fixation!, Our good friend NH was right in front of me. he was the fixation! I was coming too fast and locked the front.

It looked like you went deep and then too hard on the brakes too fast, so fixation was my first logical assumption. Not bad for laying on a couch while all this drama unfolds around me eh?

Just glad you're ok, faster now, and that you didn't take out NH in the process

I would have just told everyone it was a mirage and I thought I saw a krispy kreme under the trees, or was trying to get some shade, oh and don't forget it's not crashing its limit expansion.

nhfirefighter13 · 07-08-2008, 05:00 PM

It was a lot like Jimbo from South Park,"He's coming right for us!!!" bang bang bang!

...without the bang bang bang. And yes, I almost dropped my Krispy Kreme.

Jetbdude · 07-08-2008, 05:00 PM

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Originally Posted by SomeStrangeGuy

It looked like you went deep and then too hard on the brakes too fast, so fixation was my first logical assumption. Not bad for laying on a couch while all this drama unfolds around me. Just glad you're ok, and that you didn't take out NH in the process

I would have just told everyone it was a mirage and I thought I saw a krispy kreme under the trees, or was trying to get some shade.

If I knew he was not taking pictures I would have taken the bastard down with me

bwhip · 07-08-2008, 05:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Jetbdude

Fixed

ONEvcs · 07-08-2008, 05:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Jetbdude

My crash was WAY betters than yours, in every way!

First, I have it on film
Second, I have pictures of it
Third, I was not hurt at all
Fourth, I was able to ride my bike the rest of the event.

All in order.

No argument from me there. But I still think... well I don't know what to say right now but I'm sure I'll come up with something eventually.

ONEvcs · 07-08-2008, 05:23 PM

Oh, yeah, and I forgot (as usual) to say

in Français.

NorthernRR · 07-08-2008, 06:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Jetbdude

You have the keys for the trailer right? Is everything fixed?

Hahahaha, yeah, sure it is...

I am in the process of shovelling 15 yards of screened topsoil away from the front of it this week... I guess that I should have gotten a picture.

I AM however hoping to get your tires changed and BALANCED even

You ride next weekend right?

Baketech · 07-08-2008, 06:10 PM

It looks like you could have made it...

Did you have stickers on your tires...or maybe you hit a tear-off...what about slug trails, were there any slug trails...

NorthernRR · 07-08-2008, 06:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Baketech

Did you have stickers on your tires...or maybe you hit a tear-off...what about slug trails, were there any slug trails...

There is a BEAUTY tar strip there, I managed to scare the crap outta myself a few times before "adjusting" my line to avoid it. I hate when the front end moves around under breaking

maxib · 07-08-2008, 07:00 PM

Nice video production and soundtrack. I'm sorry you had to go down to make it though. I'm also glad that you got the desire to do that again out of your system!

How did VS take the news?

abtech · 07-08-2008, 07:08 PM

You know you just got greedy right? An outside pass on the exit is easy to pull off, but you started to turn about 10 feet past the "Last Chance Texaco". Patience buddy, patience . . .

SheepOfBlue · 07-08-2008, 07:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Jetbdude

I was way to afraid of breaking it. Better have a bent one than none

...and yet you never came by to check the majic Honda parts box

I think you left it on for posing and sympathy

JH41 · 07-08-2008, 07:23 PM

I passed him at 1:53!!!!!!!!!!!!

Silly canadians, you're not supposed to STOP at the bus stop

bwhip · 07-08-2008, 07:54 PM

He was target fixating on my butt is all...

07-08-2008, 01:58 PM	#2
CBR929RE Go Sox! Join Date: 12-18-2006 Location: at home Age: 28 Bike(s): 01 R/B/W CBR929RR Posts: 3,315	I couldn't really tell but I know I'm in there somewhere passing you only time it happened all 3 days. glad you weren't hurt though. if you're gonna go down that might be the best place to do it, slowest corner and right next to the grass. god you're even good at crashing __________________ if you can't fix it with duct tape, you haven't used enough.

07-08-2008, 02:18 PM	#4
for1only Join Date: 01-08-2007 Age: 37 Bike(s): cbr600rr Posts: 291	you went in wayyyy hotttt!!!!-awesome video!!! more power to you jetbdude-a crash like that would have me going even slower than I already go-you picked up and carried on like it was nothing __________________ Do as I say not as I do

07-08-2008, 03:00 PM	#6
bwhip Every ride a gift... Join Date: 12-13-2006 Location: Idaho, USA Bike(s): 1098S-SXV550-849-Ruckus Posts: 3,906	Don't worry. Lots of guys have binned it while trying to catch me. __________________ Seamus is awesome. Seriously. My Gallery

07-08-2008, 03:28 PM	#7
SomeStrangeGuy no longer ready to mingle. Join Date: 12-13-2006 Location: Debt, where else? Bike(s): GS / KLR Posts: 3,820	Damn, Little bit of fixation going on there E? Doesen't look like there is alot of runoff there, so glad you made it out vertically at the end __________________ GPS Discussion Forums Time is the ultimate currency.

07-08-2008, 04:45 PM	#8
NorthernRR Join Date: 12-18-2006 Age: 28 Bike(s): 1KRR, VFR, CRF450R, EX500 Posts: 1,402	I was right behind him there and I have to say that it was just a little too late on the brakes and then he just ran out of track... Glad things went as well as what they did all things considered. Not much damage all things said. __________________ See you at Indy

07-08-2008, 02:10 PM	#3
ONEvcs Bull Fighter Join Date: 12-18-2006 Location: Ft. Worth Age: 40 Bike(s): '05CBR1000RR. Posts: 2,466 Images: 99	It was a better crash than mine.... You had to test that camera didn't you? I saw myself go by after you crashed. Three laps after that and my bike was dragging on its side too.

07-08-2008, 05:00 PM	#12
nhfirefighter13 Whales are fast! Join Date: 12-13-2006 Location: Concord, NH Age: 33 Bike(s): The Mighty Nissan! Posts: 3,035 Images: 58	It was a lot like Jimbo from South Park,"He's coming right for us!!!" bang bang bang! ...without the bang bang bang. And yes, I almost dropped my Krispy Kreme. __________________ http://www.kezerphotography.com "If thou hast not a sword, sell thy cloak and buy one." -Luke 22:36

07-08-2008, 05:23 PM	#16
ONEvcs Bull Fighter Join Date: 12-18-2006 Location: Ft. Worth Age: 40 Bike(s): '05CBR1000RR. Posts: 2,466 Images: 99	Oh, yeah, and I forgot (as usual) to say in Français.

07-08-2008, 06:10 PM	#18
Baketech "Able was I ere I saw Elba..." Join Date: 12-14-2006 Bike(s): VFR800 - CBR929 - VFR800 Posts: 1,729	It looks like you could have made it... Did you have stickers on your tires...or maybe you hit a tear-off...what about slug trails, were there any slug trails... __________________ "Ten times more charming than that Arnold on Green Acres..."

07-08-2008, 07:00 PM	#20
maxib Join Date: 12-18-2006 Location: MN Age: 57 Bike(s): 02 CBR954RR 05 ST1300 Posts: 1,021	Nice video production and soundtrack. I'm sorry you had to go down to make it though. I'm also glad that you got the desire to do that again out of your system! How did VS take the news?

07-08-2008, 07:08 PM	#21
abtech Believe Join Date: 12-14-2006 Age: 58 Bike(s): 66 Puch Scrambler Posts: 3,294	You know you just got greedy right? An outside pass on the exit is easy to pull off, but you started to turn about 10 feet past the "Last Chance Texaco". Patience buddy, patience . . . __________________ Now in stereo AAA doesn't only refer to the Auto Club . . . and Seamus is awesome

07-08-2008, 07:23 PM	#23
JH41 Team Whale Watch Join Date: 12-27-2006 Bike(s): 01 XR400 Posts: 476	I passed him at 1:53!!!!!!!!!!!! Silly canadians, you're not supposed to STOP at the bus stop __________________ *- I told my wife: 4 bikes or 4 girlfriends.... she's letting me keep the bikes* - Cars lean the wrong way in turns.

07-08-2008, 07:54 PM	#24
bwhip Every ride a gift... Join Date: 12-13-2006 Location: Idaho, USA Bike(s): 1098S-SXV550-849-Ruckus Posts: 3,906	He was target fixating on my butt is all... __________________ Seamus is awesome. Seriously. My Gallery