On Tue, 27 Mar 2018 09:58:09 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

On 3/27/2018 9:45 AM, Tim wrote:

John H
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I hope someone told him to use his brakes next time. The bike stops quicker that way
....

He did. Combination of too short of a distance and damp road surfaces. Like sliding into home plate.



Happened to me once in Puerto Rico. Was riding up a narrow road on a
Honda 350 in the rain forest in the middle of the island, came around a
corner and there was a car in front of me *backing* up. No time or
distance to stop, cliffs on one side, mountain on the other.

Laid the bike down on it's left side and slid sideways under the car's
rear bumper before he noticed and stopped.

Only time I ever laid down a bike was in the dirt. I came over a hill
and did not know what was on the other side. (yeah I know, dumb) It
was a 45 degree bank with a creek at the bottom. I went down the whole
thing sliding along behind the bike.
My only other crash was dirt biking too. I rode off into a hole about
8 feet deep. It took 2 of us and a rope on my buddy's bike to get mine
out.
I sold my dirt bike after that and bought a Harley. Never went down
after that.
I do think a year or so in the dirt made me a better road rider tho. I
have squirrelled out a few times in the rain and managed to keep the
rubber rolling.
I think the worst was under the kennedy center complex on the E street
expressway. That piece of road is covered with those white vinyl
markings and in the rain they are slicker than snake snot. I got
sideways and just about the time I thought I was recovered I hit
another one and went out the other way. I did that for about a quarter
mile. My buddies behind me said I did quite the hula but I got away
with it.
I told them I planned the whole thing and what did they think?

I really think I dodged my share of bullets on a bike and I quit while
I was ahead.