Worst Wipe Out!!

[Tunz]

:'(

What is the worst wipe out you ever had? W5 - who what when where why...

I havent had any "real" bad ones...yet anyway...but i guess it would have been when i got my first bike KZ440 - was coming off a dirt road onto a paved section at a stop sign and stupidly jammed on the front brake...wham! down on the ground, bloody hands and sore elbow...just as a family in a mini-van drove by looking at me...a bit embarrassing more than anything but I know some of you guys have some much better tales to tell!

 

[m357.5]

Too many to count, most on dirt bikes. 1 that stands out on street bikes is: 17 years old ( long time ago ) 1975 CB400F, 90+Mph, double crested hill at a cross roads, bike got more than light as I dropped down into the cross roads....air borne....came down into a HUGE TANK SLAPPER, catapulted over bars, dislocated shoulder, concusion, ground off 3 fingernails, road rash all over right leg....lost my right shoe ( high top Nikes laced tight to the top ) ground through my Bristol leather jacket and it fell apart at the seams. Levis were in shreds, Nolan helmet was smashed on the top and the back.

My cousin John was behind me on his XS650, as he crested the hill somewhere around 75Mph ( I passed him just before the hill exiting a left turn, road is fairly flat then ya drop down into the valley....I didnt pass going up a hill, I'm not that stupid LOL ) he said I looked like a break dancer spinnin on my head first then my back....I remember spinning on the edge of the road...speeding up as I hit the gravel shoulder and then the spin would slow as I hit the pavement. Happened at dusk so LOTS of pretty Orange sparks. 300Ft before I came to a stop. They have since cut the hill down and flattened the cross roads intersection ( it was very steep and bumpy, stone chip country road. 1/2 mile from my Grandparents house. )

400F was pretty beat, pegs/brake levers F+R/Bars/Throttle/mirror/clocks/fender/headlight/signals/dented fuel tank/muffler....I glued her back together, only to dump her AGAIN...but thats another story LOL.

 

[Tunz]

wow...nice one! thats what I wanna hear about on here...nasty crashes and live to tell about it...what legends are made of haha!

 

[m357.5]

If I only had video footage of all my crashes, I could put together a very entertaining video montage for Youtube that would keep you laughing for at least a half hour. My latest good one was last spring on my Husaberg FE450...wide open 3rd gear up a hill, trail goes left, I did not....knocked myself out cold on a very large tree branch. Jeff said I was gracefull as a brick...another concusion, lost my glasses too and I was wearing a set of Scott goggles....that were still on me

( I've been riding for 30 years.....I'm still not very good )

 

[Tunz]

hahah good one!

my latest embarrassment...not really a crash per say, but i was filling up at the gas station on my XS and when i finished fillin er up I went to kick start er. Only to my own surprise, did I forget to put it in neutral... bike just nudged ahead enough for me to drop it right there in front of about five cars. No damage at all so that was good...only my pride...i picked up in about 2 seconds flat, kicked er over and booked it out of there...hahah

 

[troybilt]

Not much on a motorcycle but I’ve damn near killed myself on a mtn bike many times.

Kinda lame road rash and bruised ego: Circa 1987-88ish I was sitting at a stop light on my 87 GSXR 750 when a Corvette pulled up beside. Wee early morning hrs after a good rain somewhere between Clearwater Beach Fla and St Pete Beach Fla. The roads were wet and no one else was around. He revved his engine hard and I looked over at him and he back at me. A nod from both and it was on. At this particular stop light there happened to be a 90 degree turn just past the intersection. I was in the right lane, he in the left. Light turns green and I got the hole shot but I don’t know by how much. Mid turn the bike goes down and I proceed to slide in front of the Corvette into his lane. I’m not all the way down because my leg is between the ground and the bike. I’m fighting it the whole time and somehow the bike rights itself. I steer the bike to the side of the road and the Corvette pulls in behind me. My shoe was gone and my road rash leg was sticking out of a hole in my jeans that extended from my ankle to the knee. We walked back together to pick up my shoe. The only thing remaining of the shoe laces were a few small burnt and melted pieces. I slid the shoe back on and limped back to look at the bike. Unbelievable, it didn’t have a scratch on it anywhere. On the ride home I developed sewing machine leg to the point were I was afraid I was going to lose my shoe.
Never road again without riding gear.

1990 I was bombing down a steep rocky power line on a hard tail mtn bike. My peers behind me I was attempting to be the hero that day. There were about 6 of us and I had passed all of them at the top. Mid way down, the trail took a hard right and I did not. I launched straight off a 6ft bolder and landed 30 feet away and about 15-20 feet lower in elevation on another bolder. When I came to I had a broken collar bone and had drove a tree branch through my right earlobe to the point that it had to be re-attached. I was also sporting a few broken fingers, bruised ribs. Besides the concussion, nothing else broke but my ego. Luckly mid-flight I separated myself from the bike so it faired better than me. My friends offered to try to get a vehicle to me but I thought the least I could do was ride out. The 4 mile ride home was not fun. It sucks to be the hero
I’m like m357 and have many war stories. Most all were mtn bike crashes.

 

[Curbcast]

I finally talked a former boss into selling me his old moped. First day on the thing (riding to work...for that boss) I bail around a corner & almost slide under a sunfire.

Haha. They didnt wanna sell it to me cause he had injured himself pretty good on the thing too.

I ended up with some gnarley road rash...sleeveless summer day. Toughed out the workday though, without a comment from him.

Photos are just to make the idea "moped" seem not so lame. Peds rock! Grey one is mine. Red one is a custom from 1977 mopeds

 

[m357.5]

Ahhhh the little bikes are EVIL....look so cute, but they have the nastiest bites ( 60's hardtail chainsaw powered death trap....wheelied into the end of a picknic table at low speed when I was around 7. )

Thanks for starting this thread....thinking back at all the woops's in ones life is humbling LOL.

 

[troybilt]

Ahhhh the little bikes are EVIL....look so cute, but they have the nastiest bites ( 60's hardtail chainsaw powered death trap....wheelied into the end of a picknic table at low speed when I was around 7. )

Thanks for starting this thread....thinking back at all the woops's in ones life is humbling LOL.

The little ones can bite hard indeed. My first crash was 1970 (five years old) when I drove my mini bike into the block foundation of the garage my father was building. The garage didn't have walls yet. Launched myself over the bars and landed on the concrete floor. I survived but bent the hell out of the forks. Took me another 40 years to decide I no longer wanted to be the hero

 

[Scruffy]

First good one... 100mph into a ditch. On a 1936 Harley Davidson EL Knucklehead with a 17 inch longer than stock springer. Had just been converted to hand clutch from original, carb locked up (Linkert M74 that should have been a paperweight). Clutch lever went through my chin, came out behind my teeth. Just a little scar now.

Second good one... 100 mph into another ditch on a 1963 Panhead. No brakes going into a tight left hander that was covered in gravel. Couple months in a wheelchair while the swelling around my spine subsided.

Last good one... Feb 08. 20 mph into a log in the ditch. Tight left hander, steering head locked up, rear end washed out. Chip sealed road with traction grit in the corner. Shattered left shoulder, as in, the ball broke off and split into four pieces. I had surgery, bike went to the junk yard. I'd had it for three months and it was always trying to kill me. VN 800 Classic, last time I will ever run 16 inch wheels on both ends. They don't handle.

 

[cb750dude]

Me after a deer impact at 65mph, 95 degrees out that day so I chose to leave the helmet and leathers at home,opted for shorts and tanktop. One week in hospital,145 stiches,seperated shoulder,broke collar bone,punctured lung and 3 months off work to heal.

 

[cb750dude]

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[Tunz]

man! some great stories here!!

that last one is just nasty with the pics. And also getting a clutch lever through the chin does not sound nice at all...jeeesus.

My boss was driving an old 70's triumph with a passenger one late night...long story short...ended up driving straight into a lake instead of turning...broke his back! Now has pins in there...still works and rides on bikes pretty well every day