Hi All,
Took a nice low key ride up san felipe and back down. At the end of my ride I think to myself, let's stop by Evergreen Valley College's parking lot for some low speed turning and emergency braking practice. Coming off san felipe I slow to about 10-15mph to make the right hander into Evergreen's parking lot. One second I'm almost straight up making my turn, the next second I'm sideways watching my bike slide away. The only thought I had was.. this looks just like it did on youtube...
Anyways.. thankfully no traffic and went slow enough that nothing affecting the bike mechanically was damaged. My fairing was cracked from my turn signal breaking off, into the fairing. But other than that just small scratches on the fairings. Mirror bent back but did not break.
As for me... thank god for leather.. Leather's a little scuffed up, but short of some rugburn looking knees, I'm 100%...
Parked the bike and came back to the site. It looks like I hit a some detritus (it was either gravel, sand or some black stuff that looked like rubber dust) which caused my front wheel to go on vacation. I had noticed a little bit of crap in the road at that area, but thought I was going slow enough and turning upright enough enough that I would be ok.
My lesson learned would be slow down more for those 90 degree turns. Turn in a little later while trying to keep the bike more upright when turning over questionable stuff. Scan further ahead and pay more attention to ground conditions. I got complacent and wasn't as attentive as I should have been. Finally.. pay more attention to my fatigue. I didn't feel tired at the time, but looking back it has been a long day and I was probably more tired than I thought.
Any further comments/instruction would be most appreciated. Right now I'm kinda shaken.. but I went in the parking lot and did some turns/ and (slow) emergency braking anyway. Calmed down.. lied in the grass for a few mins before riding home...
Fun stuff. I am grateful this happened, as prior to this I thought that my "low key" riding put me at low risk of a solo accident. I clearly see now that I was wrong, and will be more diligent.
Took a nice low key ride up san felipe and back down. At the end of my ride I think to myself, let's stop by Evergreen Valley College's parking lot for some low speed turning and emergency braking practice. Coming off san felipe I slow to about 10-15mph to make the right hander into Evergreen's parking lot. One second I'm almost straight up making my turn, the next second I'm sideways watching my bike slide away. The only thought I had was.. this looks just like it did on youtube...
Anyways.. thankfully no traffic and went slow enough that nothing affecting the bike mechanically was damaged. My fairing was cracked from my turn signal breaking off, into the fairing. But other than that just small scratches on the fairings. Mirror bent back but did not break.
As for me... thank god for leather.. Leather's a little scuffed up, but short of some rugburn looking knees, I'm 100%...
Parked the bike and came back to the site. It looks like I hit a some detritus (it was either gravel, sand or some black stuff that looked like rubber dust) which caused my front wheel to go on vacation. I had noticed a little bit of crap in the road at that area, but thought I was going slow enough and turning upright enough enough that I would be ok.
My lesson learned would be slow down more for those 90 degree turns. Turn in a little later while trying to keep the bike more upright when turning over questionable stuff. Scan further ahead and pay more attention to ground conditions. I got complacent and wasn't as attentive as I should have been. Finally.. pay more attention to my fatigue. I didn't feel tired at the time, but looking back it has been a long day and I was probably more tired than I thought.
Any further comments/instruction would be most appreciated. Right now I'm kinda shaken.. but I went in the parking lot and did some turns/ and (slow) emergency braking anyway. Calmed down.. lied in the grass for a few mins before riding home...
Fun stuff. I am grateful this happened, as prior to this I thought that my "low key" riding put me at low risk of a solo accident. I clearly see now that I was wrong, and will be more diligent.
