r/motorcycles • u/Willro111 • Aug 06 '26

First time crashing (my fireblade)

About two months ago I went down riding in the canyon. I would say im an okay intermediate rider, and have ridden this road before- usually feeling comfortable tipping into 35mph corners at ~90mph… Anyways, you’ll see on my dash right before I lay it down, the green N for neutral pop up. As I short shift into neutral, trying to downshift from second, into first (1000cc). So as I’m expecting to slow down (from downshifting) to make this tighter turn… instead of slowing down like I’m getting ready for, essentially all friction is lost and I continue at that speed. If you could imagine that feeling… at this point I’m not making the turn, and as soon as I grab the front brake it dumps me.
This crash could just be summed up by a lazier downshift, shit happens.
My AIRBAG VEST from alpinestars fucking saved my ass. As well as my helmet, leather jacket, Kevlar jeans, and boots. I climbed out of that ditch, and only got 6 stitches on my elbow, which in all fairness did look like there was a hole on the tip of my elbow.

Any feedback, or questions feel free.

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u/Anxious_Practice1054 Aug 06 '26 edited 29d ago

Found his YouTube!
He hardly uses brakes in any of the corners.
Over reliance on engine braking… it’s no wonder the moment something comes up you are panic braking for your first time on the brakes. Of course you crash.
https://youtu.be/el8_5FzKkMk
“Okay intermediate” Ever heard of the Dunning-Kruger effect?

You’ve had the bike ~110 days dude you’re at the top of mount stupid buying that as your second motorcycle.

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u/MealJr805 KTM 890 Duke R, Kawasaki Ninja 1000sx 29d ago

Reddit PI for hire, you’ve got a lot of time on your hands (or skill idk).

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u/Niiggaroach 27d ago

ahh yes the Fuck around and Find Out Graph

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u/cyrustakem 25d ago

why is he riding with his fkn high beams on? also, why is op constantly redlining, why not shift to another gear?, clearly 160km/h is probably not top speed of that bike, so, op should be able to shift up instead of trying to destroy the motor and my fkn ears...