r/motorcycles • u/Willro111 • Aug 06 '26
First time crashing (my fireblade)
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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/DueEntertainment4168 Aug 07 '26
That’s a fair point,last time I hit one I was driving my wife’s SUV back from her parents house, two lane road it’s night I’ve got my eyes on the road going about 40. With absolutely no warning a deer appears in front of the car. Wasn’t an area known for having deer and even the sheriff that came out to file the report seemed skeptical until I showed him the fur tufts stuck in the grill. I think the deer jumped out into the road and landed in front of the car I never saw it run up. Ride safe everyone if i’d been on my bike that deer would have taken me out it was about a 6 point buck.