One of my friends went down today while we were riding, it was seven of us. It happened at turn, he said his helmet visor was little bit open and bug got into it . Good thing was that he was wearing Joe Rocket jacket (it was mine, I gave it to him yesterday earlier cuz he doesn't have one ). He had few scratches on his hands (he had no gloves ) and his jeans pant did well. He would've had more injuries if he had no jacket and also when his bike slid, he was already on off-road and dirt saved him.

btw his bike is 04 Suzuki GSX-R750

Here are few pics I took.

 

that never happens

 

Glad to hear he is more or less ok, if he rides again I bet he'll be wearing the right safety equipment.

 

ride safe

 

damn couda definately been worse...good to see he made it out with all his body parts

 

Remind me again why I should jump on a bike just to go cruising?

 

For a minute I thought this thread was about oral sex.

 

not his first time going down... this was his probably 3rd or 4th bike.

 

good that he's OK

At first I thought your friend "went down"....

 

Should we read into this comment as meaning he is not the smartest and/or greatest of riders?

 

He is on his 3rd or 4th bike, and he doesn't the proper riding gears yet, not even the gloves? What is up with that?

 

how can some one ride with out gloves...


just going up my driveway to get the mail on my dirt bike i wear gloves...

guess its just me


hard to believe that all that body panel came of that bike

 

Crotch Rocket riders!! Owned by a bug. Damn.

But honestly, a bug will not take a rider down. Inexperience will. I had what must have been a wasp fly in my full face helmet. All I saw was a dark blur, followed by my upper cheek burning. Pulled over pronto, threw my helmet off and saw nothing fly out. But I had a spec of blood on my cheek. Took me 20 mins to get home and put ice on it.

Jatt. Just be very cautious of riding with someone that has messed up 3-4 bikes. He is a danger to those riding with him.

 

Who is the dude riding in those fresh white and red kicks in the first pic?

 

I think he was lying, I think he was too fast for the turn.

Yes I'll be more carefull now, before we took that ride, we went to Cycle Gear, and he would turn off our bikes on every stop, which pissed off. I told him several times not to mess around while we ride but he doesn't listen. I guess this was another lesson for him.

Now when he gets another bike, I will tell him same thing for last time again and if he doesn't listen, then no more riding with him.

 

another squid...

rest of us had leather jackets, and gloves except them two.


I met another high school friend of mine today with gsxr-1000 and he's on his 3rd bike and was riding w/out gear.

 

Glad to see that he's ok. Safety first!

 

damn im happy to hear he was wearing gear and it saved his ass.good looking out jatt. i always hate rider down threads.. but always glad to hear they are ok.. looks like he just need some race plastics now. good tme to change

 

Ouch. He's lucky you were kind of enough to give him one of your jackets. How does he NOT have a jacket? He can afford a nice 750 but can't get a jacket?

 

jackets arent cheap.. bike payments are.. my jacket alone was $400 bucks, my full suit was $1600, boots $250, gloves $180, helmet $400, chest/ back protector $100, and my icon riding camo cargo pants antha 80 bucks.shit isnt cheap

 

Yes, I know this, but all leather jackets aren't $400. He could of gotten a textile jacket for under $200 and be ok. At least he had enough money to get a helmet.

So, does he have insurance on it? Or he going to be taking a huge loss?

 

Inexperience or the more frequent "riding past their capabilities" is what happens. Younger guys think they are invincible... Most of the crotch rocket guys I run into are like monkeys on crack.

Buy a cruiser instead of a rocket and dont ride around like a jackass... your not going to want to sling your knee out and whip around a corner and any speed on a cruiser. Reality is every time you do that on a crotch rocket on public roads you take a chance of bailing... there isn't much rubber on the ground keeping the bike upright... sand, small rocks, oil, water, antifreeze can all easily lead to you falling... all of those materials are constantly changing on the roadways...

A lot of the crotch rocket owners ride their bikes on the streets as if they were on a controlled track surface. Granted, don't misunderstand me, there are some CRAZY cruiser guys out there too. But it's not majority like it is on the rockets.

In general guys buy crotch rockets because they want Enzo ferrari speed/handling and they think they can handle it. Reality is most of the guys shouldn't be riding those bikes.

You don't need to ride around like a monkey on crack to enjoy a motorcycle. I've been riding since I've been 8yrs old. Owned many rockets, and I switched to crusiers because I don't need to go 180MPH and whip around corners to get what I enjoy out of ridng. Riding around like a monkey on crack is just playing the lottery, and the payout is injury to yourself.

I'm glad he walked away from it! Sucks when someone goes down

 

wow... half of me gives him credit for getting back on and riding again... the other half of me wonders when he'll wake up and realize maybe riding isn't the best thing for him to be doing.

 

Good thing he's okay and relatively uninjured. Looks like he's gonna owe you a new jacket though...

 

stunt bike

 

ya he has insurance.

 

I met this guy 2 weeks ago, and he bought R1 has his first bike.

 

Well good thing hes ok, and even better that he didnt manage to take any ouf you guys out.

 

well 4 of us were way ahead and other 2 were right behind him.

 

3rd or 4th bike for this guy....because he went down 3 or 4 times???

How long has this guy been riding?

 

hey jatt, are you part of sportbikes.net?

 

^ no

did some one else post pics?

 

4 years

 

4 years of riding and he has been down 3-4 times already?!?!?
Either he rides waaay to agressively, and outside of hills skills, or he flat out needs to learn how to ride.

 

^ he rides good but he's too much into stunts and shit.

The two riders that were behind him told us that he wasn't doing any wheelies but he was jus ttoo fast for the corner and went out.

 

That squid is gonna get seriously injured or have a short life.
Guys like this that ride without proper gear, and then ride outside their limits give bike riders a bad name.