How many times have you crashed your motorcycle in the last three years?

1/1: How many times have you crashed your motorcycle in the last three years?

Never
70.83%
Once
14.36%
Twice
6.96%
Three times
2.38%
Four times
0.87%
Five times
0.51%
More than 6 times
0.92%
More than 10 times
3.18%
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Anonymous

Friday, 24 March 2017 @ 12:54 PM ICT
Didn't crash, but had a blow-out (!) on front tire of my 750 Norton at about 70 mph, started a wobble so bad I had to hold on tight to bars, couldn't steer, left road, went into Arizona desert, missed a lot of .....stuff, finally the sand slowed me up and ....I stopped. Lucky it was on a road with no traffic at night, and I had a friend behind me ready to whisk me to the hospital. Better believe my ass had the seat in a death grip! As I sat there sweating bullets, my buddy rolls up and told me I had provided him with some excellent entertainment. And the suspense! Was I going to ride into the side of a boulder?? or hit a giant sagauro cactus? How badly was I going to be hurt? would I even survive? was he actually going to witness a traffic fatality? He said he was on pins and needles.

Anonymous

Sunday, 15 January 2017 @ 07:09 AM ICT
Had two mishaps during learning phase. During my first ride, I wasn't aware of counter steering after a certain speed and steered into a tree that I was trying to avoid. Luckily only superficial damage to both bike and myself. Second time was during a pre-learners course when practicing emergency stopping. I got too enthusiastic and locked the front wheel and in an instant I hit the ground. I broke a shoulder bone that time. That was 18 months ago. I enjoy riding but I'm very aware of the dangers so I try to stay focused and not get too over confident.

Anonymous

Thursday, 03 November 2016 @ 11:00 AM ICT
MX does not count..

Anonymous

Sunday, 22 May 2016 @ 07:02 AM ICT
11 TIMES AS HAVE BEEN DRUNK

Anonymous

Saturday, 14 June 2014 @ 01:25 PM ICT
Last year, second day of rental, mostly cyclist - never driven more than 50cc before... was on brakes to photo some scenic misty forest view on wet road in north mountains but didn't manage to regain control after the front wheel started to drift on the mossy border at ~10km/h... I felt on the right side and the bike slid into the deep concrete ditch in a long scrapping noise :-)

Only the turbin' plastic cover was damaged and I had to rip it out ... but I had to drive and skid at the bottom of the ditch a few hundred meters to get out of it :-) Fortunately no snake down there :-)

Had my plane the same afternoon... I knew the renter, and had a friend staying longer... cost: 700 bahts and 4x1cm scratch on the right arm, thanks to my pants and shoes..

Dozen thousands of km without any scratch since that.

:-)

Anonymous User

Tuesday, 17 December 2013 @ 11:02 AM ICT
I dropped a rental bike in chiang mai earlier this year... (honda 400)... I pulled out of the dealer, drove 50m down the road and decided to do a little "s" to feel the front end... I the front tire washed out almost immediately and I went sliding down the road.... I had never felt a bike do something like that before and on inspection found the front tire was 20psi (not the recomended 32psi)... So please if youre gonna rent a bike in thialand check it over very carefully before you ride it because the shop probably wont.
On the bright side I was only charged $55 for the dammage Big Grin

Anonymous

Sunday, 17 May 2015 @ 01:56 PM ICT
Thais have a habit of over inflating tyres. I often offer to check bike pressures at my condo, always a great laugh. 50, 60 psi in a tyre that should be 32, never surprised to see bikes thrown down the road at the first drop of the wet stuff...

Anonymous

Wednesday, 15 July 2015 @ 06:24 PM ICT
Like another safety conscious rider, I also offer to check bikes for proper tire inflation (and tread condition) here at my BK apartment. I experienced the same outcome as another writer on this subject. That said, prior to moving to Bangkok from the U.S., I was a Motorcycle Safety Foundation Instructor. Simple things like proper tire inflation is critical on any bike and can make the difference between a happy-safe ride or one that may result in disaster.

Thanks again and ride safe,
Mike

Jeffrey

Friday, 27 September 2013 @ 08:22 PM ICT
Should also ask how far have they ridden
As I drive over 100,000 a year and in the last 3 years about 320,000km

For the person who rides only to 7 11 for smokes once a week that is a different story

davidstipek

Wednesday, 19 June 2013 @ 10:13 PM ICT
Explain what you were looking at when you crashed......

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ROB44

Friday, 29 November 2013 @ 07:01 PM ICT
...the grill of a big toyota 4x4 as it cut a curve into my lane. of course i was charged because i was euro and he was guess.

zyphodb

Wednesday, 23 October 2013 @ 07:57 AM ICT
A Thai scooter & sidecar turned into me as I was overtaking it

Anonymous User

Sunday, 19 May 2013 @ 09:57 PM ICT
In addition to 'how many kilometers did you drive in the year, also pleas ask if you crash was your falt.
I went down twice, first time was a tractor coming thru a banana cluster, the second was from an oil seal leak that coated my back tire unknown to me. Your question is too simplistic to have any meaning. But your on the right track!

bardolf

Sunday, 28 September 2014 @ 03:57 PM ICT
The guy who taught me to ride had a very simple philosophy. If you have a crash you are at fault. Either you weren't paying enough attention, you weren't riding for the conditions or you didn't do a good enough inspection of your bike before riding it.

Anonymous

Tuesday, 31 March 2015 @ 03:27 AM ICT
Good advice!

My one and only crash was in 1975 in UK when a 'boy racer' pulled across my lane very suddenly. Wrote off the bike, cracked my Shoei helmet and a couple of ribs. He had been stopped, waiting for lights to change, lost patience... drove off before the police arrived.
Driving cars and riding bikes are different skills, what you MAY get away with in a car, you WON'T on a bike. If drivers qualified for both car and bike there would be better roadcraft and understanding from all drivers. I give bikes plenty of room because, obviously the biker is far more likely to be injured in even a minor scrape...
Riding a small scooter on major roads makes me nervous; you cannot keep up with the traffic, therefore depend on overtaking vehicles giving you space. Must get a decent bike ASAP.

Anonymous User

Tuesday, 12 February 2013 @ 05:36 PM ICT
I have never crashed my daily rider (honda phantom) but I managed to hit a cat on the scooter one day and went down, Nothing too serious but a lot of plastic damage.

draftvader

Sunday, 05 January 2014 @ 03:39 PM ICT
You hit a plastic cat? Wink

Jeffrey

Sunday, 16 December 2012 @ 06:50 AM ICT
This comment has been moved to our forum, you can find it here How many times have you crashed your motorcycle in the last three years?
Edited on Monday, 17 December 2012 @ 04:54 PM ICT by admin

MosKito

Tuesday, 24 September 2013 @ 09:04 PM ICT
not in the past 3 years but about 6 years ago I crashed on the way up to a mountain in a corner ... I was too fast, about 80km/h ... and guess what, I knew it before it actually happend Big Grin


btw, tried to register and create an account, may be it not work with my OPERA browser...no idea Smile

Anonymous User

Saturday, 26 January 2013 @ 07:16 PM ICT
you must also aks how many km in the Year you are riding !!

Jeffrey

Saturday, 26 October 2013 @ 09:46 AM ICT
So true as I ride over 100,000km a year and I know many who it is under 1000km a year
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