Well so much for the CB900F being in great condition... I just high sided it at work today....at about 12:45
Went for a ride at lunch, and was rounding out a curve when this happened:
First off let me start by saying that I read chapters 1-3 of "Twist the Wrist II" last night... all about powering through the curve "roll on" and stay on, not on /off...
So while I am out with a friend riding his Aprilla, I decide to try this out...
I entered the curve doing about 30mph, hit the apex about 35 or so, and then was heading out at about 40mpg, a steady pull on the gas...
When I was exiting the curve I was way wide, in the other (Left) lane, and saw telephone pole on the edge of the road, and felt that I was going to run into it, so I straightened it up, remembered to not fix on the target, and looked to the right (center of the road), when I did this, look to the right, I also turned to the right, to miss the pole, well of course with counter steering when you push to the right you go left... and I did. Right off the road...
Off the shoulder and into a wooden 4x4 fence pole about 20 feet from the telephone pole, I went up, the bike went down, I hit my right hip on the handlebar, which twisted me while I went over the bars head first, the back end of the bike now spun around to the right towards me, followed of course by the front end, some how the bike ended up with rear end facing the side of the road and the front end pointed towards the roadside, I remember looking behind me and thinking " Oh God I have High sided, and the bike is coming right at me" while I was in the air... I went ten feet (fence pole to fence pole) and landed 10 feet from the telephone pole. I landed on the left shoulder and rolled over my head, (scratches on the helmet just above the visor) feet hit the barbed wire and leg hit the little metal pole.
So right now my hip is soar. And I have taken about 500 mg of "Pain-eez" work supplied aspirin/ pain reducer... I am sure that I will be stiff by tonight...
Anyway the bike is still ride able, the head light, blinkers, instrument panel, are broke and the front fender is now cracked. I will have to see if I can get some pics...
I feel like a big dummy... I was riding above my means... even though it was a 40 mph crash into dirt and grass (for me), I was not ready to try the things I just read about... I should read the whole book first, then try things at a slower pace, and be willing to commit all the way through... If I would have stayed leaned into the turn, I would have been fine... I was already heading out of the turn, yes I was wide, but pulling up was the wrong reaction or SR to go by the book... Anyway...I will have a weekend to sit and stew in it, and listen to my wife rant about” this is why I didn't want you to have a bike!"