Crash club Redux

[Fencer]

First off let me say its my wife's fault. She has been watching the new Green Chanel and wants us to do more. So While at the track today I went agricultural (that's track talk for going green)

Having been off a bike for 2 months, (no street or track)I made rider error, I continued to go straight after someone forgot to pave the way. :lol:

(its a 90* turn)

Coming down the back straight of Talladega GP today on the GSXR. I made several mistakes. First session 3rd lap

#1. Cleared traffic and hammered it.

#2 Glanced at speedo (#2.5) and brain thought, This is faster than you do normally here (120 +/-)

#3 missed brake marker (well used same one but from a higher speed)

#4 Let brain work in place of instinct. Brain said hit binders, stay upright scrub off speed in grass, instinct let go of brake, pull the bike over, make the turn.

I hit the grass prob still doing 70-80. I managed to stay up for a little bit and removed more speed. Bike lost traction and slammed me down.

Impact to the head (helmet is gone), hit shoulder, back ribs, elbow and knee.

All are sore tonight.

I tore the bike apart, fixed it at the track and ran 5 more sessions. ( I had to borrow a helmet)

The shifter peg, was knurled into a ball, which I hammered flat again.

Slider is bent, I ran it like that, Cracked plastic. Cracked air intake tube.

Overall not a good day at the track. I started a domino effect.

4 more Intermediate riders went down during the day, 2 novice, and one advance.

1 "I" rider was carried off to the hospital. and the "A" rider had a broke collar bone, but refused help.

I also did my first stoppie today.

After I was done cussing (for that moment anyway), I went back over to the bike, picked it up to clear out the area. It cranked up I rode it through the grass over to the road crossing to the infield, waited on trafic to clear, I hit the gas, cleared the track, to find a chain across the road (it stops cage traffic from entering the track during the sessions)

Lets just say I was not expecting it and found the brakes were still in very good working order

 

[Joevelocity]

Fencer that sucks. Glad you are alive to tell us about it, though.

 

[Jagermeister]

Reading your account, I couldn't decide if Horrified or Amused was more appropriate. That's scary stuff, but you make it all so whimsical.

Way to keep a good attitude! Glad you're relatively ok.

 

[dcarver]

Fenceer dude -

start racing MX..

lot's safer..

more fun..

u crash monkey u...

very good to hear you are ok..

 

[Kevin Daly]

Fencer, this is getting old

 

[Ari Rankum]

Man! I gotta get a track bike! That was a particularly thrilling story. Good write-up.

Glad you and the bike are relatively okay.

Props!

 

[Fencer]

Fencer, this is getting old

Just trying to catch up with Scab

 

[madmike2]

1.) I see your sense of humor survived intact. :clapping:

2.) Your body is sore but there is no vital fluid leakage nor protruding skeletal members. :clapping:

3.) The bike is ride-able and repairable, and all emergency systems are functional. :clapping:

4.) You are able to use the Adamic excuse, "Not me, God. It's the woman!" :yahoo:

All in all, quite an adventure and a wonderful read (if one includes the expectation that only your ego and thought processes are bruised).

Man! I gotta get a track bike!

I concur, Ari, you must get a track bike....after you compete in NAFKart! :lol:

 

[FJRBluesman]

After that I'm surprised they didn't pull your ticket for the day, especially having your head contact the ground like that and total the helmet. I wouldn't let you back out.

That's also why they want the speed-o taped up, so you won't do that...

Glad you're OK. Do like carver said....

 

[Scab]

Fencer, this is getting old

Just trying to catch up with Scab

Fencer, ole boy, I do believe that this one ties things up. One more and you are the undisputed champion of body surfing from a bike.

Seriously, duuuuuuuude, you've gotta stop doing this. So far, lady luck is on your side. But one just never knows when she will get a little case of PMS and leave you lying there waiting on the EMT's. Just remember how many people depend on you and un-wind that right wrist just a bit.

Now if you insist on keeping this up, multi-angle camera coverage will be required.

 

[Fencer]

Fencer, this is getting old

Just trying to catch up with Scab

Fencer, ole boy, I do believe that this one ties things up. One more and you are the undisputed champion of body surfing from a bike.

Nope, you are still in the lead

 

[Scab]

Crap. I thought you had two on the track bike, and one on the feej?

 

[uctofeej]

Glad you're okay.

Sounds to me like you killed some green grass. Does that displace your green efforts for the day?

 

[sonicspeed]

Glad you're okay.
Sounds to me like you killed some green grass. Does that displace your green efforts for the day?

he didn't kill the grass, just bruised it a bit

glad you are ok fencer

 

[luvtoride]

Dude, the boo boo's gotta' stop. Glad that you are only sore. Be careful out there.

 

[tstaff]

Glad your OK Fencer.

You can't find the edge without going past it every now & then.

Sometimes you get away with it, sometimes you don't.

Learn from your mistakes, it happens to the best of'um.

 

[Fencer]

Crap. I thought you had two on the track bike, and one on the feej?

Nope just one on each, but whadoiknow, I hit my head. Thats two crashes my gear worked well, I got up and rode away. Got to watch it or I'll get the invincible complex :bb:

Milk, it does a body good.

 

[Rickster]

Fencer -- good to know that you're ok.

At least no permanent damage (unless the helmet didn't do it's job -- but who would know the difference? )

At least all is repairable.

heal quickly young man.

 

[turbodave_98]

"Glanced at speedo (#2.5)" you stated above.

Fencer glad your walked away and could continue to ride. You were fortunate. By no means am I able to critique the actions that you took, but as a Novice Track rider on my R1, when my instructor at the FastTrackRiders School told me, keep looking ahead, never behind and DON'T look at the speedometer. Just opens up a chance to lose you focus on an upcoming turn. FYI, I ride at the former Fontana Speedway, now AAA Speedway in southern CA. We run on an AMA 2.3mile 21 turn course with a very high speed straight about .8 miles banked at 14* with a slight left bend in it. I only looked down at the speed needle once and will never do that again. Each time I go to the track I am reminding myself over and over to "Ride my Own Ride" I know I may never reached the level of the best racers out there. Good luck and keep riding while always looking forward and never behind.