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New Years Day Ride --- POST EDITED
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<blockquote data-quote="TomInPA" data-source="post: 925456" data-attributes="member: 21394"><p>I think "two" covers it, but shit happens. <img src="https://www.epicski.com/img/vbsmilies/smilies/th_dunno-1%5B1%5D.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Both myself and Hycle (2-up) went through the curve. Roger saw the wreck from behind, and has no explanation, but says the group was only doing 25-30 mph. Hycle saw the crash in his rearview mirror, hardly something that happens when pressing ahead hard. When I saw him turn around, I also reversed course, and drove past the crash to the curve apex to park the bike with E-flashers so no one would come around the curve and be surprised. We made the 911 call.</p><p></p><p>If you never ride in a group, no-one riding with you will ever crash. None of us were jeopardized by any other rider in the group. We had plenty of space, and rode our own ride. In 2011, I was on three other group rides where a rider wrecked. One failed to look left at an intersection and was taken out by failing to yield at a stop-sign...rider's fault. Another crashed off the left side of the road when a worn rear tire blew-out and seized in the fender. Rider's fault. The third was an FJR ride this fall when Russ was riding ahead of the group (alone), took a turn with loose sand in it too fast and low-sided to a high-side (rider's fault but he rode away). And to start 2012, this one...rider's fault.</p><p></p><p>I can give up riding with anyone else, and clearly the above suggests, you should not ever ride with me, but I put 22K miles on the bike last year. A lot of them in the company of good riders, and good friends. I mostly refuse to ride in AMA formation anymore, and prefer point-to-point riding; but I'm not ready to say, I will only ride alone.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TomInPA, post: 925456, member: 21394"] I think "two" covers it, but shit happens. [IMG]https://www.epicski.com/img/vbsmilies/smilies/th_dunno-1%5B1%5D.gif[/IMG] Both myself and Hycle (2-up) went through the curve. Roger saw the wreck from behind, and has no explanation, but says the group was only doing 25-30 mph. Hycle saw the crash in his rearview mirror, hardly something that happens when pressing ahead hard. When I saw him turn around, I also reversed course, and drove past the crash to the curve apex to park the bike with E-flashers so no one would come around the curve and be surprised. We made the 911 call. If you never ride in a group, no-one riding with you will ever crash. None of us were jeopardized by any other rider in the group. We had plenty of space, and rode our own ride. In 2011, I was on three other group rides where a rider wrecked. One failed to look left at an intersection and was taken out by failing to yield at a stop-sign...rider's fault. Another crashed off the left side of the road when a worn rear tire blew-out and seized in the fender. Rider's fault. The third was an FJR ride this fall when Russ was riding ahead of the group (alone), took a turn with loose sand in it too fast and low-sided to a high-side (rider's fault but he rode away). And to start 2012, this one...rider's fault. I can give up riding with anyone else, and clearly the above suggests, you should not ever ride with me, but I put 22K miles on the bike last year. A lot of them in the company of good riders, and good friends. I mostly refuse to ride in AMA formation anymore, and prefer point-to-point riding; but I'm not ready to say, I will only ride alone. [/QUOTE]
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