Hopefully this hasn't been posted before...

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii115/BoundiAV/14691_pm.jpg

Pretty interesting diagram if you're deciding between a full-face or an open-face helmet.

Pretty interesting diagram if you're deciding between a full-face or an open-face helmet.

I wouldn't be caught dead in a face eraser. I don't know what those guys are thinking when they put those on.

Good find.

I wonder how the hell even .4% land square on the top of their heads. OUCH!!!!!!

It was... of course good luck finding it..
Much better to have it in its own thread, thanks :thumbsup

http://www.honda599.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=8220&highlight=damaged+zones#8220

I wonder how the hell even .4% land square on the top of their heads. OUCH!!!!!!

I think this might be a contributing factor...

http://www.aolcdn.com/aolportal/motorcycle-crash-550b100507.jpg

Odd, I don't see Nicky anywhere in that picture... :lol:

Oh and GuyD, sometimes you don't land on it... you pile drive into something whilst skidding down the pavement or flying like superman into the side of a car.

In all my prior get offs I've been able to land without the bike crushing my underside leg and then sliding along until I stopped. No broken bones yet! I refuse to highside figuring lowsiding was always the answer. Never rode in congested areas much so I guess I've lucked out by missing the cagers. I think this time around I'll go alot easier, at least in the beginning, LOL. I don't want to think of t-boning a chevy head first, I think that makes for a very bad day.

I'm in the 0.4% Club. 8)

Odd, I don't see Nicky anywhere in that picture...

My initial reaction was almost exactly same. That guy will never be forgotten (forgiven?) for that... :shifty

Dark, it WAS a bone head move :wtf

GuyD... you one lucky guy. Some only get one off... how many you had?

When I used to ride in the late 80's at the ripe old ages of 19 thru 21 I had two falls at speed and also once drove into a parked car. Once in the rain I decided to test front braking and dumped at around 25 mph. That was no prob, the rain slicked pavement really helped. At another hairpin turn I lowsided at around 30 mph and walked away but felt very lucky not to have gotten more mangled. I was right at the apex and always try to plan a fall so as not to slide off the road. The last one was late at night, drunk, and I was so pissed that some guy was blocking my entrace to my front yard I figured I could split the gap between his car and a wood fence. I slammed the bike into the car at a little faster than walking pace and up jumped my friend who was sleeping in his front seat. We were face to face because I was wedged right next to his driver's side window. At the time we both thought it was hysterical. I got a good thigh bruise and a lucky laugh out of my friend because I did a number on his door. Needless to say my attitude has changed quite a bit since then!

..I refuse to highside...
It's been my opinion that the "high side" chooses you (and no, that's not just in Russia :D ).

The out come is always ruled by 99% by circumstances out of your control, or if you are so inclined, (bad)luck.

Just take it easy :wink:

It's been my opinion that the "high side" chooses you.
I'd say that's a pretty fair statement. Especially to anyone that's experienced one.

My one and only was about 5 years ago on my uncle's 1979 400cc beast of a dirtbike. The rear tire got caught on the edge of his asphalt driveway when I tried to cross at an improper angle. I remember thinking "well, it looks like I'm going for a nice little slide," then the rear tire caught grip and "popped" me right up and over. I felt like I broke my hip, but my younger kid brother of a cousin was following me on his 4-wheeler, so I played it off pretty cool. He thought it was awsome. And I must confess, it was. 8)