Yesterday was driving north on Albany Hwy ( in the right lane)

I stop at the major intersection in Maddington,with only a motorbike in front of me. Both lanes heading north and south are choc a bloc with cars.

As the light turns green the bike accelerates fast but a little slower than a normal bike.

On the other side which are heading south,around 100 / 150 metres past the traffic lights-- a few cars decide to do the right thing and leave a space for a car which wants to turn right or north out of a business.

Unfortunately,he did not see the fast travelling and smaller sized bike.

Luckily no collision------ but only missed the bike by around 10 metres max.

It can happen that quick. The motorcyclist did absolutely nothing wrong,but one mistake by the car driver and he was very nearly history or very close to it.

With no cage to protect you from the inevitable collision---- bikes are a very dangerous form of transport

poor relative said..
Try riding a bicycle around Perth.
People are completely blind to you.

As someone who has been hit by a car (whilst cycling) three times I can attest to that! (and I have the x-rays to prove it).

I now ride a hybrid flat-bar road bike and stick primarily to the paths...

petermac33 said..

That's it. You've called it dude. SHOW US YER KTM !!!!!!! (or Ducati if you have bad taste )

My old KTM at Sedan Hill a few years ago. My happy place

jn1 said..
My old KTM at Sedan Hill a few years ago. My happy place

Wow dude,

way to turn the thread into your own show pony thread

you are... hardcore!!

I agree, motorbikes are dangerous, especially the way they are ridden

You could carry your mother-in-law around on one too. Not much fun though.

My rules for bike riding:
#1 always wear full protective clothing
#2 treat every one as your enemy when riding a bike. They are all out to kill me.


W

Spocktek said..


'79GS1000

Harley

KTM530
I've hurt myself windsurfing more than I have riding.
Edit: Harley's doing a wheelie

Love that 530, nice bit of kit. Im a massive KTM fan

A whole 10 meters! I'd be thrilled if people missed me by that much.

Another KTM thread!

poor relative said..
Try riding a bicycle around Perth.
People are completely blind to you.

Agree! Same everywhere... When I ride my Mountain Bike, 95% of the riding is "OFF ROAD"!... I don't trust car drivers!


Same thing goes for my (KTM!) Trail Bike... I ride it out of town at a very slow / orderly speed, leave myself heaps of room,... Only need to travel about 1.5km to get out of town, then I do 10km on B roads... Barely see other cars... Then into the dirt... Barely see any other vehicle (period!)... I don't trust other drivers!

My rough estimate of other drivers;
90% of drivers are quite fine / OK.
7% get a little random, or are just running late, and take a few risks, or cruising and "day-dreaming" not paying attention...
3% are FULLY RANDOM! (aggressive drivers)...

I always aware that those 3% can "pop-up" out of nowhere!...

With that awareness, I have ZERO accidents... (my wife drives pretty carefully, but she's a ditzy air-head on the road, and has little bingles every 6 months, on average... - she is a very smart person though... but she's away with the fairies, daydreaming, when on the roads!)...

Chris6791 said..

Mark _australia said..
You can't carry windsurfing gear with it, end of argument.

But you can get kite gear on one. Now that's the end of the arguement.

Kite board vs 100kph apparent wind. Go for it.

When I was younger, I was the ONLY one of my motorcycling friends that didn't have a serious motorcycling accident. They all used to behave like they were in a video game, whereas I used to ride defensively all the time. (ie. go through intersections using another vehicle as a shield, constantly adjust lane position to not be in blind spot of cars, expect people to run the red light, etc.)

Even so, I can think of at least 3 times where I avoided probable death by a split second.

Anyway, if it's show and tell, here's the old rice burner - little brother to "the king". Early 80's Kwaka's were way ahead of the game at the time.

I'm planning a trip from Delhi>Kathmandu>Everest>Tibet

cammd said..
...but then getting out of bed everyday is perilous as well.

Indeed. Sleeping on the ground is highly recommended.
As a pro bike rider, I risk life and limb daily.

I need a different job.

Harrow said...
When I was younger, I was the ONLY one of my motorcycling friends that didn't have a serious motorcycling accident. They all used to behave like they were in a video game, whereas I used to ride defensively all the time. (ie. go through intersections using another vehicle as a shield, constantly adjust lane position to not be in blind spot of cars, expect people to run the red light, etc.)

Even so, I can think of at least 3 times where I avoided probable death by a split second.

Anyway, if it's show and tell, here's the old rice burner - little brother to "the king". Early 80's Kwaka's were way ahead of the game at the time.

Great pic
The epitomie of 80's cool. ( especially the occy strap tiedown )

harry potter said..

Harrow said...

Great pic
The epitomie of 80's cool. ( especially the occy strap tiedown )

Ha, ha, unfortunately I don't have a pic of the HQ wagon loaded up with the Bombora Tri-fin, complete with flouro pink sail wrapped around the mast. Try telling the kids dad wasn't always a dag.