I spilled my coffee

[rippir]

Originally Posted by Alpha One Nine

Quite obvious to me, even at the time, that I fell.

However, it’s still not clear to me what caused the wreck. For now I suppose I will blame it on that damn Western Oregon "Devil Dirt".

If you look at your avatar, your hands are not on the handlebars. This can make turning a little difficult and may be the cause Just sayin!

[Alpha One Nine]

Originally Posted by rippir

If you look at your avatar, your hands are not on the handlebars. This can make turning a little difficult and may be the cause Just sayin!

Actually, I think I would have been better off with no hands on that turn and just rode right through the middle of the big bush like Jeffer did. I wish I had that move on camera.

[dahveed]

Originally Posted by Alpha One Nine

The first ride with my helmet cam.

I have no idea what happend

Rick

I think I see the problem. Check out your avatar. I usually find it easier to stay upright with my hands ON the handle bars and not on the coffee cup. Crap, I just noticed the other guy beat to that brilliant observation.

Hope your ribs and ego are ok. I seriously didn't see anything that would have caused that fall either.

I liked your video - short and had some interesting action. Nothing worse than watching 10 minutes of some guy riding a dirt track with nothing special going on. Every vid need jumps, wrecks, or hot chicks. The best have all three.

[SnowAviation]

Great video.

Yeah, what the others said, your front washed out
in the soft stuff just off the left edge of the trail

Too bad about your coffee, hope it wasn't Starbucks.

[MaverickH1]

I'm happy to say, and also not happy to say... that I have become somewhat of an expert of "ejecting" from my bike, doing a roll while landing and ending up quickly on my feet and staring at the bike. I would advise NOT going at "fast" speeds through tall grass when you don't know what kind of ruts may be present.

That's when off roading. When a spill happened on road at 35 mph in a turn in the rain, I basically pulled off a pop up slide into 2nd base. There was a red pick-up right behind me when that accident happened, the last he saw me I was on the bike, when he came around the turn I was standing over the bike probably scratching my helmet. Must've been odd to see that.

[Pigasus]

Lucky it didn't happen in Western Washington, where wasting coffee is a misdemeanor punished by a strong 'dope slap.' Coffee is almost as important and good beer.


I cracked or dislocated ribs twice since late June. Both times working on my motorhome, nothing even remotely related to having fun. But as Prez. Bill was quoted as saying, "Ah feeel your pain!" The dislocated rib was kinda funny in an awful way--I not only felt it move, I heard it!!! I've had enough trouble with ribs over the years, I don't even go to the doctor any more. Codeine helps, heck Advil helps--but mostly time is what heals ribs. Fell off the Transalp once and did 3 or 4 ribs and bruised a kidney. Peeing blood is really scary! (the first time anyway.)

[Jeffer]

Originally Posted by Alpha One Nine

Actually, I think I would have been better off with no hands on that turn and just rode right through the middle of the big bush like Jeffer did. I wish I had that move on camera.

I have no recolection of that incident Oh yea I did have some brush in the faring when we stopped as I vaguely recall