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You would rather be dead instead of not looking good - are you a fashion model ? - 'Live fast, die young and make a beautiful corpse' ? (James Dean)Many years ago in Victoria there was a racing motorcyclist who was testing a TZ350 Yamaha which had the 4LS front brake. He was not wearing a helmet. The bike chucked him over the front onto his face on a road which had a non-skid surface. I have destroyed two helmets. One had a split in the back. The other had a flat on the top where I had gone down the road on the top of my head. I was on my side when I reached the ripple in the bitumen. My collar bone copped it, but it could so easily have been my neck. It was due to somebody else's stupidity. These days I would just run up the back of him. He chopped in front of me and braked. I locked my brake avoiding him and got launched.My mate was the best A Grade rider in Victoria in his day. I discussed crashing with him. He said ' I think you have to be unlucky to get killed while road racing'. I agree with him - what happens is completely random All you can do is take care and minimise the risk. 'Practice makes perfect'. If you are competent, you do not crash. The most dangerous time when riding a motorcycle is when you first start. When I first started road racing, I should have been banned. Any idiot could have seen I was going to crash. I only ever got black-flagged once.These days, if I race - it is easy. I just do it automatically. I never have to stick my neck out.
You would rather be dead instead of not looking good - are you a fashion model ? - 'Live fast, die young and make a beautiful corpse' ? (James Dean)
Many years ago in Victoria there was a racing motorcyclist who was testing a TZ350 Yamaha which had the 4LS front brake. He was not wearing a helmet. The bike chucked him over the front onto his face on a road which had a non-skid surface. I have destroyed two helmets. One had a split in the back. The other had a flat on the top where I had gone down the road on the top of my head. I was on my side when I reached the ripple in the bitumen. My collar bone copped it, but it could so easily have been my neck. It was due to somebody else's stupidity. These days I would just run up the back of him. He chopped in front of me and braked. I locked my brake avoiding him and got launched.
My mate was the best A Grade rider in Victoria in his day. I discussed crashing with him. He said ' I think you have to be unlucky to get killed while road racing'. I agree with him - what happens is completely random All you can do is take care and minimise the risk. 'Practice makes perfect'. If you are competent, you do not crash. The most dangerous time when riding a motorcycle is when you first start. When I first started road racing, I should have been banned. Any idiot could have seen I was going to crash. I only ever got black-flagged once.
These days, if I race - it is easy. I just do it automatically. I never have to stick my neck out.
