Re: a little help from more experienced riders

<iowafan1953@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:1144350643.477539.47360@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
With just a bit more that 2500 miles under my belt, I had my first
encouter of the cager kind. I had just downshifted preparing to stop
with about 50 feet to the stop sign when the truck pulled out in front
of me from the right(i'm guessing 35').

2 to 2-1/2 car lengths? Are you sure?

Go back and look for a skidmark or slide marks. If you find them, it's likely you locked your rear while swerving. I'm guessing you won't find any. How long are the scratches on the fairing or frame? What direction? More than one direction? Crisscrossed? How deep?

What were you looking at as you went down? Was it the ground, near where you ended up falling? At his door? Up the road at your way out? This would be rather key, also. If it's a blur in your mind, and you can't attribute that to a concussion, it's likely your reptile brain asserted itself.

My guess is you just over squeezed the front brake. At 10 mph, it can stop you faster than you can decide what panicky noise to make inside your helmet.

The lessons? Stationary bikes want to fall down, and always and forever, you go where you look. I'm sure you learned them both in your recent BRC, but maybe the suddenness and severity can't be learned any other way.

Other lessons: maybe possibly you sent the wrong signals with too leisurely of an approach. His surprise at seeing you might be simply in finding you in a heap at his feet rather than upright behind him.

One more thing to think about: could it have been a non-incident if you were driving a cage instead of a bike?

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