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CanadianFZ6 · 08-04-2007, 08:50 AM

So many threads are popping up around here of young guys chucking their bikes down the road... Always the same excuse "it wasn't my fault... guy pulled out in front of me" or "loose gravel/debris in a blind corner"... The question is, if it wasn't your fault then old guys like me must have the GODs on our side, because we don't seem to crash anywhere near as much as you young guys do. So I ask you this... what percentage do you guys feel (in your opinion) is rider error/judgement or "real accident" the likely cause of a bike wreck? I say.... 90% rider error versus 10% real accident (e.g. a deer running in front of you).

08-04-2007, 08:50 AM	#1 (permalink)
CanadianFZ6 World Superbike Champion Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Toronto Posts: 616 Casino Cash: $36016 Sportbike: 2008 Bandit 1250sea, 2007 FZ6	Real accident or rider error, percentage? So many threads are popping up around here of young guys chucking their bikes down the road... Always the same excuse "it wasn't my fault... guy pulled out in front of me" or "loose gravel/debris in a blind corner"... The question is, if it wasn't your fault then old guys like me must have the GODs on our side, because we don't seem to crash anywhere near as much as you young guys do. So I ask you this... what percentage do you guys feel (in your opinion) is rider error/judgement or "real accident" the likely cause of a bike wreck? I say.... 90% rider error versus 10% real accident (e.g. a deer running in front of you). __________________ "Very well. I must hurry back to my comic book store, where I dispense the insults rather than absorb them".