Sunday while on a ride with a gold wing chapter,I almost turned my trike over.
There was eight bikes including me and I was the only trike.
I have lived in Indiana all my life and I thought I knew just about every road but the man leading the ride took us on over 230 miles of roads I never knew where in Indiana,all two lane roads up and down hills and around curves,over 90 per cent was through forest and woods,fall colors just right,the smell of people burning wood in their stoves and fire places,a little cool when we puled out,32 degrees but it warmed up nicely,a perfect fall ride.
Any way about half way through the ride we came to this turn that said 20mph.and I am running about thirty no problem I have done hundreds of these 20 mph. curves at 30 mph.with no problems the curved turned to the right and leaned down on the right so no problem,Wrong,first off the curve was a lot tighter then what I thought which was no problem right,wrong,just as I got to the center of the curve the road suddenly went from leaning to the right to leaning to the left which meant the left wheel was going down and the right wheel was coming up.
Well this is when the laws of centrificle force and graivity and physics took over and the right wheel kept slowing coming up and up,one of the men riding behind me told me later it came off the ground at least two feet.
A couple of things saved me,first the right side came up slowly kind of like in slow motion.Second all of my years of riding and driving a little bit of every thing and being raised on a farm,plus doing a little dirt track racing in my younger years.
Well my brain kicked in to double overdrive.I knew not to make any sudden moves like letting off the gas are giving it more gas are getting on the brakes are jerking the wheel to the left which would have shot me across the road.
So what I did was gentley release some of the pull to the right with my right arm while keeping the same push with my left arm.
This let the front wheel just move to the left just maybe a tenth of a inch which brought the right wheel back down to the road with out going over in to the left lane and I continued on my way and had a beutiful ride the rest of the day and got home around 5:30.This was on a 96 1500 wing with a 06 lehman kit riding one up,good thing.
But this should have never happend,this is what happens when you are not paying close enough attenion and looking on down the road.
Started riding motorcycles when I was fourteen on gravel roads been riding steadly for over thirty years now,I am 71,taken three e.r.c two wheel classes two one up plus one two up,GUESS IT IS TIME TO TAKE A TRIKE CLASS AND FRESHEN UP MY RIDING SKILLS.What was it Forest Gump said,stupid does as stupid is.
:AGGHH::AGGHH::AGGHH::AGGHH::gah::gah::gah:
There was eight bikes including me and I was the only trike.
I have lived in Indiana all my life and I thought I knew just about every road but the man leading the ride took us on over 230 miles of roads I never knew where in Indiana,all two lane roads up and down hills and around curves,over 90 per cent was through forest and woods,fall colors just right,the smell of people burning wood in their stoves and fire places,a little cool when we puled out,32 degrees but it warmed up nicely,a perfect fall ride.
Any way about half way through the ride we came to this turn that said 20mph.and I am running about thirty no problem I have done hundreds of these 20 mph. curves at 30 mph.with no problems the curved turned to the right and leaned down on the right so no problem,Wrong,first off the curve was a lot tighter then what I thought which was no problem right,wrong,just as I got to the center of the curve the road suddenly went from leaning to the right to leaning to the left which meant the left wheel was going down and the right wheel was coming up.
Well this is when the laws of centrificle force and graivity and physics took over and the right wheel kept slowing coming up and up,one of the men riding behind me told me later it came off the ground at least two feet.
A couple of things saved me,first the right side came up slowly kind of like in slow motion.Second all of my years of riding and driving a little bit of every thing and being raised on a farm,plus doing a little dirt track racing in my younger years.
Well my brain kicked in to double overdrive.I knew not to make any sudden moves like letting off the gas are giving it more gas are getting on the brakes are jerking the wheel to the left which would have shot me across the road.
So what I did was gentley release some of the pull to the right with my right arm while keeping the same push with my left arm.
This let the front wheel just move to the left just maybe a tenth of a inch which brought the right wheel back down to the road with out going over in to the left lane and I continued on my way and had a beutiful ride the rest of the day and got home around 5:30.This was on a 96 1500 wing with a 06 lehman kit riding one up,good thing.
But this should have never happend,this is what happens when you are not paying close enough attenion and looking on down the road.
Started riding motorcycles when I was fourteen on gravel roads been riding steadly for over thirty years now,I am 71,taken three e.r.c two wheel classes two one up plus one two up,GUESS IT IS TIME TO TAKE A TRIKE CLASS AND FRESHEN UP MY RIDING SKILLS.What was it Forest Gump said,stupid does as stupid is.
:AGGHH::AGGHH::AGGHH::AGGHH::gah::gah::gah:
