How many times have you crashed?

[Xian_13]

About 10ish times since '03

Last year, 4...
One came within inches of taking my life.

This year, I am focusing on less.

XIII

[dicatirider944]

Just once, it wasn't with style or grace and it ended my racing career

[Gixxerblade]

Fast guys crash lots. I barely ever crash. 
Who was it that said I would rather teach a fast guy that crashes a lot to go faster than a slow guy that barely ever crashes. I think if you are on the edge you are going to crash more often than once in 5 years. Crashing is part of the experience of racing. Its the good ones that can ride on that edge all the time and not crash that are factory racers but even they crash.

[chaplain220]

Im surprised to hear some of the replies.  My first season was last year, crashed 3 times of my own doin on dry pavement.  Once on wet pavement, that was still my own doin, and got taken out by my two wheel bros 3 times.  Mostly ya just slide it out while countin dollar signs, but I took one good whack that kinda hurt.  Percoset was my besssst friend 8).  My favorit crash, turn 2-3 at Shenandoah, two bikes hit in front of me, I dodged the bikes, but rider got hit and to my horror, slid right under my front wheel.  I rode over his legs, wadded, and ended up lying in the grass next to him.  I said,"man, sorry I ran ya over."  To which he replied, "sorry I landed in front of your bike!"  We all walked away.  Art.

[PaulV]

Crashing Sucks!


Thats is all.

Paul
Polar-Optics LLC

[funsizeracing]

I know I've gotten away with some that SHOULD have been crashes. 
That's when I just close my eyes and pin the throttle! 

Has anyone else wondered if riding out a nasty tanks slapper the rips the bars out of  your hands is anything like riding a pissed off ostrich?

[K3 Chris Onwiler]

Uh, what was the question?  Yeah, I've heard that concussions are cumulitave, but I don't believe... um,  how beautiful that butterfly is!  What was the question?

[Thingy]

I have crashed 8 times in 7 years.  Hurt myself twice, once when leaving the track at a buck twenty and once from a highside.  The times that I did not hurt myself were all from losing the front.

[klebs01]

This is my first year and I've highsided twice already.  I really hope this doesn't turn into a habit.

[Super_KC124]

Raced 1 1/2 years before my first. Got ran off the track in practice. 2nd and 3rd were in the rain at Blackhawk, 1 each in my 3rd and 4th year. The last one was 2 years ago at the last race of the year at Gingerman. High speed front end tuck. Thank you Mark Stiles for not running over my head. 4 in 5 years.

[Court Jester]

before this year, the last 4 times on the track i fell down. done better this year though. did 6 races at HPT and a race school today and haven't dumped it yet. but it'll come.

[Super Dave]

Fast guys crash lots.

Mladin and Rossi don't seem to do a lot of soil sampling.  Even in testing and practice.


Since 1987, I kind of quit counting after 21...

Um, that's another story on it's own. 

Actually, it's probably around thirty though, really.

Worst was going down three times in a weekend.  I've had some years where I had no yard sales.

More of mine are as an expert as I've been an expert for a "few years". 

I think there's a good amount of risk as an amateur because of a lack of understanding.  But that doesn't mean that experts always have an understanding either.  But, as a rider gets more experienced, they can ride using that rather than using too much aggression