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Yeah, I lowsided today. Here's some background- I'm not terribly experienced, but having ridden with much better people I think I'm doing pretty well. I ordered some leather pants because I felt like I was beginning to push a little too hard for dickies. So they came came in today and after watching some you tube video of a guy dragging his knee @ 10 mph in a parking lot I thought it'd be best to try it in a parking lot as well. Well within twenty minutes I'd gotten both knees down, so I wanted to go try it on a local twisty. So i head out and get my right knee down twice the first run, no left (for some reason left is a lot harder for me) Then I run it again, and coming into the same turn I dragged my right knee on the first time, I'm coming in at just about the same speed (~50) did the same setup, way off the bike while the is upright, spot my line, push the bike down into it, right before my knee touches down the front tire breaks traction, and lets go. SO I'm on my right side sliding across the road (luckily no oncoming traffic...thank god for rural twisties) and the bike and I slide rather forcefully into a ditch. No injuries, no real pain, the bike was on top of my leg when we came to a stop tho. (the guy that helped me get it back on the road said yea i used to have a cbr 600 f4i but it wasn't setup for racing like this onehaha) and my bike is FINE, I posted some pictures of my gear's wear and tear (keep in mind I took those leather pants out of the box an hour before).
But I really don't know why I went down. I have a pilot race 120/70 front tire from the last owner, and a roadsmart 160/60 rear. Here are my theories:
1. the gummy rubber/salty buildup high on the sidewall of the pilot came to be my contact patch, and yielded traction
2. The front tire wasn't at full temp (but I'd been riding pretty f'ing hard)
3. I'm just bad at motorcycling.
4. The tire is aging and no longer providing good traction
I would really love to hear your guys' input, I know it sounds like I'm blaming the front tire, but I've had some traction issues with it before, riding two-up, NOT pushing that hard it's broken traction, and alone it's pushed out before too, but never with such severe consequences.
the jacket blew a structural seam. no more icon for me.
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I don't know what this little hole is from, but it didn't make it through.
But I really don't know why I went down. I have a pilot race 120/70 front tire from the last owner, and a roadsmart 160/60 rear. Here are my theories:
1. the gummy rubber/salty buildup high on the sidewall of the pilot came to be my contact patch, and yielded traction
2. The front tire wasn't at full temp (but I'd been riding pretty f'ing hard)
3. I'm just bad at motorcycling.
4. The tire is aging and no longer providing good traction
I would really love to hear your guys' input, I know it sounds like I'm blaming the front tire, but I've had some traction issues with it before, riding two-up, NOT pushing that hard it's broken traction, and alone it's pushed out before too, but never with such severe consequences.

the jacket blew a structural seam. no more icon for me.




