| Archive for The Motor Forum talking cars since 2006 |
| Rodge |
Ouch!Bumped into a work collegue today whom I haven't seen in about 3 months. His left arm was in a sling.Turns out he was on his GS1150 on January 1st when he hit some ice, the back slipped, then slipped some more and as he was just bracing himself for the fall, it suddenly gripped and flipped (Slipped, gripped and flipped? I need to get some new words)him off. (He's a big bloke, 6'6" and about 16 stone). He landed and went to casualty where they diagnosed a broken collar bone. Two weeks later, he was still in pain and went back in. They discovered two broken ribs. The following week, he went back in for a checkup and they discovered that he had a hairline fracture in his arm too! He's out for a couple of weeks now, and his bike is ok, apart from a damaged fuel tank and engine bars. The funny thing is he was raving about how good they were in casualty and that he was in and out in 2 hours on the day of the accident! |
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| kraftwerk |
The accident you describe is known, in two-wheeled parlance, as a 'high side' and can be particularly nasty. Glad to hear your mate is OK. | ||
| Boxer6 |
Yup - I was cringing by the middle of line two!  
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| Blarno |
Isn't it also known as a 'tank slapper'? | ||
| Pkh72 |
Re: Ouch!
LOL, i bet i he was in and out quickly as they seme to have missed most things, hope he recovers quickly. A tank slapper is where the bars shake violently from side to side and in severe cases the end of the bars will hit the fuel tank, hence the term tank slapper. Think i've described it properly. |
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| kraftwerk |
Tank slapper's when the bars waggle (tech term, natch) uncontrollably from side to side, usually resulting in certain death or the loss of a hand. The Suzuki TL1000R and S were notorious tank slappers and were retro-fitted with a heavy duty steering damper. |
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| kraftwerk |
Hopper's highside at Sachsenring 2005 - a classic...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqcUtx1ioCI&feature=related Paul Orritt's tank slapper at the TT - he lost his index finger as a result... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rV9X-LyyX34 |
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| cbeaks1 |
There are times when I think I would really like to be able to ride a motorbike, even though I suspect my size makes it a bit of a no-go area.
However, if there were ever good reasons never to get a bike licence those two clips are a perfect illustration. Ouch doesn't come close. Maybe I'm just a bit of a pussy. |
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| scamper |
Mrs Scamper was working in A&E last summer when she had to deal with a nasty bike crash. She was telling me about how she was holding the biker's arm with one hand and stopping the flesh falling out with the other. Anyway, she did not mention any names obviously but said he was a motorbike journo? | ||
| Big Blue |
Best highsides I've seen were Gardner's in 1989, when he did a full hand stand on the bars before being spat off (gloriously caught on celluloid, but here is an oil of it)
and some Japanese rider at Suzuka in about 89/90 when his NSR250 (the Jap GP was/is notorious for being a showground for Honda to put a dozen of their factory home boys in the GP and them try too hard on a track they know like the back of their hand) spat him off and then drove down the back straight riderless for about 500m. I have had some minor tank slappers in the past, on my CBR600FK way back when this was a new bike. Fucking scary as it happens. |
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| Blarno |
I've had the 4 wheeled equivalent of a tank-slapper on a forklift about 6 years ago. Greasy floor, wet tyres and excessive speed are not a good combo.. | ||
| Li'ldude |
Rear wheel steering helped? |