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CRAZY SITUATION TODAY! by accident i pulled off my first stoppie and landed it ok with no problems. oh and did i mention it was about 60mph! :nocontrol heres the story......:fact
i was drivin down the highway 2lane goin my direction a 30ft median with a 7ft ditch in the middle and then 2laned goin the other way. no one is infront or behind me in my lane and 1 or 2 cars goin the other way, all of a sudden i see this pickup truck with ******* wheels coming accross the meadian turning towards me. its like he turned out of a gas station realized hes goin the wrong way so he'd try and come across the median and back towards me!
well all i see is a huge white truck, smoking and squeeling tires turning and heading right for me. now the panic button went off in my head and i grabbed the front brakes and applied a bit of back brake. i was in the right lane and the truck was heading right for me (head on) and i didnt want to go down the 5ft embankment to my right (10ft run off then TREES!) so i just kept on the brakes,
everything is happening all at once and i couldn't even think really, i just reacted with my knowledge of what to do on bikes and how to stop quickly. so like i said, grab a hand full of front brake and all of a sudden i start letting off the brakes and i realized i had either jammed on the brakes too hard or just got to point where the braking was so intense the back end came up! i'm pulling a stoppie! when i let off the brakes the rear wheel set itself back on the ground and at this point the truck has stopped and no longer on a collision course with me. the back end touches down no problem and i keep drivin pass the truck and that was that. :eek5
i had to tell my self to take a few deep breathes cuz i was so full of adrenaline i think i couldve lifted an elephant. i took a few breaths and everything was fine. the truck did his thing and i kept riding. I really dont know what happend, all i know is that i pulled my first stoppie from 60mph! and landed it just fine with no problems.
i was drivin down the highway 2lane goin my direction a 30ft median with a 7ft ditch in the middle and then 2laned goin the other way. no one is infront or behind me in my lane and 1 or 2 cars goin the other way, all of a sudden i see this pickup truck with ******* wheels coming accross the meadian turning towards me. its like he turned out of a gas station realized hes goin the wrong way so he'd try and come across the median and back towards me!
well all i see is a huge white truck, smoking and squeeling tires turning and heading right for me. now the panic button went off in my head and i grabbed the front brakes and applied a bit of back brake. i was in the right lane and the truck was heading right for me (head on) and i didnt want to go down the 5ft embankment to my right (10ft run off then TREES!) so i just kept on the brakes,
everything is happening all at once and i couldn't even think really, i just reacted with my knowledge of what to do on bikes and how to stop quickly. so like i said, grab a hand full of front brake and all of a sudden i start letting off the brakes and i realized i had either jammed on the brakes too hard or just got to point where the braking was so intense the back end came up! i'm pulling a stoppie! when i let off the brakes the rear wheel set itself back on the ground and at this point the truck has stopped and no longer on a collision course with me. the back end touches down no problem and i keep drivin pass the truck and that was that. :eek5
i had to tell my self to take a few deep breathes cuz i was so full of adrenaline i think i couldve lifted an elephant. i took a few breaths and everything was fine. the truck did his thing and i kept riding. I really dont know what happend, all i know is that i pulled my first stoppie from 60mph! and landed it just fine with no problems.
