Low-sided on a patch of mud on my way home **edit**: I…
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Low-sided on a patch of mud on my way home
**edit**: I have only this one photo at hand. The road before and after is in normal condition, so this mudslide comes as a sudden to me.
So I went on a two-day trip. On the way out, the weather was sunny and clear. At one point, I noticed a section of road where a landslide had left some mud behind, but it didn’t look too serious at the time, so I didn’t think much of it. The next day, I took the same way home. The only difference was that it was rainy. After coming out of the open-cut tunnel, I noticed the road condition was significantly worse. I started to have a bad feeling.
Soon later, I rode into a pit of mud that was hard to see from a distance (farther back in the photo), my front wheel lost its traction, and the bike dropped. I ended up only with some minor cuts and bruises thanks to the mud-covered asphalt and my gloves, but the bike was not quite as lucky: handlebar got bent, and foot peg was broken.
This was my first low-side on the road. It feels so bad, especially knowing that I just passed the very same section the day before.
I would like to know some advice on how to handle this kind of situation more safely.
#motorcycles
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**edit**: I have only this one photo at hand. The road before and after is in normal condition, so this mudslide comes as a sudden to me.
So I went on a two-day trip. On the way out, the weather was sunny and clear. At one point, I noticed a section of road where a landslide had left some mud behind, but it didn’t look too serious at the time, so I didn’t think much of it. The next day, I took the same way home. The only difference was that it was rainy. After coming out of the open-cut tunnel, I noticed the road condition was significantly worse. I started to have a bad feeling.
Soon later, I rode into a pit of mud that was hard to see from a distance (farther back in the photo), my front wheel lost its traction, and the bike dropped. I ended up only with some minor cuts and bruises thanks to the mud-covered asphalt and my gloves, but the bike was not quite as lucky: handlebar got bent, and foot peg was broken.
This was my first low-side on the road. It feels so bad, especially knowing that I just passed the very same section the day before.
I would like to know some advice on how to handle this kind of situation more safely.
#motorcycles
source
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