The Motorbike accident thread

I was in a nasty motorbike accident this afternoon. Driving down a somewhat deserted highway on the way home from work, went over a bump that I hadn't seen before and was going a little too fast. Flipped over the motorbike, and I honestly don't remember anything after that because I was in shock. The motorbike was down on the side of the road, a few broken pieces which hopefully won't cost too much to replace. Cuts and bruises everywhere, including my lip, but nothing broken. I was wearing a good helmet, which saved my life. I somehow got on my motorbike again and started to drive home, but it took me a minute to remember where I lived. I'm now back in the apartment, all bandaged up (although it'll probably be awhile until I can kiss someone....hopefully not more than a week), and just praying that these wounds heal fast because I go to Hawaii in 10 days. But honestly, I'm just grateful to be alive.

Anyone else have any accident stories?

Happy to know you're OK Durinafan. Not very often the case in motorbikes accidents.
I had one but I was on the 'giving' side, not the 'receiving' side.
I was coming back from Sukhumvit to Rama 3 via New Ratchadapisek road and at the level of Klong Toey, where you have railway tracks crossing the 4 lanes road, at the end of the flyover, when a motorbike just crossed the 4 lanes.
He was following the tracks, no helmet, no lights and drunk (it was pretty late...;) ).
Could not avoid him.
He flew over my car and his motorbike was sent even further...
One nice pick up 'ambulance' came (how do they know?) and took him to hospital. I waited for the police, went to the hospital...
Anyway, to make a long story short, I was lucky, he was probably so drunk that he flew like a dummy, did not even get a scratch.
But the insurance had to buy a new motorbike...

glad to hear you got away with some minor injuries! What type of motocy where you riding?
Is this your first 'nasty' accident on one of them?
I've had a few minor nasty spills and each time it got harder to get back into the "saddle" riding them ... :(

Yeah, I have no wish to ride the motorbike anytime soon. I'll have to ride it tomorrow to report the damage to the owner, but I'm taking the next two days off of work so I don't have to drive that long way to school. Kids are on vacation anyway.

I was driving an automatic Yamaha Nouvo. I don't know what the cc is (or I just forget). This is my first accident. I've had a few close calls, though.

Wow, sounds like more than road rash, sorry about that. Seems that the surf in Hawaii is gonna be taking the last of the scabs off!! Good luck mate.

Yep lucky you, and clever ! you had the bloody helmets,fact of being bold does not make you wanting showing pretty face...

I got the same bike, a nouvo, full automatic, nice for the quick rides in the city, i stick the helmet even i'm not yet bold as you can see in my avatar...

Back in Europe, riding some more powerfull bikes at the time i was sticking to the gloves wearing aswell, if you fall, a reflex will be to stretch out the arms and get your hands rubbed on the road, nasty nasty wounds to the bones can easily occur... i must say i lost that habit over here,may be to reconsider soon...

There is a hospital up in Korat i went once to visit a badly injured friend, the room was filled with at least 50 people all of them had broken head, the neighboor of my friend died during my visit convulsing and stopped moving, i was near dropping on the floor, heat in the room and vision of all that.... the friend had 35 broken parts,survived but was 3 month in different ER stations around LOS...

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Some times i ask myself if it is worth this few minutes i can save for a meeting in bkk by opting for the ride with the crazy bike i choosed once again...

dont worry about the few broken plastic parts of the bike, but take really care to invest visely in a good head covering shell...

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Originally Posted by Bluecat

Happy to know you're OK Durinafan. Not very often the case in motorbikes accidents.
I had one but I was on the 'giving' side, not the 'receiving' side.
I was coming back from Sukhumvit to Rama 3 via New Ratchadapisek road and at the level of Klong Toey, where you have railway tracks crossing the 4 lanes road, at the end of the flyover, when a motorbike just crossed the 4 lanes.
He was following the tracks, no helmet, no lights and drunk (it was pretty late...;) ).
Could not avoid him.
He flew over my car and his motorbike was sent even further...
One nice pick up 'ambulance' came (how do they know?) and took him to hospital. I waited for the police, went to the hospital...

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That is the scoring area in BKK, not surprised he was "drunk". We had an accident there as well, left my gf with a visible scar.
Same thing, a pick-up brought us to the nearest hospital straight away.

How do they know?

I'm just learning how to ride a bike at the moment and I'm not really looking forward to the accidents I'll be having in the future because I know I'll be getting some whilst driving a motorbike in Thailand.

I had a nasty accident on my bicycle when I was little and nearly got run over which scared me for ages to touch a bicycle! Riding a motorbike freaks me out a little but it's all about confidence really, not too much but not too little.

You were very lucky durianfan and good job you were wearing a helmet.

I got hit by a honda wave when i was riding my dragstar 1100cc.

He fucking bounced of my sadle bad and I just fell off.

i was stoppping to turn.

He cartwheeled down the raod and hit a pick up truck. Luckily only his hands wer ecut.

I also smashed up by bike in Kao yai but that was due to over excitment

I have low sided (bike slides) sport bikes twice, high sided (bike flips) once and had a few other minor accidents. I tend to ride like an idiot but I always have helmet, gloves, jacket, jeans and boots on. Never been hurt yet though I was lucky on the high side.

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I always have helmet, gloves, jacket, jeans and boots on. Never been hurt yet though I was lucky on the high side.

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I have decided at last to invest in a full set of motorcycle gear.
Watching the motorcycle grand prix's, it always amazes me that they can come off at 200mph, slide 100 metres along the road, somersault into the barrier and get up, brush themselves down and walk away.
Must be something in the protective gear. Don't care if i'm boiling hot.

I have decided at last to invest in a full set of motorcycle gear.
Watching the motorcycle grand prix's, it always amazes me that they can come off at 200mph, slide 100 metres along the road, somersault into the barrier and get up, brush themselves down and walk away.
Must be something in the protective gear. Don't care if i'm boiling hot.[/quote]

There is a new style of gear that looks great for the Thailand climate. Basically it is a thick outer mesh over body armour. Supposed to be very comfortable in hot weather. Check a few out....

http://www.motorcycle-superstore.com...112&Division=1

http://www.motorcycle-superstore.com...112&Division=1

http://www.motorcycle-superstore.com...112&Division=1

Kinda hard to see that they are mesh in the photo's.

Cheers for the links...

There is a new shop selling exactly that sort of stuff up here.
Trousers = 10,000 baht. Jacket 15,000.
Your link stuff is considerably cheaper. ( about half the price) if my math is correct.

Opps sorry bout the double post....be sure to get a good name brand. Some stuf is crap and will fall apart, I know guys who have had bad luck with ICON so you may want to look closely at any offerings from them.

I've never had an accident when riding (have I Pops?!), only a couple of minor ones as a passenger (3 mph stuff).

Kevlar jeans are pretty good.

A decent jacket. The mesh ones ar enice but way to cold in cool season.

I've got a couple pairs of Draggin' Jeans. Kevlar padded at contact points and look ok even when not on the bike. Obviously heavier than normal jeans but suprisingly not all that hotter to wear.

Had my two pairs for about 3 years now and wear them alternately every day and they hardly look much used. Normal jeans only lasted me about 2 years.

I recommend 'em.

I drive my 'motocye' in the 'mooban' like an old man.

Glad your okay durianfan! :)

Hehe, at last a forum with a great thread!

Many many bike accidents over the years, usually all my own doing. Broken most bones and been in and out of plenty of hospitals. I'll not bore you with them all but the last one was a cracker. Was riding one of my bikes (Honda VTR1000) over on Samui heading back towards the ferry terminal at Lipa Noi. The wifey was sitting behind me so I'm going fairly sensible and not too fast. Silly cow on a Dream or something pulls out right in front of me and BANG, I hit her - she goes flying - wifey goes flying - I go flying too. Wifey lands on a sandy area on the roadside with just a few scratches on her arms. The local bovine breaks her arm and hits her head on the tarmac (no helmet). Me, straight into one of those big concrete lamposts. Result, 2 weeks in ICU (13 broken ribs/collapsed lung/broken shoulder and hand), wrecked bike but did manage to get a couple of months off work! Even now, some 9 months later I still have 9 broken ribs and Mr Doctor says the chances of them all fixing themselves are remote. Now I've been relegated to my Honda Wave, even though, given the chance I'd be back on a big bike tomorrow if I can only get the Mrs to agree! Ride safe out there - shit happens.

^Holy shit!

Me got a story.

I had this Honda 750 back in Pakistan and one of my friends asked for a test ride.As he was testing the bike we were at 120 kilometers per hour and my friend saw a car and got confused.He tried to stop the bike by braking as hard as he can and the bike slipped.When I opened my eyes I was in the hospital with bruises but nothing broken.My friend had a fractured back bone and the mofo is on a wheel chair now.

Am I lucky???

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Originally Posted by Mousepad

Hehe, at last a forum with a great thread!

Many many bike accidents over the years, usually all my own doing. Broken most bones and been in and out of plenty of hospitals. I'll not bore you with them all but the last one was a cracker. Was riding one of my bikes (Honda VTR1000) over on Samui heading back towards the ferry terminal at Lipa Noi. The wifey was sitting behind me so I'm going fairly sensible and not too fast. Silly cow on a Dream or something pulls out right in front of me and BANG, I hit her - she goes flying - wifey goes flying - I go flying too. Wifey lands on a sandy area on the roadside with just a few scratches on her arms. The local bovine breaks her arm and hits her head on the tarmac (no helmet). Me, straight into one of those big concrete lamposts. Result, 2 weeks in ICU (13 broken ribs/collapsed lung/broken shoulder and hand), wrecked bike but did manage to get a couple of months off work! Even now, some 9 months later I still have 9 broken ribs and Mr Doctor says the chances of them all fixing themselves are remote. Now I've been relegated to my Honda Wave, even though, given the chance I'd be back on a big bike tomorrow if I can only get the Mrs to agree! Ride safe out there - shit happens.

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You sound remarkably like that StillGeordie chap from Ajarn...

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Originally Posted by Bluecat

Anyway, to make a long story short, I was lucky, he was probably so drunk that he flew like a dummy, did not even get a scratch.
But the insurance had to buy a new motorbike...

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OK I'm confused.

Whose insurance paid for the motorbike?

His? Not if he was drunk.
Yours? Not if he was drunk.

Maybe its different in LOS (i doubt it) but if you're snookered, all bets are off when it comes to insurance.

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Originally Posted by Texpat

Maybe its different in LOS (i doubt it)

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Sorry...;)

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Originally Posted by Mousepad

Hehe, at last a forum with a great thread!

Many many bike accidents over the years, usually all my own doing. Broken most bones and been in and out of plenty of hospitals. I'll not bore you with them all but the last one was a cracker. Was riding one of my bikes (Honda VTR1000) over on Samui heading back towards the ferry terminal at Lipa Noi. The wifey was sitting behind me so I'm going fairly sensible and not too fast. Silly cow on a Dream or something pulls out right in front of me and BANG, I hit her - she goes flying - wifey goes flying - I go flying too. Wifey lands on a sandy area on the roadside with just a few scratches on her arms. The local bovine breaks her arm and hits her head on the tarmac (no helmet). Me, straight into one of those big concrete lamposts. Result, 2 weeks in ICU (13 broken ribs/collapsed lung/broken shoulder and hand), wrecked bike but did manage to get a couple of months off work! Even now, some 9 months later I still have 9 broken ribs and Mr Doctor says the chances of them all fixing themselves are remote. Now I've been relegated to my Honda Wave, even though, given the chance I'd be back on a big bike tomorrow if I can only get the Mrs to agree! Ride safe out there - shit happens.

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You sound remarkably like that StillGeordie chap from Ajarn...

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Nice chap he is too :)

Here in Phuket there is a motorbike fatality nearly everyday.
Yesterday a couple of farangs bought the farm in Kamala! Riding those jap rice rockets.
I used to ride an FJ1200 and a ZX10 back in New Mexico where you had room to open them up.
I see these nimrods opening up their 900RR's on busy city streets! Seems like they're just inviting death and dismemberment.

I've got 40 years of riding behind me and some minor road rash. Enough to tell me that riding the 100CC honda dream is the most sensible ride you can have on two wheels here.
Riding scared also helps. Don't trust any other motorist!
My 2 Baht worth!

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... Enough to tell me that riding the 100CC honda dream is the most sensible ride you can have on two wheels here.
Riding scared also helps. Don't trust any other motorist!
My 2 Baht worth!

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Here in the LOS, I agree completely. :)

I disagree, just because you have a big bike doesn't mean you have to drive it fast, the biggies are much more stable and much safer than those little fellas.

my wife drives big bikes well, but I can't persuade her to use a bigger one.
She understands the safety aspect but she says the big bikes are unladylike, I personally think they look damn sexy.

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Originally Posted by ChiangMai noon

I disagree, just because you have a big bike doesn't mean you have to drive it fast, the biggies are much more stable and much safer than those little fellas.

my wife drives big bikes well, but I can't persuade her to use a bigger one.
She understands the safety aspect but she says the big bikes are unladylike, I personally think they look damn sexy.

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Yes there is a school of thought that says you have better control and stability with a big bike.
I know my own limitations though and since I like power and speed I do ride bigger more powerful machines with some vigor! IME many of the accidents happen because the motorcycle is going too fast for the car driver to see and he pull's out in front of you.
The 100cc dream limits your speed to 40-80 kph. It's much easier for a auto driver to see you at those speeds.

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Originally Posted by durianfan

...I was driving an automatic Yamaha Nouvo. I don't know what the cc is...

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115cc I think - great little bikes. Just throttle up and keep on accelerating. Can outpace a lot of other small bikes.

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Originally Posted by Sanuk Canuk

... it always amazes me that they can come off at 200mph, slide 100 metres along the road, somersault into the barrier and get up, brush themselves down and walk away.
Must be something in the protective gear....

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More likely something to do with the absence of pick-up trucks, electric poles, pot holes, kerb stones, etc. ;)

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Originally Posted by Mousepad

Hehe, at last a forum with a great thread!

Many many bike accidents over the years, usually all my own doing. Broken most bones and been in and out of plenty of hospitals. I'll not bore you with them all but the last one was a cracker. Was riding one of my bikes (Honda VTR1000) over on Samui heading back towards the ferry terminal at Lipa Noi. The wifey was sitting behind me so I'm going fairly sensible and not too fast. Silly cow on a Dream or something pulls out right in front of me and BANG, I hit her - she goes flying - wifey goes flying - I go flying too. Wifey lands on a sandy area on the roadside with just a few scratches on her arms. The local bovine breaks her arm and hits her head on the tarmac (no helmet). Me, straight into one of those big concrete lamposts. Result, 2 weeks in ICU (13 broken ribs/collapsed lung/broken shoulder and hand), wrecked bike but did manage to get a couple of months off work! Even now, some 9 months later I still have 9 broken ribs and Mr Doctor says the chances of them all fixing themselves are remote. Now I've been relegated to my Honda Wave, even though, given the chance I'd be back on a big bike tomorrow if I can only get the Mrs to agree! Ride safe out there - shit happens.

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If it is in the blood you will never give them up
My father had a bad crash while racing and in the same crash his best mate was killed. He didnt ride for 20 years untill one Xmas he took my 900ss for a ride a week later he brought a ST1100
I am the same couldnt stay off motorcycles if I tried. Have been really lucky 5 years of riding in Thailand not one scratch
Mine you I class that as good luck not riding skills
Hope your back on the road soon

Well, you're not going to believe this, but I had another one this past Friday. Must be some kind of record - 2 motorbike accidents in one week. I was following this girl down soi 8 in Pattaya and she was going too fast, so I was having difficulty keeping up, and the brake slipped somehow, and down I went. I wasn't going very fast, maybe 10 kmh at most. But I scraped both my knees up pretty bad, and also one of my hands. It took about 4 days to heal enough for me to sit down without pain.

So I'm buying protective gear.

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I was following this girl down soi 8 in Pattaya and she was going too fast,

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Originally Posted by durianfan

maybe 10 kmh at most.

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I had one on July 17, coming back from Bosong to C.M. on a mototscooter, lent to me for the 10 days I was in LOS. I hit a sharp turn in a country road, het some gravel/sand and decided it would be a good idea to apply the hand brake (there is no foot break on scooters). The scooter went left and I continued straight on asphalt. Fortunately, I was wearing a helmet but took of most of the skin around the right elbow and broke the humorous bone, tore some ligaments and thought that I dislocated the shoulder (it turns out I only threw it out half way, which doesn't count as a dislocation). I went to McCormack Hospital, because it was the closest and they X- rayed the shoulder and confirmed the break and semi-cleaned the cuts and bruises. I say "semi" because they missed the hole in my elbow. My girlfriend didn't that night and cleaned it herself and then the next day, it was throughly cleaned at McCormack and they decided to admit me for 2 days to fill me with anti-biotics to stem and infection from the dirt still in the hole. Fortunately, no infection did occur and the bone eventually did heal but I have to do P.T. every day (except when in the U.S. now for 3 weeks) and should do them now . I've got most of the movement back in my right arm but it is sore to painful to make some movments, still. I decided not to have surgery but let nature take its course in lealing the ligaments (I had one doc in BKK want to do surgery but 2 in C.M. said the results would be the same with either surgery or P.T.). I can always choose surgery later, if need be. I would echo the thoughts of driving normally/defensively on the motorcycle (I'd never again ride on a scooter) and let the young hot shots blaze past you (I'm 53 and want to live to be 54). I did buy a motorcycle in September, after my arm/shoulder felt strong enough to ride one and since then, I've had to stop fast twice but in both cases, I've used the foor and then the hand brake and stopped on a dime (and lucky no one was close to me from behind).

I have been riding here for about 12 years, generally ride quite fast and ridden around much of the country, no accidents yet. Not highly skilled but a good 6th sense and strong self preservation skills. I went for a ride with a few fellows around here where I live. They were very slow, and most had limited skills, I saw one guy using only the rear brake, needless to say he came off and did himself as bit of damage. I think the limited skills aspect is the biggest problem with accidents here. Wouldn't it be wonderful to have advanced bike riding courses here?
A big bike will always be safer and more stable, bigger wheels mean better gyro effect, bigger brakes, but more importantly going at the same speed as the traffic means less opportunity for problems. When I went for a slow ride last weekend I felt like a sitting duck doing 70KPH with the others, whereas at 120 I felt safe.

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Originally Posted by peterpan

IWouldn't it be wonderful to have thai's with some sembilence of driving and riding skills here?

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yes but TIT!

(BTW - the indo's are far far worse!)