Safety is of utmost concern and should be so for any sensible motorcyclist.  Riding a motorcycle safely and sensibly is a skill and art that can only be developed over a period of time.  As somebody once told me, you are Smart if you can learn from other people's mistakes. So talk to people with a number of years of riding experience and learnning from them can do you a lot of good !!

I personally (webmaster) believe that there is a sixth sense every individual is gifted with.  As long as one realises, recognises and not venture beyond that limit, you can generally ride/drive safe.

Watch this page regularly to see if you can learn anything from here !!

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Ride Safe

from Paul Myler

I was travelling to Tim's funeral who was a member of Rainbringers MCC ( RIP). Myself with Andy Harrison were riding together on the Old A5 Tuesday 4th December, 2007 10:30 a.m from Telford.

We were a bit late and were cracking on wet roads, when I encountered a pheasant coming the other way. To say we were both flying is an understatement.

We made contact head on and my mate The Pheasant, smashed into the screen clean off my Triumph Tiger and exploded into my right shoulder breaking the visor on my helmet.  It knocked me senseless and the impact left me breathless.  I did managed to park the bike without crashing. Andy wanted to ring me an ambulance there and then. However I composed myself and we went ahead to attend the funeral.

We paid our respects to Tim and later went to hospital. They put me on oxygen and scraped lots of pheasant out of my neck.  I was taken care of very well.

Then, the jokes started pouring in..... ' Myler the bird magnet' being the most popular. It was even suggested that a pigeon could have caused the same damage.
 

The moral of the story is.....

There are hazards in the most unlikely places. Never let you guard down, Ride safe!!

Some pictures from the impact...

What a 'Bird' can potentially do !! Bruises all over my right chest	The blackspot above the armpit is where the bird's beak entered into me :(

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Woody's Tip

There will come a time during the course of your riding when you may come off your motorcycle. If and when that happens and if you can help, put the bike down on its side rather than it go wobbly and throw you up in the air like a horse.  If you do put the bike down on its side.... especially when you are at higher speeds, you will certainly break some bones, but you are likely to recover and survive.  If you let the bike throw you up in the air, then there are lot more permutations and combinations that a rider has to deal with and unfortunately he or she has no control over it and also there is no predictable outcome...

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