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jjj0923

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Has anyone managed to high side themselves with Traction Control turned on?

inquiring minds want to know

thanks
 
Well my dash lights up when hard on the gas out of a corner....and it feels like its sliding an inch or two...hard to say...but never once have i had a scary moment...but then again, i dont chop throttle mid corner either....

I would say, it would be hard to high side with TC working...i have mine set to Level4 at COTA...
 
cool - thanks for the info - I was wondering how well it worked. most of my worst crashes were high sides from getting on the throttle too hard and too early coming out of corners. this is cool to know..... much appreciated
 
jjj0923 said:
cool - thanks for the info - I was wondering how well it worked. most of my worst crashes were high sides from getting on the throttle too hard and too early coming out of corners. this is cool to know..... much appreciated
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You had me at “most of my worst crashes” 😂😂😂

Interestingly the fastest guy that I personally know has never payed his bike down in his entire life…he did get hospitalized from a guy crashing into him at 80 mph in the pit lane at AutoClub Speedway though.
 
I have lost count, at least 20-30 low and high sides and two into cars pulling out, one leaving me in hospital for a week. Only a few broken bones, clavicle, ankle, forearm several concussions, plenty of gravel rash, one time I left home and woke up in ED- absolutely no memory whatsoever, bike recovered with a few scratches on it... the list goes on! This is over 45 years and about 30 bikes.
 
Steven31371 said:
You had me at “most of my worst crashes” 😂😂😂

Interestingly the fastest guy that I personally know has never payed his bike down in his entire life…he did get hospitalized from a guy crashing into him at 80 mph in the pit lane at AutoClub Speedway though.
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me in the 1997 Daytona 200

crashes
lost front end over the hill at Road Atlanta when gravity cavity was there and I got my first serious taste of georgia clay
lost front end in dog leg at Daytona.
missing a gear mid turn in Rainey curve at Laguna Seca - went off in stones - very minor laid bike down in practive session for ama superbike race
lost front end on crap pirelli tires (they were crap in late 90's) going onto banking at daytona. got run over - no injuries.
high side at NHIS (got wind knocked out of me)
high side at Road Atlanta turn 5 (broke both wrists - I was really flying in a sunday morning practice session for a CCS race)
 

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if you aint crashing once in a while you clearly are not going fast enough.
 
Remember kids, SAFETY THIRD!

Only high-side, Monster 900S no TC, coming out of grocery store Oct. 31st was 75F in the morning, then snowed in San Francisco that same afternoon. Out of parking lot on the gas, found ice after the curb, spun around at least 100 degrees. My ... must have cleared 9 feet altitude at launch, landed like a sack of potatoes. I'll never forget how hard the street was coming at it perpendicular.
 
Vbreeze said:
Remember kids, SAFETY THIRD!

Only high-side, Monster 900S no TC, coming out of grocery store Oct. 31st was 75F in the morning, then snowed in San Francisco that same afternoon. Out of parking lot on the gas, found ice after the curb, spun around at least 100 degrees. My ... must have cleared 9 feet altitude at launch, landed like a sack of potatoes. I'll never forget how hard the street was coming at it perpendicular.
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Perpendicular tarmac is the worst. Still bear the scars of a .... who turned left into me. Literally have a divot in the muscle on my hip. Amazing how time slows down in these situations.
 
that totally sucks.... each time I high sided I was either racing or practice session and both times I could only think about how hard the stinking pavement was when I landed on it - basically both times on my back....
 
High sided way back in the day well before TC, going into turn one at Summit Point Main on cold tires for morning practice. Before TC nasty highsides were pretty common. Was on Dunlop D364 tires.
 
jjj0923 said:
me in the 1997 Daytona 200

crashes
lost front end over the hill at Road Atlanta when gravity cavity was there and I got my first serious taste of georgia clay
lost front end in dog leg at Daytona.
missing a gear mid turn in Rainey curve at Laguna Seca - went off in stones - very minor laid bike down in practive session for ama superbike race
lost front end on crap pirelli tires (they were crap in late 90's) going onto banking at daytona. got run over - no injuries.
high side at NHIS (got wind knocked out of me)
high side at Road Atlanta turn 5 (broke both wrists - I was really flying in a sunday morning practice session for a CCS race)
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You would have raced around the time a good friend of mine was a crew chief he looked after Scott Russel and Anthony gobert, his name is Owen Coles, do you know him?
 
My favourite experience, is 'the crawl'.
When you highside, land on your hip bone and ribs. Instant pain and winded. But, you're lying on the racing line and have to move. So, you muster all your strength and power, and gingerly crawl to the gravel. At approx the same speed as a snail. Bike littered somewhere further down the track.
You know it was a good one, when the bruising goes half way across your back and stomach 🤣
 
RickD996 said:
My favourite experience, is 'the crawl'.
When you highside, land on your hip bone and ribs. Instant pain and winded. But, you're lying on the racing line and have to move. So, you muster all your strength and power, and gingerly crawl to the gravel. At approx the same speed as a snail. Bike littered somewhere further down the track.
You know it was a good one, when the bruising goes half way across your back and stomach 🤣
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Man just as I’m starting to think to myself that you guys are all too crazy for me I realized that I just started riding bikes at 50 years old, after years of tracking cars…so all my crashes were in cars.

With more life threatening injuries btw.

I’m convinced that even with a good roll cage cars are more dangerous cause your rolling inside the car surrounded by metal bits flying apart.

My worst injury the floor board buckled, crunched through the bones and a major blood vessel in my ankle and cut the back half of my foot off, but otherwise no injuries lol…9 hours of reconstructive surgery later and a year of rehab and the foot was fine-ish haha.

Almost bleed out, lost 50% of the blood in my body.
 
Steven31371 said:
Man just as I’m starting to think to myself that you guys are all too crazy for me I realized that I just started riding bikes at 50 years old, after years of tracking cars…so all my crashes were in cars.

With more life threatening injuries btw.

I’m convinced that even with a good roll cage cars are more dangerous cause your rolling inside the car surrounded by metal bits flying apart.

My worst injury the floor board buckled, crunched through the bones and a major blood vessel in my ankle and cut the back half of my foot off, but otherwise no injuries lol…9 hours of reconstructive surgery later and a year of rehab and the foot was fine-ish haha.

Almost bleed out, lost 50% of the blood in my body.
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It's interesting, the 'feeling safe' mentality. In the UK, when wearing helmets became compulsory, motorcycle accident rate went up. 🤣
 

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