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When I attended the 2011 or 2010 rally, the last one at TWO, I had a similar experience as Greg did, with better results I might ad. I entered a decreasing radius turn a bit too hot and as I started wandering into the opposing lane I looked up and saw a gold Ford Explorer headed right toward me on a collision course. I looked left and saw the precipice (no escape that way), I looked in the Explorer and noticed the driver's eyes had turned to saucers and he was leaning back awaiting the impact, he had nowhere to go to avoid the accident. Then I did the one thing that really saved my a$$, I pushed down hard on the right handlebar to force the bike to go right, that got me back in my lane as the Explorer whooshed by. Mind you, these were not conscious decisions, they were automatic ones. I was just along for the ride. I'm glad my instincts served me well in that occasion. I can still play it back in slow motion in my head with all the other thoughts that go along with it.
For me it pays to read about how to handle emergency situations and visualize myself performing recovery actions. I find that these get stored in my subconscious and surface instinctively when you're in self preservation mode. It has happened to me more that once, trust me it's a good mental exercise.
I still also remember that Jeff was riding in front of me during this event and commented, "I don't know how you pulled that one off" once we got to the next stop. He may not remember, but it's part of the slo-mo movie I still have in my head....hehehe.
Somehow, miraculously I got out of harms way, don't ask me how.
Greg, I wish you a speedy recovery and the best heartfelt wishes I can send anyone. I know the thoughts that went through my mind in during those brief scary seconds and I'm sure yours were similar.
Good luck buddy.
When I attended the 2011 or 2010 rally, the last one at TWO, I had a similar experience as Greg did, with better results I might ad. I entered a decreasing radius turn a bit too hot and as I started wandering into the opposing lane I looked up and saw a gold Ford Explorer headed right toward me on a collision course. I looked left and saw the precipice (no escape that way), I looked in the Explorer and noticed the driver's eyes had turned to saucers and he was leaning back awaiting the impact, he had nowhere to go to avoid the accident. Then I did the one thing that really saved my a$$, I pushed down hard on the right handlebar to force the bike to go right, that got me back in my lane as the Explorer whooshed by. Mind you, these were not conscious decisions, they were automatic ones. I was just along for the ride. I'm glad my instincts served me well in that occasion. I can still play it back in slow motion in my head with all the other thoughts that go along with it.
For me it pays to read about how to handle emergency situations and visualize myself performing recovery actions. I find that these get stored in my subconscious and surface instinctively when you're in self preservation mode. It has happened to me more that once, trust me it's a good mental exercise.
I still also remember that Jeff was riding in front of me during this event and commented, "I don't know how you pulled that one off" once we got to the next stop. He may not remember, but it's part of the slo-mo movie I still have in my head....hehehe.
Somehow, miraculously I got out of harms way, don't ask me how.
Greg, I wish you a speedy recovery and the best heartfelt wishes I can send anyone. I know the thoughts that went through my mind in during those brief scary seconds and I'm sure yours were similar.
Good luck buddy.
but can see that it HURTS to TALK and HURTS worse to LAUGH. So I left him to rest and maybe get some sleep. Oh, he so much wants to just sleep uninterrupted for a few hours -and- to chow down on something good.
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