Well it finally happened, during my 240km round trip I managed to nearly come off the bike when I hit an oil patch, gained control no problem, got stuck in torrential down pour with horrendous cross winds, then finally on a round about, which I entered very slowly I watched this red 2014 commodore slowly enter in from my left and not stop. Swerved the bike to the right to angle my rear end towards her, then she hit me.
Managed to stay on the bike, she was not going that fast, many choice words that would have made a sailor blush. She was very apologetic and said the classic SMIDSY.
The good news is my DL650 had no damage, while her shiny red commodore has scratches in the front bumper. My we has claws baby!
So my first ever accident, my analysis is I probably should have turned on the gas to avoid the car, but in my defense it was wet and thought reducing the speed/energy of the overall situation may have led to a better outcome.
Managed to stay on the bike, she was not going that fast, many choice words that would have made a sailor blush. She was very apologetic and said the classic SMIDSY.
The good news is my DL650 had no damage, while her shiny red commodore has scratches in the front bumper. My we has claws baby!
So my first ever accident, my analysis is I probably should have turned on the gas to avoid the car, but in my defense it was wet and thought reducing the speed/energy of the overall situation may have led to a better outcome.