What Did She Do Wrong?

[cheriann]

We came home today from a nice trip to WV to meet up with some Kawasaki friends we hadn't seen in a while. The only problem, was that we had no cell phone service where we were staying and riding in the mountains!!!! We had a friend go down and couldn't call 911! Another friend and I jumped on our bikes and rode to find help.

So, now we are trying to figure out what she did.

It was a hairpin turn. Most of us were ahead of her and didn't see the actual event. One friend was behind her, but he was so shook up by what he saw that he doesn't know, other than a few observations: He said she was going too fast for that turn. He said when she started going off the road, sparks were flying from under her bike. The bike landed on it's right side. Our friend had to lift the back of the bike for her to get her leg out.

Most think if sparks were flying, she must have been sliding on her crash bar. Some think she started leaning the bike and throttling up too late into the turn. What do you think?

By the way, I am happy to report that she got brusied up real bad, but no broken bones!!!

Where her bike went off


You can get an idea of the turn here and also see the scrape mark on the road


Another view