THINK before you flip that lid..!

[Kwackers]

Last October I was on a trail riding weekend on this fair isle, I was riding my 03 1150GSA and had covered 50-60 miles of widely varied off road terrain without problem, I was wearing a Schubert flip up lid and I still had it flipped up as I took off on a forest track which was hard packed, I had only travelled 50m when the front wheel dropped into a deep mud hole in the road, before I knew it I had lurched forward and hit the top lip of the GSA screen and as can be seen, I bursted open my chin and did some damage inside my mouth.
So if you use any kind of open face helmet or the flip up type THINK BEFORE YOU FLIP THAT LID, whether on road or off road or you could look like this or worse still slit your neck, loose your teeth...etc

 

[Stewart H]

Glad you are okay but its all fate really, an inch or two lower and it might not have mattered even whether you were wearing a helmet at all, buy a pogo and get some intense crashing practice in

Stewart

 

[Dellis]

That does look mighty sore. Good that you're ok though.

Dave

 

[(RIP) Kaister]

Motorcyling is dangerous

off road motorcycling is a bit more dangerous

off road motorcycling on a BMW is highly dangerous

off road motorcycling on a GSA is plain stupid







PS blow your nose next time

 

[LOLGEOFF]

Blimey...When you drink does it run out of the holes?

 

[Twotter]

It would have been cool if the medics could have made a word out of the stitches

 

[dancata]

People are laughing here, but there is nothing to laugh I am really sorry about your accident; it happened to me too, when I was 12 yr old, with the sledge over a hill; I got 7 stitches in my head and 4 more in my chin.

 

[Johnwhit]

People are laughing to cheer up the poor bloke. nobody is thinking the injury is funny mate.

Open face helmets arnt something I do but its nice of the dude to send in the warning. I once took a hit on the chin when I was flipped over a car onto the road and an open face lid would have been a bit of a problem that day.

anyway thanks for the warning and if it helps one person its a worthwhile post.

I still recon its a cool scar, just dont think trying to eat a gs is a good idea ! -- maybe try a honda next time

enjoy
John

 

[ExpatinIstanbul]

Two mouths, twice the food and booze. I don't see a down side.

 

[Mutley]

Ouch

Maybe there's a point to be made here about appropriate gear for the type of riding?

 

[Steptoe]

Maybe there's a point to be made here about appropriate gear for the type of riding?

Chin piece down and the screen could have gone underneth the helmet and cut into his neck.

No matter what you wear, If it can happen, it will.

A lot of people remove the screen when off roading.
Not for safety reasons, but expensive screen replacement reasons.

 

[Decster]

A lot of people remove the screen when off roading.
Not for safety reasons, but expensive screen replacement reasons.

maybe he needed a flip down screen...

 

[AberdeenAngus]

It would have been cool if the medics could have made a word out of the stitches

I think they did - but they were obviously Tolkien fans......

 

[Kwackers]

Ah yes I have heard the jokes many times now, I posted to highlight the potential lethal angle the adventure screen sits at, and I had it as upright as possible and the damage the seemingly blunt edge can do.
I have many years off road experience and this happened on a seemingly ok gravel road, which had a muddy section across the width of it but a hole hidden beneath on one side. I realise the limitations of a big bike like this off road, given that I ride enduro, trials and mid size trailies regularly.
I also saw on a globetrotter dvd one of their riders receiving nearly the exact same injury on another 1150GSA when he came off in traffic in a town... so you doesnt have to be off roading to be at risk.. but then every day is a risk while biking and we know most of the dangers and can only do our best to reduce the risks we face...!!

Anyway i'm off with the heat gun to re mould my screen....!!!!!!!!!!
Dave

 

[AberdeenAngus]

We're just glad you're ok.

 

[cherokee]

Or

maybe he needed a flip down screen...

A flip back head..........................

 

[Ogmios]

wanna see pics of my nose?
after highside and landing on face and sliding up the road on it...
in an openface lid.
3 ops to fix and it still dont work.

my 2 cents;
it dont matter what - every crash is different, in my case the open face was for the best / my Son was on the back - if he'd been wearing an openface he'd have come off Very Badly.
if i'd been wearing a fullface - i'd have come off very badly.

we're still here. He's grand - i'm more or less intact - coulda been a lot worse.

 

[Mac]

Yeowch, that's gonna piss you off for a while yet m8, slap lots of savlon for a few weeks, good stuff for healing that kind of injury

On the bright side ( and there usually is one.....somewhere ) i'm really happy you didn't bite half your tounge off as well.

I knew a bloke once who was not so lucky in a similar incident..............