I doubt I would have been able to avoid the collision, and I’ve been riding 45 years. I’d also suggest the vast majority of road riders would have ended up the same as that poor guy. I simply think given the closure speed and lack of time to process whats about to happen, theres no way to avoid the inevitable here. I doubt any form of ‘counter steering’ or ‘flicking’ the bike would have avoided some collision. Large sports bikes simply wont change direction quick enough. I think the best you can hope for here is possibly to jump off the bike and hope the grass is soft, but again, lack of reaction time probably counts this out. Like I have said previously, the same thing on the exact same bend happened to my mate last year, but the car didnt travel over as much and returned to the correct late. My mate is a very experienced rider and in his words he effin sh!t himself. He reckons no way to avoid a head on if the car was fully on his side of the road.
As a side issue, Matt how and where do you actually practice these avoidance manoeuvres?
Stuart
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