GS150R's front never locks even under panic braking, I think there was no rear braking at all in this case

Anyway, that you are safe Anup........is a more than good news for me

The road is full of dumb f**kers, there are some people who thinks they own the road and their safety is our concern.That biker could have judged upcoming traffic from his RVMs in order to maintain the discipline on roads.Just think if the upcoming traffic was not Anup and was some truck or SUV instead ??? what would have happened ??? People would have went with their usual ranting that two-wheelers are not safe.

While on the other hand it is the rider who makes it unsafe.And the agony is felt by so many others.

I had been to countries and have traveled roads other than my own country.
And I have to say that our country ranks one of the least in road discipline,even though many of the road users boasts of safe-side riding.let me tell, that the notion of safe-riding is often one -sided, which results in accidents due to lack of discipline and foresight to judge the traffic conditions.

All I can say,Anup, you cannot help such a situation,but thank God for protecting you.

As for the insurance part,maybe Vishnu and others who have already availed it can help.

Thank God you are safe!!!!

Thats why we all here promote safety riding!
but its a high time those dumbos should be taught how to ride with SENSE.

Thanks Mach and Maestro. I tried to steer bike while braking, that caused wheel to lock. Everything happened so quick that I dont even remember when I pulled brake. I couldn't move anything other than right hand, my first real panic braking.

I used to believe that we can avoid situations with cautious riding and skills. Guess we bikers are at serious disadvantage in pinch situations.

I too have the opinion about GS’s brake, that too from my personal experiences. A few days ago, while on a trip to a hill station with a friend as pillion rider` in the early morning, I too have encountered a critical situation in which a truck was parking in the road without parking lights and thanks to the bikes head light, I was too late to recognize it. Nothing was left but brake with the full force I can apply on both brakes. Anyhow, I was able to stop the bike without skidding.

Travelling of high school students on bikes under the nose of police personal is a usual sight in many parts of our country. No one do stop them or even notice their riding. It is not a surprise in a country where whole the politicians – without any exemption – are absolutely corrupt and the public are not aware or do not bother to be aware of it. One of the latest known one is the 2G, which involves the looting of a simple sum of about Rs. 183000*10000000 = 1,830,000,000,000. Our total population is about 1,210,000,000.This is the fate, the destiny of a nation where the young generation is castrated. A very small portion of this castrated day dreamers do see the fruitless one man show of Anna Hazare, but do not see the Bhushans and the other part, the majority, keeps their eyes, ears and mouths closed.

Anup, there is no cautious riding or riding skills when you meet an accident in an open road, as you have experienced. Anyhow, I am happy to know that you have escaped with minor injuries.

For the insurance claim, please get in touch with the service centre. You may get the full cost of the foot peg and half of the indicator. As the visor is not broken, you may not get its cost. I am doubtful about the crash guard as it may be considered as an extra fitting. And remember that your no-claim bonus will be lost next year, if you claim the insurance now.

^^^^ Good that youre safe bro.

As mach said, applying any one brake hard tends to lock the wheel, more so with the rear brake which tends to lock quicker. Its better to practice for these situations and make the technique instinctive.

As for insurance, youll probably get around 50-60% of cost value minus depreciation for plastics and cost value minus depreciation for metal parts.

Depending on where you live, the insurance company youve subscribed to and the availability of parts, it will probably take 3 days - 2 weeks to get your bike refitted. Just make sure your papers and alibi are all in order.....the insurance people and sometimes the showroom ones who work tandem with insurance will try to get the better of you and delay your claim as long as possible if they cant reject it. Ive had a bad enough experience with my claim to go piss on their doors. You probably have nothing to worry about as yours is a small claim if you make it.

I know people who have claimed for crash guards. The footpeg, crash guard and indicators dont cost much and you can put band aid on the scratched visor. So, as vishnu pointed, make the claim if you dont mind losing the no claim bonus.

Im surprised that nothing has happened to the silencer since it fell on the right side. Im more surprised that our tiny crash guard was able to protect anything at all. Im even more surprised that it got bent badly ...because I had rammed my crash guard into an electric pole at ~40 kmph once and it got just a scratch on it and a minor barely noticeable bend, so i was under the impression that its a tough piece of metal.

Thanks Vishnu and Ram,

I have decided not to claim insurance as the damages are minor.

@ Ram

The crash guard is really tough, I was going around 50 kmph, the moment I pulled brake I was send flying. Don't remember what I did in between. I just used front brake, if I'm to all fall that way only way is that while braking steering was not not straight also the road was very sandy.

The bike would have skidded for at least 10 meters. On checking again, the crash guard is not that badly bent. It only has slight bent but it is glazing with fresh metal surface.

Bangalore was in chaos yesterday due to heavy rains. Ive never seen this kind of heavy rain this early in a year before. Some areas were flooded with knee deep water and sometimes hipdeep. I had gone into a shop on one side of the road having parked my bike on the other side. By the time I exit the shop, the intersection is flooded, a river flowing down the road carrying all manner of crazy things......Huge broken branches, footpath debris, tarpauls, footpath hawkers' goods, a helmet, umbrella, plywood boards, coconuts, gigantic dead rats and some mice drowning to cross the street.

Vehicles plied about for the first hour of this rain. When the rain showed no sign of stopping or even letting down, the buses and autos stopped moving in that area, police mamas abandoned post and went running off to their houses.

I waited for more than an hour and when I couldnt take it, I decided to brave the flood, got to the other side, drenched to my knees(Im 6 feet BTW) and soaked above it, started up my bike(didnt start without choke) and made my way across that river crossing, dunking into a couple of unseeable pothles along the way. While some vehicles were struggling against the current on an incline, I made it past that road with relative ease thanks to the ample torque and good grip of the GS. I kept the throttle high all the time and coupling that with GS exhausts being high up, no water entered it. I cant imagine the plight of 2ts, discos and others with low exhausts braving that rain.

Along the way, I saw a couple of autos engines seizing up, a few others pushing theirs with passengers inside callously chatting away on the phone, one more having hit a log in the middle of the road. With no police manning many roads, some intersections were chaos. I had to ride ~ 25 kms in that torrential rain to reach my destination. Once I crossed the flooded areas, I could manage speeds upto 50 kmph as and when traffic let me. I even managed 70 kmph along a winding stretch only to back down unable to bear the piercing rain.....the point being that throughout the ride, the roadgrip was amazing, not much different than riding on dry roads(at least for those speeds). As for braking, obviously it was worse but still very manageable.

Even in that rain a lot of vehicles were still moving. This caused some pile up of traffic. To avoid that, I took gullys and bylanes as much as I could. But even those were choked with vehicles trying to avoid the mainroads. On one such road, there was a scooter parked perpendicular to the road blocking traffic. On a closer look, the path taht teh scooter was blocking was collapsed leaving a gaping hole in the ground, sewage and water pipes visible and leaking. By the time I reached that road, the rain had let up a little and road surface was clearly visible. Were it otherwise and were it not for that scooter, someone( me included) could have been seriously injured.

After more than an hour of riding through water, slush, wet dirt, wet smooth roads, wet broken roads, chaotic traffic and being soaked head to toe, I finally reached safe and slightly less sound.

Now why did I write all this? One one hand, to praise the gs because I felt like a king confidently riding against the raging road river rapids, past other cautiously moving vehicles, taking all roads with relative ease, stopping for none, it didnt let me down. On the other hand, a realization of how my kingship could have been royally toppled by the many incalculable variables such as unnoticed patches of slush, deep potholes, falling\fallen trees, broken manholes, collapsed roads, rain maddened animals and not the least, lunatics on wheels.....that I thankfully didnt face head on. To my luck, the only accident I had was that I ran over an onion.

Its not just limited to motorists.....even pedestrians are equally guilty. They get off buses in the middle of intersections into the paths of speeding vehicles, try to cross highways giving off stop signs left and right to vehicles moving at 100 kmph and make the bold move of crossing the road just in time for you to hit them or just stay frozen in the middle of the road. I've got to say the IT crowd in bangalore is especially notorious for this....much brains, little common sense(nothing personal).

We bikers are at the mercy of everything on the road. God better help us.

@anup: So, tahts why it skidded. Im more scared of sand when Im on the gs than my max 100. If I skid, I cant control gs as well as I can control the 2t because of the weight(though Ive never taken a fall on my gs because of sand). Thats one thing you have to love about 2 strokes, they are light as a tricycle.

Thats what I thought. But, even if its tough, it barely covers the essesntials like the silencer and more importantly the riders foot. I feel the need for a bigger crash guard.



@mach 50: Its not exactly smooth but relatively smooth. Gear falls in notches with tak sound with clutch in, gear falls in notches without tak sound with partial clutch.

You must love your bike a lot to set the chain by trial and error each time.

Nice write up bro. Even on a fall she took all the beating.

The scratches were on the handle bar weight, front brake lever, crash guard, food peg, ladies handle bar, silencer cover and rear side panel. My right knee was under the bike for some distance, even then there is only a small scratch on the knee, majority of the scratches are on the angle and lower foot.

There isn't a single scratch in the tank . So I guess current crash guard is enough, but as you suggested a little bigger like CBZ or Hunk (Butterfly) would be great

^^^^ Thanks man.

Maybe some of that damage could have been lessened if there was a bigger crash guard. But I guess you would have to compromise on the handling to some extent for that.

How did you lift the bike up after the spill?

People gathered around me in no time. They lifted bike and put it on centre stand. The key broke and is still inside the lock. I was totally blank after the fall, I was wondering what happened. Even during my fall I was thinking about bike.

It is really hurting to see bike full of scars. My friend took bike to home, today morning I rode bike to see if there is anything wrong with handling. It seems like handle bar is slightly out of alignment but rest all are intact.

hey bro..really glad to hear that you made it out safely..i guess she took care of you even during the fall..small scratches can be fixed..i pray nothing major happened to your baby..ride safe buddy...

@@2strokerama

bro i can second that long rainy post of yours...god it was hell on the roads and my bike did great on it..i am quite happy with the way it took care of me...braked when i wanted it..didnt skid on slippery surfaces..almost changed into a boat/jet ski when i needed it..i am amazed..other bikes were being pushed through the water i was riding above it..too good...i am very impressed..

Thank god and Ur helmet.... The above mentioned parts are not expensive i hope ...Hmmm Forget it and Celebrate The Easter

Thank you Kirthimannan and Abdul, I'm over it and looking forward for this Easter.

Wish all you guys HAPPY EASTER