@RX: The good part is that your safe! Thats what matters the most!

Accidents can happen at any speed, probability of the accident would increase with increase in speed. But then its good to see that you had adequate amounts of protection.

Don't worry too much about the bike, most of it is cosmetic and cosmetic damage is least and most expensive of ur worries.

About the fall I guess I know what happened, you *might* have slammed the rear brakes a tad bit too hard that resulted in your fall. This atleast is reason for most of the 220 accidents!

Yes . I had a similar crash 4-5 months back. At that time no knee or elbow gaurds. These 800 bucks things have saved me from serious rashes!! Now I wear them 99% of time. Office, hanging arnd with frends, G2Gs...everytime!!

Yes its cosmetic. Bike is running like nothing happened!!!!

Yes I did slammed the rear brakes hard. Guess I need thorough lesson from you guys. These tyres dont stick man!!!

Thanks Praful

How old are your tyres anyways? (Mine lasted all the way till 20K with more life in them to go). What you need to actually do is adjust to reduced amount of traction due to worn out tyres that way you will automatically adjust your braking distances.

My two crashes have also been because of slamming the rear brakes too hard, I guess its a natural response in a panic situation to slam both the front and rear brakes. We need to overcome that tendency.

Funny situation is that when I fell for the first time, I really felt that I need to buy proper riding gear. The second time I fell, I felt that I must also wear the riding gear that I had bought!

Yes, but how???? Am unable to do so. I immediately slam all the brakes!!

Hey man, this wasn't expected from you dude. Please wear them

Time/Falls/Patience/Age will teach us to slow down on the brakes

Can't wear the jacket and knee guards to every place that I go to. My last fall had happened when I was in that situation when I wasn't wearing either my jacket or the knee guards or even the armoured gloves..

Dipankar....sad to know of your crash. Was good that you were wearing proper protective stuff. Though crashes are an expected part and parcel of motorcycling, they should not be an 'accepted' part. And the only way to keep crashes purely 'expected' is to improve upon your skills and situational awareness with each ride.

We just have a tendency to blame the tyres or the brakes when 'we' (the rider) step past their limits. The same tyres have given you many miles of fun riding. The point is to know the limits of your equipment. People even lock-up on super sticky rubber on the best of sbk's. You can't ride on glue but you sure can ride on skills.

Praful, true about being aware of the traction limits of your tyres and be in touch with them as they wear out.

Also true that slamming on the brakes is a natural reflex. But so is the inability to balance on two wheels. Ask any kid learning to ride a bicycle and he'll tell you.

Panic braking is as much a skill as is taking curves or smoothly shifting gears on a bike. And panic braking is usually the least practiced of skills because we do our utmost to avoid getting ourselves into a situations that demand panic braking.

The solution is to practice panic braking without the 'panic' element. Find a clear and clean piece of tarmac, start from speeds as low as 30kph and make panic stops, relying more on the front brake than on the rear. Build up on speed till you can predictably take the front tyre to near its traction limit while braking. (A thin grey trace from the front shows a tyre braked at its traction limit. So does an audible 'howl' from it) The repeated braking will ingrain this new muscle reflex into muscle memory and when you really need it the next time, rear wheel lock-ups will not remain the 'natural' option. A controlled emergency stop will be the result of the 'new' reflex.

Sorry on ur fall RX100. Glad that ur safe. Dont worry ur bike will be back to its old self and rocking soon. Once on the road 99% is under ur control, the rest 1% is not. And yeah, I do agree with Praful to an extent. I make it a point to wear Helmets and gloves to office daily, but knee sliders, jackets et al daily to office!!!

Sir,
I was just thinking about you when this whole situation happened. Panic Braking!!! Am just eager to learn from you & apply it. How to avoid that & have more control. We all need these information desperately. We need you sirji.
Happy & safe riding to you & all .

Thanks mate My bike is the happy part of my life.

But again I would request you, Praful & all. If possible & yes it is, trust me, do wear the gears every time. I am thankful to XBHP for engraving this concept in me


MODS: sorry too much OT in this thread. No more from me

@RX :
Dude sorry to hear about ur crash, but ur ok tats the best part so be happy.
last month even i had a similar crash, and from outside there were not much of damage but, a dent on tank as handlebar was bent and slight scratch on fairin.
But when the entire front fairing was opened it was found that the front structure was broken, crack on headlight,handlebar stopper kaput.
Had to replace entire fairing with structure and headlights, redone the tank also , total kharcha 10K insuarnce paid almost 65% so its kool.
But after all this the bikes now at top form. and got new michelins also.
So, check ur bike at SC as there might be internal issues u wldnt see frm ouside and get the insuarance claim. (Am not trying to scare u , but personal exp)

Dipankar, good to know that you are unmoved by the accident and sharing your experience with us - thanks.
Glad to hear the importance of riding gear.
We love our bikes man and thats why we are here.....we get so attached to it.....but trust me you will love her more and more as things start getting normal - thats the most satisfying thing about bike's (when compared to ?? ) you can carry on your rapport with her after a crash !!
About rear brake - its all about the pressure you apply and then the tyres !! both have 50-50 part to play.
Try different preassure with your rear brake and practice, like before a hump..and so on.... practice this on your daily routine trips, that will give you confidence and you can get to know the limits of it - Keep the traffic in mind. Don't worry, it was just a coincidence that it was a car.
The two most helpful things you can do to your self when driving/riding is PREDICT and DON'T IGNORE !

caravikiran & chilled fire

THNX A LOT MATES!! I am very thankfull to all the xbhpians. I just dont wanna upset the mods. So will post less & will post only related to P220. Will keep you all updated. I really appreciate for the concern, guys. There is a sense of real brotherhood here. Sorry for getting emotional.

THANKS

Needed some info for Pulsar 220

Well, I own a Pulsar 220 of September 2008 make. I wanted some minor mods to be done on the bike and needed some knowledge about it.
I want to fix a Ngk Irridium Spark plug for my bike. The model I will be using is CR9 and CR7. Is it worth changing the spark plugs? And is it advisable or worth having a K&N Filter put up on 220???
And people say shell fuel is good for better performance of the bike. So which fuel should be used?? Its obviously not unleaded from shell right??

Topic Merged.

@RX (Dipankar): I am sorry to hear about your crash. I am also glad that you were relatively unhurt. Isn't this your second crash? Be careful, brother.

@ashvin: As far as I have heard, shell performs pretty good. As far as putting the K&N filter goes, there are various members who have tried it out. They mostly don't recommend it because of the marginal (or maybe only psychological) gain in acceleration. It is not advisable as per a lot of members' suggestions. Also, the NGK's doesn't help in improving the bike's performance, just that it starts and sparks better.