Long post incoming.
Had another ride out yesterday and had a big moment. We was riding out on the country roads, and I'm sure you know how these things can be pretty narrow. This was the type which didn't contain a footpath.
I had a wall on my side, around the size of me on the bike. The other side was a smaller sized wall leading over to some fields, both sides was covered with trees and plants, making it harder to see. I was riding along with another student and instructor behind me.
We was probably doing about 20-25mph at this point coming up to the turn, I commit myself to making the turn but I couldn't see clearly the road around the corner, if at all. After already entering the corner and making my way around, a silver van appeared out of nowhere, heading on the other side of the road.
Due to the van being near central line and feeling as though the van seemed a little close to me, I ended up trying to bring the bike up to go around a little wider. This wasn't going to happen as I didn't have much room to manoeuvre within the corner. I smashed into the wall on myside, the impact took me and the bike down, felt my helmet hit the tarmac as I slide along and the bike ended up on my foot. My foot was twisted underneath so I couldn't get it off so easily. My gear has little rips in but they their job.
I must stress how important it is to always wear protective gear. Even if the weather outside is roasting!
Without everything on, it could have been worse. I ended up just having a scrape on my arm and my left side of the body just aching. I seem fine though, it hasn't changed anything. I just wanted to get back on and ride
Bike handled the fall well with only two items need pushing back into place. Instructor seemed pretty surprised it didn't have any damage.
After I had a rest, we headed over to the test area to practice some Mod1 test as the other student had his test the day after. He also decided now was a good time to teach me counter steering. I practiced counter steering while the other student practiced and wow. Counter steering just feels more natural to me. It probably could have helped me avoid the crash earlier on.
Finished with a little avoidance hazard on the Mod1, where you have to be going 50kph and avoid the last set of cones by going either left or right. My last two attempts I managed to go 49 and 48 which felt pretty good and my emergency braking seemed great. Short ride back to the centre using counter steering and another day complete
