[ST] get offs

[Bare <barenekd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have fallen literally hundreds of times in my 40+ years of riding, 25 
of which was dirt bike racing, and I can guarantee there is no rule 
pertaining whatsoever to the path you and the bike will take. On low 
sides, I have caught the bike after it stopped on more than one 
occasion, which generally screws up your well laid out plans of the 
gentle slide you had anticipated. I've spun around and had the bike 
chasing me, and in some cases, catching me and giving me a bit of a 
boot. There is no hard and fast rule about falling off, or how you are 
going to go off in the first place. I've low-sided, high-sided, gone 
over the bars. and wheelied over backwards. I have fallen on the dirt, 
in the mud, in the snow, in creeks and other water traps, and on the 
tarmac. I can honestly say  I don't recall any two following any rules! 
All the physics in the world aren't going to give you much help because 
there are too many variables. I was lucky enough never to get hurt too 
badly, and I can still get around in the canyons pretty well. I can't 
reach the ground on dirt bikes any more, so I had to give that up.
Bare



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