What are the chances?


mcoulter

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That a huge bug will magically appear inside my full-faced helmet AND a fat raccoon will run out in front of me at the EXACT same time on my ride home from work yesterday?

:eek:

I was going roughly 60 mph on a secondary road which is lightly traveled so fortunately nobody was around me. I'm very happy to say that nothing became of it, but really... what are the chances?

This was my 1st emergency braking situation since getting the bike and I feel I did pretty well. Know I used both brakes simultaneously and braked hard enough that the rear tire chirped a bit. Going back the next day I could see a skid mark about 10 feet long so the back brake must have locked up a bit. I never felt like the backend was going to come around.

So as I calmed down afterwards I questioned myself - would it have been better to brake less and swerve around the backside of the coon? I still think I've seen too many times when animals in the road reverse direction...

Any thoughts, commentary or suggestions would be appreciated!
 

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