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I SAVE MYSELF FROM CRASHING ON A MOTORCYCLE (BARELY)

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During filtering traffic in a big touring motorcycle - Suzuki V-Strom 1000, the engine suddenly dies while making a tight right turn between the cars. This forced me to try to lift the bike immediately since the lean angle had been already big. Thankfully I managed to put it back to an upright position thanks to plenty of adrenaline. I recommend not skipping your leg day and work on your back muscles. This should help a lot. Such a big and heavy bike turns out to be also pretty heavy when it wants to fall.

So I'm riding there and filtering traffic as everything is stuck, and at the worst moment possible, the bike stalls. It wasn't me releasing the clutch too quickly. The engine just died. Many V engines have this annoying habit. I captured this behavior before as well and you can see it in this short episode. Also happened to me on a new Ducati Scrambler.

Work on your back and legs if you plan on battling a motorcycle in the future. I don't recommend that though.

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