12-26-2022, 08:12 PM
I intentionally laid a bike down once. Early 70s 250 CZ motocross bike. Unadjusted throttle cable that was too loose. Went WOT and when I backed off the end of the cable near the carb was out of the adjuster sleeve and wouldn’t let the cable back to roll off the gas. So at nearly wide open and with the drum brakes fully faded I ran out of room to avoid the rapidly approaching woods. It was also then that I realized the bike didn’t have a kill switch. Rather than go into the trees head first I laid it down and slid in sideways. I was unhurt but the expansion chamber on the bike was crushed against a tree which fortunately stopped the motor. Rigged a kill button before I road it again and always checked the cable adjustment and tested the kill switch before each ride after that.