jerryh

Slight drizzle at the time, had been raining on/off all day.
On I40 West at the I75 split near Knoxville. Curving left, bike ever so gently drifts right towards the solid white stripe. Gentle with bars left, no dice. Hit the stripe, rear swings right, towards the outside of the curve. Bike leaning way over to the left. Stabbed with left leg, got the bike closer to verticle, straightend up the bars and saved it. Never let off the throttle. Must have been oil on the pavement because traction overall was fine. Thank God! Been riding since I've been 8 with lots of dirt. Surprising how little effort the stab took and how smooth the correction felt compared to something like this offroad.

comedo

I'm glad you and the bike are OK. Well done!

jerryh

Thanks! Heavy traffic on my tail. It was an important save and pretty awesome

smokinjoe73

Thats one of those glad you saved it but sucked that you had to. Glad you are ok. Amazing how quick it can go wrong.

Wolverine

Invaluable instinct from being on dirt and praise those tires, which are??

jerryh

Yes, thanks! The pavement was so lubed up there that my shoe easily slid while I was straightening the bike up.

jerryh

Thanks man. Tires: Road2. I have slid on pavement like this once before years ago and wasnt raining. Small dip with a slight curve, oil/grease possibly from vehicle suspension compressing? Caught me by surprise that time too

Killemall