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Well I will be short as opposed to my rambling self given I have but a minute here....
Just coming home from work, came down a long off ramp with 2 lanes, saw left was congested so went to right, found myself going about 25. Had front brake covered and running to right half of right lane. Black Altima cuts into right lane without signal, not enough space to make it between that and a guardrail. Used front brake to brake as much as possible while focusing on a hole in case I couldn't make it. Did a 15' long endo with rear wheel about 1' off ground. Got bike stopped in time, caught up with motorist and gave her a polite talking to about almost running me down and you need to look.
Lessons learned:
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Covering front brake - good
Practicing stoppies in closed environment so you don't freak out in real situation - helps / good
You get really strong in a crisis - enough to stoppie with 2 fingers on brake lever - scary
There is no time for thinking in a crisis, all instinct based actions
Could have prevented this by cutting speed in half, would have reduced stopping distance. Net gain by going 25 down a 400' onramp, maybe 5 seconds if that. Net loss if getting caught up in that mess could have been a crushed leg or worse.
I feel competent for not getting into a crash but learned the wise rider would have not gotten in the situation in the first place.
Ride safe!