Problem youv'e got is that if you brake its probable that the grit will act as a wedge on your front wheel making it lock up, the best policy is to shut off and roll round the corner on the engine overun, if youv'e got time try to alter your road position to allow you to hit the grit more or less upright, generally if the bend is slight I would have thought you would have a reasonable sightline into the bend with a good field of view as you would be sitting higher that a car driver. If as you say the gravel was across the road then on your approach I would have thought it was obvious grit was all over the place.

I have come across this situation in the past but I've never had a problem with it as I've been using plenty of forward observation and the road surface being what it is (crap) I've learned to scan surfaces on the approach to bends to take into account things like loose gravel, wet leaves cow crap, spilt diesel.  :cool:

Assuming you'd seen it.

Could also be pedantic and argue that if you had time to change gear upon seeing the hazard then you had time to avoid it.

In the den of eniquitiy last night we were discussing the right and wrong way of dealing with GRIT on the roads.

It was asked by a friend what would you do or action would you take if you were riding along at a controled speed and making progress,  you approach a slight corner with a adverse camber where there was medium sized grit on the camber, and stretching well across the road that had been washed down by rain fall.

Would you ...

A Ride as if it wasn't there
B brake and take avoiding action
C Just change down accelerate around it
D Or what would you do

Some answers to the question last night were rather interesting to say the least, to say we were ALL riders with about 2000000 years between us  and when bikes ran on parraffin.

So what do you think or know??

On current form, I'd probably bin it  :sniffle:

Straighten up, brake gently and pootle through or round it.

So 'B' I guess.

I had this happen to me, So I can say with confidence, that I'd panic and go for B. Unless I could see a clear line though it. In which case, I'd head for it.

PANIC is NOT a good idea nor doe's it win you owt ..not in this game anyway.

And it happened to me some years back and YES I to PANICED and got away with it, it must be one of the worst senario's you can come up against.

I wonder what the Guru's 'n bike gods  have to say?

Didn't you read my post?  

I know you should try not to panic but I've had more butt clenchers than I care to mention.  :blush:  :laughcont:

Bit of a tricky question really coz so many other things could affect the answer.  If there was no way of avoiding it then i would go over it as i was and hope for the best.  If it looked clear Id stand it up and go over it straight with the idea of recovering the bend on the otherside of it.  If I saw it early enough Id brake like bugger while standing it up and then dodge it.  What i would do though would be to stop looking at it and picturing myself sliding off into the bushes.

Drop a gear & go for it-you got as much chance as "panicking" & hoping for the best.
Of course I could be a pedantic twonk & say you should only be going as fast as you can safely stop if you see a hazard

Being a sensible chap, I would - of course - have seen the grit early enough to slow down to walking speed, ride across grit with bike upright, then accelerate away again.

Meanwhile, back in the real world  :D , you get caught out sometimes, doncha?

Still try to lose as much speed as possible, depending on severity if bend/oncoming traffic etc., straighten up, cross gravel (off the brakes!) then heel it over smartish to continue around the corner.

Those with considerable Mx & enduro skills may have different answers!