Editing Highsider (section)

==Injury risks==

The term ''highsider'' derives from the side of the motorcycle from which the rider is thrown. If forcibly thrown over the bike, the rider is said to have dismounted{{Citation needed|date=August 2023}} on the high side.

* The violent motion of the motorbike usually throws the rider several feet into the air, which can result in broken bones on impact with the road surface.
* As the highsider catches the rider unexpectedly, the rider's limbs can be thrown into protrusions on the bike (usually the handlebars) and suffer [[Bruise|contusions]].
* The rider may be thrown ahead of the bike and is at risk of being hit and seriously injured by the bike, particularly if the rider stops quickly.

Because highsider accidents are so much more deadly than lowside accidents, the [[Motorcycle Safety Foundation]] recommends that if a rider locks the rear brake at higher speeds and the traction is good, the brake should not be released.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.msf-usa.org/downloads/Riding_Tips.pdf |title= You and your motorcycle: riding tips|accessdate= 2009-09-28|publisher= Motorcycle Safety Foundation|pages= 36|format= PDF|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090419045527/http://www.msf-usa.org/downloads/Riding_Tips.pdf|archive-date= 2009-04-19|url-status= dead}}</ref>