i had a decent lead, so i flashed my brake light, began decelerating, hand signaled, then turned. i'd say that's a pretty safe way to go and more effort than most would put into slowly and safely turning. meanwhile it seems like frank's front brake failed so he wasn't able to stop and hit the front of my bike.

So what your saying the brakes failed? It could not have been the rider right? Humm sounds fishy to me. Maybe if you Harley guys were not trying to rev your pipes and slipping your clutch all the time maybe he would have saw you and hit the brakes.I gonna go with not paying attention!!!! Over brake failure.