Kevin Ritson, 35, of Herdus Road, Whitehaven, had been travelling with friend Alan Nesbitt on August 4 last year when the fatal incident happened near Whitbeck.
At an inquest, coroner David Roberts said: “While heading homewards on the A595 on a left hand bend at Stangrah Farm, Mr Ritson lost control of his machine (a Honda CBR motorbike), crossing the central white line and came off, and entered the verge on the offside of the road.
"He was airlifted to Preston hospital where he died of unsurvivable injuries.”
Mr Roberts ruled that Mr Ritson’s death was an accident. Video footage from Mr Ritson’s head cam was shown of his last journey.
PC Paul Owens, a police motorcycle instructor, said: “From what I’ve seen he’s just slightly out of position on entry to the right hand bend. Unfortunately because he was slightly out of position for that, he was slightly out of position for the left hand bend.”
Video footage was used to estimate Mr Ritson was riding at about 70mph, however, coroner Mr Roberts said this was to be treated with caution as it was only a “rough guide”.
The inquest heard a report from Cumbria County Council which stated the A595 is subject to monthly highway inspections.
At the time of the incident a chevron was missing, as it had been knocked down in a previous collision.
Although Mr Roberts said there was “nothing to suggest the road surface had anything to do with the incident”, he is going to write to the highway department to suggest the S bend road section is kept in good condition.
Mr Ritson’s wife, Anna Ritson-Hall, paid tribute to her “great” husband. The couple had two children, Christopher and Layla.
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