killernoodle
Making stuff
So I was riding to work yesterday, first time in a couple weeks I've actually been able to ride the bike a decent distance. About halfway into my trip, I was stopped at a red light behind about 5 cars. When the light turned green, the 5 cars in front of me took off and so did I, but the 3rd car in the line unexpectedly slammed on their brakes. The chain reaction didn't leave me much time to brake, and when I did the front brake lever broke off of the adjuster piece (the brake master cylinder and lever are from an R6S). I ended up rear ending the car in front of me because the rear couldn't get me stopped in time and I didn't really realize that my lever had broken at that time. It was a lot going on in a tiny amount of time.
So the tank hit my boys pretty square on, the bike fell on the left side and broke off the frame slider and mirror, and the front fender is busted. Not too much damage, but the busted lever prevented me from riding it home or to work, so I ended up being 2 hours late. The lady was nice and the cop a couple cars behind me didn't write me a ticket or anything. Didn't need to exchange insurance, but I'm going to have the lady's bumper repainted. Overall, probably $250 between the two vehicles, sore balls, wrist, and pride.
The lever broke off just like this guys (an sv650, in the exact same place) Front brake lever BROKE OFF with a good SQUEEZE - Suzuki SV650 Forum: SV650, SV1000, Gladius Forums
So the tank hit my boys pretty square on, the bike fell on the left side and broke off the frame slider and mirror, and the front fender is busted. Not too much damage, but the busted lever prevented me from riding it home or to work, so I ended up being 2 hours late. The lady was nice and the cop a couple cars behind me didn't write me a ticket or anything. Didn't need to exchange insurance, but I'm going to have the lady's bumper repainted. Overall, probably $250 between the two vehicles, sore balls, wrist, and pride.
The lever broke off just like this guys (an sv650, in the exact same place) Front brake lever BROKE OFF with a good SQUEEZE - Suzuki SV650 Forum: SV650, SV1000, Gladius Forums