We had some pretty nasty storms, yesterday evening, high winds, power outages, etc. I only have street parking, the fizzer stays pretty exposed. Anyway it felt like some very heavy rains were coming, so I left the bike cover on.
Everything seemed to be fine. A few of us watched the storm from the porch with some brews, which was fun. I turned in to read ....and get a text from the roommate. The bike was laying on the curb, on its right side, cover blown off. Bummer.
We picked it up. It seems like I got out of it pretty lucky, as the frame slider & pegs seem to have taken the brunt of it. Front turn signal is a bit loose, no big deal. A few scrapes here and there. No tank, engine or fairing damage...phew.
Anyway, is this a pretty noob mistake, to leave the cover on when there are very high winds? I'm just curious, because we do get storms like this, from time to time here. All said....I'm stoked the bike had no major damage. No trees fell on it!
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Everything seemed to be fine. A few of us watched the storm from the porch with some brews, which was fun. I turned in to read ....and get a text from the roommate. The bike was laying on the curb, on its right side, cover blown off. Bummer.
We picked it up. It seems like I got out of it pretty lucky, as the frame slider & pegs seem to have taken the brunt of it. Front turn signal is a bit loose, no big deal. A few scrapes here and there. No tank, engine or fairing damage...phew.
Anyway, is this a pretty noob mistake, to leave the cover on when there are very high winds? I'm just curious, because we do get storms like this, from time to time here. All said....I'm stoked the bike had no major damage. No trees fell on it!
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