Worst thanksgiving - Now rebuilding
While I was riding to work in the rain on the 25th, my front tire found a nice big oily patch right at the moment I needed to stop for a traffic light that has a notoriously short yellow and a camera. The bike lowsided and slid about 50' and came to a sudden stop against a guardrail support post shattering my front wheel and bent the fork so far that the wheel bent the exhaust manifold. I came out fine because I just slid to a stop and was wearing full leathers and a rain suit on top of that. (first time wearing the rain suit, dammit) I walked back to the spot where it started, and I think some car had a major gasket failure there because there was a decent size puddle of fresh honey colored oil and a trail of drops going down the road from there.
Anyways, I'm parting the bike out, so if anybody wants anything, let me know.
While I was riding to work in the rain on the 25th, my front tire found a nice big oily patch right at the moment I needed to stop for a traffic light that has a notoriously short yellow and a camera. The bike lowsided and slid about 50' and came to a sudden stop against a guardrail support post shattering my front wheel and bent the fork so far that the wheel bent the exhaust manifold. I came out fine because I just slid to a stop and was wearing full leathers and a rain suit on top of that. (first time wearing the rain suit, dammit) I walked back to the spot where it started, and I think some car had a major gasket failure there because there was a decent size puddle of fresh honey colored oil and a trail of drops going down the road from there.
Anyways, I'm parting the bike out, so if anybody wants anything, let me know.
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