The bike, R6, is in great shape all things considered.
Here's how it went down. An instructor passed me and an RC51 and tapped his tail, that means "follow me." The two slow pokes in front of us pitted, thank goodness, and we took off. As we went into turn two all three of us were cranked over hard. Just past the apex as I was rolling on hard the RC51 was in my face. I tried to go deeper/tighter to go inside, but the RC didn't hold his line. He went left, right, left, and finally right. I smacked is rear tire as I was dragging knee. I went down and as the RC cleared me the KX500 and instructor were on the ground and I piled into him and his bike. I rolled, and my bike when lowside right, then the RC's rear tire wedge between my front fender and upper fairing. Then my bike flipped, I'm not sure how as I was rolling. We all came to a stop and said, "WTF was that???" Ended up the instructor's brand new rear tire blew! It tore from the rim to the tread, about a 3" gash. They sent the Gator with a trailer out to pick us up. I smacked my head pretty good so I visited the EMT for a once over and chilled with a water. About and hour later I looked at the bike and all I needed as a front MC res. A call to the my buddy at AF1 Racing and he hooked me up with an Aprilia Mille Res. I stopped by a 4 Brand Dealer and picked up a new Shoei RF1100 (wonderful helmet). 30 minutes of wrenching, bending the rearset and clip on straight I was good to go. One more check with the EMT and I was on the track. Crash to up was about 2.5 hours, not bad. Now that the bike has been down I know what spares to bring. Oh, and the folding Brembo MC lever works as advertised.
I went back out for a 15 minute session and the bike ran great, and my nerves were good. I did another session and my concentration was not there so I packed up.
Once again ATGATT proves itself out. Even though I "only" lowsided I rolled and every bit of gear hit the ground. Even the knuckles of both gloves, palms were untouched!
I'm stiff and sore, but otherwise fine. About 20 hours, and $150 and you'll never know the R6 was down. Nothing that JB Weld, Bondo, and Krylon can't fix.
Here's how it went down. An instructor passed me and an RC51 and tapped his tail, that means "follow me." The two slow pokes in front of us pitted, thank goodness, and we took off. As we went into turn two all three of us were cranked over hard. Just past the apex as I was rolling on hard the RC51 was in my face. I tried to go deeper/tighter to go inside, but the RC didn't hold his line. He went left, right, left, and finally right. I smacked is rear tire as I was dragging knee. I went down and as the RC cleared me the KX500 and instructor were on the ground and I piled into him and his bike. I rolled, and my bike when lowside right, then the RC's rear tire wedge between my front fender and upper fairing. Then my bike flipped, I'm not sure how as I was rolling. We all came to a stop and said, "WTF was that???" Ended up the instructor's brand new rear tire blew! It tore from the rim to the tread, about a 3" gash. They sent the Gator with a trailer out to pick us up. I smacked my head pretty good so I visited the EMT for a once over and chilled with a water. About and hour later I looked at the bike and all I needed as a front MC res. A call to the my buddy at AF1 Racing and he hooked me up with an Aprilia Mille Res. I stopped by a 4 Brand Dealer and picked up a new Shoei RF1100 (wonderful helmet). 30 minutes of wrenching, bending the rearset and clip on straight I was good to go. One more check with the EMT and I was on the track. Crash to up was about 2.5 hours, not bad. Now that the bike has been down I know what spares to bring. Oh, and the folding Brembo MC lever works as advertised.
I went back out for a 15 minute session and the bike ran great, and my nerves were good. I did another session and my concentration was not there so I packed up.
Once again ATGATT proves itself out. Even though I "only" lowsided I rolled and every bit of gear hit the ground. Even the knuckles of both gloves, palms were untouched!
I'm stiff and sore, but otherwise fine. About 20 hours, and $150 and you'll never know the R6 was down. Nothing that JB Weld, Bondo, and Krylon can't fix.
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