I will fess up that when I was young, 18, I thought I was a stud on my $325 Yamaha TX500 with Montgomery Ward ribbed tires. Hey I'm not making this sh*t up.
Me and my fraternal ridding brother Dennis (now owns a sweet Duc 900SS) were down at the local Yamaha shop watching "On Any Sunday" on a 19" TV in the part department. We were watch King Kenny Roberts decimate the F1 fields and left the shop PUMPED!!! I kicked my TX to life, kick, kick, kick...pant, pant...kick, kick, kick...B*TCH...kick, kick VAROOMMMM! and off we sped through the neighborhoods behind the shop. There was this beautiful left hand corner with no stop sign, Dennis zips through, he had Dunlop K81s on his TX. Then I zip...oops!!!...sh*t...slide...smash! crash! DOOM!!! I had low sided my bike and stuffed it under a Ford Fairlane that had, I kid you not, an I beam for a rear bumper. One of my mufflers stuck straight up and I was cut up, mainly on my left forearm, NO GEAR but my helmet and gloves. I rode home with blood running down my arm. I got home and my parents freaked out. Man were they mad! I scrubbed the wound the best I could and bandaged it up. It took about three months to heal and for the next 15 years fine sand/rocks came out of my skin with puss. Tasty. It is better now but every once in while some junk comes to the surface. Wear your gear and avoid the pain and suffering.
