mannydiller
Junior Member
so... count me in to the group of low siders.
this morning on the way to work, i was making a relatively slow (20mph) left hand turn to get on the on-ramp to merge on to the freeway... and completely lost the back tire and went down. i slid about 7 feet and stopped, the bike about 15 feet into the retaining wall. all things considered, minus some road rash on my left knee, i'm fine. my helmet never hit the ground and my jacket & gloves did their part. my jeans put up a good fight, but lost ultimately at the knee.
i'm thinking most of my issues with the bike will be cosmetic... left front fairing, stator engine cover, plastic along the seat, clutch lever, and rear rim all look like hell. it was leaking no fluids and it started up, sounding fine. i had no choice but to get it towed. i'm kicking myself because i was going to get frame sliders next week w/ my next paycheck... and in this case, i think would have saved a lot, minus the rim.
the sad irony is i just installed killernoodle's clutch mod last night... it was so smooth, i loved it for the 15 minutes i got to use it before the spill this morning.
i'm mostly just bummed out at what this will cost me to repair and having only owned the bike for a couple of months. i will say, i'm glad i had gear on.
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this morning on the way to work, i was making a relatively slow (20mph) left hand turn to get on the on-ramp to merge on to the freeway... and completely lost the back tire and went down. i slid about 7 feet and stopped, the bike about 15 feet into the retaining wall. all things considered, minus some road rash on my left knee, i'm fine. my helmet never hit the ground and my jacket & gloves did their part. my jeans put up a good fight, but lost ultimately at the knee.
i'm thinking most of my issues with the bike will be cosmetic... left front fairing, stator engine cover, plastic along the seat, clutch lever, and rear rim all look like hell. it was leaking no fluids and it started up, sounding fine. i had no choice but to get it towed. i'm kicking myself because i was going to get frame sliders next week w/ my next paycheck... and in this case, i think would have saved a lot, minus the rim.
the sad irony is i just installed killernoodle's clutch mod last night... it was so smooth, i loved it for the 15 minutes i got to use it before the spill this morning.
i'm mostly just bummed out at what this will cost me to repair and having only owned the bike for a couple of months. i will say, i'm glad i had gear on.
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