kpke
Veteran
With great humility I must post this.
WEAR YOUR GEAR
Sunday at The (closed) Junction
Coming back
Then between about mile marker 15 - 20 an "incident" occurred
. I looked up to give a quick wave to 2 guys going the other direction, they passed, I'm in a left turn, and wham, I am on the ground. The newly refurbished bike was laid down in a shallow culvert pointing the other direction still running. So quickly hit the kill switch and assessed myself. I'm...okay. Very pissed, but okay. Most important was nobody saw, so I immediately picked the bike up and pointed it the right direction. Freshly powder coated and now bent and trashed kickstand down, I looked over the bike. It appears to be rideable but the shifter adjust rod popped off. I got the bike started but didn't know what gear it was in. Got the shifter to shift up once then took off.Turns out it was in third cuz I rode all the way home in fourth. Hit 2 red lights so taking off in fourth takes a bit of clutch slipping.
I do not know WTF happened. I may car drive up today to analyze the scene.I think taking my eyes off the road for the wave and going in to a turn I may have hit some gravel. I waved and then I was down. There were grind marks in the asphalt 20 - 30 feet back sort of in the middle of the road so I didn't go off road initially. I wasn't in the most focused and racy frame of mind and was actually riding quite casually on the way back. I estimate 30 - 35 MPH.
Body damage to me. My left knee cap area is twice as big as the right one with a big strawberry. This is wearing proper leathers with armor. Hips are a little sore and other body parts too as they probably bent in unusual directions. No head hit.
WEAR YOUR GEAR Asphalt and that 5 grit stuff on Mines Road will tear you to pieces if you don't.
Bike damage.
The forks are tweaked. They should pop back after I loosen everything up. A little scrape on the front fender. Headlight is fukd. Dented the tach frame a bit and wires may be ground through. I just put a fresh clutch perch and lever on this bike because the last ones looked like these do now. Same with the left switch gear. Shifter linkage rod end or ??? needs replacement. Left side blinkers broken. Left rear set peg ??? maybe can touch it up. Left chamber bent up and in. Left silencer scraped. Scraped up fiberglass rear has additional scrapes. Left bar end mirror. Left (new) hand grip. More I'm sure.
WEAR YOUR GEAR
Sunday at The (closed) Junction
Coming back
Then between about mile marker 15 - 20 an "incident" occurred
. I looked up to give a quick wave to 2 guys going the other direction, they passed, I'm in a left turn, and wham, I am on the ground. The newly refurbished bike was laid down in a shallow culvert pointing the other direction still running. So quickly hit the kill switch and assessed myself. I'm...okay. Very pissed, but okay. Most important was nobody saw, so I immediately picked the bike up and pointed it the right direction. Freshly powder coated and now bent and trashed kickstand down, I looked over the bike. It appears to be rideable but the shifter adjust rod popped off. I got the bike started but didn't know what gear it was in. Got the shifter to shift up once then took off.Turns out it was in third cuz I rode all the way home in fourth. Hit 2 red lights so taking off in fourth takes a bit of clutch slipping.I do not know WTF happened. I may car drive up today to analyze the scene.I think taking my eyes off the road for the wave and going in to a turn I may have hit some gravel. I waved and then I was down. There were grind marks in the asphalt 20 - 30 feet back sort of in the middle of the road so I didn't go off road initially. I wasn't in the most focused and racy frame of mind and was actually riding quite casually on the way back. I estimate 30 - 35 MPH.
Body damage to me. My left knee cap area is twice as big as the right one with a big strawberry. This is wearing proper leathers with armor. Hips are a little sore and other body parts too as they probably bent in unusual directions. No head hit.
WEAR YOUR GEAR Asphalt and that 5 grit stuff on Mines Road will tear you to pieces if you don't.
Bike damage.
The forks are tweaked. They should pop back after I loosen everything up. A little scrape on the front fender. Headlight is fukd. Dented the tach frame a bit and wires may be ground through. I just put a fresh clutch perch and lever on this bike because the last ones looked like these do now. Same with the left switch gear. Shifter linkage rod end or ??? needs replacement. Left side blinkers broken. Left rear set peg ??? maybe can touch it up. Left chamber bent up and in. Left silencer scraped. Scraped up fiberglass rear has additional scrapes. Left bar end mirror. Left (new) hand grip. More I'm sure.
