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Post by Deleted on Aug 16, 2012 21:51:25 GMT -5
We will get into the details later, if needed. Right now its just yes or no.
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Post by Wahoo on Aug 16, 2012 22:02:52 GMT -5
Over the years, yes. Recently.... No.
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Post by amtrak on Aug 17, 2012 8:27:37 GMT -5
Wreck no,dropped ..yes:-)
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Post by thundercloud on Aug 17, 2012 8:40:52 GMT -5
Wreck ? Yep years ago. Dropped , heck yea. After all I am old.
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Post by mgorman on Aug 17, 2012 22:14:38 GMT -5
Define Wreck? I bumped a guard rail once about as hard as dropping a dry wash cloth at the end of a slide. So technically no, unless you count the time I was power sliding corners in the snow during a snow emergency in Alliance and slid out on a side street goofing off.
Off-road? I'd need an abacus to count them
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Post by Wahoo on Aug 18, 2012 3:20:58 GMT -5
Okay Dave, time for "the rest of the story".
;D
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Post by gearman on Aug 18, 2012 8:02:01 GMT -5
Street=1 Dirt=see post #5
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Post by amtrak on Aug 18, 2012 12:45:51 GMT -5
Okay Dave, time for "the rest of the story". ;D Have a few incidents when I rode a dirt bike and a major whoops on my old '66 Honda 450 but on my 11 no wrecks but a few drops. Let me tell ya about the first time my 11 went down as a drop. First date with Amy in '83,I just rode back from Ogden Utah and I asked her out so she on her '70 750 Honda and I am on my 11 and we just finished a ride and stopped at a park for a break,I backed into my spot,just sorrta holding the bike up ready to put kick stand down when her luggage rack hits my fairing and so down I go as she does too"MY BIKE MY BIKE!!!" Kinda forgot about her as she went down also and got burned a little bit by her exhaust pipe..great way to start a relationship ;D She took me down....
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Post by xsyamahadg on Aug 19, 2012 8:14:19 GMT -5
The most serious incident I had was while riding with a long time friend. We were riding at speed on a secondary road, he pulled along side of me to tell me that I should have turned left at the last crossroad. His front brake lever locked horns with my clutch lever, when we pulled the bikes apart, the front wheels touched each other. The end result was two bikes down and road rash from head to toe. I was lucky, that was before I wore a helmet and body armor.
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Post by jeffe on Aug 19, 2012 15:28:03 GMT -5
I ride a wreck. Does that count? I've two while riding on the street. One was on my SR500. They has just replaced the road and some oil had seeped thru a crack right in the middle of a curve. Ended up with some road rash on my knee and was able to ride the bike home. The second was where I70 south bound merges with I670 westbound. As I was merging onto 670 a car came across several lanes of traffic and just barely clipped my front wheel. It was raining so I had on a rain suit. I slid on basically my right hip for a good 100 to 150 feet. I wore the rain suit and the pocket of my jeans thru. It left a small scuff mark on wallet. No other issues untill.......my 650 Seca slid to a stop right beside me. I guess adrenalin was flowing pretty good so I just reached down and picked the bike up gave it a quick once over got on a rode of the freeway to look closer. Ended up with a scuffed side over and turn signal and a broken headlight lens. The problem was I didn't think I was able to get out of bed the next from picking up the bike the totally wrong way. As an FYI I don't count the spills in the dirt. Including bouncing off a 1500# dairy cow. She fared better than me or my Bridgestone 90.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 19, 2012 15:29:55 GMT -5
jeffe, no, that doesn't count
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Post by Deleted on Aug 19, 2012 15:34:31 GMT -5
I have had two wrecks since returning to riding. Both of them were my own fault for trying to ride with others who were beyond me in ability. I was trying to keep up and paid the price.
The first one was fairly serious as I hit a guardrail and busted the front wheel and bent the forks. I was in gear and had only a stoved ring finger and a small gash on my right leg. I was lucky but didn't learn my lesson and almost the same thing happened again with the same group -- except no guardrail this time and much less damage to me or the bike.
Finally learned my lesson and I don't ride with that group anymore because its too tempting to ride over my head. Even though I am a much better rider now, I will still not ride with a group that is so high intensity.
End of story. Hopefully end of wrecking.
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Post by Wahoo on Aug 19, 2012 19:46:41 GMT -5
I almost had an "aw shoot" moment last Sunday riding in SE Ohio with some guys who were running way too fast for me and Strom. Luckily I slowed down and made it through a corner that I was hitting way too hot trying to keep up with the group.
Yesterday I rode 250 miles solo at a fairly spirited pace w/o any problems. I just need to remember that a dual sport, a Wing and a Harley cruiser don't corner like a sport bike.
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Post by xsyamahadg on Aug 19, 2012 21:23:58 GMT -5
I hit a car head on here in Alliance on State Street. I was in the curb lane doing the 35 mph speed limit when a woman turned in front of me. I could see her eyes were focused on the parking lot where she was headed, it was like slow motion, I had plenty of time to brace for impact. I almost missed her, but her bumper hit my left foot peg and smashed the side case of my engine.
I spent 6 weeks sitting on the front porch with a chip out of my ankle bone. I also got paid enough money for a new bike.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2012 0:55:17 GMT -5
I also got paid enough money for a new bike.
Not enough.
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