Front wheel gone without permission - bike and rider slide ~100 meter - bike straight without tumbling. Rider on track -> curbs -> grass. Curbs are not slide friendly.
Peg replaced. Handlebar and stuff back where they belong. Small paint damage on fairing and tank. 'Need' a mirror and a break lever.
(http://i329.photobucket.com/albums/l394/stopintime/slide%20001_zpsgrdzqlqc.jpg)
Bugger.
Quote from: stopintime on May 16, 2017, 08:45:45 AM
Front wheel gone without permission -
That is an awesome way to put it. You're looking at the bike where as a community, we're also concerned about the rider! I'll just assume that the body and spirit are still good [thumbsup].
Quote from: koko64 on May 16, 2017, 12:43:14 PM
Bugger.
Yes!
Quote from: manwithgun on May 16, 2017, 04:58:37 PM
That is an awesome way to put it. You're looking at the bike where as a community, we're also concerned about the rider! I'll just assume that the body and spirit are still good [thumbsup].
Thanks, yes, but I recommend being twenty if you're crashing more often than once a decade ;)
Quote from: stopintime on May 16, 2017, 05:06:11 PM
Thanks, yes, but I recommend being twenty if you're crashing more often than once a decade ;)
The ground has gotten harder...huh? ;D
Glad you're OK.
Quote from: ducpainter on May 16, 2017, 05:07:31 PM
The ground has gotten harder...huh? ;D
Glad you're OK.
It must have.... wet asphalt is ok, curbs are worse and grass/dirt rotated me a couple of spins.
Thanks!
Quote from: stopintime on May 16, 2017, 05:11:01 PM
It must have.... wet asphalt is ok, curbs are worse and grass/dirt rotated me a couple of spins.
Thanks!
Even at our age, a little lowside isn't that terrible. The rest of it hurts. ;)
Quote from: ducpainter on May 16, 2017, 05:13:21 PM
Even at our age, a little lowside isn't that terrible. The rest of it hurts. ;)
I'll avoid the curbs next time. Or not crash at all. We'll see...
"The ground gets harder" ;D
Quote from: stopintime on May 16, 2017, 05:30:28 PM
I'll avoid the curbs next time. Or not crash at all. We'll see...
Good plan.
Quote from: koko64 on May 16, 2017, 05:32:32 PM
"The ground gets harder" ;D
It really does. :P
Yep recent experience supports that statement.
I've also noticed that I don't seem to bounce off of the ground as well as I used to. Relieved to know that it's not me getting old, just that the earth's durometer is rising....