Quote from: leonardc9 on August 27, 2008, 03:28:26 PM
Thanks! BTW -- what's the bar end thing?

Leonard

These things:

Your shift lever looks like how mine looked when I nearly crashed earlier on this year...I got away lucky with just a severly bent shift lever and the top of my left boot torn off.  I took it to Desmoto and Scott just gently bent it back and it was as good as new.   

Quote from: leonardc9 on August 27, 2008, 03:28:26 PM
Thanks! BTW -- what's the bar end thing?

Leonard

The little plastic thing that sits in the end of the bar.  they're only only cheap part ducati makes!

Quote from: leonardc9 on August 26, 2008, 01:03:38 AM
I was going down Van Ness taking a left hand turn. There were some pedestrians talking on the sidewalk who appeared to be just talking. I saw a 1/2 block gap in traffic and decided to go only to see that suddenly the pedestrians had decided they were going to go afterwards. Too much front brake mid turn (a novice mistake) and me and duc were on the ground.  Of course, it just had to be the day that my girlfriend was following me in a car back to my house which did not win me any points as to my motorcycle habit.

Grumble...
Almost had the same thing happen to me this week.  Trying to take a right on red, stopped, notice some clueless looking girl waiting to cross the street in front of me.  Already standing waayy too far out into the street.  Figure I've still got room to get around her, she's got the "Don't walk" sign, there a BMW coming my way a half block down but plenty of room for me to go.  Start to pull away, she takes two more steps out into the road and is now about 2 seconds from getting run down.   
Hard brake, quick avoidance, bobble a bit, then into the bike lane just in time for the BMW to go flying by.   

Moral of the story, the "Squirrel Scenario" discription is spot on.
And I need to figure out how to make a "Motorcycle Friendly Cowcatcher"   

Quote from: Jammen on August 28, 2008, 10:30:54 AM
Grumble...
Almost had the same thing happen to me this week.  Trying to take a right on red, stopped, notice some clueless looking girl waiting to cross the street in front of me.  Already standing waayy too far out into the street.  Figure I've still got room to get around her, she's got the "Don't walk" sign, there a BMW coming my way a half block down but plenty of room for me to go.  Start to pull away, she takes two more steps out into the road and is now about 2 seconds from getting run down.   
Hard brake, quick avoidance, bobble a bit, then into the bike lane just in time for the BMW to go flying by.   

Moral of the story, the "Squirrel Scenario" discription is spot on.
And I need to figure out how to make a "Motorcycle Friendly Cowcatcher"   

I am frightened of what you're doing to my bike.



Try not to lose any more of my mirrors.

Quote from: Jammen on August 28, 2008, 10:30:54 AM
Grumble...
Almost had the same thing happen to me this week.  Trying to take a right on red, stopped, notice some clueless looking girl waiting to cross the street in front of me.  Already standing waayy too far out into the street.  Figure I've still got room to get around her, she's got the "Don't walk" sign, there a BMW coming my way a half block down but plenty of room for me to go.  Start to pull away, she takes two more steps out into the road and is now about 2 seconds from getting run down.   
Hard brake, quick avoidance, bobble a bit, then into the bike lane just in time for the BMW to go flying by.   

Moral of the story, the "Squirrel Scenario" discription is spot on.
And I need to figure out how to make a "Motorcycle Friendly Cowcatcher"   

This reminds me of the "Crackhead" story.

http://www.ducatimonster.org/forums/ducati-mob/163501-i-hit-crackhead-just-now.html

Quote from: MendoDave on August 28, 2008, 05:03:59 PM
This reminds me of the "Crackhead" story.

http://www.ducatimonster.org/forums/ducati-mob/163501-i-hit-crackhead-just-now.html

I'm getting flashbacks of that...

Quote from: someguy on August 28, 2008, 02:18:31 PM
I am frightened of what you're doing to my bike.



Try not to lose any more of my mirrors.

Yeah, telling you I ran the bike into a tree and neglecting to tell you it was the dirtbike was priceless.   

Glad you're okay.  Don't worry too much about the damage.  After all, it's called a Monster, not a Princess.

Quote from: enzo on August 29, 2008, 09:48:59 AM
it's called a Monster, not a Princess.

haha, awesome quote!  We need t-shirts

Quote from: enzo on August 29, 2008, 09:48:59 AM
Glad you're okay.  Don't worry too much about the damage.  After all, it's called a Monster, not a Princess.

Nor is it a unicorn 

Let's not start with the Unicorn stuff again.