Black wing Posted August 2, 2013 Share #1 Posted August 2, 2013 so i was pulling off a side road by my apartment and there was a pile of lose dirt on the road i couldn't see with the sun setting in front of me, leaned into the turn and hit the gas and the back tire kicked out and slid across the dirt till it hit the end of the patch, grabbed the road and flipped onto its other side, so smashed left fairing, and and a few scratches across the trunk and saddle bags. a little road rash and bruised ego. guess i'll be tossing on my spare fairing and painting the bike this weekend yay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huggy Posted August 2, 2013 Share #2 Posted August 2, 2013 OUCH!!!!! I hurt just looking at it! Glad to hear you only have a few scrapes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flyinfool Posted August 2, 2013 Share #3 Posted August 2, 2013 Ouch I hate road rash. and another Ouch for the bike. Glad you are not to banged up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dysfunctional33 Posted August 2, 2013 Share #4 Posted August 2, 2013 Glad to hear your ok at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venturous Randy Posted August 2, 2013 Share #5 Posted August 2, 2013 Ouch, looks like you did a high side and that can hurt. RandyA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthandy Posted August 2, 2013 Share #6 Posted August 2, 2013 No fun at all! Glad it wasn't more serious. Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
van avery Posted August 2, 2013 Share #7 Posted August 2, 2013 Glad your OK. The bike can be fixed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snaggletooth Posted August 2, 2013 Share #8 Posted August 2, 2013 I feel for you. My daughter lives three miles off the highway on gravel roads. The danged gravel and mud for me in her drive way today. Been in crazy rain for about 30 miles. Got almost to her garage and stopped. Put my feet down and they just sank in and slid. I held it for a bit than it just gave way. I got off easy compared to your ride. But yeah. Gravel sucks.. From my Droid wherever I may happen to be at any given moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black wing Posted August 2, 2013 Author Share #9 Posted August 2, 2013 thanks for the best wishes and i do certainly think i'll be feeling it something fierce in the morning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Condor Posted August 2, 2013 Share #10 Posted August 2, 2013 I hate gravel too. Ride on the stuff like I'm on eggs. However I really hate sand..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yammer Dan Posted August 2, 2013 Share #11 Posted August 2, 2013 Know you feel great this morning!!! Glad it wasn't any worse and right now you don't think it could have been!! Hate to see bike like that but it can be fixed. Hope you heal quickly!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black wing Posted August 2, 2013 Author Share #12 Posted August 2, 2013 got the spare left fairing out of the basement and the paint match seems really good so that should be ready to go on by morning got the sub frame straitened up well hopefully anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwatson636 Posted August 2, 2013 Share #13 Posted August 2, 2013 It is because of gravel that I know own my Royal Star Tour Deluxe. My wife and I were riding our Suzuki Boulevard C50 on a gravel road. The further we went the softer it got. Next thing I knew, we were on the side, sliding down the edge off the rode and onto our side. Nothing broken, only pride. But the Boulevard was pretty hosed. The insurance company totaled it and we bought our 06 RSTD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syscrusher Posted August 4, 2013 Share #14 Posted August 4, 2013 Sounds like you got a wild ride out of it Wing! You have stories to tell of the kind I hope never to have. I've had my share of moto-mishaps but not the slip-and-flip, not for years anyway. Snaggle, thats the kind of scene that reminds me of a slapstick bit. You fight the terrain all the way up the drive only to anticlimactically fall over when you come to a stop. There was an exceptionally muddy Motocross championship on around 2pm today but I didn't see that move. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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