kwisor Posted September 3, 2008 Share #1 Posted September 3, 2008 (edited) Hi all my son and i went to western nc to go riding this weeknd he has a 03 rsv he was going around a curve and the bike went out from under him it slid on its side through a ditch and stopped upside down on the side of a mountian the good lord was with us he was un hurt (but pride maybe) just some scratches and burs on his leg the bike has a lot of damage windshield broke off the lt frt crash bar bent back and we could not shift it but we took a crow bar bent it out and finished the ride the bike maybe a total loss but just would like to say that bikers no mater what thay ride help when in need there where about 6 riders that stoped to help us right the bike and get it out of the ditch kevin wisor 199 rsv jax fl Edited September 3, 2008 by kwisor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halfwitt Posted September 3, 2008 Share #2 Posted September 3, 2008 Happy to hear that pride was the only thing injured! Hope your son is back on the road soon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yammer Dan Posted September 3, 2008 Share #3 Posted September 3, 2008 Glad he wasn't hurt. Bike can be fixed or replaced. Body parts not so easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crash Posted September 3, 2008 Share #4 Posted September 3, 2008 good to hear no real bodydamage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1BigDog Posted September 3, 2008 Share #5 Posted September 3, 2008 Wow, Kevin..sorry to hear that. First your parents then your son. And you not too long ago....Im just glad he wasnt hurt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarges46 Posted September 3, 2008 Share #6 Posted September 3, 2008 Yep...good news to hear he wasnt hurt! i hope he gets the bike fixed as good as new. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeman Posted September 3, 2008 Share #7 Posted September 3, 2008 Sorry to here your son went down. But how did he do it, To fast on the curve , road wet ???? bad tires, i think it helps other Riders to now how it happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1rooster Posted September 3, 2008 Share #8 Posted September 3, 2008 Sorry to hear your son went down.He had a nice bike.Glad he is ok and his pride will soon be restored.Didn' know you guys was in the area.I sure enjoyed our last ride together.Did you have the sidecar on and how did it handle in the twisties? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jus Monkeyin Around Posted September 4, 2008 Share #9 Posted September 4, 2008 Sorry to here your son went down .Sure glad he is all right. he will be in our prayers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwisor Posted September 4, 2008 Author Share #10 Posted September 4, 2008 Hello we are not sure why he went down the tires are new put on a week before we went thay are eltte 3's the person behind him said that he did not wabble or look like he was having troble we did find some trash that was a waxy type like a milk carton is made of with his tire tracks on it may not of seen it and if the tire hit it that could have done it but it happined so fast we may never know rest of the ride had no problems maybe adam can chime in and give his thoughts as to how it may have happend . Hi jeff no i took the side car off becouse this is to nice of a bike to sprap down with a side car it drove like truck with no power steering i put the side car on the 86 cavelade and it handles much better then when the wife and son rides we just go kevin wisor 1999 rsv jax fl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cecdoo Posted September 4, 2008 Share #11 Posted September 4, 2008 Sure sorry to hear about the crash, but glad he could walk away from it, and glad some guys gave you a hand getting back on the road. Hopefully he will heal up quick. Take Care, Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweetnothing Posted September 4, 2008 Share #12 Posted September 4, 2008 Glad to hear he was not seriously hurt, and you got the bike going again! The bike can be replaced, but your Son can not be! Hope all goes well for him! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squidley Posted September 4, 2008 Share #13 Posted September 4, 2008 Glad to hear he wasn't hurt, I want to give some advise here. Made damn sure he has an accident report that stated the accident wasn't his fault. i say this because I am getting screwed by my insurance company in the fact that they say our crash in January was my fault. So make sure right now that you get all the paperwork in order so he doesn't have his rates go up....I am in the process of fighting mine and telling the insurance comapny where to shove it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Ardrey Posted September 5, 2008 Share #14 Posted September 5, 2008 Glad your son is Ok. Kind of frustrating when there is no obvious reason for a crash. The milkcarton material could be it. It only takes a small loss of traction in a curve to send it to the pavement. It could happen to anyone. That is the reason I don't push it too aggressively in great twisties even though I would like to. Just never know what is awaiting in the next curve. Not to say that I have never dragged a peg in a curve. The Elite 3 is a great tire especially for longevity and heavy meat side wall. They are all I used to run on the back. With that said I switched to Avon's a softer compound tire because the elite3 seemed to get a little squirrely especially on wet pavement because of the harder compound rubber. I don't know if that had anything to do with your circumstance though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadwarrior Posted September 7, 2008 Share #15 Posted September 7, 2008 I had a guy go down in front of me this weekend in N.wilksboro which the mountains of NC,I ride there alot and noticed the state had been dumping alot of gravel to fill the the shoulders of the roads where we had rainfall that had washed it away.The gravel gets kicked back on the roads.It was unusually bad this weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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