Busa's don't like plywood

[Wag]

Saturday night, we're coming home at 90 mph when all of a sudden, a piece of plywood jumped off the road 20 feet in front of me and attacked the Busa. It looked as big as a house but it was probably 2 or 3 feet square.

The Busa plowed right through it and blew it all to he11 and sprayed chunks of plywood all over the freeway behind me. My wife was back there and took a couple of the smaller pieces.

The light was still on and it wasn't wobbling or anything so I kept going for the last 12 miles home.

I was dreading the massive damage I was expecting but lo and behold, just a few little scuff marks on the front fender and some even more minor scratches on the right side fairing. No damage to my wife's bike.

I found an ancient can of DuPont rubbing compound in my garage so old I had to remix the separated components with screwdriver. 10 minutes and a dab of Meguir's wax later, you can juuuuuuuust barely see the deepest two scrapes on the front fender.

Hey, for all the evil things that COULD have happened (crash and burn, break something, wreck my wife or someone else behind me, etc. ect.), I, WE, were damn lucky.

Luck was with me!

Watch out for evil hunks of plywood on your local highways and byways.

--Wag--

 

[STUNNAH]

Good that you the wifey and the bikes came out OK...

 

[BigBSBusa]

Glad no one was hurt and the bikes are okay. That had the potential to be very dangerous.

 

[him]

Man that sounds like some movie shid...torque comes to mind

 

[nitrousjunkie]

Glad you and the wife werent injured! The bike can always be fixed.

 

[Cecil_Stringer]

De ja vue...

CLick Here

 

[IL_BusaBoy]

Wow. Glad everything turned out ok. That could've ended really bad.

 

[MC MUSTANG]

Glad you didn't have more damage or even worse - I went down right in front of my wife and son about 15 months ago.....not good.

 

[SgtBo]

Hey, Brothas. I'm trying to find a Busa, for little or no money, any ideas as to where I can go on a serious note. I last had an 1127 Sweet-Baby of a Bike and I'm ready to r
ide again.

 

[SgtBo]

Hey, any idea where I can get my hands one either a left-over 04 or an 05 for cheap?

 

[Cecil_Stringer]

Welcome SgtBo.

If you can find a dealership with a left over 04 you may be able to get one for a good price.
I would recommend the local classified ads (www.CycleTrader.com or the Cycle Trader magazine).

Good luck and welcome.

 

[MC MUSTANG]

This has been a drive by thread jacking! Hey, SgtBo, list where you are (if you can) maybe someone here can steer you towards a good deal/stealership. You may want to start a separate thread and ask those questions. Oh and welcome.

 

[him]

This has been a drive by thread jacking!  

Not drive by he actually stopped pistol whipped everyone and then drove off with teh thread...man what an INT

 

[Iced]

Glad you are ok

Sounds like a scary ride! Good thing u didn't catch a corner of the plywood!

 

[DAB]

Friend of mine drove through a packing case that fell off a truck in front of his car once. Fortunately, it was empty.

Glad nobody got hurt.

 

[Wag]

It was freaky, that's for sure. I caught a glimpse of it JUST as it came up off the road in front of me. It just kind of lazily stood up right in my path of travel. It must have been some skinny 1/4" plywood or something 'cause I almost didn't feel it at all as it was pulverized by the bike. The other good thing is, I'm the one who hit it instead of my wife. She rides a GS500F, far less substantial than the Busa. Add to that the fact she's only been riding now for less than six months and it's quite possible she would have gone down.

And yeah, good thing I broadsided it instead of hitting it edge on. It could have taken off a limb or a head at that speed.

Lucky, lucky, lucky. Makes ya wonder!

--Wag--

 

[Charlesbusa]

Glad it wasn't worse!!!

 

[BA BUSA]

Glad that everybody is ok

 

[PaceMaster]

Flying Plywood---harumph---sounds like no fun--I have seen Mountain Lions running-deer-rabitt's-
My friend had to avoid a Bear and it's cub----Crossing the road at 415 pm--yikes---careful out there

 

[billbell]

Glad everything turned out ok.