Hey Doc,
I definitely feel your pain. I was riding with a group of 20 riders and we came to a stop sign when we noticed about half the group was missing, so I turned around and went about 10 miles back hoping that noone had gone down. When I realized they must have taken another route, I decided to turn around and go back. As I was doing the U-turn, under 5 mph, same as in a parking lot, I hit some really large gravel. I hit the ground before I could say, "Oh s*#%".
To say this almost made me sick, is an understatement. The bike is only 6 months old and I've got about 6K miles on it. Looked great till now. I've got huge gouges in the left-side fairing, left-side exhaust can, clutch cover, front wheel fender where it slid across 1 and 2 inch gravel. I didn't even scratch the handle bar weight on the left and barely scratched the clutch lever.
I didn't get hurt, not even a scratch. A couple of motorists stopped to check on me and help me pick up the bike. Anyway, I'll post some pictures of the bike after I mentally recover from this. The bike has nothing wrong with it otherwise, thank goodness, purely cosmetic, but it sure looks bad at the moment.
I definitely feel your pain. I was riding with a group of 20 riders and we came to a stop sign when we noticed about half the group was missing, so I turned around and went about 10 miles back hoping that noone had gone down. When I realized they must have taken another route, I decided to turn around and go back. As I was doing the U-turn, under 5 mph, same as in a parking lot, I hit some really large gravel. I hit the ground before I could say, "Oh s*#%".
To say this almost made me sick, is an understatement. The bike is only 6 months old and I've got about 6K miles on it. Looked great till now. I've got huge gouges in the left-side fairing, left-side exhaust can, clutch cover, front wheel fender where it slid across 1 and 2 inch gravel. I didn't even scratch the handle bar weight on the left and barely scratched the clutch lever.
I didn't get hurt, not even a scratch. A couple of motorists stopped to check on me and help me pick up the bike. Anyway, I'll post some pictures of the bike after I mentally recover from this. The bike has nothing wrong with it otherwise, thank goodness, purely cosmetic, but it sure looks bad at the moment.
