If I drop it one more time, it is gone!

[Guest]

Tonight

Taking a left hand turn from an off-ramp. I am at the end of the turn and a nut who is trying to rush the traffic jumps in front of me. I Hit the brakes, (now remember folks bike is at a lean angle and no time to stand it up, this guys like as two foot in front of me)

So I stop, and slowly, ever slowly, my baby starts to lower on its left side, I am pulling with everything I have but it is too much weight and the turn is on a hill going down to the left. So, I think I gotta break the fall.

I now use my strength to slow the fall and watch my mirror crush under the weight.

A few scuffs on the fairng and mirror.....

**** ..... Good thing I had the centre stand installed today!

 

[OB_BullDog]

...that's why the leather gods made gloves with carbon fiber knuckels!!! FOR TAXI CABS!!!

 

[Guest]

Bulldog

I take no offence to what you said.... But there was nothing I could do. (Busa is my second bike)I have been riding for one year, but I average about 3000k a month riding. I have taken the AMA course and feel good about my driving skills.

I have found that it is not how many years you have riden, but how many miles you have gone.

My drop was simply a lack of judgement on both our parts. The vehicle for sliding in ahead of me and then instantly stopping. Leaving me about two feet to emergency stop. And my fault for leaving no escape route visable...

My theory is it is your own resposibility out in traffic but sometimes, accidents cannot be avoided.

 

[OB_Fast_Eddie]

Frame sliders would have saved you a lot of damage. After dropping mine in my driveway and not getting a single scratch in the bodywork, I swear by them.

They work well in a set, bar end sliders, swingarm sliders, frame sliders.

Best protection for the bike I have bought yet.

 

[OB_Cisco San Jose]

How much for the sliders and where do you mount them? Do you have to drill into the plastic? and where is mounted on the swing arm,hopefully it's not the same place I have the spools for my pit bull rear stand mount.
Thanks for any infh ya do they come in different colors?

 

[Guest]

Ok, I,m doing it..... Who makes the best sliders and where on the web can I order them???

 

[Guest]

http://www.mountainbikes.net/ed/
This is fast_eddies site.
look at modifications, it's a great site!

 

[OB_BullDog]

I dunno, I don't mean to be critical, but I sure hear a lot of "he cut me off and I had to lay it down - or I had now choice but to lean" etc...

What about defensive driving? Expect EVERYONE to cut you off and you won't crash.. the second you assume they can see you and won't cut you off or they will stop you are virtually a dead man!..

Have you been riding long? Usually a number of years on the road teaches you this, along with a Motorcycle Saftey Course...I think they're are to many new riders on the busa, it's as heavy as any 1100 on the market yet has the best suspension and brakes so far!
Under emergency conditions can you slam the brakes or lean excessively when needed? It can save your life/bike at times...

I see SOooo many new riders easy take it up to 80-140kph without a blink of an eye, then a yellow light pops up! They hammer the rear brake and almost dump it in the MIDDLE of the intersection because they are not a balanced braker... Half way into their "skid" I apply my front brake and easily stop before the stop line...This scares the hell out of me!!

Please don't take this personal.. I am just curious... take your busa to a quiet clean parking lot and get to know your lean angles and brake capabilities and hopefully the next time that S.O.B. cuts you off on the ramp you can manouver around him kick his 1/4 panel break his mirror then signal around him....

Take care!!


[This message has been edited by BullDog (edited 07 July 2000).]

 

[OB_c_rod2000]

i always love a little quarter panel kicking action!!!

 

[Guest]

adowell, I feel your pain, last night while cruising I came into a turn which I did not know was that sharp, when wide, hit some sand and before I knew it I was on the ground. The right side fairing was the only thing hit, it looks like some one took a cheese grader to it. I misjudged a turn and made a mistake, accidents happen, I didn't get hurt, I just have to next day air that new panel before any chicks see my bike.

 

[OB_Mr Bear]

Probably, it takes about 25,000 miles of riding in traffic, before you have seen it all and learned the important lessons. I have ridden more than 120,000 road miles in 23 years. I have never had to put a bike down because of something a motorist has done around me (knock on wood). I can pretty well anticipate the bone-head moves drivers are going to make around me. The bike can maneuver, accelerate, and brake, so much better than the cars around you, that if you can use the capability of the machine, you should be able to easily avoid the clumsy steel crates out there.

That said, I have fallen off a few times. But my accidents have tended to be solo crashes, mostly from venturing outside the limits of my own ability. To quote Dirty Pete, "A crash is the natural consequence of a riding error". That is worth remembering.

[This message has been edited by Mr Bear (edited 08 July 2000).]