Ludicrous Speed
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There are two types of riders, those that have gone down , and those that will. I now belong to the first group, unfortunately...
Long story short, went riding with my buddy yesterday, me on the Busa and him on his 05 1k. Went to a road I never had been to before, following him and lost the line, went off the right side, down a 4 foot embankment, thru a ditch, across some yard, across a driveway, thru some more yard, along a driveway in the grass and mud, before finally laying the bike down on it's right side and sliding about 10-15 feet. I stopped in some person's landscaping after sliding across their sidewalk. First and only bad word: DAMN! Stood up and looked at the elderly couple coming out of their house looking at me like I was an alien, lol.
Stood the bike up and looked at it, seemed nothing major. Tried to start it, fired right up, but started smoking. Killed it real quick and saw oil all over the ground.
I am fine, only a few scratches on the back of my calf where I hit the tank on the way off, a little sore here and there, but absolutely nothing else! I have to give thanks to LotaFunR for donating a set of alpinestars boots to me, they saved my right foot and calf/shin area. Had on my armored textile jacket and my newly repainted Arai helmet. The boots are scuffed pretty good on the sliders where I slid across their sidewalk, but everything else is all good. My buddy told me that he can't believe I rode it out as far as I did. He thinks I should have crashed at least four other places before I got to the birdbath, lol
The bad: RH fairing is shattered, I broke off a banjo bolt for the oil feed line, broke the front brake lever, and I believe the starter clutch cover? The rest is cosmetic. I have a so-so fairing I am going to put back on it for now......
Anyone have a brake lever and that starter cover?
Thank God it was mostly pride that is hurt, and nothing else. If I would have had the Icon motorhead boots, I would be hurting, those used Alpinestars did their job!
Long story short, went riding with my buddy yesterday, me on the Busa and him on his 05 1k. Went to a road I never had been to before, following him and lost the line, went off the right side, down a 4 foot embankment, thru a ditch, across some yard, across a driveway, thru some more yard, along a driveway in the grass and mud, before finally laying the bike down on it's right side and sliding about 10-15 feet. I stopped in some person's landscaping after sliding across their sidewalk. First and only bad word: DAMN! Stood up and looked at the elderly couple coming out of their house looking at me like I was an alien, lol.
Stood the bike up and looked at it, seemed nothing major. Tried to start it, fired right up, but started smoking. Killed it real quick and saw oil all over the ground.
I am fine, only a few scratches on the back of my calf where I hit the tank on the way off, a little sore here and there, but absolutely nothing else! I have to give thanks to LotaFunR for donating a set of alpinestars boots to me, they saved my right foot and calf/shin area. Had on my armored textile jacket and my newly repainted Arai helmet. The boots are scuffed pretty good on the sliders where I slid across their sidewalk, but everything else is all good. My buddy told me that he can't believe I rode it out as far as I did. He thinks I should have crashed at least four other places before I got to the birdbath, lol
The bad: RH fairing is shattered, I broke off a banjo bolt for the oil feed line, broke the front brake lever, and I believe the starter clutch cover? The rest is cosmetic. I have a so-so fairing I am going to put back on it for now......
Anyone have a brake lever and that starter cover?
Thank God it was mostly pride that is hurt, and nothing else. If I would have had the Icon motorhead boots, I would be hurting, those used Alpinestars did their job!
