FZ1inTX
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I've always said "It's not a matter of IF, but WHEN" . . . . . "WHEN" was today....
Work was an "early leave day." Yea!!! Clear skies, not to hot.... I'll take off on some other back roads I've wanted to explore... a new way home. I'll detour over to the local garage and get my (now overdue) inspection sticker! W00t!
I left work and took some streets I had yet to explore. I slowed to turn on to a street that was a very hard left turn. I cut the bike hard and was doing about 10 mph. As I hit the apex and just *barely started to throttle up, I realized I was on a patch of sand. The rear immediately kicked out and I put a foot down to hold it up while grabbing some brake... mistake number one. I was almost totally stopped but sliding sideways and the rear caught the tar and the bike IMMEDIATELY flipped the other way. A high-side but at a near stand still. I got tossed over the bike's right side and the bike fell onto the tar with me rolling away a couple feet. I landed on my shoulder and hip and then just rolled over onto my back. No harm and the gear all did it's job. Zero cuts, marks, scrapes, bruises.... nothing!
The bike... well, not too bad for damage, but damned expensive for minor damage. I cannot tell you how happy I am that I had the LONG T-Rex sliders on the bike and it did a fantastic job of protecting the frame and engine. Nice!
Now for the damage....
First, the frame slider... she took a whack and held up fine but needs to be replaced. These ARE single-use items anyway! Damaged end and slightly bent... No frame damage!
The brake lever was bent on quite a bit but I was able to move the bike into a parking lot and muscle it back into this position. While not quite right, it worked just fine. I'll fine tune the bends later...
The bar end got a scuff as did the front brake lever but nothing got bent and nothing is out of shape. The front is just as straight as it should be. The mirror got a little scuff and then folded up as it was supposed to.
The rear grab bar on the right took a little bit of rash... Nothing I cannot sand out and touch up though...
And now for the most disappointing and heart-breaking pf all of this incident.... Copperdog parts... After all the wait, I've managed to damage three of the 6 pieces bought. I can live with the rest of the damage but this is just flippin' horrible to look at for me. I have some ideas on fixing these myself. The screen is easy.. a little sanding and some touch-up paint... The other two? Well, I'm hoping some small fiberglass repair from the inside will work and then refinish them.
First, the front pod.... scuffed and yes, under the scuffs? a wonderfully designed crack in the pod!
The CD screen.... easy enough to fix this but still....
Last is the LEFT rear blinker pod. My only guess is that my left boot nailed it when I was ejected off the bike and crushed the end of it because THIS side of the bike didn't hit a thing.
Work was an "early leave day." Yea!!! Clear skies, not to hot.... I'll take off on some other back roads I've wanted to explore... a new way home. I'll detour over to the local garage and get my (now overdue) inspection sticker! W00t!
I left work and took some streets I had yet to explore. I slowed to turn on to a street that was a very hard left turn. I cut the bike hard and was doing about 10 mph. As I hit the apex and just *barely started to throttle up, I realized I was on a patch of sand. The rear immediately kicked out and I put a foot down to hold it up while grabbing some brake... mistake number one. I was almost totally stopped but sliding sideways and the rear caught the tar and the bike IMMEDIATELY flipped the other way. A high-side but at a near stand still. I got tossed over the bike's right side and the bike fell onto the tar with me rolling away a couple feet. I landed on my shoulder and hip and then just rolled over onto my back. No harm and the gear all did it's job. Zero cuts, marks, scrapes, bruises.... nothing!
The bike... well, not too bad for damage, but damned expensive for minor damage. I cannot tell you how happy I am that I had the LONG T-Rex sliders on the bike and it did a fantastic job of protecting the frame and engine. Nice!
Now for the damage....
First, the frame slider... she took a whack and held up fine but needs to be replaced. These ARE single-use items anyway! Damaged end and slightly bent... No frame damage!
The brake lever was bent on quite a bit but I was able to move the bike into a parking lot and muscle it back into this position. While not quite right, it worked just fine. I'll fine tune the bends later...
The bar end got a scuff as did the front brake lever but nothing got bent and nothing is out of shape. The front is just as straight as it should be. The mirror got a little scuff and then folded up as it was supposed to.
The rear grab bar on the right took a little bit of rash... Nothing I cannot sand out and touch up though...
And now for the most disappointing and heart-breaking pf all of this incident.... Copperdog parts... After all the wait, I've managed to damage three of the 6 pieces bought. I can live with the rest of the damage but this is just flippin' horrible to look at for me. I have some ideas on fixing these myself. The screen is easy.. a little sanding and some touch-up paint... The other two? Well, I'm hoping some small fiberglass repair from the inside will work and then refinish them.
First, the front pod.... scuffed and yes, under the scuffs? a wonderfully designed crack in the pod!
The CD screen.... easy enough to fix this but still....
Last is the LEFT rear blinker pod. My only guess is that my left boot nailed it when I was ejected off the bike and crushed the end of it because THIS side of the bike didn't hit a thing.