harrisch
Well-Known Member
So guys, i made it just over 1 year before my SECOND motorcycle accident 
Last year I had a very low speed low side, a lady turning right on red cut me off and i laid the bike down... Unfortunately for me, i dislocated my left shoulder - but the bike however had very minimal damage (had to change handlebars, ding on tank, one 14 dollar piece on left side of engine) -- but i fixed up the bike, did rehab, and got back on the road....
13 months later and ive had another accident.
Again, i was going slow, maybe 10-15 miles an hour, around a bend. This bend was after a long construction area, and although there were no construction signs or gravel warnings in the area, the middle of the road in the bend i slipped on had 1-2 inches of gravel accumulated. My rear tire slipped out i lowsided such that my right shoulder hit the ground, but then the bike gripped and through me over the top and flipped over me. Per witness accounts, the bike flipped end over end over my head missing me by inches.
[video=youtube_share;OKdSd1wTFHo]http://youtu.be/OKdSd1wTFHo[/video]
Thankfully, i managed not to injure myself at all in this accident - i was wearing full gear, and my jacket has some scrapes and scratches and my pants ripped a bit, helmet hit also and i will need to buy a new one.... but all that was worth it because i was not injured.
Photobucket Slideshow of Damage and Location
The bike on the other hand did not fare so well. Since it flipped end over end, both front forks and triples were bent... the rear subframe was bent. The left rearset/peg broke off completely. The right passenger footpeg broke as well as all over the plastic pieces of the tail section. Luckily the frame and engine were totally ok. I had a spare tank which will get put on, the front wheel was bent slightly also and that has been straightened.
Given that I am currently interviewing for residencies, i dropped my bike off at a shop to get all the repairs done over the winter.
I wanted to share this with you guys for a couple of reasons.
1. Ohlins is doing a custom R&D project on my forks, i was going to do an R1 front end conversion but after discussing with my mechanic we decided to keep the geometry of the bike the same and change out all the internals of the fz1 forks -- ohlins is apparently revalving and sealing the cartridges and putting them on a fork dyno to fine tune the actual fork performance. Will keep you posted on how all this turns out - im pretty excited for it
2. I am looking for a used r6 radial master cylinder - since i am upgrading the front suspension i figured it would be valuable to upgrade the braking performance also. The r6 master cylinder rebuild kits are only like 35 bucks, so if anyone knows where i can get a cylinder to rebuild that would be much appreciated.
3. M4 exhaust - just wanted to show you guys how this pipe looks on our bike, my mechanic made a gsxr1000 m4 pipe work to get the look i wanted (expose the swingarm as much as possible) ive attached prelim pics of what this looks like.
4. Sato rearsets - im getting these they should be in within a week, just wondering if anyone has any experience with them
5. Yamaha handle bar conversion kit - anyone used this on their bike? i think im gonna go for this handlebar setup for a slightly more aggressive look.
Other mods being done to the bike - stainless steel lines, Ivans ECU and PCFC maps, new bar end mirrors and bar ends, does some finishing of the FZ1N headlight with rabbitmans HID retrofit so that its totally blacked out with LED indicators, also installing a 16t front sprocket with speedohealer and a gear indicator.
if anyone has any other suggestions or anything that would be appreciated also
Last year I had a very low speed low side, a lady turning right on red cut me off and i laid the bike down... Unfortunately for me, i dislocated my left shoulder - but the bike however had very minimal damage (had to change handlebars, ding on tank, one 14 dollar piece on left side of engine) -- but i fixed up the bike, did rehab, and got back on the road....
13 months later and ive had another accident.
Again, i was going slow, maybe 10-15 miles an hour, around a bend. This bend was after a long construction area, and although there were no construction signs or gravel warnings in the area, the middle of the road in the bend i slipped on had 1-2 inches of gravel accumulated. My rear tire slipped out i lowsided such that my right shoulder hit the ground, but then the bike gripped and through me over the top and flipped over me. Per witness accounts, the bike flipped end over end over my head missing me by inches.
[video=youtube_share;OKdSd1wTFHo]http://youtu.be/OKdSd1wTFHo[/video]
Thankfully, i managed not to injure myself at all in this accident - i was wearing full gear, and my jacket has some scrapes and scratches and my pants ripped a bit, helmet hit also and i will need to buy a new one.... but all that was worth it because i was not injured.
Photobucket Slideshow of Damage and Location
The bike on the other hand did not fare so well. Since it flipped end over end, both front forks and triples were bent... the rear subframe was bent. The left rearset/peg broke off completely. The right passenger footpeg broke as well as all over the plastic pieces of the tail section. Luckily the frame and engine were totally ok. I had a spare tank which will get put on, the front wheel was bent slightly also and that has been straightened.
Given that I am currently interviewing for residencies, i dropped my bike off at a shop to get all the repairs done over the winter.
I wanted to share this with you guys for a couple of reasons.
1. Ohlins is doing a custom R&D project on my forks, i was going to do an R1 front end conversion but after discussing with my mechanic we decided to keep the geometry of the bike the same and change out all the internals of the fz1 forks -- ohlins is apparently revalving and sealing the cartridges and putting them on a fork dyno to fine tune the actual fork performance. Will keep you posted on how all this turns out - im pretty excited for it
2. I am looking for a used r6 radial master cylinder - since i am upgrading the front suspension i figured it would be valuable to upgrade the braking performance also. The r6 master cylinder rebuild kits are only like 35 bucks, so if anyone knows where i can get a cylinder to rebuild that would be much appreciated.
3. M4 exhaust - just wanted to show you guys how this pipe looks on our bike, my mechanic made a gsxr1000 m4 pipe work to get the look i wanted (expose the swingarm as much as possible) ive attached prelim pics of what this looks like.
4. Sato rearsets - im getting these they should be in within a week, just wondering if anyone has any experience with them
5. Yamaha handle bar conversion kit - anyone used this on their bike? i think im gonna go for this handlebar setup for a slightly more aggressive look.
Other mods being done to the bike - stainless steel lines, Ivans ECU and PCFC maps, new bar end mirrors and bar ends, does some finishing of the FZ1N headlight with rabbitmans HID retrofit so that its totally blacked out with LED indicators, also installing a 16t front sprocket with speedohealer and a gear indicator.
if anyone has any other suggestions or anything that would be appreciated also
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