Rex D.
Well-Known Member
:doh2:It's a long story but last August I hit a large buck broadside (at night) while going 60 mph which resulted in my being thrown off my FZ1 after it went into a violent shimmy that progressed into a full right bar lock in about .5 seconds. I landed on my back, slid about 50 feet, hit a curb with my knee which launched me off the road, then ended up falling off a near sheer drop of about 20 feet. I was wearing armor head to toe which saved me from much body damage. I still ended up cracking my pelvis, broke a rib, broke my knee cap, over-rotated my hip joints and lots of other internal bruising. My only rash was on my elbow due to my sleeve rolling and exposing me to the "20 grit" aspalt. The deer died at the scene. My FZ1 died at the scene, it was basically broken in half. Now for the good part of this story. Four weeks after the crash I bought another FZ1, same year '07, same color, cobalt blue, almost like new, 3,500 miles. I began a slow process of swapping my upgrades to the new bike (the parts that survived anyway) as I was in a great deal of pain. Even my Akropovic' exhaust survived after I sanded and clear-coated the carbon fiber sleeve. Seems the left side of the bike took all the repeated hits as it went end over end. The sleeve had some scratches and scrapes. I started riding again last week. All of my gear was turned into shredded junk including my tail bag. My sport riding boots have skid marks from the crash but I will still wear them, clearly they saved my ankles from serious damage. I've replaced my jacket, pants, gloves and helmet but my Cargo Endurance Monster tail bag was not available to purchase anymore. Cycle gear used to carry the bag but they've dropped the line of gear. Ebay shows a european distributor but they don't ship to the US. I would really like to get another bag of the same model but I've struck out. Does anyone know where I can get one? Does anyone have one they could part with? Please let me know! I've looked at the other bags on the market but none compare as far as I'm concerned. I need the volume of a larger bag.
