It finally happened...

[ZX-12R]

I went down on Rt. 107 in NH this morning. I was in some traffic going around a corner around 35-40MPH when all of a sudden the rear end of the bike jumped up and kicked out to the side. Had there not been traffic in my lane I probably would have been going twice as fast around the corner. When the rear tire touched down, the bike snapped back and nearly threw me off. I managed to save the near high-side but by the time I recovered I was at the edge of the road. I managed to keep the bike upright for about 15 feet in the dirt while scrubbing off some speed but all of a sudden my front wheel sunk in the soft soft stuff and the front end tucked under and I ended up on my left side.

I got up, brushed myself off, and checked for any injuries. Other than some hurt pride my only noticeable injury is some soreness from hitting the ground. My Vanson's kept all my skin rash free.

The bike has only cosmetic damage. As would be expected, the left side plastics are rashed and I cracked the upper cowling. My left mirror folded up and slid with the bike but did not break. The front end is still straight, rear set and shifter were not touched, and the passenger pegs were not touched. All in all I was pretty lucky.

The person who was directly behind me said that a car going in the other direction had spit out a rock and it rolled right under my rear tire. I never saw it. I walked around for a bit and found it on the side of the road. It was about the size of my fist.

I debated going home and taking the day off but I was closer to work so I just continued my trip in. I've been riding on the street for 11 year now (since I was 16) and this is my first crash that involved a street bike.

Looks like I'll be hitting E-Bay for some plastics!

[TheIglu]

NAKED!

Glad to hear you are OK man. First Nazo, now you with minimal injuries? Both of you are VERY lucky.

Don't tell the Mrs.!

[bigred875]

bummer, glad to hear you are ok....

[mycirus]

Glad you are alright.

Bruce

[benVFR]

Glad to hear you're OK... sounds like you probably saved a lot more damage & injury by making a pretty decent save.

[sanfelice]

Nice save, it sounds like. Man, add friggin' errant rocks to the list of things we have to look out for...

[richw]

[ChR1s]

Nice save. No injuries is a "save" as far as I'm concerned.

I had a grey squirrel try to take me out yesterday afternoon at the apex of a tight left-hander, while I was riding her bike. I saw the little fucker high-fiving his buds when I did a look-back to see if I'd hit him.

[Rummy]

I hope you kept the rock. I know I would.

[LiononaLeash]

I would have thrown the rock into the woods as far it would go.

rocks

[capt1014]

Glad to hear that you are ok!

[akira700]

Man, be glad you didnt get the Ayrton Senna effect
with the object going through your visor !

[WhiteMtnCruiser]

That sucks man. I ride over to 107 for a quick ride all the time from UNH, where I go to school. It took some pretty good damage from the hard rain we got a while ago. Glad to hear you're ok and the bike wasn't damaged too badly. In the future, if you happen to see a silver 2nd gen SV650 tearing through 107 (black A-stars jacket, Shoei helmet), it's probably me.

WhiteMtnCruiser

[stoinkythepig]

Bummer, glad you fared well. Where on 107?

Depot Honda/Kawasaki price matched Ron Ayers for plastics when I needed some.

[LiononaLeash]

Akira, I thought he died from the impact with the wall. I don't remember anything about an object going through his visor.

[KillBill]

Wow, number one is that you are ok.

Plastics can always be fixed/replaced. Goes to show you that no matter how much experience you have you can never predict what happens on the roads.

[tls25rs]

Akira, I thought he died from the impact with the wall. I don't remember anything about an object going through his visor.

Senna died when a piece of his suspension, one of the carbon control arms, that was connected to the front wheel that broke off upon impact with the wall went through his helmet. This happened because of the tether system that F1 had implemented to avoid the run away tires etc. from high speed crashes.

Enough about Senna though, I am glad to hear that you escaped relatively unscathed from your get off Bill. Don't do it again!!!!

Joel

[beet]

"nice save"

[OreoGaborio]

damn bro, so sorry to hear that, Bill. Glad you're alright though. still feelin ok?

[keet]

..............shit happens....glad u are ok!!

[ZX-12R]

Thanks everyone for the well wishes. While the bike has seen better days, the damage is minor and doesn't effect its operation. The left lower cowling is rashed and cracked near the top. The upper cowling is rashed and cracked near the mirror mount. Lastly, the left mirror and engine cover have some rash.

I was lucky to have my gear on because I slid through several feet of that 1" square jagged stone they use to fill the edge of the road. To my surprise, my leathers were only scuffed up a little. I did rip apart one of the three zippers that attach my jacket to the pants but it didn't effect the protection of the suit. After a closer examination of the left side of my body now that I'm home, I don't even have a bruise (although the muscles between my ribs are pretty sore).

I'll be back in business shortly!

[Doc]

Let's not start a trend... glad your alright.

[Manny]

Feel good bill

[Punjistick]

Glad you are all right and your bike is okay. I've riden over small pices of gravel before but nothing as big as a fist! yikes! It's not fun when it feels like you are riding over marbles; I can only imagine small boulders.

[FastJohnny]

You lucked out man. Glad your ok!