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just had my first mishap on the street. I low sided pulling out in rt 20 in sturbridge about a quarter mile from where my brother's crash happened.
I had just put a new thermostat in this morning then went for an hour test ride to make sure everything was good went back home topped the coolant reservoir off after it cooled off. I did see a cpl of drips on the swingarm from the overflow.
So I had to get rv antifreeze from Wal-Mart so I can winterize my stepdads ski boat and the bike is always my 1st choice cause it uses way less gas then my truck. I took a nice scenic route with lots a nice twisty back roads, kept my eye on temp guauge and my nose on alert for antifreeze which neither appeared to be a problem. So I get to rt 20 from a side road, go to pull out in the left lane so I can be in the correct lane to make the turn to wal mart. As soon as I hit the gas it was like my back tire was on ice, I eased off slightly and it was still sliding at that point and I had no chance of saving it. So I got it upright and to the side of the road, luckily there wasn't much traffic not that I was that aware of what else was going on, it was an instant shock. another driver had stopped to check on me, I am fine except for a small spot of road rash on my right hip, but who know what else is gonna start hurting when the adrenaline wears off.
I'm still trying to figure out exactly what happened, there was a little bit of antifreeze on my swingarm area from the overflow but I don't think there was nearly enough for me to loose traction like that. The ground was sand free but I did notice a little bit of debris from a recent accident though the pavement didn't look stained. Not even 2 mins before that I had been taken off from another side road exactly the same as this had happened and there wasn't even the slightest hint of any loss of traction. I'm running pilot power 2ct about half worn and a bunch of years old but have always gripped like Velcro until today. As of right now I'm gonna do something to relocate my coolant over flow or maybe make a catch can for the overflow hose. Other than some bad paint scrapes on the right side and a dent in my gas tank from my handle bar the only damage is my right rearset broke and of course I have a spare for the left but not the right
Over all my pride is badly bruised but ill get over it and I wanna give a big thank you to the member I recently bought my 1 piece alpinstars leather I was wearing.