2 things that almost ruined my day

[Wishbone]

so first off im heading down a back road to do some electrical work for family. i feel my phone ring so i wait for the first spot good enough to pull over. i spot a service road to a power station that is paved so i pull off. i get to almost a complete stop....and the front washes out and i fight the pig (first gen fz1 509lbs wet) all the way to ALMOST the ground. it just about touches and slowly slowly taps the left frame slider and i pick it back up, did i mention it weighs 500lbs?

problem adverted and im off. as i get closer to my destination i feel something funny thats not right? huh. so i arive and throw it on the center stand and check the rear wheel and its got a little movement side to side great at this point im 30 miles from home and its mostly highway riding.

so yeah chuck it does suck to ride with a smoked wheel bearing. that was the sloooowist i ever rode home and i tried to turn with the handlebars cut the corners out and go as slow as possible.

thank you, that is all.

[Currently]

You are alive and the bike is not totalled.

You did not get hurt and you can fix the bike.

Oh yeah ... it could get worse ... I think you did a great thing and got home safely on top of that.

Just another way of looking at it. I call it good luck!

Frozen bearing ... locked rear wheel ... high side ... pain and suffering
Yup ... you did real good!

[spicy]

You are alive and the bike is not totalled.

You did not get hurt and you can fix the bike.

Oh yeah ... it could get worse ... I think you did a great thing and got home safely on top of that.

Just another way of looking at it. I call it good luck!

Frozen bearing ... locked rear wheel ... high side ... pain and suffering
Yup ... you did real good!

+1. nice job surviving... i remember the first time i laid my katana down at like .000083mph. 461 dry, with a full tank of fuel, so probably about 510 or 515... stepped into a pothole, felt it start going down, and mustered all my strength. It was just barely not enough, and so it slowly and gracefully went down... i pulled one of my traps trying to get it back up, cuz i had just started riding and didn't know the proper technique, so i used my back and adrenaline to lift the sucker back onto the rubber side

[The Snowman]

so yeah chuck it does suck to ride with a smoked wheel bearing. that was the sloooowist i ever rode home and i tried to turn with the handlebars cut the corners out and go as slow as possible.

At least I only had to ride 4-5 miles. I couldn't imagine what doing 30 miles with the tire rubbing the inside of the swingarm would be like.

Good save on the almost-lowside. Those suck.

[Wishbone]

fortunately the tire was not that loose, or i would have had to put it in a truck.

[The Snowman]

My rear bearing was so messed up that the wheel moved back & forth a lot.

I've heard horror stories of front wheel bearings letting go and locking up, throwing the rider over the bars. I wouldn't want to experience that.