I joined the been down club

[jayth]

Good to here ya didn't bust yourself up...I was able to get out for a real ride for the first time since my season ender in october. It would suck to get hurt and loose the season this early!

[markbvt]

So, is it a myth that you should loosen and re-tighten the triple tree after a get off?
I heard that somewhere, but haven't dropped a bike yet.

Not always necessary, but if after the get off the bars are turned slightly while you're going in a straight line, then yes, loosening and retightening the triple tree will straighten things out again.

--mark

[SRTie4k]

I was actually shocked that nothing got tweaked. Even my Renthal bars were straight, despite having been ground down on the clutch side. The other thing I noticed today was that my Pazzo clutch lever stop was bent backwards, so it kind of flops around now. I'm going to take the lever apart and see if I can bend it back, if not I'll just have to replace it.

On the plus side, I now realize how nice it is to ride a naked bike that's worth next to nothing.

[Garandman]

I wonder how much is cold tires and cold roads versus the detritus of winter.

[SRTie4k]

Oh and today my calf feels like I just ran 10 marathons in a row, then got the biggest charlie horse ever. It's extremely sore.

[ZX11D]

Good to see you are ok. I was out doing some "spirited riding " yesterday and got leaned over a bit more than I like to this early. Tires stuck well and no mishaps so I`m thinking I was just lucky. Gods speed brother.

[Sheppo]

Oh and today my calf feels like I just ran 10 marathons in a row, then got the biggest charlie horse ever. It's extremely sore.

drink lots of water... had the same issue last December when I had the get off in the dirt.