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So I was riding along on my freshy waxed and washed bike.
Hit a corner slow that I have done a million times before. Coming out of the corner I got on the gas. I guess I gave it too much or the tires weren't stickin good or something, but the back end came around a good 65 degrees. Let of the throttle and it launched me WAY high. I landed hard on my left side, so did the bike. Bent the handlebars, broke both directionals, broke the passenger peg mount, scuffed up the engine case and front mini-fairing, broke the front fender, broke the clutch lever, left hand mirror, digned the gastank from the handlbars and bent the kickstand all to hell. Landed in a ditch about 60 feet from the launch, I landed about 30 feet away from the bike on pavement.
Sprained ankle (never had one before), banged up knee, elbow, shoulder and right hand. All X-rays came back negative. Had my leather jacket, good gloves, Arai helmet and over the ankle boots. Coat is fine, gloves and boots are a little scuffed but will clean up though helmet is cooked. It was gettin to be about time to replace it anyways.
Pics of the bike and gear are here:
http://photos.yahoo.com/theiglu
Look under Memorial Day Crash.
Arg.....
And to think I was riding 4x as hard all at Deal's Gap without anything like this happening. I wasn't even goin good for this. I'm suspecting the handling is different now that my swingarm doesn't wiggle from side to side. Probably made it give me less warning it was about to give out or I simply gave it to much of that 1200cc's while too little of the tire was on the ground. I think the fact that I was feeling a little bit under the weather compounded the problem.
I'll stop by and grab a picture of my 6+ foot power slide that left a nice long black mark in the road. Gunna have to wait until I can drive my car again since the clutch ankle is the sprained one.
WEAR YOUR GEAR!!! I was close to home on a road I've done hundreds of times before on a corner I've practiced on many more times.
I STILL love this bike and hope to never part with it.
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Sorry to hear about your crash - heal up fast and good luck with the repairs!
Originally Posted by ThisBitch
