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FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK...
ok.. now that I got that out of my system... heres the rundown...
Was actually practicing earlier in the day going up and down South Border Rd and around Spot Pond, the Fellsway... trying to get more comfortable leaning into the turns and getting more relaxed... smooth positive throttle.. etc...
came home and chilled for a bit, was waiting for the UPS guy to deliver a package. Package arrives and I head out a little early for work. This is around 3:30-45... I head toward the Honey Dew in Wakefield as I've never been up in that area and I was thinking I could meet some of you fine folks there if anyone was there a little early for the ride to Lowell.
So I'm going up Main St, heading around the bend going left... I'm doing about 25-30 mph so not too hot... but as I'm doing the turn its a little sharper than I had realized and I get kinda freaked out. I have this big fear of my front tire always sliding out so I spooked myself a little and straighten out a bit in the turn... slightly hitting the front brakes... mistake #1
as I do this my vision shortens up... mistake #2...
so I see this curb coming up and target fixation happens... mistake #3...
So of course in my mind I'm like "Don't hit the curb...Don't hit the curb...Don't hit the fucking cur-BAM!!"
Hard lesson #1 in my motorcycling career... your bike goes where you look... don't look at curbs!.. lol...
I slam my front tire right into this curb thats part of someones driveway...
I get pitched over the right front handlebars as the front rim rebounds out to the left... luckily I get pitched toward the grass and not the road so it was a pretty soft landing... I was wearing a backpack with some clothes in it for work so I'm sure that helped alot... landed on that and rolled to my knee and slid on the grass for about 30 feet... got right up and went to pick up my bike which had slid about 15 feet farther on the street. Luckily no cars or other vehicles were around me when it happened. Was wearing all my gear so that was good too... Helmet, jacket,gloves and boots.
I'm fine... just sprained my thumb a little on my right hand from the rebound of the handlbars and getting pitched over the front. Bike is scratched up but overall not too bad... it was still running as I walk up to it and then slowly died as I started to pick it up. I think I did something to the coolant system as a little green fluid was under the bike when I picked it up.
The bad news is that now when I try to start it... nothing... the lights come on and all that stuff but when I hit the starter button... nadda... I bent the front and rear brake levers on the right side but not too bad... can prob be bent back into place and get some cheap ebay levers.
I'm more worried about the rim and forks... I hope I didn't twist them or anything like that... that would be major suckage and major $$.
This is actually my first motor vehicle accident EVER... damn... thought I would I have a little more time to prepare... lol...
*sigh*
I have a few consolations though...
1. It wasn't really that bad in the grand scheme of things... I walked away with only a slightly sprained thumb and a shot to the ego
2. Couldn't have asked for anything better to land in than soft grass. Barely felt it.
3. I'm SO glad it didn't happen in front of the Dew in front of EVERYONE!
I'll update with pics as soon as I can.
Of course the wifey is fuming at me now...