Lowsided yesterday afternoon up in North Georgia Mountains.
The Bike:
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My Gear:
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[image: View Post]DougFromIndy, on Apr 24 2009, 07:47 PM, said:
looks like good decision to be wearing boots, bad decision to pass on some R & G frame sliders
Are you OK? thats the main thing.
ATGATT :fing02: I rode away with a sprained wrist and that was it. There is one more bigger hole in the pants on the back of the thigh. Upgrading to leather for my next mountain trip.
I was actually planning on getting frame sliders from the guy on here that makes them. He has been back logged and I hadn't looked at any others. Guess I should have gotten another set. Live and learn. Damage to the bike is only cosmetic and it just need the fairings repainted and a new brake lever.
Would you care to tell us what happened? Or is it irrelevant. Glad you're ok though. Even the bike does not seem too bad. I just moveed to leather myself, just in case...
Take care and heal fast. And get back on it. :fing02:
ppm
Verrry sorry that happened, SM. Looks like the CE armor did the job behind the Cordura, though. Looks expensive, too. I would be absolutely sick, so I think we can all empathize with how you must be feeling. I've heard horror stories from friends around Dahlonega about how certain twisted N. Ga. locals that get tired of sport bikers ripping through their roads will actually lace some curves with oil in hope of discouraging such activity. :unsure: About how fast were you going?
[image: View Post]PolarBear, on Apr 24 2009, 08:05 PM, said:
Would you care to tell us what happened? Or is it irrelevant. Glad you're ok though. Even the bike does not seem too bad. I just moveed to leather myself, just in case...
Take care and heal fast. And get back on it. :fing02:
ppm
Out for a ride with one of the other guys from the local board (www.georgiasportbike.com). Had already made one run up 129 and was making another pass. Toward the top there is a horseshoe turn with a decreasing radius (one of my favorites on that road actually) went into the turn about the same speed or maybe a hair faster then my first run up. Coming out of the turn I hit a dip in the road that caused the front end to let loose. Bike slid across the road and into the ditch. I went sliding/rolling up the road. Guy I was riding, another motorcyclist coming down the mountain, and a car that came up the mountain behind us helped upright and pull the bike out of the ditch.
Here is a picture of the turn. I was running up the mountain which is coming from the right and moving to the left.
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Glad to hear that you are OK, Glad to see you had the gear and it did a great job of saving you.
I see SOOOOO many people out on there Busa's, RR's GSXR's ect.... and all they wear is Helmet, T-shirt, shorts and tennis shoes with a chick on the back with less on. and it makes me sick. I really hope they wise up before they go down. I went down for the first time on 4/5/09 and my gear saved me BIG TIME!
Ya know, there's a lot easier ways to get that Interceptor sticker off........ :rolleyes: :mellow:
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Ouch SM. That turn and the other sharp one that goes from 2 to 1 lane going up just before the hiking station see a good bit of action with crashed bikes. Well most of the road does, but yea. Glad you are ok. I think i know the bump pretty well...hit it once or twice and have it pretty much committed to memory.
[image: View Post]kwr8728, on Apr 24 2009, 11:02 PM, said:
Ouch SM. That turn and the other sharp one that goes from 2 to 1 lane going up just before the hiking station see a good bit of action with crashed bikes. Well most of the road does, but yea. Glad you are ok. I think i know the bump pretty well...hit it once or twice and have it pretty much committed to memory.
First time I have hit it in all the times that I have been up there. Is it that bad that it should have knocked me down?
Not sure the bump itself could take you down. It might be the fact you were exiting the turn and probably on the throttle. Combine that with a high lean angle and your chances of loosing traction increase. I have had a slight bobble hitting it, but nothing to the point of a slide. I have almost lost it in the rain on that very corner. Again, it had more to do with me on throttle and high lean angle: meaning i wasn't going slow.
[image: View Post]Action, on Apr 24 2009, 10:04 PM, said:
Sorry Dude, glad you and the bike are OK. Like Seb said check the rad's, they are pretty easily damaged. I can certainly relate.
Same here. Mine was low speed so we didn't get much rider/bike separation and the position was freaky enough that my left foot was crushed and I spent 5 nights in the hospital with 2 surgeries to put my toes back together. I don't limp, but the 4 little toes on my left foot can barely bend on their own.
Interestingly, my tail section didn't get a scratch on it. No radiator damage either.
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Glad to hear you're not injured !
Minor damages on the bike (but it's true that a paint work "cost an eye" :angry: ) and a safe driver is an "happy" conclusion as we both know how it's easy to be wounded in a fall.
The pic of your boot is very significant of the importance to have a good protection gear/boots/glove...
I know a few young driver in my aera and I my forum who ride with only sport or light leather shoes (They prefer to spend their money in a noisy exhaust first ) ... can I use the picture of your worn boot to show them how the tarmac could destroy a non-protected foot ?
Glad to hear you're ok.....I was just up there on Thursday (APR23) and know what you're talking about. Hopefully 1 of the usually 4 or 5 photogs up there didn't get series of pics of the incident.
[image: View Post]Laurent91580, on Apr 25 2009, 08:01 AM, said:
Glad to year you're not injured !
Minor damages on the bike (but it's true that a paint work "cost an eye" :angry: ) and a safe driver is an "happy" conclusion as we both know how it's easy to be wounded in a fall.
The pic of your boot is very significant of the importance to have a good protection gear/boots/glove...
I know a few young driver in my aera and I my forum who ride with only sport or light leather shoes (They prefer to spend their money in a noisy exhaust first ) ... can I use the picture of your worn boot to show them how the tarmac could destroy a non-protected foot ?
Yes, by all means use it. Also emphasize that they actually stayed on compared to shoes and also added protection for my shin.
[image: View Post]swfcpilot, on Apr 24 2009, 11:44 PM, said:
Same here. Mine was low speed so we didn't get much rider/bike separation and the position was freaky enough that my left foot was crushed and I spent 5 nights in the hospital with 2 surgeries to put my toes back together. I don't limp, but the 4 little toes on my left foot can barely bend on their own.
Unfortunately for mine, I had on boots with more armor than the original post, but when your toes get driven into the pavement by a 500 pound motorcycle it wouldn't have mattered. But I still wear boots.
I want to put a note about pants too. I was wearing jeans under my overpants. In the ER, they couldn't cut through the heavy textile areas of my pants with regular surgical equipment. Fortunately my wife pointed out how to unzip them to the hip and pull them off. But for the jeans underneath...they put the scissors at the bottom hem, and in one long ZIP, cut them off from ankle to hip like the proverbial hot knife through butter. 2 riding buddies who normally only wore jeans went out that day and bought new textile pants after seeing how fragile the jeans were.
[image: View Post]swfcpilot, on Apr 25 2009, 11:04 AM, said:
[image: View Post]swfcpilot, on Apr 24 2009, 11:44 PM, said:
Same here. Mine was low speed so we didn't get much rider/bike separation and the position was freaky enough that my left foot was crushed and I spent 5 nights in the hospital with 2 surgeries to put my toes back together. I don't limp, but the 4 little toes on my left foot can barely bend on their own.
Unfortunately for mine, I had on boots with more armor than the original post, but when your toes get driven into the pavement by a 500 pound motorcycle it wouldn't have mattered. But I still wear boots.
I want to put a note about pants too. I was wearing jeans under my overpants. In the ER, they couldn't cut through the heavy textile areas of my pants with regular surgical equipment. Fortunately my wife pointed out how to unzip them to the hip and pull them off. But for the jeans underneath...they put the scissors at the bottom hem, and in one long ZIP, cut them off from ankle to hip like the proverbial hot knife through butter. 2 riding buddies who normally only wore jeans went out that day and bought new textile pants after seeing how fragile the jeans were.
Guy I was riding with was only wearing jeans. Once we got to the top of the mountain and stopped at the hikers station we started talking about it and assessing the damage. He is picking up a pair of pants ASAP and definitely before he goes back up to the mountains. So that is one good thing that came out of this.
I think you guys maybe on to something here with the scratched up look..... Im sure there will be copy cats with this new FAD. Reminds me of people buying the worn out jean look.
[image: View Post]SLO97VFR, on Apr 25 2009, 01:46 PM, said:
I think you guys maybe on to something here with the scratched up look..... Im sure there will be copy cats with this new FAD. Reminds me of people buying the worn out jean look.
Does this mean I need to do the other side to match!?! :unsure:
[image: View Post]SlowMotion, on Apr 25 2009, 02:55 PM, said:
[image: View Post]SLO97VFR, on Apr 25 2009, 01:46 PM, said:
I think you guys maybe on to something here with the scratched up look..... Im sure there will be copy cats with this new FAD. Reminds me of people buying the worn out jean look.
Does this mean I need to do the other side to match!?! :unsure:
[image: View Post]SLO97VFR, on Apr 25 2009, 01:46 PM, said:
I think you guys maybe on to something here with the scratched up look..... Im sure there will be copy cats with this new FAD. Reminds me of people buying the worn out jean look.
Hmmmm,.................... You really may be on to something.
Kinda makes me want to go out in the garage and take a grinder to my otherwise perfect fairings. I don't want to look like I don't have any crash experience. - maybe add some desert camo from a rattle can to the swing arm. :ph34r:
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Glad to hear you're ok. Not many crashes result in the crashee running up in the woods to get a better photo of the area! :laugh:
That is actually the same turn that my coworkers cabin is on. That picture is from my wife and mines weekend get-a-way :wub: back in December. Put the picture up as reference.
[image: View Post]SLO97VFR, on Apr 25 2009, 12:46 PM, said:
I think you guys maybe on to something here with the scratched up look..... Im sure there will be copy cats with this new FAD. Reminds me of people buying the worn out jean look.
My bike was so new that I had to fix it back to original, BUT if it had been several years old with a lot of miles on it, I think I would have left the undamaged side pearl white, but paint the damaged side with flat black out of a spray can! Give it a good/bad, yin/yang, Jekyll/Hyde look ;)
[image: View Post]swfcpilot, on Apr 25 2009, 11:09 PM, said:
[image: View Post]SLO97VFR, on Apr 25 2009, 12:46 PM, said:
I think you guys maybe on to something here with the scratched up look..... Im sure there will be copy cats with this new FAD. Reminds me of people buying the worn out jean look.
My bike was so new that I had to fix it back to original, BUT if it had been several years old with a lot of miles on it, I think I would have left the undamaged side pearl white, but paint the damaged side with flat black out of a spray can! Give it a good/bad, yin/yang, Jekyll/Hyde look ;)
Timmy would be proud!
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