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Here4DaGangBang posted:gently caress yeah, awesome! What now?
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Shouting Melon posted:Oh god oh god oh god. They just gave you his address??
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Apr 19, 2011 23:07
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Space Pornography posted:They just gave you his address?? If it was entered into the police report, you can usually get a copy of those.
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Apr 19, 2011 23:16
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I think the idea of it is that I tell my insurer the guy's details and they go chasing him (or his insurer) to recover their costs, and I don't get stung with an excess. But still, it's kind of a weird thing to have just rung up and told me about. They'd have to have known how close his address is to mine. Maybe it's some sort of community-based "sort it out yourself" justice strategy?
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Long time lurker in this thread... first time poster. Today I was on my 09 ER-6n Naked Ninja. DOWNTOWN SEATTLE -- Heading home and riding like a dong, I blow past all the serfs waiting for the bus on 4th Ave. Feeling smug and invincible. Then this Cadillac comes out of loving nowhere and I had to lay er down! Haw. Actually, this Caddy was going pretty much at my pace, a bit ahead of me, and I should have figured he was going to change lanes up ahead, it's what I would have done. (When in doubt, assume everybody's an rear end in a top hat like yourself.) He didn't see me as he (un?)expectedly moved into my lane from my right. From there I pretty much hosed up. I can only surmise that I braked and/or swerved, badly, and my front wheel came out from under me. My memory will only testify that I got cut off, said "gently caress!", and suddenly I was sliding and rolling down a street I've ridden hundreds of times in every kind of weather and time of day. (There's some kind of lesson there -- you're not so much on your guard on familiar asphalt, are you?) I would guess I slid and rolled thirty, maybe forty feet? My bike continued another few car lengths. I recall lifting my head and being amazed at how far away my bike was. They aren't kidding when they call them "frame sliders." Several pedestrians, a tow truck driver, and a nearby cop were all up in my business right about the time I came to a stop. Are you okay, et cetera. I swear one of those fuckers was filming me on his iPhone. Isn't technology wonderful? I felt okay except for my knees. They insisted I keep laying there until the Fire Dept guys arrived, and they showed up minutes later. They bandaged up my road-rashed knees and asked me if I knew my name, what city I was in, and so on. They asked if I knew what day it was; I said something like "I'm gonna go with... Tuesday?" and they seemed to find that funny. One of the cops or firemen checked my bike over and said it was okay, which was both a surprise and a relief. I just got that fucker back from the shop! The Caddy driver did stop; he said he heard the sounds and saw my sliding bike in his mirror and immediately stopped and owned up to cutting me off. The cop talked to us seperately; my story left out that I was riding like a dong. That's probably at least a misdemeanor. Anyway, my bike had a bent shifter (easily pounded back into submission when I got home), a ground-down frame slider (money well spent in my opinion), and a few scuffs and bruises, much like myself. What did I do wrong: I did not assume the worst and prepare for it. And I think I've been spoiled by the fantastic ABS on my 08 VFR that I've been riding for the last few weeks. The Kwaki 650's brakes are bitey and grabby and lack nuance. I should have found a parking lot the minute I got my 650 back from the shop and practiced some drills. My gear and how it held up: Scorpion EXO-700 helm: Well, I can type and speak in coherent sentences so I guess it protected my dome. The visor is rashed so I'll assume it took a few bumps elsewhere, so it's officially retired. Speed And Strength armored hoodie: Yes, I'm a loving squid wearing the stupid thing but hey, it held up. The left sleeve is ripped open on the forearm, above the elbow armor. Icon visibility vest / back protector: Well, so much for visibility, am I right? No wonder bikers wear black leather, nobody can see you anyway. It's got some scuffing and some torn stitching on the chest. Still usable. Joe Rocket boots: I forgot the model, they're lace-up with a clasp to hold the laces down. My feet are okay, they did their job. Scorpion gauntlets: knuckles are ground down to the armor on the right hand; the palm is torn open on the left. My hands are okay. The gloves did their job. Cortech Kevlar-lined cargo pants: These are the pants that have lately been on closeout at newenough. On the left knee, the fabric came apart where it attaches to the zipper. It loving failed utterly. On the right knee, there's a tear but it held together. Will I keep wearing these kind of kevlar pants? Probably. Will I recommend others do so? Well... no. I can't. I've got a scraped-up knee that will probably hurt like a motherfucker tomorrow and I won't tell somebody else to sacrifice safety for the admitted comfort and convenience of cheapass pants. Wear your gear. You look cool in your gear. You look pitiful with a limp and bloodly knees.
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deliverator posted:Glad you're ok. Thanks for such a thorough debriefing! I almost rode to the grocery store today with just a T-shirt and helmet but stopped myself sayin "I ain't no squid!" It's only gunna get tougher to resist though...gently caress this Texas heat 
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Apr 20, 2011 03:09
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Sorry to hear about your wreck, but very glad to hear you and you bike made it out mostly ok. I wear those Cortech pants just about every day, so I'm both distressed but glad to know that they're not to be relied on for protection. I always wear armor under them so I won't give mine up or anything, but I surely won't be buying them again. I wish they'd make a pair that were exactly the same, but without the zip-off lowers, since it sounds like that was the weak point.
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Apr 20, 2011 03:21
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Glad you're alright. Consider tossing on a pair of knee protectors under your pants, they can spare you some agony in a crash 
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Apr 20, 2011 03:31
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Deliverator, that's about exactly what happened to me a couple years ago except the lady who cut me off didn't stop (a bus driver got her plate number for me) and I was riding extra cautiously because I knew it was a trouble spot in my neighborhood. Unfortunately, I was riding an airhead where the valve cover becomes your "frame slider" until it hits a granite curb.  I think I had posted here when it happened. Anyway the final result was about $2000 from my insurance (Hagarty) plus a new helmet. And by the way, the cop gave me the address of the lady who cut me off when I was reporting it. It's nice to get a cop who also rides.
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Apr 20, 2011 14:11
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deliverator posted:Cortech Kevlar-lined cargo pants: These are the pants that have lately been on closeout at newenough. On the left knee, the fabric came apart where it attaches to the zipper. It loving failed utterly. On the right knee, there's a tear but it held together. Will I keep wearing these kind of kevlar pants? Probably. Will I recommend others do so? Well... no. I can't. I've got a scraped-up knee that will probably hurt like a motherfucker tomorrow and I won't tell somebody else to sacrifice safety for the admitted comfort and convenience of cheapass pants. The exact same thing happened to me the first time I went down on a bike (right turn on a roundabout, wet road, got clipped by some dumbfuck in a Commodore who thought it was the perfect place to overtake) - my Draggins hit the ground right on the seam where the double-layer of kevlar around the knee is joined to the unprotected lower leg, burst open, and let my knee meet the road. I bought another pair and relegated the damaged ones to cold-weather-sleepwear duty.
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I was just leaving my house this morning, only a couple blocks away, and riding like a dong (70 or 80 in a 35). I came over a hill where I of course expected the red light to be far away and I would have plenty of time to stop, but traffic was backed up behind it unusually far. I don't remember panicking or anything, so I'm not sure why it happened, but I managed to lock up my brakes. I kept it steady and I think I tried releasing the front and grabbing it again, but by that time it was really too late. Ended up smacking my front tire into the rear bumper of a minivan, and being thrown off the bike when it bounced back. I managed to land on my feet, but I couldn't keep the bike upright, although it did go down from a stop and didn't suffer any damage from the fall but a bent clutch lever (which I was able to bend back by hand). The driver was a really nice old lady, and checked to make sure me and my bike were ok, and let me drive off first to be sure I could still ride it. Once I started moving, I did notice that my forks seem to be misaligned (hopefully not bent), but not so much that it was really affecting my handling. What really worries me is that my gas tank is now a bit loose and wiggles if I push on it. I also noticed a fluid that may have leaked out during the wreck, which I'm pretty sure is gas leaking from the tank. I'm going to check out in the garage in a couple hours to see if anything is pooling under the bike. If there's anything, I'm just going to take it to the shop and have them look at it, because I don't feel too comfortable dealing with things like gas leaks on my own yet. I'm totally fine, not even a scratch on my gear since I landed on my feet.
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Apr 21, 2011 14:16
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How fast would you guess you were going at the point of impact?
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Apr 21, 2011 16:00
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Synonamess Botch posted:How fast would you guess you were going at the point of impact? Hard to say, but probably something like 10-15mph? It goes to show that even if you're in a locked skid, it still pays to ride it out instead of laying it down. If I'd dropped the bike before impact, I suspect it would have been much more severely damaged, and possibly even damaged the minivan I hit, since the impact with the bike upright was just tire against bumper.
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Apr 21, 2011 16:05
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If your forks are a little tweaked, get the front end unloaded, loosen and retighten all of the pinch bolts and the axle. Ideally you do this with the front end just barely touching the ground, and it allows everything to move back into the proper place. In almost all of accidents where you hit the front end, you end up with a minor to moderate tweak at the front end, which is fixed by loosing everything up and letting it go back to straight.
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Heh, yeah thankfully I learned how to do that last time I crashed it. Not a big deal, really. I also just went out to the garage to check on it, and there's no puddle of gas or anything on the ground, so I think the tank is fine. Probably just a bolt got loosened or something when my massive cock and balls rammed against it during the crash. I'll crack open the service manual tomorrow and see if I can figure out if it's possible to get in there and tighten it.
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Apr 21, 2011 17:30
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SlightlyMadman posted:Heh, yeah thankfully I learned how to do that last time I crashed it. Not a big deal, really. I also just went out to the garage to check on it, and there's no puddle of gas or anything on the ground, so I think the tank is fine. Probably just a bolt got loosened or something when my massive cock and balls rammed against it during the crash. I'll crack open the service manual tomorrow and see if I can figure out if it's possible to get in there and tighten it. The impact could have also knocked the rubber dampers loose. that's what she said
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Apr 21, 2011 17:51
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A good reminder to first ride what you see and second what you know, huh?
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Apr 22, 2011 03:09
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SlightlyMadman posted:Taking a bicycle on a highway is beyond stupid, and almost certainly illegal. It's one thing to be going 20mph when everyone else is going 30-40, but to be among cars going 60-70mph means a motorist's brief inattention while changing a CD or something could kill you instantly. I see it just about every weekend here in Austin, assuming the weather is decent.
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Raven457 posted:I see it just about every weekend here in Austin, assuming the weather is decent. Amazing; that actually explains why they're allowed to execute the profoundly retarded in your state, since apparently they make up a large portion of your population.
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Apr 23, 2011 08:23
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Tooling around on the sv650s I got recently when I look down and notice I'm riding over a lot of gravel. Panicked and welp.    
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Apr 24, 2011 05:57
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Week 2 of driving the motorcycle, some dipshit pulled out in front of me making a left while I was making a left turn onto the road he was coming from. I swerved around the back of him, hit a patch of gravel in the road and slid into the curb, high siding me off the bike and into the dirt. I was wearing full gear up top but just jeans and my combat boots down low. Got a scrape on my knee and a bruise on my thigh where my house keys were in my pocket. I hit chin and shoulder first, bit the inside of my lip pretty good and my shoulder and ribs are a little bruised, but my Olympia gloves and Shift Air Avenger jacket kept me from any real damage. Thank god for a full face helmet as my chin guard knocked against a bunch of dirt and rocks. The bike has a bent riser and some damage along the exhaust. Front fender is bent and scraped to poo poo. Speedometer is cracked, but otherwise in good shape. I hopped back up and looked around, saw that gently caress head was gone like they never even saw me. So I started the bike back up and rode it about 100 yards before I realized the riser was hosed. My buddy came and got me and we tossed it in the back of my truck. Looks like I will be ordering some new parts sooner than expected. All in all.... gravel sucks.
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Apr 27, 2011 01:57
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SAW GRAVEL, HAD TO LAYER DOWN (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Apr 27, 2011 02:52
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KenMornignstar posted:driving the motorcycle Right there. You see that? That is why you deserved what happened.
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Apr 27, 2011 02:54
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I kind of did the opposite of laying it down. Although glad I had all the top gear on.
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Apr 27, 2011 03:22
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Can-Am Spyder?
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Gravel is the loving devil.
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Apr 27, 2011 03:57
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Did you snap off the throttle when you felt yourself hit it? It can be really difficult to get past the SR of feeling that slip, but the best thing to do is just keep on the gas and get through it. I definitely wouldn't blame you for going down (as a new rider myself), but the thing to learn from that is that in all likelihood you could have prevented it.
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Apr 27, 2011 04:04
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SlightlyMadman posted:Did you snap off the throttle when you felt yourself hit it? It can be really difficult to get past the SR of feeling that slip, but the best thing to do is just keep on the gas and get through it. I definitely wouldn't blame you for going down (as a new rider myself), but the thing to learn from that is that in all likelihood you could have prevented it. I actually rolled on the throttle thinking i could come out of it but the back tire slipped and when I hit the curb it just tossed me. I didn't have much time to think once the slide started. The bike then slid down the curb a few feet as I slid down the dirt a few feet. My body is pretty sore right now, good thing I have a lot of vacation saved up.
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n8r posted:SAW GRAVEL, HAD TO LAYER DOWN  e: still waiting on my parts, bikebandit is helpful enough to tell me they're "On Order" 
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Apr 27, 2011 17:00
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Patient much?
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Apr 27, 2011 19:10
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I'm not very patient. I'd feel better if On Order became Shipped though.
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Apr 27, 2011 21:02
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You could of saved some money it you ordered from ronayers.com instead of bike bandit.
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Apr 27, 2011 21:27
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Persh posted:I'm not very patient. I'd feel better if On Order became Shipped though. Have you ordered from buttbandit before? In my experience, it says On Order until like 2 days after it arrives (which is usually in 2 days or so) then they mark it shipped. They're slow.
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Apr 27, 2011 21:59
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SlightlyMadman posted:Amazing; that actually explains why they're allowed to execute the profoundly retarded in your state, since apparently they make up a large portion of your population. When he said he sees people riding on the highway all the time in Austin, he's probably referring to 360 (Capitol of TX Highway) or another similar road. This is not the same as someone riding on I-35 by a long shot. There's a wide bike lane on either side of the highway, and bicyclists commute on it daily.
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Apr 27, 2011 22:58
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I fell off a couple weeks ago. I was following another rider (didn't know him) very closely, we were both riding aggressively. I was probably 4 feet off of his rear tire when he tucked the front in a tight left hander, I ran over him/his bike and wound up on my back with a broken Tibia.
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I suppose belongs here, technically it was a crash. I've been riding since September and went out on Easter for a 2nd track day with the Ninja 250. My first one was in November and since I've put about 2k riding on the bike, but here on the East coast there are no curvy roads to really get out on. First session of the morning, after about lap 5 the group leader / instructor started picking up the pace, and enter a corner I felt the back end of the bike wiggle, this freaked me out and caused me to react by looking straight ahead, standing the bike up an braking. This particular corner had a deep sand trap just off the edge of the track which my front tire dug into sending me into somewhat of a high side. I hit the sand and slid maybe another 10 feet in the grass, I remember pushing the bike away from my foot and it stopped right next to me. Looking back the crash was from me not committing to the corner, which was due to going uncomfortably fast too early in the session. My next error was not positioning my self on the bike and transitioning to the next corner and rolling on the throttle when entering the corner. After brushing off the dirt my touring suit held up, although it was at most a 20 mph accident (corner entering speed was around 50). The main lesson here is track days really do help improve riding. A lot of what I had forgotten was reinforced, brake, downshift, brake, downshift, look, lean and roll on the throttle. Being on the street that could have been a dangerous lesson. e: and here's my bike taking a nap.
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Same here. Had another track day/class and near the end of day 1 went into a series of turns at around 45 miles/hr or so. I kicked it into neutral without realizing it at first (I wanted to shift up) and as I went to apply throttle I panicked a bit as I started coasting and instead of trying to follow the curve I straightened my bike out and braked. Into the dirt. which flipped me up. I came out perfectly fine, my bike got a couple of fairing scratches but were really minor. I think I was just really tired and not being strong with my shift patterns. And fixated a bit when I popped it into neutral. What a dong. Day two was loving boss, though. Day 2 was better. Oops these images are out of order. You can see the damage that happened to my bike on the one where I am not tumbling. 
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giundy posted:I've been riding since September quote:2nd track day quote:Ninja 250. Is that Carolina Motorsport Park? Also, gently caress BT45's. I hate those tires. At least, it looks like that's what you have. If you're gonna be doing more trackdays I highly recommend the BT090's or BT003RS's for that bike (110/70-17 & 140/70-17). They'll feel much more planted than those squared off loving cruiser tires.
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I've had my F4i pop into neutral quite a few times on the track and it _really_ screws you up when you're riding that hard. I've been lucky not to crash a couple of those times
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aventari posted:I've had my F4i pop into neutral quite a few times on the track and it _really_ screws you up when you're riding that hard. I've been lucky not to crash a couple of those times My F4i used to pop into neutral from second all the time, one time it happened mid corner in a LONGGGGGGGG sweeper so I sat back up and coasted for the hell of it... toward the end of the corner I decided it would be a good idea to drop it into 1st and dump the clutch without thinking about it, and that is how I learned how far a bike will go sideways without throwing you off.
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