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If the stator ground all the way through it'll probably be a right off, an impact that hard on the cases can gently caress up the crank.
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Jul 2, 2012 03:41
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drat, glad he's alright. Trade secret: It's up to the driver if they tow it or not, so call AAA, tell them you've been in an accident, slip the driver a $20 or 2 if he's cool and request a flatbed.
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SaNChEzZ posted:drat, glad he's alright. This is confusing. What's the order of operations here?
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MotoMind posted:This is confusing. What's the order of operations here? Tell them you wrecked your car, ask for a flatbed. Tip the driver because if he tows it or not is up to him. I learned this from an AAA driver that towed my wrecked bike on his flatbed for 
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I don't understand why you all are having problems with AAA, I have the $100/yr membership and I didn't have any issue getting a flatbed for my bike when it died on me last week.  I live in Washington state if that makes a difference.
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Xovaan posted:3. GSXR-750's crash surprisingly well When they replaced the up-and-over frame in '96, Suzuki cleverly put a steering damper boss on the left hand side of the frame, which if you had taken advantage of it, when you crashed on the left the end of the damper and the boss punched a hole in the frame.  Luckily the aftermarket had figured this out anyway and almost every kit was a tank mount.
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I just call and tell them I have I motorcycle that needs a tow home/shop and I've never had a problem. I've used my AAA for other people I was riding with too, all with no problem. I also have this $2 add on to my insurance for specific motorcycle issues that has been nice. They'll bring you gas and tow you with pretty much no questions asked.
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Tanz-Kommandant posted:I don't understand why you all are having problems with AAA,
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Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester posted:Oh, it's because AAA has a special expensive package for motorcycles, RVs and some other poo poo. You're supposed to be paying a higher premium if you want help with your bike. I think that's freaking stupid, bikes are easier to transport than anything else, but that's the way the morons run it. Luxury vehicle/toy? Must have money!
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Jul 2, 2012 18:33
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Tanz-Kommandant posted:I don't understand why you all are having problems with AAA, I have the $100/yr membership and I didn't have any issue getting a flatbed for my bike when it died on me last week. I don't know about a special bike package, but you don't have the bottom tier. Several options get added or increased at the $100 mark, like the towing goes up from 14 to 100 miles.
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Just call a person with an f150, toss bike in bed of truck, drive off. It just got wrecked, you cant gently caress it up anymore placing it in the back of a truck.
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Errant Gin Monks posted:Just call a person with an f150, toss bike in bed of truck, drive off. It just got wrecked, you cant gently caress it up anymore placing it in the back of a truck. The problem was, when I crashed at 8AM on my way to work, all of my deadbeat friends were still sleeping.
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Came across a collision on the way home last night around 1715. For you Seattle folk, it was on Elliott between Broad and Western. I pulled over to see if they had called 911 (not to mention avoid cars honking and pulling U-turns on a narrow street). There was a bike laying in the middle of the northbound lane with the rider on the ground next to it and a pedestrian about 10-15 feet away. I asked one of the people trying to slow down traffic if he saw what happened and he said that the pedetrian had walked out from between cars and got hit. She had some nasty road rash on her back. Her sunglasses and purse were a few feet away from her, with the contents strewn all over. She wasn't anywhere near a crosswalk. There were already enough people keeping the pedestrian still, helping the biker and slowing down traffic, and I could hear the sirens, so I walked my bike along the sidewalk until it was clear and rode on.
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poo poo, that would suck, bike v pedestrian .. I think that's automatically the vehicles fault isn't it, unless the pedestrian literally jumped out in front of them.
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Nope. Usually the other way around unless it's a marked crosswalk. Usually. I know no charges were filed after my boss hit and killed a pedestrian with his motorcycle because it was at night and there was no crosswalk. Then again, that was a busy 4-lane road with no curbside parking. Dude just waltzed across the road in a blind corner.
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Injuries are healing nicely. Had the stitches taken out of my right hand where they put a plate in at the wrist. It's nice to have one functioning hand. It's in a removable splint and weight restricted. The left hand is in a splint and all I can do is wiggle my finger tips. Pins will come out in about four weeks. Practice emergency braking! I would be much better off if I hadnt panicked. I emailed my gear makers thanking them for making great gear, and they have been fantastic, I had a cheap river road jacket on, but it saved me from being covered in rash. They were fantastic, and are sending me a pair of gloves. Ive heard from icon as well and they want pictures of my helmet and bike as well. Finally got to see the bike, right handle is bent and lots of cosmetic damage but everything else is intact. It took less of a beating then I did. Hopefully I'll have some X-rays to post. I never got to see the initial X-rays, but I hear they looked pretty brutal.
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Drumstick posted:Injuries are healing nicely. Had the stitches taken out of my right hand where they put a plate in at the wrist. It's nice to have one functioning hand. It's in a removable splint and weight restricted. The left hand is in a splint and all I can do is wiggle my finger tips. Pins will come out in about four weeks. Practice emergency braking! I would be much better off if I hadnt panicked. Glad to hear that you are on the mend. The follow up post is especially helpful here IMO to remind us of the effects of a drop/crash.
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Tamir Lenk posted:Glad to hear that you are on the mend. The follow up post is especially helpful here IMO to remind us of the effects of a drop/crash. Yeah, I'm lucky I'm still youngish and in good health. It's hard to imagine that out of everything the crash itself was the least painful part. Looking forward to physical therapy because I know my left hand will have lasting issues. I think the biggest kick in the balls is that I'm off work and can't do anything because of the broken hand, no gaming, no cleaning nothing. It's been extremely boring. However, I am catching up on food network.. I can only assume I will be a master chef when I can use both hands.
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As someone who's just starting out in the world of motorcycling, crashes scare the hell out of me. I guess they should, but goddamn some of the stuff I've seen has chilled my spine.  I guess it's good to expose yourself to what can potentially happen.
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Grimes posted:As someone who's just starting out in the world of motorcycling, crashes scare the hell out of me. I guess they should, but goddamn some of the stuff I've seen has chilled my spine. Wearing proper gear, maintaining good situational awareness, and not riding beyond your abilities do a lot to mitigate the risks. If you haven't already, read Proficient Motorcycling by David Hough.
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Grimes posted:As someone who's just starting out in the world of motorcycling, crashes scare the hell out of me. I guess they should, but goddamn some of the stuff I've seen has chilled my spine. Take courses, read books and talk to riders. There is no shame in deciding to not participate in an activity that you do not wish to, for whatever the reasons. That being said, welcome to the club. It's a hell of a ride!
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I'm planning on getting good safety gear and training. VendaGoat posted:There is no shame in deciding to not participate in an activity that you do not wish to, for whatever the reasons.  .
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I didn't crash today but I was the first one that came up on a real doosie of an accident. I was riding solo on Highway 1 here in California, just north of San Francisco and about 3 miles south of Point Reyes Station. I was headed back south towards SF and was leaning hard around a corner on my V-Strom and as I came out of said corner I see in front of me a guy in a helmet and jacket laying dead smack in the center of the highway. I quickly pulled over to the side of the road, ripped my helmet off, and ran over to him. There were two cars on the side of the highway, but nobody was coming over to him. He was coherent, but his left leg was snapped in half and his legs and lower back were rashed up. He didn't remember the accident, but from what the cars tell me he came too hot into the corner and was in their lane wobbling around. I'm assuming he lowsided into the first car, which launched him into the air where his body hit the second car. At least that's what I pieced together from what the people in the 2 cars told me. Anyway, I kept him calm until more people came, talked to his buddies a bit (who showed up about 5 mins later when they realized he wasn't there anymore). Numerous first responders came and the highway was shut down for about 40 mins. The medevac helicopter came and took him to a good hospital. Looks like he'll be alright, but his bike was pretty much toast and so were the cars. Wear all your gear my friends, I got a lot of comments by people stopped about my leather head to toe and I'm guessing he wished he'd been wearing something similar. He did have a jacket, full face, and gloves on though, which most certainly saved his life or at least significant additional injury.
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Grimes posted:I guess they should, but goddamn some of the stuff I've seen has chilled my spine.
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Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester posted:What have you seen? Casey Stoner crash out on the last lap in second place at Sachsenring.  (Race 8 MotoGP 2012 spoiler)
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Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester posted:What have you seen? He also had no gear or helmet, and that probably says something to the speeds he was traveling at for something that horrible to happen. There's a billion car accident photos out there which are just as bad or worse, it just shook me hard to see something that visceral.
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Drumstick posted:Yeah, I'm lucky I'm still youngish and in good health. It's hard to imagine that out of everything the crash itself was the least painful part. Looking forward to physical therapy because I know my left hand will have lasting issues. I think the biggest kick in the balls is that I'm off work and can't do anything because of the broken hand, no gaming, no cleaning nothing. It's been extremely boring. However, I am catching up on food network.. I can only assume I will be a master chef when I can use both hands. You should pick up Dragon NaturallySpeaking. If you don't have some kind of crazy moon accent it makes life so much easier. There's also the NaturalPoint SmartNAV product for mouse control if you have issues with trackballs, etc.
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MotoMind posted:You should pick up Dragon NaturallySpeaking. If you don't have some kind of crazy moon accent it makes life so much easier. There's also the NaturalPoint SmartNAV product for mouse control if you have issues with trackballs, etc. I hate trackballs, so when I broke my wrist a few years back (not a motorcycle crash), I picked up one of these for the office:  http://www.evoluent.com/ Basically, it's a sideways mouse that you can use without rotating your arm/wrist. Way more comfortable than a regular mouse, even without a cast, etc. In fact, am using it RIGHT NOW! 
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Where does your pinky go?
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Use your imagination. the same place it always does, on the end of the hand.
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So you're clicking with your middle and ring fingers? I was trying to say "There's room for three fingers on that thing, so do you roll your pinky under it or drag it along the side or what, because unless the buttons are comically oversized it's not fitting on the mouse."
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Splizwarf posted:Where does your pinky go? I'm guessing the thing is probably larger than a standard mouse?
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They probably designed it with room for 4 fingers. This is the imagination part I was talking about. Hell, you don't even need that. You just had to click the link. Anything else you need your hand held thru?
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Originally a joke, walked into acting like a dick. Sorry. At least it actually turns out to be comically oversized. 
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Splizwarf posted:Where does your pinky go? In the stink . . .
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Splizwarf posted:comically oversized. I feel like I should be making a joke here 
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This happened 3-4 weeks ago, but I am just now getting around to posting it. Got clipped by an on coming car that "didn't see me" when it pulled out to pass. Lost control of my bike when it hit me, and high sided. The bike is in a lot worse shape than I am. I had on full gear, but the jacket sleeve on my right arm tore open. I got away with some bruises, scrapes, and a dislocated shoulder. Photos:      
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Detroit117 posted:I had on full gear, but the jacket sleeve on my right arm tore open. That's rough. Glad you wound up in one piece. What brand jacket was it?
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No pictures, but I picked up a used Ninja 250 a few weeks ago in anticipation of my taking (and passing) my MSF class. My class started this Thursday, which was classroom work, as was Friday. Saturday and today were range days. I think I did well on Saturday for never having ridden before. I continued humming along on Sunday until we were drilling straightening out in a corner to emergency brake. I did the drill itself fine, but there were two areas set up (one for left turns, one for right) and when I was crossing the middle of the range area to get in line for the other turn someone else was crossing. I locked up my front brake. My handlebars weren't straight and I dumped it going around 10 mph. No injuries, except for maybe my pride. The thing was, the other rider wasn't even really near me. It was totally my fault. I just became totally fixated on her and grabbed a big piece of front brake. That happened during the 3rd to the last drill before the skill testing. I finished the rest of the drills fine, but it was evident it was still bothering me during the panic stop portion of the skill testing and I overshot my ideal stop length by 3 feet. I didn't do my best on the last part of the test, cornering, when I had practiced really well. I know to some degree I was "taking a knee" (as well as on the panic stop) since I knew I had done well enough to pass already on the first three tests barring totally making GBS threads the bed, but I'm certain the day's earlier events were still in my head. I still passed fairly easily score wise, but I'm seriously questioning myself now given that I could make such a stupid mistake in a non-emergency situation. Plus, while I knew motorcycling riding wasn't like skipping rope, after the MSF class and seeing just how involved it is, and adding in dumping the bike, I'm really feeling down about the whole motorcycle ownership thing. Am I just being too hard on myself? Is this a normal reaction? I may feel different tomorrow, but I have a lot of doubt right now. Abe Froman fucked around with this message at 02:35 on Jul 16, 2012 |
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