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Bike: 1987 Ninja 750R (my first motorcycle) Situation: I was driving along a 2-lane street in the city, at night, made eye contact with a girl stopped at a stop sign. She jumped out in front of me, I'm not sure if she was trying to beat me, or didn't see me, or was drunk or what. I hit her Firebird in the rear quarter panel between the rear wheel and the door. Thankfully it was a convertible and I flipped over the car and bounced/slid quite a ways down the road, and came to rest up a curb and into the grass. Damage report:  Click here for the full 1152x864 image.  Click here for the full 1152x864 image.  Click here for the full 1152x864 image.  Click here for the full 1152x864 image.  Click here for the full 1152x864 image.  Click here for the full 1152x864 image.  Click here for the full 1152x864 image. Not too much damage to the jacket, put a few holes in my gloves and jeans. I was very, very sore laying on the couch for the next couple days.
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God loving  Dammit  doing some curves at 40mph, not sure if I fixated on a roadsign or what, went off the road, said to myself "okay, just ride it through the grass until I slow down" Then I jumped down into this 8 foot drainage ditch. Helmet busted the windshield off, hit the right side of the ditch and tore up my leg/plastic. My body hitting the gas tank knocked the loving wind out of me. Never fell off the bike. Also I hit some fresh tar with my my car.
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Jun 26, 2010 21:17
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What's the best place for replacement plastics? I see fairly cheap side/front fairings from Hotbodies in the Dennis Kirk catalog. Throw in a windshield, new right side headlight, and turn signals and I should be back in business, right? Also, why won't this thing start?
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Jun 27, 2010 23:42
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Z3n posted:Personally, I'd recommend an eBay set of fairings. They won't be oem quality but they're pretty drat good for the price. Either that or eBay the replacement fairings you need. Stuck a wire in the tipover sensor, fuel pump came on. I could ride it around but the front tire is flat. There's a hole in the front tire, I wonder if it was going low and that's why the bike didn't want to turn? Going back to the crash site to see if I can find the other parts. Mirrors and stuff. Hope nobody picked them up, but it's a deep ditch and it's in the middle of nowhere. Cleaned the bike up and it looks alright. I'll have to get new pictures when I get home.
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Jun 30, 2010 14:09
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Bob Morales posted:Cleaned the bike up and it looks alright. I'll have to get new pictures when I get home. Looks like my tailsection is bent to the left a little bit, what's up with that?     Found all the parts. Here's the final resting spot of the bike.  Here's where I dropped in, then continued to ride about 75 feet. There's a huge mud rut now.   Pass with care!
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