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I learned two things on my way to work yesterday: 1. I hate squirrels. 2. Frame sliders are the best investment ever. I was on my way to work when a kamikaze squirrel jumped out in front of me and my svs650k7. I slowed down to roughly 20mph while the squirrel posted up and stared me down. I began to swerve around him when he dashed under my front tire. I either panicked and locked the front mid swerve or slid out due to the furry/squishy bump in the road or some combination of the two. Anyway, next thing I know, I am sliding on the ground watching my bike slide next to me. It was an awful sight paired with the wretched sound of metal on concrete. I jumped up and pulled my bike out of the road. I was surprised that the horrible scrapping noises didn’t birth more damage. My rear brake took the worst of it and bent back a little, the upper corner of my fairing near the headlight was slightly rashed, the can had a little rash, and the frameslider was worn away a bit. As for me, I was wearing a full face, a* jacket, a* sp2 gloves, jeans, and some jump boots. My gear made out pretty good as well. The jacket has a slight scuff on the upper arm. The gloves took the brunt of it and I am glad I had them on. The carbon knuckles of my right ring finger and pinky went from being convex to concave and had some serious rash. Lesson learned: gently caress swerving around a squirrel. I’m keeping my line next time because either way, you still have to hose off bits.
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