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Newbie report: Puttering around on friend's old, scratched up ninjette, 2nd time on a bike, went to make a right turn at a stoplight coming downhill, didn't see a patch of gravel and washed out the front wheel with too much brake while somewhere between stopped and walking speed. Damage: His right-hand Icon glove's palm. Don't know the model, but I can get pictures later. They protected me ok, but I cheese-gratered enough material off the palm while essentially motionless to not trust them to protect at any kind of speed. Crash itself is not worthy of mention, but I figured it was worth spreading the word about the gear.
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May 19, 2009 01:13
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welp Crashed for the first "real" time today on the way to pick up brake parts to fix my car. I was riding my friend's ninjette again, since my bike is down with electrical issues and I have no other transportation. It has been raining here for about three days off-and-on, and was a bit damp out. I came to an intersection to make a left, was behind an suv with an suv behind me. The light turned green, suv in front took off, and being on the torqueless wonder and not used to it yet I killed it letting the clutch out. Moment of "oh poo poo get it going you dumbass," I get it fired back up, and head into the intersection a bit too hastily. At that point I notice a truck about to make a right turn from the other direction (road i'm turning onto is 2 lanes each way) and, trying to get through the intersection and out of the way in case he's a dipshit and turns into my lane, I gave it a bit too much gas and kicked the rear end out at around 25mph. Bike spun to a halt in the right lane and died, guy making a right stopped with enough room and gave cover for me to haul the 250 off the road. I had slid a few feet on my left hip and elbow but was otherwise undamaged. Bike suffered a snapped left handlebar and broken left peg mount and some cosmetic damage to the fairing (which was scuffed bad already). I pushed the bike to a parking lot and walked to pick up the car parts (they didn't have them). Didn't have my cell phone so I ended up walking a few miles to get my other buddy with his truck. I had gotten a set of ramps thrown into the deal with my bike, and they've finally turned out to be useful. Real kickass ones too. I have now officially had break or have broken every form of powered transport in my possession or care. As for gear, I was wearing jeans, joe rocket orbit boots, fieldsheer gloves, joe rocket alter ego 2 jacket, and a scorpion 700-whatever helmet. Only the pants and jacket are any worse for wear. The ankle protectors on the boots worked brilliantly. Pants tore but no road rash on my hip (just a bruise). The jacket held up ok, but the elbow armor twisted out of the way and so it was all elbow-fabric-cement. The textile scuffed a bit on the outside, and I have mesh-pattern jacket-rash on my left elbow now. All in all, maybe 100 bucks of bike damage and a bit of bruised elbow and ego. I figure I got off super easy and will learn from my mistake.
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Jun 30, 2009 23:16
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