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TurboLuvah
Jul 24, 2004

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FuzzyWuzzyBear posted:

Lowsided on a downhill right hander on route 116 in Mass. On an '83 750 Maxim. Extremely forceful wobble while scraping the peg broke my wrist, and the bike just decided not to stay up. I slid and tumbled at 60mph on the asphalt with the bike in hot pursuit. Gear (textile pants, leather jacket, helmet, boots) did its job and I have two minor abrasions. The bike has a broken brake lever and turn signal. I have a broken ego (and wrist), and decided I need to stop being cheap and buy a more modern functioning bike.

I love to ride that road out West, it's so nice, but there have been so many bad accidents on it.

Edit: Beaten by Terminal

Terminal posted:

Boss from a previous job lives on one of those 116 corners. He considers it a normal weekly occurrence to see either EMT's on the scene, or a tow truck plucking a twisted frame out of the ravine on the other side of the road. Glad you made it out of this one okay, but I've seen very good riders have plenty of fun at 60mph on that road with modern supersports. Dragging peg a month and a half out of the MSF on an 80's UJM probably wasn't the best idea in this case.

Yes, plenty of fun on modern supersports at sane speeds :)

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