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That story has made me frantically worried about not having a back protector that isn't a butterfly-shaped piece of foam. I'm already cautious as a rider, and it's good to have such disturbing poo poo like this to keep me pressing myself upward further on my toes.
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In that case, what's among the best back protectors out there that are attachable? I've been looking for reviews and the such without avail.
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This looks awesome as a back protector, after doing some research. http://www.britishmotorcyclegear.com/knox-ricochet-back-protector.asp
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My girlfriend and two of my friends nearly had the displeasure of watching me on my Ninja 500 explode into a deer tonight. I was leading a car of those friends down a dark road outside RIT in Rochester, when a deer emerged with a deft suddenness and sprinted furiously across the road, clearly wanting to collide with me. I was going around 50, and immediately slammed on the brakes. It was inevitable, and my Ninja fishtailed to a near-stop. The deer's rear end was up tight against my headlight, both of us in motion, perpendicular to each other... the fur brushed against my bike... then it was gone. The deer was gone. Missed a deer-explosion by a few millimeters. I started cheering on my bike after the first 30 seconds of shock. I looked over for hair or other stuff after I parked. Nothing. My gf and friends really, really thought I was a goner, that my little Ninja missile was gonna explode and spray deer and walkin dude all over the road. I was wearing my Joe Rocket jacket, helmet, knee pads, boots, and my Knox back protector. I feel invincible now. Lucky as gently caress. Thank loving god I had that instant reaction.
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Ironically enough, after I pulled up to the Jefferson-John St intersection (this happened by the nearby porn store) and turned to my friends in their car to express my gestural shock, I immediately blasted off toward the Hess gas station and put in full throttle, going wayyyy over the speed limit to shake off the shock. Nearly hitting a deer like that made me thunder madly down the road, all pumped up with adrenaline, all the way to the on-campus apartments. Never had a close encounter with a deer, with 5 years of life here in Rochester, and this was the first.
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Oct 25, 2009 03:34
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Doctor Zero posted:And that's why you let the cars go first to act as "sweepers." Brilliant. I shall do this from now on.
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Now it's my turn. I was going back home from St. Patty's Day festivals at 2:40am this morning. My gf was riding on her new SV behind me, and another friend was driving her SUV behind us both. A 1968 Ford pickup truck ran a stopsign right in front of me, while I was going 45-40 mph. I braked immediately, but hit the truck. I flipped completely head over heels. I remember the rear tire losing traction due to the hard braking. I remember the impact and the world quickly whirling through my visor. I found myself laying on my back inside the bed of the pickup truck, my head resting against the spare tire. My legs sticking out the other side. Astonished and confused to where I was. Here's a pic of the same truck model, and where I hit:  I remember my leather Scorpion All-In jacket and my helmet being quite comfy, along with the quite full backpack that I was carrying on my back (full of books, papers, and other school stuff, all undamaged). My girlfriend got off her bike and started screaming and cursing at the driver, thinking I had gotten killed. My legs were just sticking out of the truck. I rose my upper body up by my arms and started screaming and cursing at the driver. She was a 22 year old girl. She started crying and stuff. A male passenger with her tried to calm her, and us, down, and started apologizing profusely to us. I looked over myself and my lower body. Then paramedics, cops, a firetruck, and even Channel 10 News arrived within minutes (that intersection was a few blocks away from a hospital). WTF tv news? My upper body was fine except my lower back felt sore. My legs got banged up pretty good - my left knee and lower right leg were feeling hellaciously sore. I was wearing jeans and a pair of North Face boots (I'm supposed to get leather riding pants in the mail any day now. grr). I know, stupid. My SV had bounced off the truck and onto the ground, and was still running like that and got turned off by the girlfriend. And it left only a small dent on the drat truck. I went into shock, naturally, shaking uncontrollably. Paramedics tended to me and made sure my limbs were fine, etc. I just stayed there sitting on the pickup truck's bed side, yelling at the police to check the girl's alcohol level and exclaiming how lucky I was. After the police filed a report and dragged off my bike to a side street, I went to the hospital in my friend's SUV. Stayed up all night to get Xrays. No broken bones. Just very, very sore legs. There was a vicious bump on my right lower leg that's since subsided. Hard to walk. Thank god it was a pickup truck. I don't know how it'd be like if it was a SUV, or a car. Man. I'm pretty pissed off. I went back to the bike after I got out. The sliders saved the body behind the front. I'm waiting for a claims rep to come and check out the bike. the walkin dude fucked around with this message at 20:13 on Mar 18, 2011 |
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Looks like stupid. Cops didn't swarm around her as a drunk driver would possibly indicate. I was in shock the whole time and didnt see her get tickets... yoiks, editing.
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Hey guys I'm tots ready to go foot-draggin' on my scooter  
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drat, you're yet another testimony for wearing gear. Glad to see that you made out fine. Today I rode out to get milk in swimming shorts.  As deranged as I am to do that, it was a glorious bout of insanity after a long hegemony of leather pants.
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Wow, you got lucky, fortunately you're relatively ok. Pickup trucks have a specific impact-zone range of physical salvation, which I derived from how I flipped into the bed of one from a 30ish-mph impact, just after furious braking action from 45-50mph. If you're barreling toward a pickup truck then try to aim for its bed. Which is yet another reason why SUVs should be regulated heavily. Long, solid walls floating everywhere.
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Probably Hates You posted:This is what scares me the most. A few inches to the right and I would have smashed into the cab. Who knows how badly that would have ended up. Nope, I had to arrange the towing myself, a hour before a flight out of town to my grandma's funeral. The driver's insurance declared me as being 20% at fault, so I got just 80% of the towing fee reimbursed.
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Yikes, that used to be a S model? Also glad you're ok.
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Indeed, the few days are gonna be a bitch for your body as it's healing from the violent impact. Rest vigorously. I wonder what'll happen with insurance.
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That's hilarious, especially since the SV has oil starvation issues related to doing wheelies for longer than a short blurp.
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Next: drop your bike with a passenger.
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Noo! Don't let this be an emerging trend of goons crashing their new bikes! I've been paranoid lately for some reason about dumping my 636, especially that it has no sliders. Why couldn't there be good no-cut sliders for that bike? Glad there's no bad injuries.
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Forty Two posted:There is another way: Just found this on Craigslist today, the ad doesn't mention them: http://rochester.craigslist.org/mcy/2662055745.html for posterity: 
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DC (along with NOVA) is definitely a traffic shithole. Good thing you emerged unscathed for the most part. Never never attempt again an invasion of DC in a state of being cold and tired.
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Man, I wonder just what it's like to be a 18 year old on a SuperSport. I'm turning 28 in two weeks. So old.
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After testing the kindness of fate, I don't know how great of an idea it is to return to DC / the Beltway and ride there. The place is craptascularly nuts.
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Covert Ops Wizard posted:They're the original 09 tires. about 5500 miles on them so they could definitely be replaced, but the tread doesn't look too bad. And I had them inflated to 32r 28f (what the manual suggests) a couple weeks ago. Could be them, stock tires tend to be wonderfully poo poo. I never really tried and lean much on my old Ninjas' OEM-level tires because they felt slippery to me. Are you planning to replace the fairings or leave em be or even go streetfighter? Sorry about the crash though.
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Insurrrrance payout. Your troubles with your SV are now dissipated, that's something positive. good luck with the surgery. From what I understand, a torque fracture is when your bone is twisted into two, right?
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^-- the truth, that health insurance biz Now, learn to start buying $100-200 helmets instead of those Shoei's. Presto, you'd then have money to afford medical expenses. I was in a 45 mph impact with a pick up truck that resulted in me slamming my head into the sidewall of the truck bed. I was wearing my $120 Scorpion EXO-700, and checked out without any head injuries. the walkin dude fucked around with this message at 16:57 on May 1, 2012 |
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nsaP posted:Go somewhere where you can see a few different brands and give them a try. Pretty much any helmet is going to protect your dome. The differences in price come with the quality of the visor/vents/other accessories and fit. This. My Scorpion is pretty good in general - snug, comfy. But its venting is not that great (I can't feel anything coming in with my "vents" open) and my visor pops open a bit when I look to my sides at highway speeds. For me, safety & cost is more key than higher-quality hinge/visor/venting components. At least Scorpion does make cool designs. From what I understand, Shoei's are lighter and have more R&D behind them. They produce helmets with more up-to-date safety design standards, while Scorpion's EXO-700 is based on 2005 standards. I dunno about their newer helmets though (EXO-700 is now phased out). Shoei is a Japanese company while Scorpion is based out of the American West. the walkin dude fucked around with this message at 20:51 on May 1, 2012 |
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Mootmoot, what naked bike(s) do you like?
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Why didn't you love your Bandit? The weight? The handling? I certainly like the looks of those things, but everybody who mentions owning a Bandit also implies a  trait to ownership.
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The curse of powerfully inadequate suspension. Every motor is great with a great suspension, I think.
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Xovaan posted:
That's certainly That kinda acceleration's great for occasional bouts of balls-fueled fury and 2-up riding, but not for around town/cities (like my 636 deftly showed me), yeah. But the ability to slingshot oneself past 100 mph in the time it takes to do a sharp intake breath, is intoxicating... Especially coupled with seeing how long you can get away with not getting ticketed for speeding. I miss that  Oh yeah, I had to give my GF the Suzuki gel seat in our SV "trade" so I'm stuck with the normal seat. It certainly makes a difference upon my legs (with my SV of stock tail-height). :-/ I'm thinking of going for Buell foot pegs if I can't find a replacement riser-seat for cheap (the seat, comfort-wise is adequate). the walkin dude fucked around with this message at 15:54 on Jun 4, 2012 |
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That Hyosung looks dismally cheap. For some more content: Dropped one of my SV's yesterday for the first time, in my storage unit basement complex. Misjudged the placement of my sidestand when I tried to settle it down. Broke off the knob of my clutch lever and this crap CRG mini bar-end mirror which was an useless complement to my Tuono mirrors. Everything else's dandy thanks to Motosliders. I got a painful bump on my right lower leg, though, from smacking it somewhere. Instantly ordered a pair of eBay CNC adjustable levers. the walkin dude fucked around with this message at 02:01 on Sep 6, 2012 |
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BlackMK4 posted:Not really a crash but this happened last weekend and I managed to have the GoPro running; there is absolutely zero damage other than scratches on the frame slider and rear spool. Derp. loving. Derp. definitely more classy a pick-up than mootmoot with his own red D675
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Scuff? Time to streetfighter it out! May I offer some attractive headlight options?
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