Went to TN/NC to ride mountains for the week. So out of all the ways to damage your bike up there, I found the most retarded way to do it.
Sitting at a stop sign with another bike in front of me, both of us turning right. He starts to go, I check to see if safe for me to go, it is close but I got room, I give it throttle and BOOM, dude in front of me hadn't really turned, just moved up a little. I sent his panier flying into traffic and broke his exhaust hanger.
I dropped my bike on the right side, breaking both mirrors(?), right foot peg, both headlight bezels, scratched up the fairing, windshield, and both axle sliders and made the brake level look like a boomerang.
And then I got to ride across the dragon, without a foot peg and a bent up front brake lever, to get back to the cabin. No one was injured so all is ok, except pride and wallet.
Props to 5-0DRO and his sliders. Some how for a super slow incident, those things took a beating and saved me big time.
Sitting at a stop sign with another bike in front of me, both of us turning right. He starts to go, I check to see if safe for me to go, it is close but I got room, I give it throttle and BOOM, dude in front of me hadn't really turned, just moved up a little. I sent his panier flying into traffic and broke his exhaust hanger.
I dropped my bike on the right side, breaking both mirrors(?), right foot peg, both headlight bezels, scratched up the fairing, windshield, and both axle sliders and made the brake level look like a boomerang.
And then I got to ride across the dragon, without a foot peg and a bent up front brake lever, to get back to the cabin. No one was injured so all is ok, except pride and wallet.
Props to 5-0DRO and his sliders. Some how for a super slow incident, those things took a beating and saved me big time.
