really need help after crash

[klauder88]

so last time i broke my shift lever walking my bike in the garage but today i got messed up riding. i was in millstone nj with my cousin and brother going around a turn and the bike kicked out cause i braked i rolled into the bank scratched up my knee tore up my helmet but thank god for alpine stars jacked, saved everything else. im pretty new to the riding world so i take everything slow my top speed so far is 70. i definitely dont try to be a hotshotbut i ended up with: broke the front and rear brake right peg, right mirror and the front mount thing that you hook the turn signals into and mirrors its a metal fairing. if anyone has any parts i would greatly appreciate it..im in the hole as it is and im just messed up. only third time riding and im nervous on turns. if anyone can help me out let me know please if you have any spair parts just let me know ill give you as much as i got. also whatever silver buell i think xb9 was out there and checked up on me thanks a lot. i appreciate it.

-klauder

 

[cb21983]

Take a riders course and stop riding outside your limits. Not to be rude or anything but these bikes will out perform some of the best riders in the forum. Your life isn't worth riding outside your limits no matter how cool you look.

 

[klauder88]

last time i just dropped it walking it in the garage. but yeah im going to try to take that at harley dealer cause im nervous on turns

 

[klauder88]

if any you guys get the wrong impression i dont try to add to the statistics im honestly a nervous and cautious rider i go super slow cause im new. i dont try to fly cause im too afraid. this is my first bike experience

 

[strmvt]

it's all good man we all started at the same place it just takes time to get comfortable taking the riders edge course will help you alot

 

[flyeboy]

Yeah, I agree--the course would definately benefit. Regardless how good of a rider one thinks/talks that they are, shit happens. There is absolutely nothing wrong with practicing your riding skills in a closed parking lot IMO--especially once you learn the proper skills and to get yourself more comfortable. Best place to learn the bike is in a slooowwww and safe place. Chin up dude.[up]

 

[lawdog]

I have been riding for 10 years and I still like to go to an empty school parking lot and keep up on my riding skills. Practicing my low speed take offs, stops, turns, turning from a start, stopping then starting without foot down, idle speed pace, etc. The more perfect practice the better rider you become. I laugh when I see people duck walking their bike or take off from an intersection with their feet down for a half mile cause they have no riding confidence!

But even with all the safety classes and practicing, I have only mastered about 90% of my 09 XB12R. The bike still owns me and I respect that. I am still learning and I reach the limit of my riding skills before I reach the limit of the bike.

Heck even today on my way into work I had a driver make a left turn right in front of me. I ride cautious and watch every driver on the road and try to predict what they will do and what I will do if they encroach on me. In this case I saw her waiting, saw her creeping forward, I slowed down, downshifted as I can up to the interesection... Sure as shit she makes the turn. I was ready and swerved a little and came to a stop. If I was not paying attention to those details and just cruising along I would have become a statistic!

Ride cautious, watch other drivers, gravel in the road, and always have an out in every situation. Even if it means riding a half-mile out into a farm field or riding 35 in a 55 cause of deer at night. I ride to work every day and loving every minute of it!

 

[Tyler Oxton]

hey man sorry bout ur misfortunes but glad ur ok. To the ppl bein harsh and negative its not called for. We all start somewhere and have to learn. When they say practicing in a large empty parking lot thats a great thing. I did just the other day to just work on skills. And thats what the riders course do also. So fix the bike, and keep ur head up. Hope ya get it fixed soon and back on it getting better

 

[Tyler Oxton]

forgot to say but for parts check ebay, buellsterparts.com(great if they have the stuff but more than ebay prolly) or americansportbike.com. these places will get ya fixed up

 

[fwkapaun]

Thank heavens you are alright, seriously take the Rider's Edge course, or the MSF Basic Rider course, you'll learn a ton of stuff. Things can go from zero to f'd up on a motorcycle fast. Don't mean to lecture, but once you take the course, practice your skills. I've taken the basic course twice and the advanced course once. There isn't a week that goes by that I don't use something I learned there. It has saved my bacon on more than one occasion....

 

[Thorivola]

I've heard this story before, there was a guy in Wisconsin I met who got an XB9R as his first bike and low sided breaking with the rear wheel in a corner

turning and breaking need to be separate things most of the time, and if you have to break while leaned it is best to do it with engine breaking and the clutch so you don't lock-up the rear wheel

when you're leaned over, the smaller amount of surface area the rear wheel has and the fact that the rear break has fairly little feedback on the Buell models means it's very easy to lock the rear wheel up

separating breaking and turning is one of the things they preach the most in the MSF Basic Rider course, I don't personally feel taking the course is super necessary as long as you have a mentor that teaches you the same facts and things in a parking lot in much the same fashion; but very few people have that and it seems no one did that for you

 

[kalifornia]

Say you're a famous racer and auction the broken stuff on Ebay. Then stop riding with your brother and cousin.

 

[dorado29]

parking lot, parking lot, parking lot

whether or not you should be allowed on public roads with a 400 pound piece of metal is questionable when you're this shaky with turning. for your safety and everyone elses, please go to a big, empty parking lot to get acquainted with the turning process (both slow speed and higher speed). props for wearing gear and it's awesome that you're alright.

perhaps you could tell us what you're having trouble with or what makes you nervous about turns? i'm sure i (and most other members on this forum) would be happy to give you specific advice

you'll be posting epic stories in the "Anyone every gotten away from the Police?" thread in no time with a bit of practice [up] [up]

just kiddin

 

[jerseymayhem]

ahhhh, reminds me of my crash......least you didnt break anything. Glad you're okay.

www.buellsterparts.com

they have all you need, take the course and find someone who is willing to let you take it slow.

 

[klauder88]

yea my brother was flying. ive rode before and i do well on turns the problem was there was stuff in the center of the road so i broke concentration from turning to not hitting the debris in the road. either way i might fix it and sell it or fix it and take the course. but im low on money from buying the bike so..shit. im fixing it month by month ha

 

[dorado29]

save your money over the next month or two and take the time to get really comfortable with the bike in a closed/safer environment. then after that, repair it. it wouldn't make sense in my opinion to repair anything that isn't needed to ride prior to learning. you may dump it again while learning slow speed stuff and it would suck to repair the same thing twice

 

[klauder88]

i can't ride it though no brake's and that's the only thing that broke besides the metal bracket in the front. its not too bad but just sucks.

 

[1sexynucca]

PLEASE TAKE A RIDING COURSE and ride slower if you have to. dont try to keep up with others if they are more experienced than you but dont take their time to be considerate for an inexperienced rider. Some people take riding a motorcycle lightly.

 

[BPlass]

I had a similar crash, 15 miles an hour. New tires were a factor in mine. I have been riding dirt bikes and stuff since I was a kid and my riders course taught me a ton of stuff. Ride safe, and good luck with putting your bike back together.

 

[Xb9sXBUELLXb9sX]

yes, deffiantly take a riders course. Ive rode bikes and quads since I was a kid. For me, even though I knew a lot of what they taught, it was deffiantly a confidence booster.

I actually am in the same boat though, fixing the bike, ebay as well as buellsterparts (mentioned above) are good places for replacing stock parts.

Honestly, the hard part will be finding the bracket that the wind sheild bolts to. I was lucky to find someone who was selling it on here. I'd say look a round a bit, but you'll proboubly have to end up getting it from a harley dealer