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Title: Add one to the ticker Post by: DanTheMan on March 24, 2010, 02:49:37 AM Add one to the ticker...Yup I bined it. Lost the front end in a corner. Going in fast but nothing crazy. Decreasing radius turn just feathered the brake and leaned it in more at no point did i feel like i had no chance of making it other wise i would have stood it up and clamped down on the brakes. Minimal damage to the bike, broke the rear luggage rack and the header pipe and can came lose. just picked it up, straightened the bars to the front wheel and was back on the road. No injuries to me. Mostly my right shin and forearm hit the ground and i popped right back up and finished off the slide in a jog. Right shoulder a little sore, but no big deal. Lucky.
Lazy bike, got some good distance. (http://lh3.ggpht.com/__WCKsvKd7HA/S6oHm-KpmeI/AAAAAAAABKY/2aFQDyx-Urk/s640/IMG_2076.JPG) (https://lh5.ggpht.com/__WCKsvKd7HA/S6oHmAKi_uI/AAAAAAAABKU/5MaHH-sDpIU/s640/IMG_2077.JPG) Gear held up. Arostich pants and RevIT mesh jacket. Had MotoX knee pads under the pants (https://lh5.ggpht.com/__WCKsvKd7HA/S6oIRIg204I/AAAAAAAABKs/syztV4tl7p8/s640/IMG_2080.JPG) scrapes to the pool of gas (http://lh6.ggpht.com/__WCKsvKd7HA/S6oHnSkGAPI/AAAAAAAABKc/qY2ksphB2hQ/s512/IMG_2078.JPG) Title: Re: Add one to the ticker Post by: desmoquattro on March 24, 2010, 03:08:48 AM Glad you're OK.
Belle..does it count if someone bins it on foreign soil? Title: Re: Add one to the ticker Post by: Juan on March 24, 2010, 04:45:06 AM Good thing you are ok Dan.... and no dent on the tank..!!
Title: Re: Add one to the ticker Post by: Michael Moore on March 24, 2010, 05:43:25 AM Glad you're OK.
You could probably get some SE Asian tailor to make you a new Aerostich suit for 50 bucks. Title: Re: Add one to the ticker Post by: desmoquattro on March 24, 2010, 05:45:42 AM Glad you're OK. You could probably get some SE Asian tailor to make you a new Aerostich suit for 50 bucks. 50 bucks too beaucoup. I say more like 5. With happy ending. Title: Re: Add one to the ticker Post by: thunderpuppy on March 24, 2010, 06:30:52 AM Oops... ???
Glad you're OK! Always nice to get back on the bike and ride on...whew... Title: Re: Add one to the ticker Post by: mostrobelle on March 24, 2010, 06:58:12 AM You dummie... Stop doing that.
(That's a long skid mark on the pavement...hopefully the one in your shorts isn't quite as bad. And wtf is that bike? Little bugger's kinda cute.) Title: Re: Add one to the ticker Post by: sidm on March 24, 2010, 09:03:08 AM glad ur unharmed DTM.
skid mark. eh eh eh. Title: Re: Add one to the ticker Post by: enzo on March 24, 2010, 09:50:28 AM oh, dang. time for some pilot powers...
glad you're ok. [thumbsup] Title: Re: Add one to the ticker Post by: r_ciao on March 24, 2010, 12:18:10 PM glad u r o.k.
where in the Far East did you end up? Title: Re: Add one to the ticker Post by: Drunken Monkey on March 24, 2010, 12:22:45 PM oh, dang. time for some pilot powers... glad you're ok. [thumbsup] Pirot Prowers. Glad you're okay. I nearly binned a bike in a sandwash in Thailand but the mystic mantra "3rdWorldHospital3rdWorldHospital3rdWorldHospital" enabled me to save it. Title: Re: Add one to the ticker Post by: mostrobelle on March 24, 2010, 12:43:36 PM Pirot Prowers. Glad you're okay. I nearly binned a bike in a sandwash in Thailand but the mystic mantra "3rdWorldHospital3rdWorldHospital3rdWorldHospital" enabled me to save it. So we're supposed to be impressed that you almost got a staph infection? [coffee] Title: Re: Add one to the ticker Post by: Spidey on March 24, 2010, 01:20:57 PM Lemme get this straight. DTM tips over his glorified moped in the outskirts of bumblemake the beast with two backs and the MOB crash ticker gets a reset? Man, this year is gonna be a bad one if we're gettin' tagged for all of DTM's mishaps. Besides doesn't that basically count (or rather, not count) as a dirt crash? ;D
Glad you're alright, Dan. We know you weren't going more than 40, cuz I'm pretty sure your weedwhacker can't go that fast. [moto] Title: Re: Add one to the ticker Post by: mostrobelle on March 24, 2010, 01:32:13 PM I think we counted Joe's bicycle enema as a crash, too.
Hey man, we're trying to send a message...don't take a face plant here, or there. Title: Re: Add one to the ticker Post by: Spidey on March 24, 2010, 01:35:22 PM I think we counted Joe's bicycle enema as a crash, too. Yeah, but that was much funnier. [laugh] Title: Re: Add one to the ticker Post by: desmoquattro on March 24, 2010, 02:05:07 PM Yeah, but that was much funnier. [laugh] I'm still gonna find that guy... Title: Re: Add one to the ticker Post by: Drunken Monkey on March 24, 2010, 02:43:44 PM So we're supposed to be impressed that you almost got a staph infection? [coffee] [insert 'staff infection' joke here] Title: Re: Add one to the ticker Post by: DanTheMan on March 28, 2010, 12:24:14 AM Glad you're OK. You could probably get some SE Asian tailor to make you a new Aerostich suit for 50 bucks. That was my plan to get one of the many taliors here to fix it up, or at least patch over it till i get home glad u r o.k. where in the Far East did you end up? All of mainland SE Asia, That pic was from Laos, just got to Thailand today. Got lucky, everything ok with me and the bike, small bruise on my hip but nothing to slow me down. STD count is still at 0 and holding. Title: Re: Add one to the ticker Post by: GrendelsTwin on March 29, 2010, 07:45:35 AM STD count is still at 0 and holding. Not bringing back any souvenirs from the hoochi minh tail? Good plan! Title: Re: Add one to the ticker Post by: DanTheMan on March 29, 2010, 07:49:40 AM Not bringing back any souvenirs from the hoochi minh tail? Good plan! No but its amazing what you can get for $10. Title: Re: Add one to the ticker Post by: Popeye the Sailor on March 29, 2010, 07:52:28 AM No but its amazing what you can get for $10. Total ripoff. The clap is free. Title: Re: Add one to the ticker Post by: Desmostro on March 29, 2010, 05:00:35 PM Got lucky, everything ok with me and the bike, small bruise on my hip but nothing to slow me down. STD count is still at 0 and holding. So wait, Dan got lucky in Thailand and the crash ticker moved? That must havd been quite a show. Pics? |