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First was just stupid.
I think I did a no no and grabbed a bunch of front brake

FallNumber01.wmv (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPL7Os5T-yk&feature=youtu.be#)



The second kinda sucked, fell on a patch of ice
Broke the end of the shift lever and got a little scratch on my leg.
Was able to ride it the 30 some miles home by operating what remained of the shift lever with the heel of my boot.

FallNumber02.wmv (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYM-2P_iEOE&feature=youtu.be#)

Nice [thumbsup]

I've experienced the second version a few times :)

lucky to ride away from the second one. Looks like that one might have hurt.

For better or worse, I'm somehow more durable than I look

Actually had it been bad, I would've been screwed. That's way out in the middle of nowhere, I doubt I had a cellphone signal and who knows when someone would come along.

Glad you're ok. Tricky stuff.
Black ice, experienced it once or twice ever down here.

"OK...time to go home..." [laugh] [laugh] [laugh] [laugh]

Glad you're OK.

yeah... me too
i think the fact that you were riding dirt roads made the fall a little cushier :)

it was soft ice

soft ice still hurts (at least the ego)

glad to here your ok

ok, 2 falls one day = more experience and fun stories to tell when drinking beer

I've done that too.   Did a wheelie on a dirt road on a YZ465 at about 40 or 50, rear wheel hit the ice and went sideways out from under me, I think I grunted just like you did in that second video.   I hate that sh!t.    I just don't bounce as well as I used to 20 or 30 years ago riding dirt bikes.   I don't have a dirt bike right at the moment, I traded my last YZ450F about 8 months ago, but I'll probably get a KTM or something one of these days again, after a while, the pain memories fade, and I get the itch again. 

It actually goes "make the beast with two backs....ok time to go home."   :D

Good to hear you are OK. 

It pleases me that I say apparently quotable things in times of crisis too.

Hint: park the bike during the winter.  ;)

it was in the high 50's out, how could I not go out. Being below freezing the night before and single digits just a few days ago is what hurt me. Stupid permafrost!

see, even if dp says it rains too much here, you can actually ride all year long ... no permafrost, just giant bugs or lots of water ...

my choice of tires doesn't like mud much either  [laugh]

 [laugh] [laugh] [laugh] [laugh] [laugh]

Or install screws in the tires. [evil]

Or at least put one on that has some treads   ;D

come on show us a pic of that slick you were running on   [laugh]

Ok

(http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a295/giacco/baldtire.jpg)



and here is the rest of the hill after I picked the bike up and caught my breath

AfterFall02.wmv (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToUa4Jbm3_U&feature=youtu.be#)

that tire is brand new ! ! !

according to some folks in 3rd world countries ... ;D

no, it's pretty smooth
It's more of slightly different colored rubber in the shape of tread blocks than actual raised blocks of rubber

xactly .. in 3rd world countries you can sell it for $15~25

ok, just c'mon on up and get it and I let you have it for a steal of a price of $10  ;D

me no having enduro or SM bike ... ;D ;D

but think about the fashionable tire swing you could make

S&H would cost almost the new tire in the US ...

but this is one that was used in an exotic far away land by a famous prince

then more taxes ....;D

 [laugh] [laugh] [laugh] [laugh] [laugh] [laugh] [laugh]  What was that noise you made at 2:04-2:06 on the post crash clip?   a short terrified yodel of some sort as you crossed an ice patch?

too farking funny!!!!

I do recall saying something like "You've got to be kidding me!" but don't remember yodeling.
I will make it a point to yodel whenever appropriate from now on though.

2:04 on this one...it sounded involuntary a half whimper/half yodel...

at the same time it looked like the bike was turning back into the equivalent of a garbage bag full of live eels underneath you

it was doing that all day, maybe I was yodeling all day too  [cheeky]

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