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Title: Don't break too hard when it's raining Post by: stopintime on May 16, 2017, 07:45:45 AM Front wheel gone without permission - bike and rider slide ~100 meter - bike straight without tumbling. Rider on track -> curbs -> grass. Curbs are not slide friendly.
Peg replaced. Handlebar and stuff back where they belong. Small paint damage on fairing and tank. 'Need' a mirror and a break lever. (http://i329.photobucket.com/albums/l394/stopintime/slide%20001_zpsgrdzqlqc.jpg) Title: Re: Don't break too hard when it's raining Post by: koko64 on May 16, 2017, 11:43:14 AM Bugger.
Title: Re: Don't break too hard when it's raining Post by: manwithgun on May 16, 2017, 03:58:37 PM Front wheel gone without permission - That is an awesome way to put it. You're looking at the bike where as a community, we're also concerned about the rider! I'll just assume that the body and spirit are still good [thumbsup]. Title: Re: Don't break too hard when it's raining Post by: stopintime on May 16, 2017, 04:06:11 PM Bugger. Yes! That is an awesome way to put it. You're looking at the bike where as a community, we're also concerned about the rider! I'll just assume that the body and spirit are still good [thumbsup]. Thanks, yes, but I recommend being twenty if you're crashing more often than once a decade ;) Title: Re: Don't break too hard when it's raining Post by: ducpainter on May 16, 2017, 04:07:31 PM Thanks, yes, but I recommend being twenty if you're crashing more often than once a decade ;) Glad you're OK. Title: Re: Don't break too hard when it's raining Post by: stopintime on May 16, 2017, 04:11:01 PM The ground has gotten harder...huh? ;D Glad you're OK. It must have.... wet asphalt is ok, curbs are worse and grass/dirt rotated me a couple of spins. Thanks! Title: Re: Don't break too hard when it's raining Post by: ducpainter on May 16, 2017, 04:13:21 PM It must have.... wet asphalt is ok, curbs are worse and grass/dirt rotated me a couple of spins. Even at our age, a little lowside isn't that terrible. The rest of it hurts. ;)Thanks! Title: Re: Don't break too hard when it's raining Post by: stopintime on May 16, 2017, 04:30:28 PM Even at our age, a little lowside isn't that terrible. The rest of it hurts. ;) I'll avoid the curbs next time. Or not crash at all. We'll see... Title: Re: Don't break too hard when it's raining Post by: koko64 on May 16, 2017, 04:32:32 PM "The ground gets harder" ;D
Title: Re: Don't break too hard when it's raining Post by: ducpainter on May 16, 2017, 04:33:23 PM I'll avoid the curbs next time. Or not crash at all. We'll see... Good plan."The ground gets harder" ;D It really does. :PTitle: Re: Don't break too hard when it's raining Post by: koko64 on May 16, 2017, 04:40:56 PM Yep recent experience supports that statement.
Title: Re: Don't break too hard when it's raining Post by: manwithgun on May 16, 2017, 09:15:35 PM I've also noticed that I don't seem to bounce off of the ground as well as I used to. Relieved to know that it's not me getting old, just that the earth's durometer is rising....
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