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Started by ducatiz, November 17, 2008, 02:54:47 PM

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ducatiz

November 17, 2008, 02:54:47 PM
leaves, leaves everywhere around me, i took a corner a little fast and the rear wheel slid about 2-3 feet before i somehow came out of it.

[bow_down] thank you GOD

i pulled over and a guy on the sidewalk said i was going sideways for about 5 feet.

the brown stripe in my underwear was only about 3 inches.

watch out for the leaves NoVA!

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twolanefun

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November 17, 2008, 04:06:09 PM
And who said you can't flatetrack on a monster, cool! - Gene
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zooom

#2
November 17, 2008, 05:20:40 PM
it isn't so much the seemingly dry leaves on top that are the problem....it is the wet leaves underneath them that are!!!

glad you saved it and you are okay....I have done similar things and that was why I was very glad I had dirtbike bars on my old one instead of clip-on's or something....
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lemond

#3
November 17, 2008, 05:51:26 PM
well they dun call it "fall" for nothing! glad to see you put the shiny side up.
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ducatiz

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November 17, 2008, 05:57:24 PM
Quote from: zooom on November 17, 2008, 05:20:40 PM
it isn't so much the seemingly dry leaves on top that are the problem....it is the wet leaves underneath them that are!!!

glad you saved it and you are okay....I have done similar things and that was why I was very glad I had dirtbike bars on my old one instead of clip-on's or something....

that's funny you mention dirtbikes, i rode them almost exclusively in college, i wonder if that helped me some..
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"Yelling out of cars, turning your speakers out the window to blast your music onto the street, setting off M-80 firecrackers, firing automatic weapons into the airâ€"these are all well and good. But none of them create a merry atmosphere of insouciance and bonhomie quite like a revving motorcycle.

zooom

#5
November 18, 2008, 09:53:10 AM
Quote from: ducatizzzz on November 17, 2008, 05:57:24 PM
that's funny you mention dirtbikes, i rode them almost exclusively in college, i wonder if that helped me some..

reflexive muscle memory....sure...why not?
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potomacduc

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November 18, 2008, 12:27:50 PM
If nothing else, your dirt bike riding experience may have kept you from over-reacting.  Since it wasn't the first time you had felt a rear wheel slide, you kept sorta cool and rode it out....or you just got lucky! [thumbsup]

Glad to hear all is well...
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ducatiz

#7
November 18, 2008, 05:35:18 PM
Quote from: potomacduc on November 18, 2008, 12:27:50 PM
..or you just got lucky! [thumbsup]

Glad to hear all is well...

gotta be luck, i haven't been on a dirt bike for reals in ages.
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"Yelling out of cars, turning your speakers out the window to blast your music onto the street, setting off M-80 firecrackers, firing automatic weapons into the airâ€"these are all well and good. But none of them create a merry atmosphere of insouciance and bonhomie quite like a revving motorcycle.
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