Following my son last night coming home from work
we were not speeding only doing 40 ks don't really know what happened maybe sand on the corner or what looked like a long trail of diesel fuel or oil from a car, or maybe youthful exuberance and lack of skill.
Half way around the first big bend going South on the Bilgola bends his back tyre stepped out I was only 3 -4 meters behind and he went down hard in a shower of sparks.
1. Lucky he was wearing boots draggin jeans and good gloves
2. I made him instal Oggy knobs on his VTR
3. No other traffic coming or following
4. Bike didnt high side
Its hard to say how much the draggin jeans helped but there is a hole through them and has lost a bit of bark off his knee.
He did really well held on to the bike for as long as possible but eventually let it go
as it did a 360 spin .
His boots were not motorbike boots but without them his foot could of been bad , wore the laces off and ground down over the bridge of his foot but protected his ankle.
The bike came off really well considering the huge shower off sparks lighting up the night.
The bar end mirror was ground off ,small bend and scrape to the clutch lever and a slightly bent gear selector one tiny paint scrape the size of a match head near on the rear peg mount.
to the frame slider
saved the crankcase tank and frame
IMO a very good investment
Oh and one badly bruized ego and lets hope an easy lesson learned for the future
scary to watch your 17 year old hitting the deck
dez
