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Post by brokenicarus on Apr 19, 2007 14:50:22 GMT -5
 d**n. On the way to school today I ran parallel to some raised train tracks, they lifted my front tire up, twisted it, and slammed me down into a tank slapper. after about 25 feet of uncontrollable smacking sounds my bike smashed down on the right side, with me underneath it. I'm surprised, the bike picked up very little cosmetic damage, just the dents from the clipons in the tank and trashed headlight, turnsignals, and rashed muffler. I was in full gear so I'm fine, just pissed off and bruised, sore and grumpy. I bent something up front though, either the forks, axel, or wheel. the wheel looks off, but it rotates freely, I didn't notice until I was limping back home, the front was pointed about 20 degrees off to the left but the bike was still going forward. Moral of the story: wear full gear, and ride safe. any stock turnsignals anybody has laying around? I'll buy  . Good sources for front ends? what's an advantageous swap? Grr, Davey |
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Post by thumperbill on Apr 19, 2007 15:03:10 GMT -5
Ouch! Glad your OK. A tank slapper can be awfully hairy. Anyway you probably just need to loosen the pinch bolts on the tripple trees and realign the front end. Not a big deal.
Bill
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Post by brokenicarus on Apr 19, 2007 17:36:59 GMT -5
Ooh, Bill, I hope you're right. I was just looking up the prices of new forks, and they ain't pretty.
Thanks for the advice,
Davey
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Post by hopwheels on Apr 19, 2007 18:19:53 GMT -5
Davey... glad you're ok. I'm an, all the gear all the time," guy myself. Got stock XS650 forks, a straight bolt on, if you find out you did bend something. Got some other bits as well, and returned you PM. Again, glad you're OK!
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Post by marlon on Apr 19, 2007 23:39:33 GMT -5
Funny isn't it, if you weren't fully geared up you'd be in a bit of pain right now!
Glad to hear you're okay. Are you in the states, Australia, Germany...?
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Post by StewRoss on Apr 20, 2007 3:02:43 GMT -5
Hi amte, The old SR can be a bit prone to tank slappers in the wrong situation... SR |
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Post by brokenicarus on Apr 22, 2007 15:21:19 GMT -5
Thanks for all the words of encouragement everyone, I'm gimping around on a knee the size of a grapefruit but it gets better every day.
It LOOKS like I've been able to bend the forks back to straight, using the stock handlebar (i'm running clipons) and a pipe through the axle mount on the forks as torquing points. So now I'm just down to cosmetics, unless someone thinks that riding re-bent forks is a really BAD idea...
Other than that, I'm just so pissed that it happened. It was one of those things, you know, where maybe 50 meters earlier down the road I was thinking, "Wow, this bike is perfect right now, running well, looking good, I don't have to do another thing!"
then BAM!
Motorcycling is a fickle joy, but if it isn't worth it I'm not sure what is...
Davey
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Post by StewRoss on Apr 23, 2007 4:07:40 GMT -5
Hi, Ah yes...then you get to my age and remember (by pain) what all the wear and tear of the accidents you've had have done to your body...nothing Celebrex can't fix...usually... Ah the old days...heh, heh... SR  |
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