Oops..Bike down

[Learned You]

Me and a buddy were out riding some twisties around Austin. I was a little close to the outside edge about to turn in. The road was real messed up on the edge and it caused my bike to walk out a little. Went onto the gravel and down I went. Had on my Alpinestar leather jacket and gloves. They saved me. Have a banged up knee and a couple scratches but nothing bad at all.

Bike - I took it in to get the oil changed on Thursday. They dropped my bike and scratched up just about everthing on the left side. That is the side I went down on. They are already going to replace everything though. I really lucked out on this one.

[Kat-A-Tonic]

Sorry to hear about your bike going down. I can related, although I got off lucky.

[slayergsxf1]

dude that sucks but you made out alright..no injuries to yourself....

[KatanaSoldier]

That is some great luck though about them droppin it though. Glad you are ok.

[thecynic]

That sucks. Any time your $3000+ toy hits the ground, it's a PITA.

I would be concerned that the bike has been down twice this quickly though. I've always been told that after a close shave or mistake in a car (or a bike), it's beneficial to go through all the steps and see what could have been improved.

Did you lock up the brakes? try to 'stand' the bike up to correct the rear coming out? did you lock your eyes on a point on the road that you should have avoided? Shut the throttle while leaned almost all the way over?

I'd recommend reading 'twist of the wrist 2' by david(?) code if any of these things happened. He talks about getting into panic situations. I'll say it's improved how well I control a car easily as much as it's helped me with handling a bike. A wonderful book to read.

[TravisM.1]

That sucks. Any time your $3000+ toy hits the ground, it's a PITA.

I would be concerned that the bike has been down twice this quickly though. I've always been told that after a close shave or mistake in a car (or a bike), it's beneficial to go through all the steps and see what could have been improved.

Did you lock up the brakes? try to 'stand' the bike up to correct the rear coming out? did you lock your eyes on a point on the road that you should have avoided? Shut the throttle while leaned almost all the way over?

I'd recommend reading 'twist of the wrist 2' by david(?) code if any of these things happened. He talks about getting into panic situations. I'll say it's improved how well I control a car easily as much as it's helped me with handling a bike. A wonderful book to read.

Keith Code.

[Bigbody45]

that sucks man but its nice that your getting new fairings etc...its not really good it got dropped twice though