I know many of you may read that title and think...it was probably his fault...but nay.
RIding down the road minding my own business...not speeding...just cruising along...maybe 30mph. I got to a fork in the road headed the opposite direction as me...one branch of the fork was crossing my direction of travel...damn cager came flying down the road and cut in front of me to get to that branch of the fork that cut in front of me. I did a hard brake...rear tire locked and slid from underneath me...I slid 10 feet in a low side.
Gear saved my life. Okay that is a bit dramatic...but it did save a lot of skin. My Shift jacket took all the sliding on my arm (cant even tell I went down looking at the jacket...there is not a mark on it). All I got was a little road rash on my knee.
My baby on the other hand was not so lucky. ***sob and sniffle*** The right directional got lodged inside the fairing, through a crack and there are some bad scratches on the fairing and on the tail pipe. Not terrible...but I would rather them not be there , you know?
RIding down the road minding my own business...not speeding...just cruising along...maybe 30mph. I got to a fork in the road headed the opposite direction as me...one branch of the fork was crossing my direction of travel...damn cager came flying down the road and cut in front of me to get to that branch of the fork that cut in front of me. I did a hard brake...rear tire locked and slid from underneath me...I slid 10 feet in a low side.
Gear saved my life. Okay that is a bit dramatic...but it did save a lot of skin. My Shift jacket took all the sliding on my arm (cant even tell I went down looking at the jacket...there is not a mark on it). All I got was a little road rash on my knee.
My baby on the other hand was not so lucky. ***sob and sniffle*** The right directional got lodged inside the fairing, through a crack and there are some bad scratches on the fairing and on the tail pipe. Not terrible...but I would rather them not be there , you know?
