Well, 4 years, 11 months and one payment remaining...finally dumped it. Lowsided on a downhill right hander at 60-70 mph. Hardy endorsement for R&G frame sliders, plus a lot of luck. Bike slid about 250 feet before coming to a gentle rest, never flipped. Frame slider, bar-end slider, and clutch cover acted a slide points. Scratches on right-side fairing and hi-mount slip on. Front brake lever snapped off. Would still be ridable if oil hadn't escaped thought hole in casing. Two-fractured ribs, one fractured wrist, not a scratch. Full leathers. Helmet and pants sacrificed for the cause.
Front wheel slid at turn entry, no braking or gas. Too quick for me to react. Familiar turn, quick but should have been OK. Possible I hit a patch of pavement with reduced traction. May never know. But was exceeding my normal 7/10's pace, maybe closer to 9/10's. Not enough margin for error.
Don't know how to post pics, but you might find the frame slider shot interesting. Have seen threads here on this, but I highly recommend the thru-frame type. It bent the thru-bolt, but did its job.[/img]
Oops...lowside
Two photos now in "misc". I believe, had the slide been shorter, that the crash bung would not have worn to the point that the fairning was scratched. Does anyone know how well case covers (stick-on type) would have held up on a 250 foot slide on asphalt? You can see where the clutch cover wore through. If not for that, I might have ridden it home - maybe even avoiding a police report.
I know the feeling, did very similar just 2 weeks ago, downhill, right-hander, although slower ~30MPH. So personally I faired better at the slower speed with only bruised ribs and pulled muscles, but the bike faired much worse.
I don't know if frame sliders would've worked in my case because the bike slid on grass/dirt but the fairing took a beating, lots of scuffing, cracked the lower part, windscreen broken and pushed down, rear sub-frame bent... $7,000 (AUD) repair bill
Anyway, hope you and your bike are repaired soon!
I don't know if frame sliders would've worked in my case because the bike slid on grass/dirt but the fairing took a beating, lots of scuffing, cracked the lower part, windscreen broken and pushed down, rear sub-frame bent... $7,000 (AUD) repair bill
Anyway, hope you and your bike are repaired soon!
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Pete.L
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Ouch! Hope you mend well VTRslider.
I popped some ribs a few years ago out scrambling. It was the most painful thing I've ever had to put up with so I feel for you.
Just had a look at the pics. Imagine the damage without those crash bungs
they look as though they've saved you a fortune.
Good luck with the repairs(to you and the bike )
Pete.l
P.S Hope this isn't the way you got your nickname
I popped some ribs a few years ago out scrambling. It was the most painful thing I've ever had to put up with so I feel for you.
Just had a look at the pics. Imagine the damage without those crash bungs
they look as though they've saved you a fortune.Good luck with the repairs(to you and the bike )
Pete.l
P.S Hope this isn't the way you got your nickname