keithaba
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Well, what started out as a great day and very good ride ended very bad. Well, at least for the bike, at least I am fine.
Countdown to FJR extinction.
This was the ride to go help out IndianaTom and do some chores. There were 4 of us, Bill (FJRintheVille), Chris, (Jagermeister), Adrian (AdrianNKY), and I.
We hit the Ohio River Scenic Byway (62 and 66) in Indiana, since we were heading there anyway, and it ends right at 37, which runs up to Tom's house.
A nice blend of scenery, twisties, and high speed sweepers. We were all riding well, keeping a fairly good pace. After about 2 hours, we decided for a short break to stretch, and check out the river.
While pulling my bike around for a photo op, Chris was attacked by a killer dog, it almost took off his leg.
He managed to stare the beast down, and made it unscathed.
We lined the bikes up for these shots.
It wasn't too hot, around 87 or so, but it was humid, and the sun was strong. I went over to the pavillion to escape the sun for a moment.
We carried on North, with our next destination, Patoka lake. Unfortunately, we didn't make it. The pics don't do this turn justice, it wasn't anything crazy, but a fairly hard right. I probably entered at 50-60mph, not really sure. All i know is as I hit the apex, I felt confident, and thought everything was fine. My peg was down, but I scrape now and then, and it's usually fine. As I'm in the turn, I could just feel the bike start to float. The bike stayed somewhat upright, but I had no control at all, it just started to slide out, and then I knew I was f*&ked....
Inspection of the header and pipe indicated they never touched down. Bags were on. Look at the scrapes, and all I can figure is the wild bill highway pegs hit. They were folded up, and scraped to shit.
This pic just shows the turn, you can see where my scrape mark begins.
Look at this pic, and look at the line of the scrape. You can see how I entered the turn on par, yet the line slides out. There is no way to contine to drag a hard part like that, and stand it up. The bike must have been litterally blanaced on the highway peg and tire.
Here you can see where the slider now touches down. In order for the path of the slider to change, but not the highway peg, the bike must have began to rotate in a lowside, with the rear of the bike turning towards the inside of the turn.
But look again, and what baffles me is the third mark, then up the road, you notice the slider hits again? I can't even figure out what the hell hit where.
A final shot of the overall trajectory of the bike, a little bit farther into the turn.
Bike's totalled. Front and rear subframe done, both bags broke off. I watched the bike flip end over end once, before I started flipping because there was a bank off the road. Pulled off the front brake line somehow. Won't even start.
No pics of gear, but I know Adrian took some. He may post later. Firstgear mesh jacket, Fieldsheer Titanium Air III pants did great. Joe Rocket perforated leather gloved held up, but only because I pulled my hands off the ground immediately and tucked in. Oxtar Matrix boots scratched up. Helmet untouched.
I will greatly miss my FJR. I won't be replacing until I save up some cash, and go for a GENIII, if they ever make one.
The good news was, Tom's project was a success. There were some 50 people there, and we all got a ton of stuff done for Vonda. She was very greatful, and very happy to see the house transformed. It was like an extreme house makover show.
Oh yeah, get rid of your F*ing W.B. highway pegs. This is the same shit that happened to Jim Meadows (Spklbuk) if I recall correctly.
Countdown to FJR extinction.
This was the ride to go help out IndianaTom and do some chores. There were 4 of us, Bill (FJRintheVille), Chris, (Jagermeister), Adrian (AdrianNKY), and I.
We hit the Ohio River Scenic Byway (62 and 66) in Indiana, since we were heading there anyway, and it ends right at 37, which runs up to Tom's house.
A nice blend of scenery, twisties, and high speed sweepers. We were all riding well, keeping a fairly good pace. After about 2 hours, we decided for a short break to stretch, and check out the river.
While pulling my bike around for a photo op, Chris was attacked by a killer dog, it almost took off his leg.
He managed to stare the beast down, and made it unscathed.
We lined the bikes up for these shots.
It wasn't too hot, around 87 or so, but it was humid, and the sun was strong. I went over to the pavillion to escape the sun for a moment.
We carried on North, with our next destination, Patoka lake. Unfortunately, we didn't make it. The pics don't do this turn justice, it wasn't anything crazy, but a fairly hard right. I probably entered at 50-60mph, not really sure. All i know is as I hit the apex, I felt confident, and thought everything was fine. My peg was down, but I scrape now and then, and it's usually fine. As I'm in the turn, I could just feel the bike start to float. The bike stayed somewhat upright, but I had no control at all, it just started to slide out, and then I knew I was f*&ked....
Inspection of the header and pipe indicated they never touched down. Bags were on. Look at the scrapes, and all I can figure is the wild bill highway pegs hit. They were folded up, and scraped to shit.
This pic just shows the turn, you can see where my scrape mark begins.
Look at this pic, and look at the line of the scrape. You can see how I entered the turn on par, yet the line slides out. There is no way to contine to drag a hard part like that, and stand it up. The bike must have been litterally blanaced on the highway peg and tire.
Here you can see where the slider now touches down. In order for the path of the slider to change, but not the highway peg, the bike must have began to rotate in a lowside, with the rear of the bike turning towards the inside of the turn.
But look again, and what baffles me is the third mark, then up the road, you notice the slider hits again? I can't even figure out what the hell hit where.
A final shot of the overall trajectory of the bike, a little bit farther into the turn.
Bike's totalled. Front and rear subframe done, both bags broke off. I watched the bike flip end over end once, before I started flipping because there was a bank off the road. Pulled off the front brake line somehow. Won't even start.
No pics of gear, but I know Adrian took some. He may post later. Firstgear mesh jacket, Fieldsheer Titanium Air III pants did great. Joe Rocket perforated leather gloved held up, but only because I pulled my hands off the ground immediately and tucked in. Oxtar Matrix boots scratched up. Helmet untouched.
I will greatly miss my FJR. I won't be replacing until I save up some cash, and go for a GENIII, if they ever make one.
The good news was, Tom's project was a success. There were some 50 people there, and we all got a ton of stuff done for Vonda. She was very greatful, and very happy to see the house transformed. It was like an extreme house makover show.
Oh yeah, get rid of your F*ing W.B. highway pegs. This is the same shit that happened to Jim Meadows (Spklbuk) if I recall correctly.
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