Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New media
New media comments
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Members
Registered members
Current visitors
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
FJR Motorcycle Forums
FJR Specific Discussion
Dropped your '06 yet?
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Help Support Yamaha FJR Motorcycle Forum:
This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate links, including eBay, Amazon, and others.
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Knifemaker" data-source="post: 104659" data-attributes="member: 1075"><p>Yep, dropped it two days AFTER installing Skyways sliders. Making a U turn coming down my street into my driveway and up the sidewalk so I could back the bike into the garage. (I live on a steep hill)</p><p></p><p>A fairly tricky thing to do given the slope, the curb, and narrowness of the U turn needed. Not really sure what went wrong, likely just not enough power going into the curb. I was on my side with the bike on me before I even knew I fucked up.</p><p></p><p>Slider did it's job and saved , from what I could see as it lay there, just about the entire left side of the fairing. Only damage to report is a four inch long scrape on the left sidecase, and a few flecks of paint off the left mirror. Impact was so gentle realy that the mirror did not even fold in. There is a pea sized scrape of the bottom of the alternator cover, and a little roughness can be felt on the footpegs "feeler gauge" (which would get worn down some in time anyway)</p><p></p><p>As I told Ian, I thank the Slider Gods for letting me install the sliders before this occoured, and of course thanked Ian for offering them to us lesser fools to begin with.</p><p></p><p>Knifemaker</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Knifemaker, post: 104659, member: 1075"] Yep, dropped it two days AFTER installing Skyways sliders. Making a U turn coming down my street into my driveway and up the sidewalk so I could back the bike into the garage. (I live on a steep hill) A fairly tricky thing to do given the slope, the curb, and narrowness of the U turn needed. Not really sure what went wrong, likely just not enough power going into the curb. I was on my side with the bike on me before I even knew I fucked up. Slider did it's job and saved , from what I could see as it lay there, just about the entire left side of the fairing. Only damage to report is a four inch long scrape on the left sidecase, and a few flecks of paint off the left mirror. Impact was so gentle realy that the mirror did not even fold in. There is a pea sized scrape of the bottom of the alternator cover, and a little roughness can be felt on the footpegs "feeler gauge" (which would get worn down some in time anyway) As I told Ian, I thank the Slider Gods for letting me install the sliders before this occoured, and of course thanked Ian for offering them to us lesser fools to begin with. Knifemaker [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
FJR Motorcycle Forums
FJR Specific Discussion
Dropped your '06 yet?
Top