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Went down today, Trailriding on pine needles
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<blockquote data-quote="08FJR4ME" data-source="post: 1202267" data-attributes="member: 14242"><p>Well I decided to take the XR out today for its monthly romp to keep the battery charged up. I made one loop around the block (5 miles) and the engine still wasn't completely warmed up. So I decided to keep going. There are some trails behind the neighborhood school that I frequent with the XR. The weather was damp and misty still. My cheap ass every day HJC helmet was starting fog up on the trails. While trying to negotiate a right hand turn and giving it some gas the bike just slid out from me. I realized I was going down and heading right for a 12 to15 inch pine tree along with a bunch of scrub bush.</p><p></p><p>The good news is I had all my protective gear on. I managed to run into a lower branch and snap that right off and bounced off the tree.</p><p></p><p>It wasn't easy crawling out from under a 350 lb. bike but I managed. My ankle an thumb are a little sore but everything else seems o.k. for now.</p><p></p><p>The front forks are tweeked and need to be realigned and possibly a new set of handle bars are in order. Some of the graphics took a beating but no broken plastic. After getting over the excitement I managed to pull the bike back out and get it started.</p><p></p><p>Lesson learned! Stay off of wet pine needles when possible.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="08FJR4ME, post: 1202267, member: 14242"] Well I decided to take the XR out today for its monthly romp to keep the battery charged up. I made one loop around the block (5 miles) and the engine still wasn't completely warmed up. So I decided to keep going. There are some trails behind the neighborhood school that I frequent with the XR. The weather was damp and misty still. My cheap ass every day HJC helmet was starting fog up on the trails. While trying to negotiate a right hand turn and giving it some gas the bike just slid out from me. I realized I was going down and heading right for a 12 to15 inch pine tree along with a bunch of scrub bush. The good news is I had all my protective gear on. I managed to run into a lower branch and snap that right off and bounced off the tree. It wasn't easy crawling out from under a 350 lb. bike but I managed. My ankle an thumb are a little sore but everything else seems o.k. for now. The front forks are tweeked and need to be realigned and possibly a new set of handle bars are in order. Some of the graphics took a beating but no broken plastic. After getting over the excitement I managed to pull the bike back out and get it started. Lesson learned! Stay off of wet pine needles when possible. [/QUOTE]
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