Coming home from work tonite something from the road flew up between my tire and front fender. All I know is that the bastard just exploded. Was going around a tight curve on ramp and just lost the front end and brakes. Managed to get it stopped and was just sick when I saw the front end. Part of the fender was just dangling by the brake line. Ended up cutting it off with my knife -- ran back 100yds and got the rest of the pieces and secured them all to the bike. Limped home. Under closer inspection my left fork tube has the tabs broken off where the fender mounts. I soaped everything up to get the brake fluid off. Appears to be $1000 worth of damage if the brakes and upper forks are still o.k.

Be careful out there boys and girls -- looks like I'm a cager for a while.[:'(]

 

dooooood.....[:'(] that bites the stankiest pile of steamin cow dung. are you okay at least? I dont get it, what did actually explode between your fender and tire? on the flip side, fix and trade it in. 2006s are almost out!

 

che sfiga....

friend i'm sorrow for you and for your bike...

 

Damn man, sorry to hear about that. Any ideas what it was? Hopefully there was no other damage. Good luck getting it back together soon and great job on keeping the bike upright when it happend.

 

Think it was a bag of something laying in the road. Everything was wet and I didn't see anything -- plus it was dark.

 

At least you made it thru..the bike can be replaced but you cant

 

Thanks guys -- I'm trying to smile and take the advice I always give but it ain't easy. It was fortunate that I didn't hit the concrete barrier -- divine intervention I spose.

Yo Limpy -- did ya get my second PM with the extra parts?

 

I'd post pics of the carnage but my digital camera took a big **** last week and I'm waiting for the new one to arrive. It ain't been a really good week dudes. On the up-side I suppose I'll have a great DIY on rebuilding forks.

 

DOH !

 

Unlucky mate, hope ya get sorted n back out to play soon.