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Old Feb 18, 2006 | 11:04 PM
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Well, the title says it all. My heart sunk when I saw it last night when I got back home. I had to call a friend to come help me pick it up. It got a few scratches, but thank god nothing major. I just need to replace the turn signal.

I feel very stupid, but I still can't think of what I could have done differently. I had a cover on, so that might have made things worse, but using the cover was also necessary. Does anyone have any thoughts/ideas?

Philip
 
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Old Feb 18, 2006 | 11:06 PM
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wind ? are u sure some of hater didnt do that ? im glad the damage isnt big .. can u post some pictures ? did u turn ur handle bar towards left ?
 
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Old Feb 20, 2006 | 02:09 AM
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I doubt it. There was a lot of wind the other day, so it would have to be a big coincidence. I had turned the handle bars, but I think there is a little bit of an incline (very little), which I guess made it easier to be toppled. Now I have parked it the other way around.

Anyway, I could post pictures, but there isn't much point. Just a bent/broken turn signal and very few/small scratches. Frankly, looking at it with the light of the day, it looks better than I had thought. Most of the impact was taken by the handlebar slider and footpegs it seems.
 
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Old Feb 20, 2006 | 03:29 AM
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im sorry to hear about that bro...its ok tho it can be fixed, just be glad the trash man didnt run it over....
 
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Old Feb 20, 2006 | 04:24 PM
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that sucks...sounds like it is time to go get some integrated turn signals..again sorry bro...hey, do you have frame sliders?
 
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Old Feb 20, 2006 | 10:41 PM
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dude that sucks! glad the damage wasn't too bad though.
 
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Old Feb 21, 2006 | 03:24 PM
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iunno. sounds like someone knocked it over. bikes are pretty heavy and it takes some force to knock over, sucks to hear it went down either way.
 
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Old Feb 21, 2006 | 10:52 PM
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I know it sounds unlikely, but you'd be surprised how much the wind can actually do. I had an '84 V65 Sabre 1100 sittin on it's center stand (heavy bike--but fast as ****) and the wind knocked it right over one night. Watched it happen. Might've been a ghost though. [8D]
 
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Old Feb 21, 2006 | 11:07 PM
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This what my baby is sitting in all the time. I promise the wind will not blow it over Stand
 
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Old Feb 22, 2006 | 12:57 AM
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This is a sign from god that you need to get some new things on your bike. the cup is half full ya know. Of coarse I emptied my cup on extras.
 
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