I drained and refilled my radiator last night so I just wanted to go for a quick ride tonight to get the bike up to temp and get all the air bubbles out of the motor.

I was making a right turn from a dead stop and Cold take-offs + a decent lean angle + A little too much throttle = ugly bike.

I wasn't even trying to get on it, just rolled the trottle on a little to pull out into traffic and it was like being on ice with that back tire. Fortunately traffic was able to stop and I was to pick the bike up and get it out of the way.

Damage:
Right mirror
Right Lever
Scuffed the upper pretty well and cracked the paint
Some decent rash on the lower - cracked around the hole for the slider
Just a little rash on the right side of the tail.
My new Jardine pipe has some good rash on it which really pisses me off since I just put that on yesterday.
My Pride

Pictures:

The rear tire...can you tell what happened?


New pipe:


Upper:


Frame slider did its job:

 

Ah man, that sucks dude! Try not to think about it. Are you going to try to fix the scratches?

 

doh how long where those sliders looks like they save alot of you plastics anyhow.

 

that sucks man. glad to here that you're ok, other than your pride.

 

Yeah, I'm going to call the guy that painted it tomorrow and see what he can do for me. I'm a little worried about matching the paint, but it'll probably be alright.

The sliders were pretty much normal length, I think 3" or so. Definately saved some damage for me.
The pride took a big shot on that one. I've always considered myself a safe rider and never the one to pop wheelies and that sort of crap, but I guess **** happens to all of us sometimes.

 

Unlucky man, thats a real shame. Never mind at least you aren`t hurt.

 

wow i remember when you got this bike done, sucks not as bad as mine but bad. Guess u should have spent the money on a tire huh

 

Damn that sucks....[&:] Sorry

 

Tire looks fine... cold road + cold tire + heavy angle + throttle = back end kickin out. I've been there, just last week actually pullin out of my driveway. Got heavy on the throttle, leaned pretty hard, back end kicked WAY out... I was able to quickly adjust my balance, hold her straight, ride out a couple tank slaps and was alright. Happens to the best of us man...

 

sorry to hear about the accident, doesnt look like the damage is too bad, hopefully you get it back to where it was, and the minor cut in pride to heal