A saying my father lives by...that goes, "There are those that ride a bike that have gone down and there are those that are going to." He rides a cruiser himself.

Of coarse I thought I was going to be super man and never get in an accident and or dump my bike.

To get to the good stuff. I now have a reason to get a jacket, haha. I've had worst road rash skateboarding, but at least I know a little better what to look for.

What happened was it was about dusk, street lamps/lights had just come on and I was rounding a corner less than a mile away from my house. my street had a bit of contruction on it, and as I was turning right onto the street, I thought nothing of it as I had a green light. Now right from where the main street (State Street for any Utah Riders) turns onto my street they had cut up the road a bit and there was just a little bit of gravel in the road and a little 1-2 inch drop off onto my road.

Soon as my front tire hit that drop off and that little bit of gravel (non visible to the rider unless you're not moving and standing there) my bike gave out and I went sliding.

While my helmet doesn't look like much, I am sure without a doubt had I not had it on I would have had a serious headache and or a nasty little ding.



My hands felt like meat, even through my gloves. I tell you what though, I will never not wear them again...



Now to the good stuff. This is why I need a jacket (had on a hoodie/sweater):





Fortunately I was not going that fast and only went down at around 20-25 mph. My bike naturally became flooded and I could not right it home. Came back 30 mins later and picked it up.

My bike's costmetic damage:



Break handle snapped:





Dent in Exhaust:





A fellow CBR owner saw that I'd crashed and pulled over to pick me up. Awesome guy, him and his girlfriend were out for a bite to eat and didn't mind.

Thought I'd share and say, BE careful friends (most of you I am sure know this, but for any other new attentive riders out there).

-Alex

P.S.

I will be putting up a repair thread here in a bit that I'd love some advice on, I will try to link to it here later.

Thanks!

 

Here's the thread I was referencing regarding my brake handle:

https://cbrforum.com/forum/showthrea...816#post785816

For any of you that have experience in replacing/repairing break handle's, your response/input would be most welcome.

Many thanks in advance.

-Alex

 

My father also used that line on me. Far As I could tell he was right... I crashed in 1988 and again yesterday. I must have a guardian angel cause neither accident resulted in serious injury. Keep the rubber side down brother.

 

that, my friends, must be why, within about 60 days of getting my bike i went out and highsided. I would have made it sooner but it seems that it takes a little bit of courage (or stupidity in my case) to perform the inevitable. I still treasure the scar on my hip. I too snapped a lever. Its a pretty standard fix. Detach old. Install new.

 

My step fathers most popular sayings where: "Why are you still living here?" & my favourite, "Put the knife down & lets talk about it".

My would be: "If you ride a bike, chances are you will go down, be prepared for it".
Still its a bugger when it happens, your physical injuries & damage to your pride & joy.
Glad your still in one piece.

 

I know, I got up and was like "osht! what did i do to my bike?" like two hours later i noticed a raspberry on my hip and a bit of rash on my arm. Priorities.