I went down in a wet turn today on an 180+ degree type of exit. I let myself get too close to the curb and instantly lost traction in a slight lean. The back went out and I went down pretty softly, but bouncing off my head.
I think my boots saved me from a broken foot or worse (I'm so glad my MSF instructor recommended steel reinforced boots. I think I can now vouch for the work/casual/weekend passable TCX Street Ace boots: https://www.revzilla.com/motorcycle/tcx-street-ace-wp-shoes).
My gloves saved the palm of my hand. But they didn't cover my wrists, so my only scratch is some road rash there. I'm otherwise okay, although I feel like something is going to hurt later... I did hit my shoulder pretty hard after my head broke the fall.
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I think the bike is fine mechanically. It might be mental, but I now feel like the bike gives out on ANY right-handed turn and it freaks me out. Feel totally comfy doing it on the left side. I just hit 600 miles and was headed to the dealer this Saturday for the initial maintenance check. So we'll see if it's just all in my head.
My front brake lever took a hit, and is super lose and doesn't engage until about 70% pulled in.
Something came off of my exhaust too. Anyone know what this is? https://i.imgur.com/32uJLo8.jpg
Oh yeah, my rear brake lever is bent. :sad::crying::crying::crying::crying:
A nice bicyclist stopped to check on me, and he said he's been there a couple of times on one or two of the 13 motorbikes he's owned. He said I might not want to have insurance fix this, but didn't really elaborate. Does anyone know what the cons of having insurance kick-in for this are?
I think my boots saved me from a broken foot or worse (I'm so glad my MSF instructor recommended steel reinforced boots. I think I can now vouch for the work/casual/weekend passable TCX Street Ace boots: https://www.revzilla.com/motorcycle/tcx-street-ace-wp-shoes).
My gloves saved the palm of my hand. But they didn't cover my wrists, so my only scratch is some road rash there. I'm otherwise okay, although I feel like something is going to hurt later... I did hit my shoulder pretty hard after my head broke the fall.
I think the bike is fine mechanically. It might be mental, but I now feel like the bike gives out on ANY right-handed turn and it freaks me out. Feel totally comfy doing it on the left side. I just hit 600 miles and was headed to the dealer this Saturday for the initial maintenance check. So we'll see if it's just all in my head.
My front brake lever took a hit, and is super lose and doesn't engage until about 70% pulled in.
Something came off of my exhaust too. Anyone know what this is? https://i.imgur.com/32uJLo8.jpg
Oh yeah, my rear brake lever is bent. :sad::crying::crying::crying::crying:
A nice bicyclist stopped to check on me, and he said he's been there a couple of times on one or two of the 13 motorbikes he's owned. He said I might not want to have insurance fix this, but didn't really elaborate. Does anyone know what the cons of having insurance kick-in for this are?
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