So I took my SV out for a little spin after work today since it hasn't even been around the block in probably a month. I already had the Aero out because we were riding it to dinner so I thought I'd line 'em up for an updated shot. I did that and got some pretty decent shots, at least ones I was happy with.





Now I should preface this next part by saying that I've been riding the cruiser exclusively for the past month, just to get some miles on it. It's goes without saying that the ride is a completely different experience and I realized that when I rode the SV around today. Everything about the bikes change the way you ride each and I'm pretty sure my brain was still stuck in cruiser mode.

Anyway, after I took the pictures I rode the SV down the street to turn it around to pull in the garage. I got to the intersection, swung wide, started my u-turn and looked over my shoulder just to make sure a car wasn't there. Unfortuntealy, when I turned my head there was a minivan not more than 20 feet behind me. It really surprised me, caught me off guard really and being used to the pig cruiser's less than stellar stopping ability grabbed a handful of brake. Evidently cruisers rot your brain because that was nothing but bad news.

In less than a second the bars went to full lock, the front tire lost traction and the bike disappeared from underneath me. I couldn't have been doing more than 5 mph and managed to stand up instead of going down with the bike. I cursed at myself out loud, realized it took me 2.5 years but was finally just like everyone else and pushed it back home to assess the damage.

The good news is the frame and swingarm sliders saved all the spendy parts from damage. I did end up with a scraped bar end, broken clutch lever, broken shifter and scraped passenger peg but considering the lack of fairings it could have been a lot worse. The parts that need replacing can be done, even by me, so why my ego's bruised I'm really not that bad off. Anyone who says sliders aren't worth their weight in cocaine is snorting it.

Bonus: Coming back from dinner I found out just how far the Aero can go before I have to switch to reserve. Amazingly I managed to do this without pulling over and made it to a gas station to fill up. (3 gal / 150 miles).










Modified by Apocalypse at 10:35 PM 5/1/2007

 

i cant imagine what would of happened if u would have been on the cruiser. anyway for minimal damage.

 

Shitty to hear, man. At least the damage was minimal and there were no injuries

 

******* minivans.

 

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+1!

Glad to hear your drop caused only minimal damage.

 

Diggin the pics...and the S4

Sorry to hear about the crash, better at 5mph than at a higher speed.

 

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You're not the only one that goofed and broke their bike today.

I flogged the YZF this morning, missed a 1-2 shift (expletive Yamaha and their transmissions) @ redline and wound up with a bike that downshifted 1 out of every 10 attempts and won't go into 1st for love or money.

 

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You're not the only one that goofed and broke their bike today.

I flogged the YZF this morning, missed a 1-2 shift (expletive Yamaha and their transmissions) @ redline and wound up with a bike that downshifted 1 out of every 10 attempts and won't go into 1st for love or money.</TD></TR></TABLE>

I don't get it. So you messed up your tranny or did the tranny mess up on you?

 

Good to see you are okay from it all.

p.s. I love your s4's plate.

 

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Yammy's are notorious for their sub-par-quality....ummm...everything...
but especially their transmissions (at least 600R's and R6's).

However, at least you got away with minimal damage
I broke my shift lever the exact same way and just had a friend of my dads weld on a 1/4" x 1.5" rod of aluminum...been that way ever since.

 

This shat happens Apoc. I should have put on frame sliders a loooooooooooong time ago. Good lookin out for standing up instead of goin down.

Get your junks fixed ASAP

 

guess its time for me to put those sliders on...

 

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Yeah... although it really was entirely my fault. They were actually slow/stopped when I looked over because they realized I was turning and hadn't seen them there yet. What really went on in my head was "there's no one there but you should probably check anyway before you get whacked" and when I did someone actually being there startled me.

In an entirely unlike me move... I didn't even have a helmet, gloves or jacket on.

 

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GearMSFinsurance?

 

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^^n00b^^

im going to link this quote everytime you tell someone to get gear. lol.
profile signature?? haha

 

Yeah, yeah... I took them off to take pictures and I went 30 feet down the street to turn around so I didn't put them on. Yay me!

I did have boots on though.

 

Whew, lucky it wasn't worse. Did you put your foot down to try and save it? Hows your ankle?

Glad to hear your okay

 

Just ordered a new shifter and lever from Oneida. $62 shipped... life could have been a lot worse.

 

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I just kinda stood up on my left leg and managed to step far enough out that the bike didn't really land on me. My right foot was still on the peg but there wasn't really any weight on that foot. It was like one minute I was riding and the next I was standing next to my bike... it all just happened really fast. I was wearing A* boots and that probably helped me not roll an ankle.

 

She still lookin good

 

I also forgot to mention that collapseable mirrors saved me a bit of cash too. There's a small scuff on the outside of the mirror but it folded in enough that there was no real damage.

 

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Says the guy with the minivan

 

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Heyhey! That's gone now. Now I roll in a dressed up minivan.

 

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Says the guy IN a minivan!