I bought it AGAIN saturday for the same reason I crashed the first time
Gravel
We were going about 25 around some nice curves doing a real slow pace enjoying the ride, when we hit a curve that had been washed out by a heavy rain and the sholder pea gravel had been washed out and down the road
Micheal hit it in the left hand tire patch (the road has 2 tire patches and we ride in those because they are the cleanest places on any given stretch) and I was on the right hand patch. I was maybe 50 ft beind him and saw his legs fly out off the bike and his tail wiggle......about the time my brain thought "Micheal what the h........." next thing I knew I was face down watching pavement go bye thru my visor
I stopped sliding (30 ft or so) and layed still because I was in pain
Micheal came back and helped me to my feet.....the pheanix jacket held up great, helmet=toast, gloves are all scrapped up, but the damage came to my legs as my jeans split and rashed my calf pretty bad and my right shoe was peeled from my foot like a banana
my hip is killing me because apparently I landed on it first...no rash just bruse.....only rashed on the calf
The bike did amazing...the rear view mirror took most of the brunt, and the top part of the corbin bad.......nothing some putty cote can't fix
Side panel looks like someone took it off and placed it face down on a concrete drive and stood on it, twisted 3 times and put it back on...no big deal
I rode 130 miles home with electrical tape around my pants and leg and in pretty bad pain...but overall I'm not bad nor is the bike....
This is another instance of the ONLY way of avoiding the crash would be to stay home
When we gather ourselves back up and were preparring to leave a full dresser harley rode by and dang near lost it in the same spot...what saved him was nearly stoppin to see what was up with us......REAL bad spot....a danger to ANY bike
OH WELL...some times shit happens