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well, a good friend of mine wants to sell his gix1k to me. super sweet bike. its an 02 with micron serpent full system, pc2, custom map, tons of other goodies. I was looking to pay around 8k with new tires, and some other little shit.
well, we were out riding tonight and I took a good d*****. I was on my bike, about to make a right turn. I slowed, looked through the turn, knew where I wanted to end up at the end of the turn and kept looking there. just like I always tell myself, look through the turn. well, either I didn't see the pothole or I thought it was freshly filled in with alphault. I started to lean and the front tire went right in it. I hit the ground before I knew what was happening. I wasn't crankin it, not hot doggin at all. my buddy says he thinks I didn't have enough speed through the turn. I think I took it a little too sharp for my speed, but I know I would have been fine had I not hit the pothole.
on to the damage portion of the story.
so, he was on a 03 r1, and he was to the outside of me. when my bike fell, it snapped the speedo cable on the left (dunno how), and broke the front brake lever. scratched up the already scrached up fairings, and whatever. maybe $50 tops to fix it.
the r1 wasn't so lucky. he was just behind me when I went down, just outside of me in the turn. some part of my bike his the bottom fairing of the r1 and rashed the hell out of it. i'm guessing around 200 to 250 for a new lower right fairing.
me, i'm okay. my head didnt' hit the ground except where I stopped moving and laid to rest for a second or so. my jacked worked wonders. I would have broken my elbow had I not been wearing it. I know I slid on my shoulder too. I would have tons of rash had I not been wearing it. and I can barely even tell by the jacket that I was down. amazingly, my jeans held up just fine, but I was only doing about 15mph. just scuffed a bit. my hip is really sore, as is my elbow. other than that, i have a hurt ego, and a lighter wallet.
i've been riding for over 2 years. I've close calls before. had I been on the gix1k I would not only be more pissed, out more cash, but probaly hurt much more too.. just another reason to remember to start small.
thanks for listening.
Matt.
well, we were out riding tonight and I took a good d*****. I was on my bike, about to make a right turn. I slowed, looked through the turn, knew where I wanted to end up at the end of the turn and kept looking there. just like I always tell myself, look through the turn. well, either I didn't see the pothole or I thought it was freshly filled in with alphault. I started to lean and the front tire went right in it. I hit the ground before I knew what was happening. I wasn't crankin it, not hot doggin at all. my buddy says he thinks I didn't have enough speed through the turn. I think I took it a little too sharp for my speed, but I know I would have been fine had I not hit the pothole.
on to the damage portion of the story.
so, he was on a 03 r1, and he was to the outside of me. when my bike fell, it snapped the speedo cable on the left (dunno how), and broke the front brake lever. scratched up the already scrached up fairings, and whatever. maybe $50 tops to fix it.
the r1 wasn't so lucky. he was just behind me when I went down, just outside of me in the turn. some part of my bike his the bottom fairing of the r1 and rashed the hell out of it. i'm guessing around 200 to 250 for a new lower right fairing.
me, i'm okay. my head didnt' hit the ground except where I stopped moving and laid to rest for a second or so. my jacked worked wonders. I would have broken my elbow had I not been wearing it. I know I slid on my shoulder too. I would have tons of rash had I not been wearing it. and I can barely even tell by the jacket that I was down. amazingly, my jeans held up just fine, but I was only doing about 15mph. just scuffed a bit. my hip is really sore, as is my elbow. other than that, i have a hurt ego, and a lighter wallet.
i've been riding for over 2 years. I've close calls before. had I been on the gix1k I would not only be more pissed, out more cash, but probaly hurt much more too.. just another reason to remember to start small.
thanks for listening.
Matt.