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16 hours ago, B-Mac said:

Glad you are OK and the bike is serviceable. Great photo by the way.😉

15 hours ago, durk said:

Glad you’re okay and able to ride away. 

15 hours ago, Pauly said:

Totes jelly of your pic. Glad you're vertical! 

Thanks guys.  Surprisingly, I feel less sore today than I did last night.  I figured I'd be miserable for several days.

This morning on the way to work I crashed.  I'm OK and the bike is just a little rashed.  It's still rideable and I got out of there before I had any "police attention".

I was exiting I71-N to make a left at Polaris.  The light was green and I was in the rightmost of the two left turn lanes.  Right at my turn-in point I must have hit something slippery because the front just let go and the bike went down on the left side so fast that I couldn't even process what happened.  Everything went to slow motion and I remember feeling the bar end grinding on the street while I was still holding both grips.  Then I watched the bike slide away from me and I tried to stand up but realized I was still sliding.  After I stopped I went to the bike and shut off the key.  I picked it up and looked for fluids on the ground.  All clear so I started it up and checked again for fluids, then rode the rest of the way to work.

According to the GoPro, I was going 25mph when the front end went out - plenty slow enough for the radius of that curve and I've done it hundreds of times.  There was too much traffic to go out and check for an oily patch.  From the crash to my riding away, was 1:40 and in that time nobody stopped of even yelled out their windows to ask if I needed any help - but I guess me lifting the bike back up and starting it up may have caused them not to worry.  I would have at least slowed down and asked...

The only non-cosmetic problem I had is a broken shifter tip and I fixed it by drilling and tapping the end for a bolt and a jam nut - one of the perks of working in an assembly shop.

The guys at work scrutinized my video more closely than the Zapruder film and they thought this pic was humorous, and since I'm not hurt, I guess I have to agree.

2 hours ago, motocat12 said:

Can you just replace the standard? outer next time with it?

No, the outer ring is hard steel and permanently riveted to the anodized aluminum hub.  For what you get, the prices aren't too outrageous IMO.

For normal wheels, you can buy Supersprox from allballsracing in the US.  I had to order directly from Supersprox Europe because of my Galespeed wheels.

12 hours ago, B-Mac said:

Will you be up and running for DURK's ride on May 15th. I hope so. Would be nice to ride with you again.

I was excited when I saw durk post a ride because I hoped I could ride with you again, but I'll be out of town that weekend.  I hope we can get together for a few rides later in the season.

Ordered a fancy new sprocket from Europe for the Galespeed wheel on my Bandit.  It'll take them 3 weeks to make it and shipping is estimated at 35 days so maybe I'll get it by 4th of July?