warpspeed Posted August 4, 2009 Report Share Posted August 4, 2009 Sunday afternoon I was headed down to Houston woods and my back tire slipped out in a curve @ about 40 mph....then it caught and started a tankslapper....I actually was able to pull out of the slapper by grabbing the throttle but by then I was down in a ditch...I thought I had it but looked up and there was a concrete driveway/culvert right in front of me...I was barely hanging onto the bars and didn't get ahold of the front brake, but judging by the marks in the grass i must have hammered the back brake and skidded and wiped out....slid across the concrete driveway and into the grass on the other side....got up right away and picked up the bike and she started right away, shifter linkage was snapped, but I rode it 10 miles back to my buddies house in second gear...Let me say if I hadn't had the leather jacket/gauntlet gloves on i'd look like wheezle after his wreck...the helmet didn't have a scratch on it tho Wish I had kneepads, I woulda walked away without a scratch. Jeans didn't do much Rider stupidity....was riding on a back tire that has a real slow leak (34psi when we checked it after the wreck) and I was pretty hard into the throttle in the corner. Crash and learn. Just REALLY thankfull I had gear on.Before:After: Right side is all rashed up and cowl is broke and somethings wrong with the forksLSL case saver/slider did a great jobThe Sato slider was a epic fail it was ripped completly out of the basemy knee its pretty. Rode 10 miles like thatballer cutoffs....did the right and was like wtheck, might as well do the leftafter 4 hours at the hospital (they had fun with me, got a kneecap pressure test, 500cc of saline injected under the kneecap)all stitched upand I get to wear this sweet leg brace for 2 weeks so i dont rip the stitches out.I'd say I'm pretty lucky I avoided a wambulance ride Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RC51 John Posted August 4, 2009 Report Share Posted August 4, 2009 Ouchie. Ouch.That sucks it's good your are relatively okay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kawi kid Posted August 4, 2009 Report Share Posted August 4, 2009 wow dude the mention of the injection about made me throw up after having two knee surgeries Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disclaimer Posted August 4, 2009 Report Share Posted August 4, 2009 You need to learn how to tuck and roll quicker next time so you don't end up with ghey jean shorts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knicks360 Posted August 4, 2009 Report Share Posted August 4, 2009 WOWWWW dude so happy to see your ok.. but those bloody knee shots were sweet !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RSVDon Posted August 4, 2009 Report Share Posted August 4, 2009 Damn man! That sucks. Glad to hear you're alright minus the knee. Gonna fix the triple up right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warpspeed Posted August 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2009 Damn man! That sucks. Glad to hear you're alright minus the knee. Gonna fix the triple up right?oooo yea throw some money at it and it'll be all good:popcorn: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hondajt Posted August 4, 2009 Report Share Posted August 4, 2009 glad you are alive. Makes me wonder about getting better gear for myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RSVDon Posted August 4, 2009 Report Share Posted August 4, 2009 oooo yea throw some money at it and it'll be all good:popcorn:Good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Likwid Posted August 4, 2009 Report Share Posted August 4, 2009 holy crap, glad you're "ok"I'm going to go check my air pressure now, felt a little squirrely today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ltsrunm Posted August 4, 2009 Report Share Posted August 4, 2009 Sorry to hear that. Glad you walked away from it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod38um Posted August 4, 2009 Report Share Posted August 4, 2009 Pictures say a lot! Glad its no worse..... thats as bad as anyone needs.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted August 4, 2009 Report Share Posted August 4, 2009 Sucks to hear, glad you are ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yotaman88210 Posted August 4, 2009 Report Share Posted August 4, 2009 Sounds like a good time... Glad you are ok man!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jporter12 Posted August 4, 2009 Report Share Posted August 4, 2009 glad you are alive. Makes me wonder about getting better gear for myself.Riding pants are in my future for sure after seeing this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EagleCock Posted August 4, 2009 Report Share Posted August 4, 2009 ouch. good luck with recovery + repairsand welcome to team crash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flounder Posted August 4, 2009 Report Share Posted August 4, 2009 Sucks to hear.. shoulda kept some duct tape and super glue handy.. Ive fixed myself a few times like that with superglue.. Just ask Bannanas... Heal up soon man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAC Posted August 4, 2009 Report Share Posted August 4, 2009 Riding pants are in my future for sure after seeing this.Yeah, same here.Glad you're okay, R6. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gixxie750 Posted August 4, 2009 Report Share Posted August 4, 2009 Glad u are ok!!!! Gear is a must no matter where u ride! The FRAME slider did its job by taking the blow then breaking B4 ur fram did. As for tire pressure i'd say 34 is still a little HIGH for aggressive street riding. All and all u made it out with some cool ass shorts and a lesson in gear! Glad u r ok and have good spirits! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegame Posted August 4, 2009 Report Share Posted August 4, 2009 ouch! damn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obesityrules Posted August 4, 2009 Report Share Posted August 4, 2009 steering damper? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidgetTodd Posted August 4, 2009 Report Share Posted August 4, 2009 Glad u are ok!!!! Gear is a must no matter where u ride! The FRAME slider did its job by taking the blow then breaking B4 ur fram did. As for tire pressure i'd say 34 is still a little HIGH for aggressive street riding. All and all u made it out with some cool ass shorts and a lesson in gear! Glad u r ok and have good spirits!+1 dont blame it on to low pressure I only run 32psi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warpspeed Posted August 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2009 steering damper?just the stocker...I have little confidence that it did anything...I miss the scotts I had on the r6.+1 dont blame it on to low pressure I only run 32psiyour on a 190 tire ... I can't say for sure why it slipped though:confused:...there wasn't anything on the road. Mebbe these Pirellis aren't so great... gonna have to get some PP 2ct's I've never had a problem before.....and my buddy on his gsxr600 was right behind me and nothing happened to him. Like I said I shouldn't have been riding on my tire that aggressivly since it had a slow leak. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ross Posted August 4, 2009 Report Share Posted August 4, 2009 glad you're ok man. i'd say that there is a possibility that the pressure might have been a little too high and that caused some problem. you said it had a leak but it was at 34psi after you rode 10 miles prior to the wreck. so how much did you put in it before you started riding? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gixxie750 Posted August 4, 2009 Report Share Posted August 4, 2009 just the stocker...I have little confidence that it did anything...I miss the scotts I had on the r6.your on a 190 tire ... I can't say for sure why it slipped though:confused:...there wasn't anything on the road. Mebbe these Pirellis aren't so great... gonna have to get some PP 2ct's I've never had a problem before.....and my buddy on his gsxr600 was right behind me and nothing happened to him. Like I said I shouldn't have been riding on my tire that aggressivly since it had a slow leak. What tire pressurs are u trying to run? Pirelli should be no higher than 30 in the rear and about 31 in the front. I run my rear @25psi for hard riding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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