- Joined
- May 16, 2012
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- Location
- Vancouver BC Canada
- Very first time was 1' outside the dealer's parking lot, (with the odometer reading "0") when the rear end spun out turning right and onto the street. It was if the tire was made of Teflon, coated liberally with lard and Armour All, and traversing ice that had oil poured on it, lol. Speed about 5mph or less. No broken bike parts, only some light scrapes on bar end weight, ball end of brake lever, underside of rear brake pedal, and front weld seam of muffler.
- second time was trying to hurriedly push the bike out from under a deck where it was parked, when I discovered gasoline leaking out of a split fuel vapor line. It was dark out, and I had forgotten about the disc lock on the front brake rotor. d'oh! Speed essentially zero. No evidence of any scratches on left side, but disc lock bent the bracket that the brake caliper bolts onto, juuuust enough to tweak the distance between the ABS sensor and the ABS tone ring, so that the bike couldn't read wheel info, therefore disabling ABS function. Bike rode normal other than that, and I didn't bother doing anything about it for that summer. Eventually in the fall I thwacked the bracket with a hammer and a block of wood, putting the ABS sensor back into allowable reading distance tolerance, and ABS came back on line.
- third time was a zero speed flop in the dirt on my right, when I was going uphill over a water bar and high centered, stopping me dead in my tracks. No scrapes or damage.
- fourth time was a 5 mph flop on my left, going down a super steep soft ball sized rock strewn jeep trail, which bounced the front tire over into wet grass, instantly tucking the wheel and dumping me. No discernable bike scratches other than a bit of left bar end weight rash, possibly a nick in the powdercoat on the Givi engine bar, but you'd need better eyes than I have to really see, lol. The bigger hit was the left Trax aluminum pannier, which got a bit of small denting done in the lower beveled portion. No biggie though.
Other than kinda putting my back out on flop number two, no damage to me or any of my riding gear ever.
My most expensive and gnarly damage, has all happened without me crashing or dropping the bike, lol
- second time was trying to hurriedly push the bike out from under a deck where it was parked, when I discovered gasoline leaking out of a split fuel vapor line. It was dark out, and I had forgotten about the disc lock on the front brake rotor. d'oh! Speed essentially zero. No evidence of any scratches on left side, but disc lock bent the bracket that the brake caliper bolts onto, juuuust enough to tweak the distance between the ABS sensor and the ABS tone ring, so that the bike couldn't read wheel info, therefore disabling ABS function. Bike rode normal other than that, and I didn't bother doing anything about it for that summer. Eventually in the fall I thwacked the bracket with a hammer and a block of wood, putting the ABS sensor back into allowable reading distance tolerance, and ABS came back on line.
- third time was a zero speed flop in the dirt on my right, when I was going uphill over a water bar and high centered, stopping me dead in my tracks. No scrapes or damage.
- fourth time was a 5 mph flop on my left, going down a super steep soft ball sized rock strewn jeep trail, which bounced the front tire over into wet grass, instantly tucking the wheel and dumping me. No discernable bike scratches other than a bit of left bar end weight rash, possibly a nick in the powdercoat on the Givi engine bar, but you'd need better eyes than I have to really see, lol. The bigger hit was the left Trax aluminum pannier, which got a bit of small denting done in the lower beveled portion. No biggie though.
Other than kinda putting my back out on flop number two, no damage to me or any of my riding gear ever.
My most expensive and gnarly damage, has all happened without me crashing or dropping the bike, lol