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Originally Posted by Ram Jet
Was this bike in a previous crash? I can only imagine a steering head/triple clamp failure or a swing arm pivot shaft breakage.
Bill
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Took a look today, triple clamps did not fail nor were they bent. Pivot shaft also seemed fine (at least visual inspection) and had no obvious points of failure.
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Originally Posted by Triple Jim
In thinking about it, anything frame or steering related that put a lot of steering force on the handlebar would have startled you, and you probably would have reacted by muscling it straight until you could pull over. Instead, I bet your rear wheel locked (brake, transmission, broken chain, etc.,) That would allow you to keep the bike upright, but with no directional control, so whatever way it felt like going, that's the way you'd go.
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Chain did not break, spins freely as I just quickly rode it into storage.