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loz944 · January 23rd, 2012, 12:50 AM

The Tank is a lot harder than my knee!!!!!!!

I was On my way to the bike shop to get some service parts for my Honda VF750 saber doing a U turn ( here they have U turns that go under the highway ) and the U turn had about 3 to 4 inches of water across the road which had been there long enough that the concrete beneath was green and slippy. I was taking it slow as to avoid touching the brakes and the bike stopped suddenly and i was on the floor in the water with the bike on top of me and a dent in the tank from my knee.

After investigation we found a caliper had been sticking and had locked on which i hadn't noticed on braking before the turn from around 60 mph to about 10

January 23rd, 2012, 12:50 AM	#103
loz944 ninjette.org guru Name: Laurence Location: Bangbuathong Thailand Join Date: Jan 2012 Motorcycle(s): Green 2012 Ninja 250SE and a Yamaha fino scooter (my wife's really) Posts: 355	The Tank is a lot harder than my knee!!!!!!! I was On my way to the bike shop to get some service parts for my Honda VF750 saber doing a U turn ( here they have U turns that go under the highway ) and the U turn had about 3 to 4 inches of water across the road which had been there long enough that the concrete beneath was green and slippy. I was taking it slow as to avoid touching the brakes and the bike stopped suddenly and i was on the floor in the water with the bike on top of me and a dent in the tank from my knee. After investigation we found a caliper had been sticking and had locked on which i hadn't noticed on braking before the turn from around 60 mph to about 10 __________________________________________________ Be safe ride smart .....a dumb rider is a dead rider