This is why we can't have nice things.

CycleCam303 · June 27th, 2014, 07:45 PM

Yea. That brand new Ducati I bought like two months ago, it's not so new. I went to Laguna seca for a track day today. I low sided nicely right after the apex of turn 3. A great way to make 11k disappear.

CycleCam303 · June 27th, 2014, 07:48 PM

My leathers are all torn when the bike fell on me. I have rash on my ass cheek and my elbow. Of course plenty of bruising.

I took most of the brunt. But the body work is crazy expensive and the tank is plastic. I wonder if insurance will try and fix it.

Alex · June 27th, 2014, 08:01 PM

Youch. Glad you're OK. You broke the most important rule; you're only supposed to go fast enough to pose on that sexy machinery! If you're actually planning on going fast enough to crash it, you need a cheap trackbike you can kick over in the pits without a care in the world (see @alex.s ).

EternalNewb · June 27th, 2014, 08:23 PM

Oh no!! So sorry to hear this! Glad you're not too injured, but so sorry about the bike.

Motofool · June 27th, 2014, 08:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CycleCam303

My leathers are all torn when the bike fell on me. I have rash on my ass cheek and my elbow. Of course plenty of bruising............

Sorry to read this, Cameron

How did the leathers fail?

Hero Danny · June 27th, 2014, 08:30 PM

Sorry about the bike, thank god you were not badly hurt thought.

What kind of coverage do you have?

KawiKid860 · June 27th, 2014, 08:48 PM

On the bright side, you don't have to baby it anymore

Klondike1020 · June 27th, 2014, 09:03 PM

Glad u r ok. bummer that your gear did not hold up better.

pushing that bike hard ?

Good luck with the insurance. Did you have Gap insurance?

fishdip · June 27th, 2014, 09:07 PM

I bet the other side still looks good tho.

Sirref · June 27th, 2014, 09:41 PM

if you're going to track a duc why not at least throw on some track day fairings?

fishdip · June 27th, 2014, 10:02 PM

O and thank you for crashing it I still hate you for having such a awesome bike but now I hate you just a little less :P

CycleCam303 · June 27th, 2014, 11:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Motofool

Sorry to read this, Cameron

How did the leathers fail?

The material on the top of the forearm that's flexible. All of that shredded down through my under armour

The gear did it's job. I didn't break any bones and I started doing flips when I hit the sand.

Which that sand stuff sucks and gets everywhere. I'm still sneezing it up. Imagine going backwards into a sandbox at 60 mph.

CycleCam303 · June 27th, 2014, 11:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sirref

if you're going to track a duc why not at least throw on some track day fairings?

In all honesty. Because I thought I had enough self control to not go super crazy. I never planned on crashing it.

Here is what happened. I got invited to this event because my friend broke his hand and couldn't go. It was with Pacific track time. They often have racers in their track days and so everyone is pretty fast.

I rode in B group and the first session I was blowing by people. After I got comfortable I was getting the rear loose on a couple corner entries and carrying decent corner speed. It really boosted my confidence and hit my ego. I was by far the fastest guy in the group. So with all that going on I was just full of pure testorone and I was going pretty huge right out of the gate. I was dragging knee in turn 3 and I felt like I was going to slow for the corner. I poured on the gas thinking since I'm going slow I can be more liberal with the throttle. Now that my head is clearer I know I tucked the front but I'm wondering if the rear started to give way too. I low sided without any kind of warning right after the apex.

I'm getting cozy with the 848. It's great on the brakes, it feels nice and stable on its side, and it's pretty quick in stock form that if I started rolling on the throttle before the guy in front of me it didn't matter if it was a 1000 or 600 i would be able to drag race them and show a wheel and stuff him. That's what my problem was today. I was being very unlike myself and being hyper aggressive.

CycleCam303 · June 27th, 2014, 11:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hero Danny

Sorry about the bike, thank god you were not badly hurt thought.

What kind of coverage do you have?

State Farm. They already have an adjuster coming to check it out. As long as it wasn't a timed event they cover it. Then I take it back to the place I bought it from and they fix it.

I don't have gap insurance but I got a screaming deal on the bike. I paid 11 for it and it normally is 13. I put a lot down so I don't really owe that much. I just have to wait and see if they will total it or not.

alex.s · June 28th, 2014, 12:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CycleCam303

In all honesty. Because I thought I had enough self control to not go super crazy. I never planned on crashing it.

only about half of my crashes were planned. just ask max.

alex.s · June 28th, 2014, 12:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CycleCam303

Then I take it back to the place I bought it from and they fix it.

get a nice big quote from the dealership and get them to write the check to you. then do the repairs yourself or with a cheaper mechanic

alex.s · June 28th, 2014, 12:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alex

Youch. Glad you're OK. You broke the most important rule; you're only supposed to go fast enough to pose on that sexy machinery! If you're actually planning on going fast enough to crash it, you need a cheap trackbike you can kick over in the pits without a care in the world (see @alex.s ).

i'm offended, sir! i....

ah who am i kidding. my bike looks like ****. you can't even tell the difference from before and after my last crash.

subxero · June 28th, 2014, 04:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CycleCam303

In all honesty. Because I thought I had enough self control to not go super crazy. I never planned on crashing it.

Here is what happened. I got invited to this event because my friend broke his hand and couldn't go. It was with Pacific track time. They often have racers in their track days and so everyone is pretty fast.

I rode in B group and the first session I was blowing by people. After I got comfortable I was getting the rear loose on a couple corner entries and carrying decent corner speed. It really boosted my confidence and hit my ego. I was by far the fastest guy in the group. So with all that going on I was just full of pure testorone and I was going pretty huge right out of the gate. I was dragging knee in turn 3 and I felt like I was going to slow for the corner. I poured on the gas thinking since I'm going slow I can be more liberal with the throttle. Now that my head is clearer I know I tucked the front but I'm wondering if the rear started to give way too. I low sided without any kind of warning right after the apex.

I'm getting cozy with the 848. It's great on the brakes, it feels nice and stable on its side, and it's pretty quick in stock form that if I started rolling on the throttle before the guy in front of me it didn't matter if it was a 1000 or 600 i would be able to drag race them and show a wheel and stuff him. That's what my problem was today. I was being very unlike myself and being hyper aggressive.

most people don't but it still happens... a lot

Gurk · June 28th, 2014, 06:34 AM

That looks like it'll buff right out

kdogg2077 · June 28th, 2014, 08:47 AM

Ouch..well at least it sounds like you were having a good time up until the end there.

choneofakind · June 28th, 2014, 09:17 AM

Lesson learned; check ego at the door, stay calm and cool and collected whilst flowing through the turns.

Keep your head straight and don't get frantic.

I'm glad this happened in a safe environment and not somewhere else. I think a spec of rash on your buns and your elbow is a heck of a lot better than sliding into oncoming traffic.

keep your head up, you'll be fine.

ninjamunky85 · June 28th, 2014, 10:01 AM

Ouch! You got some balls taking a bike like that to the track... I'm guessing for the price of new fairings you could have bought a cheap track bike.

CC Cowboy · June 28th, 2014, 10:13 AM

Now you have a Ducati track bike and you can buy a BMW HP4 for the street.

P.S. the rear tire is always supposed to step out (in a controlled manner).

Singh2jz · June 28th, 2014, 12:48 PM

Oh man, that's not good. Sorry to hear about your accident. Hope everything works out!

rojoracing53 · June 28th, 2014, 01:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alex.s

get a nice big quote from the dealership and get them to write the check to you. then do the repairs yourself or with a cheaper mechanic

Just encase anyone is wondering, I don't work on ducati's.

Trailerboy531 · June 28th, 2014, 01:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alex.s

only about half of my crashes were planned. just ask max.

Can confirm.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alex

(see @alex.s ).

Whiskey · June 28th, 2014, 02:37 PM

**** buzz dude, but at least it looks to be mostly cosmetic.

See if you can keep the rashed up side panels for track use...

Granted when I saw the title on the front page I thought it had been stolen, so it could be worse...

CZroe · June 28th, 2014, 03:55 PM

Replica fairings, case covers, and some spitshine.

CycleCam303 · June 28th, 2014, 08:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CZroe

Replica fairings, case covers, and some spitshine.

Nope not this bike. It's going to be ressurected. You dont put Lockhart Philips crap on a bike you're still making payments on.

greenaero · June 29th, 2014, 11:29 PM

ouch!

Sorry to hear this but glad you weren't seriously injured. The track is the place to go fast safely.

sharky nrk · June 30th, 2014, 08:56 AM

Hate to hear you went down, and see such a pretty Duc scratched up. Glad your ok. I can tell you that honestly is one of the reasons I have "inexpensive/old/whatever" track bikes. If I wad it up bad enough I just walk away from it and am out $2000 or so.

I give credit to the guys who can take their $25K superbikes (pani S/R, HP4, whatever) to the track and not fear wadding it up. I could never do it; not at least on my salary lol.

broken neck · June 30th, 2014, 11:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sharky nrk

I give credit to the guys who can take their $25K superbikes (pani S/R, HP4, whatever) to the track and not fear wadding it up. I could never do it; not at least on my salary lol.

If think they can afford to take those bikes to the track and not be on a verge of a nervous breakdown if they go down... Ahhhh the joy of having way too much money...

And sorry for your unplanned spill... I'm sure if you knew you were to crash, you would have done thing differently... héhéhéhéhéhéhéhé...

mgentz · June 30th, 2014, 06:54 PM

sux

akima · July 1st, 2014, 02:17 AM

Glad you're ok.

Quote:

Originally Posted by choneofakind

Lesson learned; check ego at the door, stay calm and cool and collected whilst flowing through the turns.

Keep your head straight and don't get frantic.

I'm glad this happened in a safe environment and not somewhere else. I think a spec of rash on your buns and your elbow is a heck of a lot better than sliding into oncoming traffic.

keep your head up, you'll be fine.

Beautifully put, chone!

It still feels strange to me that motorcycles can be worth thousands of pounds and it's so easy to for them to fall on their side and smash to pieces. When expensive car owners pull up to their garage, they don't have to worry about a momentary lapse in concentration resulting in their car tipping over. Bastards!

... hmm... maybe some do.

psych0hans · July 1st, 2014, 02:19 AM

Good luck getting her fixed up buddy... You should have bought race fairings before tracking it... Why didn't you?

subxero · July 1st, 2014, 05:06 AM

^ he wasn't planning on crashing

psych0hans · July 1st, 2014, 05:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by subxero

^ he wasn't planning on crashing

I don't think anyone crashes deliberately, it tends to just happen... Which is why you prepare for it in advance...

just saying...

subxero · July 1st, 2014, 06:23 AM

^ he said it, not me, post #13

https://www.ninjette.org/forums/show...0&postcount=13

kdogg2077 · July 1st, 2014, 07:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by subxero

^ he said it, not me, post #13

https://www.ninjette.org/forums/show...0&postcount=13

"Welcome to ninjette.org, the friendliest Kawasaki Ninja 300/250R site on the net."

psych0hans · July 1st, 2014, 07:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by subxero

^ he said it, not me, post #13

https://www.ninjette.org/forums/show...0&postcount=13

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