July 8th, 2014, 06:24 PM | #1 |
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Wear your gear: My minor low side story
Took a spill on the girlfriend's cruiser on my way to work today. Was coming off the interstate and took a turn in the intersection and felt the bike loose traction and start to slide, then I felt my butt and lower back sliding down the asphalt. I was wearing leather jacket, leather vest, boots, gloves, full face helmet, and kevlar riding jeans. The only injury I sustained was a slight bit of (though quite painful) rash on my lower back / upper butt where the jacket and vest rode up. My jacket, vest, and jeans (which must have ridden down some) are all fine; though my underwear got torn up :P
Got up, 2 guys helped me pick up my bike, I hoped back on it and rode the rest of the way to work. Got to work and just cleaned up the bit of rash with some soap and water in the bathroom and put a bandage on it to keep it clean. I know for a fact that had I been in shorts and a t-shirt like a lot of people around here (especially guys on cruisers) wear, my entire butt would be washed, and most of my back would be torn up pretty bad too. Here's an after pic of the bike: Only real damage I've found was to the bar end. Guess it slid on that and the bags: |
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July 8th, 2014, 06:38 PM | #2 |
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Good thing that your leg did not get trapped under that heavy bike !!!
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July 8th, 2014, 06:59 PM | #3 |
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Good to see you and the bike came away mostly unscathed. Any ideas as to what caused the accident?
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July 8th, 2014, 07:01 PM | #4 |
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Looks like cruisers crash like dual-sports. Very little damage. No plastic body work to damage. Amazing the only damage is the bar end!
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July 8th, 2014, 07:42 PM | #5 |
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Good thing your armor kept up!
Also, looks like your bike (girlfriend's bike) is in good condition still! I spy a few scratches, but not bad at all considering it was sliding! You were lucky!
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July 8th, 2014, 07:54 PM | #6 |
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July 8th, 2014, 08:05 PM | #8 |
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Look at the cover just above and to the right of the sidestand pivot. There's material missing.
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July 8th, 2014, 08:58 PM | #9 |
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Yeah, I guess it is just a reflection that I see on the gas tank. My bad
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July 8th, 2014, 08:58 PM | #10 |
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I didn't even notice that! Yeah, there's a chunk missing!
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July 8th, 2014, 09:01 PM | #11 |
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That black chunk? That's the reflection of my vest I believe. I will try and get another picture tomorrow morning from another angle so we can compare.
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July 8th, 2014, 09:14 PM | #12 |
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Looks more like a reflection of the piece of frame holding the side stand on. Looks like a plate jots out that the side stand is mounted to and the curve of the cover is causing a warped reflection.
If i am seeing what Lee is seeing...
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July 9th, 2014, 02:26 AM | #13 |
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Sorry to hear about the crash, but I'm glad the bike held up nicely!
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July 9th, 2014, 01:54 PM | #14 |
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Glad you're ok @saxnbass. Why do you think you lost traction? Bad tyres? Bad surface? Bad throttle control?
Those cruisers look so comfy to ride. I'd probably ride a lot slower if I had one of them! |
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July 9th, 2014, 06:10 PM | #15 | |
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July 13th, 2014, 01:23 PM | #16 |
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So about that "black chunk". Got it all cleaned up and polished today, even though it's 100° outside.
Put my drying towel over the kickstand sensor and alas, no chunk missing :P And some extra pics You really can't even tell that the bike has been down, except for the bar end on the grip, which will be replaced when she figures out which grips she wants. Can't believe cruiser grips are like $70!! |
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July 13th, 2014, 01:34 PM | #17 | |
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July 13th, 2014, 01:39 PM | #18 |
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True; she said she wanted to replace the grips before I crashed it though, so she said not to worry about it… probably cause I paid for the whole bike to begin with and have done all the maintenance work on it to get it running right again :P If she figures out what grips she wants, I'll probably just get them for her anyways.
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July 14th, 2014, 08:33 AM | #19 | |
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July 14th, 2014, 09:24 AM | #20 |
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My jacket zips to my leather pants, but I'm not going to commute to work in a 2 piece leather track suit… on a cruiser :P
My jacket also has one of the top back armors on the market. The thing for me is that I can't find a jacket that properly fits me in this country due to my body type (6 foot and 125lbs). A properly snug fitting jacket would have prevented the road rash too probably. It would be nice for more manufacturers to add the belt snap attachments, but unfortunately that's limited to a few manufacturers, most of which fit me even worse than my current jacket. |
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August 20th, 2014, 04:53 PM | #21 |
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I always wear all my gear minus the race suit. otherwise i just wasn't comfortable.
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August 21st, 2014, 02:40 PM | #22 |
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Hope your back feels better!
Btw, realy like the bike!
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August 21st, 2014, 07:17 PM | #23 |
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Sounds bad, and all too easy... I "forget" my gear a lot more than I should
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August 21st, 2014, 09:11 PM | #24 |
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I'm decent. I never lost a day of riding. I'm actually back on my bike now, finally got my new HID ballast in the mail the other day and am legal to ride it again. Warranty replacements are so slow to get :P
The only mark left is a bruise/scab/potential scar on my lower back; can't even feel it anymore, you just see it. But just to prove that gear saved my hide, know a guy who had a similar thing happen to him; he low-sided at about the same speed as me. He wasn't wearing any gear; he got a ride to the hospital, some skin grafts on his left hand and forearm, and won't be riding due to that for at least a few months. |
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September 5th, 2014, 11:06 PM | #25 |
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some of the gear most of the time here... with the cooler weather in fall im going to try have atgatt. to
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September 8th, 2014, 02:56 PM | #26 | |
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September 8th, 2014, 10:35 PM | #27 |
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Gears no joke man. I had some minor rash where my jacket rode up too, now it has a hard back protector in it to help with that as well as keep my back protected though I didn't injure it in my accident. My gauntlets kept my hands mostly safe, just a couple holes in the palm on two fingers, no burst seems. Broke my right wrist though, bought gloves with a little better wrist protection now but it's understandable that you have to still have some wrist movement. Jacket scuffed up a bit but held together flawlessly. Boots don't even look like they were in a crash. But I was wearing jeans, and I always said that if I crash in jeans I'll probably hurt my legs and then wear better leg protection afterwards provided I have that opportunity. Now I own kevlar jeans with optional armor that I will not ride without from here-on. Regular blue jeans probably would be decent in terms of sliding just in the city, but there's no impact protection and I hit the ground at 70+ mph and slid mostly on my knees so they were bad. Not fun. They're healing up well but they're still nasty, and I'll have some serious scars. I'm EXTREMELY lucky it wasn't worse
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September 11th, 2014, 02:14 PM | #28 |
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Now at 70+ that's a different story, pretty much all the seams burst and the impact areas are singed lol. Been trying to get my mom to patch them up, I really think I can still wear them |
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