Dumped the bike for the first time.
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Where's your sense of personal responsibility? 
Do you expect the city to take blame for all of your mistakes? I suppose you'd like them to put wet pavement signs out whenever it rains? 
Sorry he dumped his bike but sometimes paying attention to the road on a motorcycle is worth the extra effort it takes.
Do you expect the city to take blame for all of your mistakes? I suppose you'd like them to put wet pavement signs out whenever it rains? Sorry he dumped his bike but sometimes paying attention to the road on a motorcycle is worth the extra effort it takes.Sometimes things that seem a little mean, may save your life.
One of the problems I have with QOTR is they are usually supportive, even when the OP is making a bad decision. Some of the best advice I have recieved on here, initially stung. Motorcycling is unforgiving of mistakes. If an old grouch can teach me something, I don't care if they are gruff.
I was going to mention that it would probably be safer, for OP to learn about gravel on a smaller metric, but I wanted to spare his feelings since he already owns a 675 lb HD for his first bike. Something to consider though, not meant harshly.
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From: New York
Go back to the site and take pictures at the time the accident happened, compensating for the amount of days that had gone by. Contact the town supervisor and talk to him about your incident. Ask him where the construction signs are and the loose gravel signs. Put him on notice if you get the wrong answers. Who ever did the job has to know about the hazards they created and did nothing about. I'd bet that the town will pay for your repairs. Go in there with an estimate for the damage.
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From: Illinois/Wisconsin Border
Hey guys, thanks for all the support. Don't be hard on Racqueteer9 though. He is absolutely right. It's a Shitty situation but it probably could have been avoided. Lesson learned. As for seeking help from the town or construction company, when I went back this morning they were there tearing up the rest of the street so it's completely shut down and torn up now. Looks completely different. All I would have is my word vs theirs.
At the end of the day I'm OK and most of the damage is just cosmetic. Derby cover and shift lever are just an excuse to upgrade this winter. Primary cover can stay beat up. I just wanna make sure I check her over and don't miss anything non cosmetic before taking her back out. I'm going to do what TinCupChalice suggested and if anyone has any other recommendations that would be great.
At the end of the day I'm OK and most of the damage is just cosmetic. Derby cover and shift lever are just an excuse to upgrade this winter. Primary cover can stay beat up. I just wanna make sure I check her over and don't miss anything non cosmetic before taking her back out. I'm going to do what TinCupChalice suggested and if anyone has any other recommendations that would be great.
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Just take your time, look the bike over. Sometimes you can zero speed drop them or bin them in a corner and no much happens, other times everything is out of whack. Check over the front end of the bike and look for any obvious signs of damage, HD's are heavy and gravity is a harsh mistress
Trying to bend and torque things like shift arms back in to shape isn't always successful, hopefully you'll be able to salvage the damaged parts. It's the front that takes a pounding, be certain everything is back in adjustment, the alignment is critical for stability at speed; your forks might be still in alignment, maybe not. Look at this as a part of the learning experience, the Zen lesson in patience that motorcycling is
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From: OHIO
This is a safety topic not a sue topic.
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From: South Texas
Dumped the bike for the first time.
Originally Posted by moosehunter22
I'm pretty sure most people said "talk to the city" and make sure they know the hazards that they have created. If someone wanted to sue the city the last thing they would do would be go to the city and say hey I'm gonna sue you, they would go to a lawyer not to the people they are trying to sue.
This is a safety topic not a sue topic.
Get laid my friend
This is a safety topic not a sue topic.
Get laid my friend
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Having said that, paying attention to the road in front of you is entirely your responsibility. I was once faced with a rolled up carpet all the sudden 50 ft in front of me on the highway. The car in front of me obscured my view and by the time I saw it I had no choice but to roll over it. It was like taking a big speed bump way too fast, but I kept the bike upright. If I had gone down I wouldn't have been looking for the person who lost a carpet on the highway. Assuming I was still alive I would have chalked it up to following the car in front of me too closely and not being prepared for anything.