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I suck
Hey ya'll. Well, got my learner's permit, took the Basic Rider's Course. Rode for 3 or 4 hours last Saturday and was feeling GREAT on my 08 Street Bob. Went to ride on Sunday to practice my right turns from a dead stop, and dumped her pretty bad. Got too relaxed and learned an important lesson.
Crash bar is now bent up (will be taken off), right handlebar bent in about an inch more than my left (thinking about Flanders TT-Bars) and gas tank has has about a 3" slight dent in it (with scratches). Soooo, needless to say, my ego was also a little damaged. Engine is fine, just have some repairs to do.
Any advice on the tank? Is there a way I can "undent" it? Or am I looking at spending a bunch to get a new one? My bike is covered head to toe in denim black.
Anyways, I'm gonna start riding again, this won't get me down, I just feel like a moron, I LOVE that bike. Any advice is greatly appreciated.
Jess
Crash bar is now bent up (will be taken off), right handlebar bent in about an inch more than my left (thinking about Flanders TT-Bars) and gas tank has has about a 3" slight dent in it (with scratches). Soooo, needless to say, my ego was also a little damaged. Engine is fine, just have some repairs to do.
Any advice on the tank? Is there a way I can "undent" it? Or am I looking at spending a bunch to get a new one? My bike is covered head to toe in denim black.
Anyways, I'm gonna start riding again, this won't get me down, I just feel like a moron, I LOVE that bike. Any advice is greatly appreciated.
Jess
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You're fine. This **** happens. Especially when you're still learning the in's and out's and looking to take your license test. It's not the first time many of us have heard this story, and it wont be the last.
Lesson learned. Be careful. And here's to a speedy recovery and getting the bike back to the way you want it to look. Cheers!
Lesson learned. Be careful. And here's to a speedy recovery and getting the bike back to the way you want it to look. Cheers!
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Might want to hold off replacing the tank 'till you learn to ride!
Don't beat yourself up too bad. These things are HEAVY, when they want to lay down there's not much you can do about it. Glad only your pride got hurt.
Don't beat yourself up too bad. These things are HEAVY, when they want to lay down there's not much you can do about it. Glad only your pride got hurt.
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Could be worse glad your ok. Here is a blue denim tank on ebay going for $90 now you could repaint. Or look on craigs list.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Harle...#ht_500wt_1182
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http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Harle...#ht_500wt_1182
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You can't buy character.....
Now time to fix or do some mods that you might have wanted to wait a bit on but s**t happens
Now time to fix or do some mods that you might have wanted to wait a bit on but s**t happens
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It happens to the best of us. I actually had a seasoned rider stand there and watch me as I wrestled to keep my first bike from falling over on a STEEP driveway. I was a MSF instructor and it even has almost happened to me a few times recently-there are alot of uphill parking lots and driveways around here. Anyway, a couple of weeks after that seasoned rider stood there right in front of me and watched me almost dump my bike in his driveway, I looked out my window, across the street from his house and he dumped his Fat Boy while going a little (alot) too fast up a ramp. I ran out to help, but his pride was already crushed. The old saying goes, "There are 2 types of bikers; those that have dumped it and those that will." Just be happy it was a low speed accident in a controlled setting.
