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Jun 20, 2016 | 08:04 PM

#31

Tommy C

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From: Pine Flat Dam/South Bay Area, CA

Quote:

Originally Posted by atengnr

Thanks yes I noticed your post as well! Ankle if broken, need surgery. Bike got more bruised than I thought as tank is wrecked, fender bent, bars bent ish.

Best wishes to you for a fast recovery.

Jun 20, 2016 | 08:14 PM

#32

Notgrownup

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From: Snow Hill, NC

I don't trust corners, I always treat them like they are slick...I hope you recover quickly.

Jun 20, 2016 | 08:19 PM

#33

HardRider1

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From: Michigan

I hit one of those damn things in NH last year with the OL on the back while making a U-turn, the front wheel washed out, when I tapped the throttle to help stand the bike up the OL slid to the inside, her foot came off the boards and under the saddle bag, she was bruised pretty good, but I managed to keep the bike from going over using throttle to swing out of it.

Heal well and get back on the horse as soon as you can, like has been said the snakes are all part of what we do.

Jun 20, 2016 | 08:57 PM

#34

Dsm Limited

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From: Des moines IA

The guy in the video had to have been tired at the end of that little run.

Jun 20, 2016 | 09:15 PM

#35

riteway

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From: Just Outside Chicago

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Originally Posted by Dsm Limited

The guy in the video had to have been tired at the end of that little run.

Man no Shiot.....gotta give a lot of credit to the guy taping that ride....
A few times it looked like he was ready to pass.....

Jun 20, 2016 | 09:23 PM

#36

atengnr

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Originally Posted by Tommy C

Best wishes to you for a fast recovery.

Thanks alot

Jun 20, 2016 | 09:28 PM

#37

upflying

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From: Post Falls, ID

Dont forget to avoid roadways in front of a car wash. Tire gloss makes roads very slippery.

Jun 20, 2016 | 09:30 PM

#38

Tommy C

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From: Pine Flat Dam/South Bay Area, CA

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Originally Posted by upflying

Dont forget to avoid roadways in front of a car wash. Tire gloss makes roads very slippery.

^This x100^

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Jun 20, 2016 | 10:06 PM

#39

atengnr

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Originally Posted by seniorsuperglideE8

It's the state snake in Michigan, as the road heats up they get softer and afford no grip. I recently wrote to our street dept. to check the compound being used here. Seems in got real soft when it was 65* air temp. The person replied he'd check into it (yeah, yeah) and he said he never noticed it in his car, DOH!

I'm Michigan too. It's just this year that I've felt these new tar patches are super squirrelly in my area in Oakland county.