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From: Clover SC
already dropped it
New rider....dumb move...turning left, pulled up too far....car on hubby's tail w/ 16yo riding with him...turned too wide. Bike's in shop. Getting ancy waiting to get back on. Want my bike back and back on it! Got bruises and scrapes, helmet done. Bent rod going into trans and bent handlebars along w/ some scrapes to clutch handle, fender, gas tank. But, I'm ok and ready to ride again. Hurry up Harley!!
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I'm not getting the whole gist of your post, but I'm glad no one was hurt! The bike can be repaired or replaced.
Hey, at least you got the whole dropping the bike thing out of the way! AND you learned a little bit!
Hey, at least you got the whole dropping the bike thing out of the way! AND you learned a little bit!
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New rider....dumb move...turning left, pulled up too far....car on hubby's tail w/ 16yo riding with him...turned too wide. Bike's in shop. Getting ancy waiting to get back on. Want my bike back and back on it! Got bruises and scrapes, helmet done. Bent rod going into trans and bent handlebars along w/ some scrapes to clutch handle, fender, gas tank. But, I'm ok and ready to ride again. Hurry up Harley!!
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Well you got that out of the way! LOL -And it sounds like you didn’t get too hurt in the process so chalk it up to a learning experience. If you haven’t done so, a MSF Basic class would be a good place to start learning the basics and gaining confidence.
Give us a little more info if you can, so we can understand what happened. Too much front brake?, too radical an evasive move? What actually happened? It helps all of us to learn what else you might have done to keep it upright and out of harms way. Thanks
Give us a little more info if you can, so we can understand what happened. Too much front brake?, too radical an evasive move? What actually happened? It helps all of us to learn what else you might have done to keep it upright and out of harms way. Thanks
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Just glad to read yours guys weren’t hurt badly your fixing the bike and excited to get back on and ride.
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New rider....dumb move...turning left, pulled up too far....car on hubby's tail w/ 16yo riding with him...turned too wide. Bike's in shop. Getting ancy waiting to get back on. Want my bike back and back on it! Got bruises and scrapes, helmet done. Bent rod going into trans and bent handlebars along w/ some scrapes to clutch handle, fender, gas tank. But, I'm ok and ready to ride again. Hurry up Harley!!
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New rider....dumb move...turning left, pulled up too far....car on hubby's tail w/ 16yo riding with him...turned too wide. Bike's in shop. Getting ancy waiting to get back on. Want my bike back and back on it! Got bruises and scrapes, helmet done. Bent rod going into trans and bent handlebars along w/ some scrapes to clutch handle, fender, gas tank. But, I'm ok and ready to ride again. Hurry up Harley!!
Taking a SWAG, I'm gonna say Sportster.
Last edited by Redoilokie; Aug 31, 2018 at 04:17 PM.
