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Nov 18, 2005 | 12:38 AM

Clammy

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Double bummer of a day...

Two things happened I dread happened today: due to the crap weather, today was the last riding day in the season for me. And worse, I got caught in a snow storm, and laid my Night Train down... I guess the saying "there are 2 types of bikers - those that have laid her down and those that are going to" is true.

Luckily for me it was at a very low speed, and the damage is minimal: scratched up derby cover, bent shifter lever, lightly scratched shifter peg, lightly scratched left side mirror stem and mirror, lightly scratched left side driver's footpeg, slightly ground down clucth lever and slightly ground down clutch lever housing. I got a good sized scuff on the left sleeve of my leather jacket. My left elbow is banged up a bit and a little scraped, and I can feel my left shoulder/arm stiffening up now...

Man, I couldn't have been going faster than 10 mph coming up to a stop light, applying VERY light braking, and the front wheel just locked up and the whole bike kicked out from under me. Needless to say, I was not a happy camper. I'm glad there was no one coming up behind me to run me over! I found out that I can lift her up pretty easliy, although I'm sure the adrenaline rush helped!

So, tomorrow she goes into storage at the dealer, and I willhave them fix her up over the winter, along with the Kuryakyn panacea setup, cams/gear drive, and the siren/pager setup for the alarm.

WINTER SUCKS ***!!!!!!![:'(][:@][:'(][:@][:'(][:@][:'(][:@][:'(][:@][:'(][:@][:'(][:@][:'(][:@][:'(][:@][:'(][:@][:'(][:@][:'(][:@]

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Come on MARCH!!!!

Cheers!
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Nov 18, 2005 | 12:54 AM

Peekaboo Bob

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RE: Double bummer of a day...

Sorry to hear about your accident! Glad you're okay though. Ice and snow are very unforgiving on two wheels. Have you ever considered flying south for the winter! Good riding weather here, and lots of Canadians winter here.

Steve

Nov 18, 2005 | 01:06 AM

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RE: Double bummer of a day...

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ORIGINAL: UltraGeezerGlide

Sorry to hear about your accident! Glad you're okay though. Ice and snow are very unforgiving on two wheels. Have you ever considered flying south for the winter! Good riding weather here, and lots of Canadians winter here.

Steve

Every winter day I wish I was down there with you guys!!!

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Nov 18, 2005 | 01:35 AM

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RE: Double bummer of a day...

Bummer, man!!! On the other hand, no way anybody can say you didn't suck the last possible day outta the season. You put her in storage ONLY when she'd no longer stay on the rubber!! Good show.

I am bummed about your bike, though. Hate to hear about it happening to anyone. When it happened to me, I just took it as a good time to change some things. Black mirrors, black levers, various other odds and ends. Gotta be something good come outta this, no?

Good luck.

Nov 18, 2005 | 01:36 AM

Peekaboo Bob

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RE: Double bummer of a day...

You should come sometime, just put the bass on the scoot and rock on.

Steve

Nov 18, 2005 | 01:45 AM

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RE: Double bummer of a day...

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ORIGINAL: BikerInTheDesert

Bummer, man!!! On the other hand, no way anybody can say you didn't suck the last possible day outta the season. You put her in storage ONLY when she'd no longer stay on the rubber!! Good show.

I am bummed about your bike, though. Hate to hear about it happening to anyone. When it happened to me, I just took it as a good time to change some things. Black mirrors, black levers, various other odds and ends. Gotta be something good come outta this, no?

Good luck.

Yup, I pushed the limit (a little too far I guess!). I checked the forecast this morning and it was calling for "trace snow" in the after noon... instead it snowed on and off all day, and like crazy in the evening... it wasn't snowing when I left work, but it started not long after and came down fast and hard!

Since the clutch lever got ground down a bit, I think i'm going to have some black levers installed, heheheh...

Cheers!
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Nov 18, 2005 | 01:48 AM

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RE: Double bummer of a day...

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ORIGINAL: UltraGeezerGlide

You should come sometime, just put the bass on the scoot and rock on.

Steve

I will definitely. I'm planning a cross country ride to California either next summer or the summer after, and I was planning on hitting Phoenix to visit a friend. I'll swing by Tucson too!!!

Thanks for the invite!

Cheers!
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