Hello Everybody,

It has been awhile since I posted anything but I have been reading and enjoying everything.

As the subjet line says I layed my 06 1200C down on Saturday afternoon. I rode my Sporty to my parents house which is about 150 miles from my house and meet my brother who also has an 06 1200C so that we could go to a freinds house that I grew up with that was having a 40th Birthday Party. We wanted to take our bikes over and show him our bikes before the party started and I also wanted to talk to him since it had been a long time since we have talked. The city had tared and rocked the roads in town about 3 weeks earlier and when I made a right hand turn to turn on his street the front wheel slide in the loose gravel that I didn't see and I couldn't react fast enough to keep it from going down. Luckly I was not going fast at all. I slide about a foot or two and ended up with my right foot stuck under the a/c cover. I had my leather gloves, chaps and jacket on along with my helmet. When I slide the rocks chewed up the right fore arm of my jacket and screwed up the zipper in the sleeve and the rocks also chewed up my right glove palm a little. Since my foot was pinned under the a/c cover I couldn't get up very well to get the bike off of me but a guy in his front yard came over and helped me to get it off of me. I then stood it and checked myself and the bike out. By this time my brother had turned around and came back to help me. The windshield has a few scratches in it, the tip of the front brake lever is scuffed up, the right mirror was loosened a little and the rear brake braket was bent a little and the allen bolts were loose. When I got to my freinds house I used his tools to tighten things back up.

I was lucky that I did not really get hurt any but I will end up with a fairly large bruise on my right calf from the bike hitting it and laying on it. If I would have not been wearing the leatthers it would have been a lot worse. The part that hacked me off more than anything is that I was not going fast and I lost it like that. But I now have learned to pay better attention to the roads and in the corners of turns for any loose gravel especially if they have been recently re-tared and rocked. I have only had my Sporty for a little over 6 months and I was hoping to make it a year with out something like this happening but it has and I will move on from there. Now I have moved from the not yet to have dropped it club. I love ridding my Sporty.

Earnie

 

Sorry to hear that but, glad your okay and the bike is for the most part okay........damn loose gravel, ain't there some one out there that is supposed to clean that up??

 

Glad you're OK. I had a slow-speed lay down myself last year. I had my leather & full fingered gloves on and just slightly scuffed the forearm of the jacket. I didn't even tear through my jeans.
Protective clothing saved my arm for sure. The bike's damage was similar to your. Replaced left rear turn signal housing, derby cover. Had a small scuff on the ebd of the clutch lever & grip.
I guess we were "lucky".

 

Wouldnt it be cool if taxes actually paid to have a street sweeper clean the roads more than once a year? My pop did the same thing as you a few months back glad to hear your ok.

 

It is good that you "messed up your gloves and Jacket, think about what would have happened if it was your skin. Ouch. Glad to hear that you are okay and were well protected. I have personally had accidents where my leather jacket has ridden up leaving me with roadrash on my skin. Scraped up gloves and stuff jsut make you look more manly anyay.

 

Sorry to hear that. Luckily you weren't too hurt. That sounded like it could have been a lost worse if you were going any faster. Hopefully, it won't take too much to fix the bike....Goodluck and be safe out there.

 

I was rolling up to a stop light and a noticed a ton of oil all over the lane, middle and both sides down in the groves the car tires make. (like a cars engine blew up). I was going to 5-10 mph. I gently put on the brake and the front wheel locked up, I let off reappled and it locked up again. This time the front wheel slide to the left, the bike and I fell over to the right into the oil...no damage other then the orange cover on the turn signal light poped off and small scraches. My buddy said it looked way wose. Now If I see oil I get it stoped before I get to the oily part. Most times you can stay to the sides of the lane and not be in any oil.

 

Glad to read that you're OK, and thanks for the tip; I sometimes regard those things as a simple nuisance, not as the serious hazard they are.

 

Thanks for all of the concern from our fellow riders. Overall my pride was hurt more than I was physically. I am very happy that I had my leather gear on or it would have been really bad on my right palm and fore arm. I have learned to pay better attention to the gravel in the turns and from your replies I have learned to be more aware of the oil on the road as well. The best part of it is that I am not hurt and will still be able to go to Hawaii on Wednesday for ten days. She is finally going to make an honest man of me after 11 years of living in sin. We actually are getting married in Hawaii on the beach on the 8th, our living in sin aniversary. I am hoping to be able to rent a Harley and do some riding while we are there. I am looking forward to going to Pearl Harbor and touring everything as well.

 

Glad you're not hurt too bad. Wear the scar on your leg as a reminder. Many of us have them. Sounds like you need a Guardian Bell.