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Nov 9, 2008 | 07:31 AM

AlCherry

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From: Rye, By God, Deep East Texas

Close call yesterday

We all have close calls on the road, that's the nature of the beast when riding motorcycles. It's good when you can survive them and ANALize what happened.
Heading into Livingston, TX, on SH 146 (4 lane road) a pickup pulling a trailer was coming toward me. A bale of hay fell off of the trailer and was in my lane coming at me at 60 mph. I braked, leaned right and left, then excellerated around it, then straightening the bike. I was on the floorboards when I throttled up. The bikes handling was rock solid. I installed the anti rear steer device last week. I'm wondering if it had anything to do with the way the bike handled in that stress situation, or was it luck? Who knows. Al

Nov 9, 2008 | 07:43 AM

weezo

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From: NorCal - Land of Pinkos and Prix

Good recovery, that's some scary stuff! I get paranoid around pickups going either direction, people don't pay attention to what's happening (or could happen) with their load. A friend of mine ran over a damn barbeque that fell out of a pickup in front of him at night, managed to stay up even though it screwed up his ankle and his bike.

Ride safe!

Nov 9, 2008 | 08:23 AM

reelmcoy

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I have come across to bike wrecks in the last couple weeks. Both looked pretty serious. Sure is a sobering thought when you see that. Glad you were able to stay calm and avoid what could have been a bad wreck.

Nov 9, 2008 | 06:02 PM

acbobber

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I had the crap scared out of me too. Here in West Virginia we have some pretty serious twisties. Well, I had my street glide laid over pretty far in one of these 15 mph turns...I was going about 35

. All of a sudden the back wheel of my bike jumps sideways and I automatically put my left foot down to compensate...wrong thing to do. I didnt wreck but took a pretty good wobble and twisted the hell out of my ankle. What happend was I had my Street Glide laid over so far that I scraped the foot board mount on the road. I scrape the boards all the time but this is the first time for me gett'in on the mounts. They dug in pretty good, throwing my bike into a pretty serious wobble. My buddy riding behind me said he thought for sure I was going down. I'll have to be more careful or raise my foot boards...maybe both

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Nov 9, 2008 | 07:11 PM

bigskyhd

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From: Florence, MT (Bitterroot Valley)

Glad your safe, and didn't go down. That could have been a bad one. Sounds like good riding skills kicked in, so continue to ride safe and avoid those hazards.....

Nov 9, 2008 | 08:15 PM

acbobber

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Thanks bigskyhd, I will be more carefull. I actually rode the next two days after that and didn't lean'er over near as far in the turns. An episode like that will make ya slow down for awhile. You're right it could've been real ugly!! My buddy said it was real ugly the way it was, let alone crashin and burnin.

Nov 10, 2008 | 01:16 PM

MyFirstHD

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Originally Posted by AlCherry

I installed the anti rear steer device last week. I'm wondering if it had anything to do with the way the bike handled in that stress situation, or was it luck? Who knows. Al

Don't know if the bike was able to handle the stressful situation any better with the anti rear steer device, but who cares! Gotta love every close call you can walk away from.

The best safety device is tucked between our ears! Way to keep your head.