Flipped the Road King
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Joined: Jan 2008
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From: Hampton, VA
Hope your up and running and the same for your scoot! With my bike slammed to the deck I had to change to Bir Radius pipes to stop the daily grind (of the pipes that is). I use my heals as the limiter on bank angle. That's the pleasure of forward controls. I do worry about a primary side scrape which would loosen my rear tires grip. Stay safe!!
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From: Ashland Ohio
The next time you find yourself in a lowside skid and know you can't recover, simply push the end of the bar closest to the ground away from you and the bike will lay down into a full lowside skid...from there kick the bike away from you and attempt not to let your body start to roll n flip-just skid your body flat if possible.
I have done this exact thing. My problem was it was just too much for me to kick away from the bike, too.
Saddlebag protectors dug into my calf and spun me around. Those skinny less than an inch think bars dug into my calf and was WAY the most painful part of it all. I did skid, after that first roll over. The bike hurt me way more than the roadway did. (rash took longer to heal up, though).
Helmet took brunt of the forces, and..... I wear helmet a LOT more nowadays.
Last edited by wurk_truk; Aug 4, 2009 at 02:05 PM.
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Joined: Dec 2008
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From: Mid West
Glad to hear you didn't take too much damage, I scrape on occasion(due to my weight) and not due to lowering, I tip scales at 280 so the bike carries a load full time.
I find the stand on mine hits first then the boards on L turns, just the board on R side; maybe I'm a sissy but the grating grates on me when I do that so I work to NOT do that.
I find the stand on mine hits first then the boards on L turns, just the board on R side; maybe I'm a sissy but the grating grates on me when I do that so I work to NOT do that.
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Just as Oinker said. I took a sharp right hander with my wife on the back of our '07 RKC and was leaned over far enough that the floorboard BRACKET dug into the pavement. That sucker is bolted to the frame and doesn't fold. It's the next thing to drag after the board folds up. Kicked the back tire right out. We were going slow, and for some reason didn't go down. (Sheer skill- LOL). The brackets can be attached at two different heights. Mine were in the low position from the factory-- not anymore. I would recommend raising them if you don't need the leg room.
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From: Topeka, KS
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From: Knoxville, TN
Good to see you're OKAY!
Don't be such a weeny to admit what you did...it could help someone else in the future.
Hell, before I painted my SG, I dumped it by being a jackass!
Just put a new tire on front, wanted to light the rear up as I left the Indy shop, needed to stop soon to enter the highway, locked the front up...yup, it washed out!
There I go, on my ***!
I jumped up, looked at the bike and said, "WTF did I just do!?"
Anyway, it happens!
Don't be such a weeny to admit what you did...it could help someone else in the future.
Hell, before I painted my SG, I dumped it by being a jackass!
Just put a new tire on front, wanted to light the rear up as I left the Indy shop, needed to stop soon to enter the highway, locked the front up...yup, it washed out!
There I go, on my ***!
I jumped up, looked at the bike and said, "WTF did I just do!?"
Anyway, it happens!