Flipped the Road King
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You leaned too far over and did more than drag the floor board...You folded the floorboard up as far as it would go and then other metal parts of the bike drug and that took weight off one or both tires. it was a simple loss of traction due to loss of downward force on tires.
My RK is the standard height and not lowered.
I was surprised to find out the floor board bracket hits just a few degrees after the floor board, it doesn't have to fold all the way up. So all of us that drag the boards (I am from the crotch rocket crowd, and do it almost daily) aren't far from doing the same thing.
Yikes!
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Thanks to all the good people on the HDForum for the good wishes and good stories....
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Not sure if you have those road snakes in the US, here in Canada the road crews fix road cracks with tar, man those things are slippery and can make one feel the bike moving even in dry weather and oddly enough even more in the hot weather. Glad your ok and I appreciate you sharing the experience!
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Hey Kbore,
Glad you posted. We (I, at least) always learn a bit from others. I watched a buddy do about what you described. Couldn't tell about his cornering either other than after he scraped his floorboards he raised the bike just enough that he couldn't stay down in the corner and the new angle of his turn rode him into the ditch.
Very happy to hear all that is seriously hurt is your pride. That mends after several miles of riding. Back in the saddle dude, all will be well. And we're all there with you.
Glad you posted. We (I, at least) always learn a bit from others. I watched a buddy do about what you described. Couldn't tell about his cornering either other than after he scraped his floorboards he raised the bike just enough that he couldn't stay down in the corner and the new angle of his turn rode him into the ditch.
Very happy to hear all that is seriously hurt is your pride. That mends after several miles of riding. Back in the saddle dude, all will be well. And we're all there with you.
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Hey Kbore,
Glad you posted. We (I, at least) always learn a bit from others. I watched a buddy do about what you described. Couldn't tell about his cornering either other than after he scraped his floorboards he raised the bike just enough that he couldn't stay down in the corner and the new angle of his turn rode him into the ditch.
Glad you posted. We (I, at least) always learn a bit from others. I watched a buddy do about what you described. Couldn't tell about his cornering either other than after he scraped his floorboards he raised the bike just enough that he couldn't stay down in the corner and the new angle of his turn rode him into the ditch.