Gosh darn it all
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Gosh darn it all
]Don't know if this is the right forum for this but I need to rant somewhere. I've been enjoying the chit out of my R+R 131, the more miles the more it's loosening up and it was running impeccably, UNTIL. Crash 
The spring holding up my kickstand up came disconnected and on my last left hand bend in the road, only 100yds from home the kickstand hooked up
Long story short the bike landed upsidedown like when a kid is changing bicycle tires and I got off pretty easy with a broken shoulder and thumb. Not bad considering I wasn't wearing my helmet. Thank god for crasbars, looks like mostly cosmetic damage aslong as my frame isn't tweaked which is hard to tell at this point. Motor, pipes came out of it fine, even my apes look straight they just will need to be re powdercoated.
I just had to get out my frustration with some. Ranting. I'm already thinking that if I need a new frame I might as well raise the backbone a bit to let me go a little bigger on the motor, maybe go a little more rake as well. Might as well make lemonade out of my lemons. I gotta get my softail rewired and running as it'll be a while b4 the bagger rises from the dead.
THIS REALLY SUCKS!!!
The spring holding up my kickstand up came disconnected and on my last left hand bend in the road, only 100yds from home the kickstand hooked up
Long story short the bike landed upsidedown like when a kid is changing bicycle tires and I got off pretty easy with a broken shoulder and thumb. Not bad considering I wasn't wearing my helmet. Thank god for crasbars, looks like mostly cosmetic damage aslong as my frame isn't tweaked which is hard to tell at this point. Motor, pipes came out of it fine, even my apes look straight they just will need to be re powdercoated.
I just had to get out my frustration with some. Ranting. I'm already thinking that if I need a new frame I might as well raise the backbone a bit to let me go a little bigger on the motor, maybe go a little more rake as well. Might as well make lemonade out of my lemons. I gotta get my softail rewired and running as it'll be a while b4 the bagger rises from the dead.
THIS REALLY SUCKS!!!
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Bikes are a lot easier to fix than bodies. Glad you're relatively ok. Good luck with the bike.
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Glad you're OK--Hard to take when a crash is 'cause of something ridiculous like that! Most people overlook this, but I always check my kickstand & spring.
CWDoc--It's called the "Kickstand snubber" & It is in the JP catalog.
CWDoc--It's called the "Kickstand snubber" & It is in the JP catalog.
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