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Well, I had an 84 Aspencade w/8K on it; it was in mint condition and loaded with every chome and light piece in the known world.
I bought it that way. Very late one night....( broke the first rule ) NEVER ride tired!! At about 1:30AM after working all afternoon till midnight....I went out for a ride in the full moon..it was awsome!...I was trying to adjust some new driving lights...pulled into a plaza with a store that had a huge window, I could see the lights from the saddle..I made a couple of adjustments from the ground..then I realized I could just reach from the seat; made the final adjustment and was off.
I made 3 "RIGHT" turns kicked it up to about 80KM and then rounded a left sweeping turn..holy crap! The side stand was DOWN!
Went into a high speed wobble.....edged over to the soft shoulder...got back on the pavement....had both brakes locked.( or so I thought)...now there is a car comming straight at me...I was already standing up on the floor boards...I made like superman and JUMPED!!...Landed on the soft shoulder..cracked 3 ribs and lost 2 front teeth..still not sure what I hit with my mouth!
But, as I lay in the ditch, I could hear the bike...still running!! It did 3 end over ends, flipped onto the left side then the right side and slid about 150 ft. I will never forget that sound..bup~bup~bup~bup STILL running after all that!
There were a few teens in a car behind me that saw the whole thing, they went and shut the bike off...called an ambulance and took off cause they were all drinking...
Does that count as "dropping" my Wing???
Well, I had an 84 Aspencade w/8K on it; it was in mint condition and loaded with every chome and light piece in the known world.
I bought it that way. Very late one night....( broke the first rule ) NEVER ride tired!! At about 1:30AM after working all afternoon till midnight....I went out for a ride in the full moon..it was awsome!...I was trying to adjust some new driving lights...pulled into a plaza with a store that had a huge window, I could see the lights from the saddle..I made a couple of adjustments from the ground..then I realized I could just reach from the seat; made the final adjustment and was off.
I made 3 "RIGHT" turns kicked it up to about 80KM and then rounded a left sweeping turn..holy crap! The side stand was DOWN!
Went into a high speed wobble.....edged over to the soft shoulder...got back on the pavement....had both brakes locked.( or so I thought)...now there is a car comming straight at me...I was already standing up on the floor boards...I made like superman and JUMPED!!...Landed on the soft shoulder..cracked 3 ribs and lost 2 front teeth..still not sure what I hit with my mouth!
But, as I lay in the ditch, I could hear the bike...still running!! It did 3 end over ends, flipped onto the left side then the right side and slid about 150 ft. I will never forget that sound..bup~bup~bup~bup STILL running after all that!
There were a few teens in a car behind me that saw the whole thing, they went and shut the bike off...called an ambulance and took off cause they were all drinking...
Does that count as "dropping" my Wing???
... BOY HOWDY ... SOUNDS BETTER THAN ANY CIRCUS SHOW I EVER SAW ... WOW ... GLAD YOU SURVIVED ... HAPPY TRAILS ...Well, I had an 84 Aspencade w/8K on it; it was in mint condition and loaded with every chome and light piece in the known world.
I bought it that way. Very late one night....( broke the first rule ) NEVER ride tired!! At about 1:30AM after working all afternoon till midnight....I went out for a ride in the full moon..it was awsome!...I was trying to adjust some new driving lights...pulled into a plaza with a store that had a huge window, I could see the lights from the saddle..I made a couple of adjustments from the ground..then I realized I could just reach from the seat; made the final adjustment and was off.
I made 3 "RIGHT" turns kicked it up to about 80KM and then rounded a left sweeping turn..holy crap! The side stand was DOWN!
Went into a high speed wobble.....edged over to the soft shoulder...got back on the pavement....had both brakes locked.( or so I thought)...now there is a car comming straight at me...I was already standing up on the floor boards...I made like superman and JUMPED!!...Landed on the soft shoulder..cracked 3 ribs and lost 2 front teeth..still not sure what I hit with my mouth!
But, as I lay in the ditch, I could hear the bike...still running!! It did 3 end over ends, flipped onto the left side then the right side and slid about 150 ft. I will never forget that sound..bup~bup~bup~bup STILL running after all that!
There were a few teens in a car behind me that saw the whole thing, they went and shut the bike off...called an ambulance and took off cause they were all drinking...
Does that count as "dropping" my Wing???
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Rainy morning full Leathers,Rainrider suit over,83 Interstate,heading to work. Pavement troughs from heavy truck tires compressing the pavement over years of use. Water in the troughs maybe 1 inch deep. Light throttle accelerate to pass a "B-Train Semi" rear wheel lost traction and tried to pass the front wheel,still steering straight,high sided at 60 mph. Bike slid & stayed the on pavement,I bailed, did'nt want to get tangled up with the bike.Slid feet first like a water slide into the ditch.Broke my left leg,did'nt know it. Two guys stopped helped lift the bike up,I rode home.5 weeks in a leg cast then therapy to get muscle tone back.Back on the bike,never looked back since,life happens,conclusion-watch wet pavement like a hawk and "Slow down when you see pavement troughs and ruts.
Robert
85 GW LTD.
Go Ride
Rainy morning full Leathers,Rainrider suit over,83 Interstate,heading to work. Pavement troughs from heavy truck tires compressing the pavement over years of use. Water in the troughs maybe 1 inch deep. Light throttle accelerate to pass a "B-Train Semi" rear wheel lost traction and tried to pass the front wheel,still steering straight,high sided at 60 mph. Bike slid & stayed the on pavement,I bailed, did'nt want to get tangled up with the bike.Slid feet first like a water slide into the ditch.Broke my left leg,did'nt know it. Two guys stopped helped lift the bike up,I rode home.5 weeks in a leg cast then therapy to get muscle tone back.Back on the bike,never looked back since,life happens,conclusion-watch wet pavement like a hawk and "Slow down when you see pavement troughs and ruts.
Robert
85 GW LTD.
Go Ride
Sh*t Happens
Sorry to hear about your Mussy getting re-designed by your Wing's mirror; hope it's not a classic model.
I hear you. Not only do we loose our focus and do unintelligent things, our equipment sometimes conspires to give us "maintenance challenges."
Sorry to hear about your Mussy getting re-designed by your Wing's mirror; hope it's not a classic model.
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Let's hope none of us ever experiences the "high speed" dropsies. Those hurt, I hear.
In my experience, the few times I've layed my Wing down (mostly in the garage or on the driveway; once during u-turn on tight dead end), it always seemed to be I was distracted by something simple. Just goes to show you how easy it is for a distraction to work its curse on you. Glad nobody was hurt.
Let's hope none of us ever experiences the "high speed" dropsies. Those hurt, I hear.
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