To all those who want a motorcycle

[konechiwa 10+ year member]

So today was not a good day.

I was sitting at a stop sign merging into traffic, and I thought I could make it in the gap of cars.

I let the clutch out too soon, and the bike started to jerk forward (i basically killed it). Problem is I tried to pull it back (and not put it into oncomming traffic's way) but i yanked back on the throttle.

very bad idea.

Let's say the bike went vertical, i was dragging behind it and then we both got really cozy with the sidewalk. I'm fine, the bikes in bad shape. Wasn't going fast, wasn't doing anything stupid, just basically a shit happens scenario.

However if i had not been riding full riding gear (and when i say full, i mean full) as in full helmet, full leather jacket, armored pants (+leather), boots, and gloves, I would have been looking like a roasted pepper.

So if your thinking of getting a bike, and you think you look cool when it's blazing hot and your wearing a t-shirt and shorts and a helmet, next time you crash and rip off all your skin, remember me telling you to wear gear.

I'll try and get some pics up. Basically, the gauge cluster area is ****ED and their is dent in the gas tank, and the beg and shifter are bent.

The problem is the fork might be bent, meaning 1000 dollar fork needed for a 600 dollar bike. Here is to hoping it's not bent.

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[1000101 10+ year member]

Thanx for the tip.. I'm buying a Street Legal Dirt Bike- Suzuki DRZ-400 Tomorrow morning

 

[eskimochaos 10+ year member]

Glad your OK, thats the most important thing!

I dont ride and w never will but not wearing gear is ignorant and stupid....some ppl just have to learn the hard way

 

[brtnboarder3241 5,000+ posts]

glad your ok

 

[konechiwa 10+ year member]

glad your ok

thanks. That is what everyone has been telling me, but i feel like shit because it was my dad's first real bike. He's had it his whole life, and I JUST finished repainting and rebuilding it. I think it's actually the month anniversary of it being finished.

Just coming home from work.

GOD ****IT!

It must have looked really bad because this lady came running up to me and was like OMG ARE YOU OK!!??!?! And i was standing their picking up the bike (adreline is the shit i must say) which weighs 350 pounds at least and I was like .... lady...im fine.

 

[Lingerfelt 10+ year member]

Glad you're ok.

Buddy of mine was just side swiped Saturday night, four broken ribs, broken collar bones, and a collapsed lung. Only had the bike for two months.

Never know what will happen.

 

[Calikid 5,000+ posts]

pics ngga

 

[konechiwa 10+ year member]

Glad you're ok.
Buddy of mine was just side swiped Saturday night, four broken ribs, broken collar bones, and a collapsed lung. Only had the bike for two months.

Never know what will happen.

aint that the truth

 

[dan7532 10+ year member]

Glad you're ok.
Buddy of mine was just side swiped Saturday night, four broken ribs, broken collar bones, and a collapsed lung. Only had the bike for two months.

Never know what will happen.

Precisely why I will never ride. I want to more than literally anything else in the world, only problem is, if I ride, i risk losing EVERYTHING else in the world. Just can't do it.

To OP: Glad to hear you're okay. Yeah, adrenaline is the sh!t. I've had some gnarly bicycle accidents where I just hopped right back up and rode home like it was nothing, but by the time i got home and it wore off, i collapsed all bloody-like //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

 

[dan7532 10+ year member]

pics ngga

x2

 

[Blove1991 10+ year member]

Most of the time its not the motorcycle that is dangerous.....Its the drivers around you.

 

[dan7532 10+ year member]

Most of the time its not the motorcycle that is dangerous.....Its the drivers around you.

qft

 

[konechiwa 10+ year member]

alright let me get some pics of it. I'll get some of my leather jacket too. It got a little roughed up.

 

[DB_DRAG_SPL 10+ year member]

There are 2 kinds of riders.....

Those that have crashed and those that are going to crash.

 

[crunktimes.com 5,000+ posts]

Glad you are ok man, I have wanted a bike for a long time but shit stories like this just thankfully keep making me put it off 'another year'

I like to go fast but I guess spending the extra money for a fast car is safer than a bike.