after hitting 12 K miles, i preceded to bin honky from a low side on little dragon highway 49. left side plastics, brake lever (i know, wierd), and shift pedal need replacing. The bike is rideable though. For injuries, looks like bruised hand and 2nd knuckle of the left ring finger. Icing it now, will see the doc tomorrow. Small bit of rash from the elbow protector for some reason. Helmet will need replacing as well.
For the details, I’ve never ridding highway 49 and i lost it on a double apex decreasing radius left turn. The first apex was a decreasing radius turn which hid the second apex which was a blind decreasing radius uphill turn, pretty much a hair pin which it looks like from google maps. looking back, it looked like a single turn when i was taking it, but when we moved the bike down to the side of the road with more space where the first turn was, you can distinctly see 2 turns. I lost it in the gravel on the second turn. I wasn’t able to spot the exit on the second turn and just tried to throttle and lean more, unfortunately i was already headed toward the gravel past the fogline and lost either the front or the rear in the gravel. Person behind me said it looked like the front slid from the gravel, i thought i felt the rear go. I got lucky because I lost it close to a cliff, so it could have been a fatally worse. I don’t look at my speedo when riding, so I don’t know how fast I entered that stretch in, but the guy behind me said we were doing 40 mph. No suggested entry speed suggestions on the turn. Anyway, gear has been road tested and passed with flying colors. No broken seems or rips in the leathers, it’s just dirty. Anyhoo, off to sleep.
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If there’s anything more important than my ego
around, I want it caught and shot now…
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