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5 Common Wear and Tear Items on Motorcycles
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What skills do u think certain people lack the make them unable to ride?? I took the MSF with some out of shape men and women in there 50s and most were able to ride with no problems, I don’t understand what you are saying.
ddollarParticipantYes that definitely it lol thanks. It would be interesting to see how many people stop riding after there first fall, I imagine the severity of the fall is what would keep the person from getting back on how bad were her injuries after she fell?
ddollarParticipantYeah i honestly was about 99% sure i was going to sell the bike after the crash and the fact that my mechanic had the bike for about 2 months (long story) really made me hesitant to get back on it, but when i went to go back it up on Thursday the second i saw it i knew i was keeping it and couldnt even remember why i wanted to get rid of it.
So i want a new exhaust I am looking at YoshimuraTRC Slip, Two Brothers Racing V.A.L.E. they are both slip on any of you guys have a preference? They are about $10 different in price at motorcycle superstore so thats not a factor just want the best one. Also i put my bike in the garage till weather gets better in a few months what should i do with the gas should i just drain it out, what is the name of the liquid you throw in the tank that keeps it good throughout the winter i am drawing a blank for some reason.
ddollarParticipantHavent posted any updates in awhile, turns out that pain in my shoulder was a partial tear of my labrum in my left shoulder which has really affected my job, I work at a gym as well as my other hobby weightlifting. Anyway i got the bike back the other day and the weather has been unseasonably warm so i rode the last couple of days felt pretty good to get back on. Bike still looks new you cant see the scratches unless your close up to it and it is on the bottom of the fairing, it would have been $400 to get it repainted so I decided not to after spending $300 on the other repairs to the bike. Feel like I am a better rider after the crash and i dont really mind the money lost I just want my shoulder to finally heal its been 2 months doctor said another couple of weeks.
ddollarParticipantWell the turn wasnt all that sharp and the whole road was clear but I probably shouldnt have turned so fast, the fairings arent broken i just scratched the paint as for the overall price it shouldnt be to bad my uncle is friends with the guy doing the repairs and he also owns a body shop so the re-painting shouldnt be that bad either.
ddollarParticipantI will definitely look in to those frame sliders thanks for the advice. As for what Munch said i am a 100% positive that i didnt tap the break when i felt my knee close to the ground but the more and more i think about it I do think I may have looked down slightly to see how close i was but again it happened so fast I cant even recall it a 100% I am not even sure how fast I was going in to the turn it had to be 20-25mph which i thought was slow enough for the turn i was about to go in to but clearly not.
Went to the doctor today about my shoulder not broken/separated told me just to take it easy the next few days which is good as for the damage to the bike I am bringing it to my mechanic sometime this week he said the damage wasnt to bad so hopefully it wont cost to much.
ddollarParticipantYeah I pretty sure it was the wet road but the fact that I am not a 100% sure is making me a little nervous that i will make the same mistake again I cant tell you how furious I am with myself for dumping the bike/hurting my shoulder
ddollarParticipantWell I was riding today it had rained early in the morning but I needed to take my bike to insurance office to get pictures taken of it. Anyway everything was fine starting to feel really comfortable on the bike i go to make a turn i slowed down, started looking through the turn giving it a little gas and I went down idk what i did wrong i am thinking maybe i looked down because the last thing i remember saying to myself is my knee feels close to the ground or maybe i was going to fast in to the turn. The damage wasnt to bad i was wearing all my gear despite it being a short ride my shoulder hurts but other than that I am ok. The bike is still running my left front blinker fell off, scratched the paint and in the process of picking it up I actually dropped it on the other side breaking the front right blinker aswell some how the paint was fine on that side i think i was more pissed about doing this than anything. I was pretty shaken up by the whole incident but eventually i got on the bike and rode it home.
Obviously you guys werent there but why do you think i went down did i go in to fast or was it the damp pavement causing my bike to lose traction on the turn.ddollarParticipantThanks I bought at a dealership here it was $2999 but after NY state taxes and a bunch of other crap it was a little over $4000 so now I am broke after saving for 6 months lol. Went on my first ride today I had the bike shipped since I live an hour drive on the highway from where i bought it and was to nervous to ride on the highway my first time. Turns out it was a good choice i definitely didnt feel very comfortable my first ride, and i already realized that I am in fact invisible 2 people just straight up walked in front of me in the middle of the road wtf, I am gonna ride around my house for a week or so till i feel comfortable and then start to branch out from there.
ddollarParticipantAlright i will do that then I am going to have to find a place then cause where i bought the bike I wasnt to crazy about the gear they were selling there. Anyone in nyc area know a good place to buy gear? What do you think about buying the pants online i bought my jacket online and it ended up fitting fine I just followed the measurements they said to perform on the site.
ddollarParticipantWell i originally wanted the blue one actually but no dealer around me had a used blue ninja so it was either spend $1.5k more for the blue 2010 or get the red with 256 miles on it was a pretty easy choice lol plus i figured the red would be more visible to other drivers. I was actually surprised by how nice the red looked in person i didnt really like in the pictures i saw of it. I live in NYC so its going to be getting cold here pretty soon i was looking at Shift Torque street jeans do you think they would provide enough protection?
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