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I've had my bike for a month or two now, and up until now, have been doing really well. I had only dropped it once on my second day because I was backing up and stepped into a hole and lost balance, but that's another story.
Thursday, around 7:30ish, I was cruising some back roads around my house. These are all dirt/gravel/chunks of asphalt roads that I've ridden up and down a million times. I've gotten pretty good at these types of roads because it's what I learned to first ride on. It was just starting to become dusk, so I decided to ride on back home. I was cruising along, jamming out to some Bad Company, at about 30-35mph, when I spotted 4 big doe on the right side of the road. I downshifted into first and slowed to about 20mph and was getting ready for the worst. As soon as I got even with them all, one doe decided to play chicken with me, and I lost. She ran out in front and I tried to use my front brake to stop without locking it up. I ended up locking up the brake and lowsiding along the road. Sat there for a moment, then stood up and picked my bike up. First thing I noticed was the scrapes all over my bike, the dented tank, bent shift lever, and my transfer case (I think thats what it is) with a chunk missing, and all my oil in the road 30 feet behind me.
I had on all my gear: Scorpion Exo-400 helmet, Joe Rocket Phoenix 5.0 Jacket, and Joe Rocket Phoenix 4.0 gloves. They all did very well, and I kept my head up as to not ruin my helmet. However, the jeans I had on ripped pretty good. I got a nice bloody knee and some scrapes on my legs and wrist. The pain slowly kicked in and got worse. Got my knee x-rayed and thankfully no broken bones, most likely torn ligaments though. My left knee is twice as big as my right, and I can barely tell where my thigh ends and my knee begins. Might be some nerve damage, because half of my knee is numb to the touch. lol Crutches and pain meds for about 6 weeks. Yay. :doh:
As soon as my knee gets better, I get to throw money at my bike and see if it fixes it. If anyone knows where I could get these replacement parts, I would be very grateful. :shockerknucks:
Heres a photo album, cause I know you bastards love pictures! http://imgur.com/a/X3aa4
Thursday, around 7:30ish, I was cruising some back roads around my house. These are all dirt/gravel/chunks of asphalt roads that I've ridden up and down a million times. I've gotten pretty good at these types of roads because it's what I learned to first ride on. It was just starting to become dusk, so I decided to ride on back home. I was cruising along, jamming out to some Bad Company, at about 30-35mph, when I spotted 4 big doe on the right side of the road. I downshifted into first and slowed to about 20mph and was getting ready for the worst. As soon as I got even with them all, one doe decided to play chicken with me, and I lost. She ran out in front and I tried to use my front brake to stop without locking it up. I ended up locking up the brake and lowsiding along the road. Sat there for a moment, then stood up and picked my bike up. First thing I noticed was the scrapes all over my bike, the dented tank, bent shift lever, and my transfer case (I think thats what it is) with a chunk missing, and all my oil in the road 30 feet behind me.
I had on all my gear: Scorpion Exo-400 helmet, Joe Rocket Phoenix 5.0 Jacket, and Joe Rocket Phoenix 4.0 gloves. They all did very well, and I kept my head up as to not ruin my helmet. However, the jeans I had on ripped pretty good. I got a nice bloody knee and some scrapes on my legs and wrist. The pain slowly kicked in and got worse. Got my knee x-rayed and thankfully no broken bones, most likely torn ligaments though. My left knee is twice as big as my right, and I can barely tell where my thigh ends and my knee begins. Might be some nerve damage, because half of my knee is numb to the touch. lol Crutches and pain meds for about 6 weeks. Yay. :doh:
As soon as my knee gets better, I get to throw money at my bike and see if it fixes it. If anyone knows where I could get these replacement parts, I would be very grateful. :shockerknucks:
Heres a photo album, cause I know you bastards love pictures! http://imgur.com/a/X3aa4