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Glad your still on this side of the green Dave.
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There are two kinds of riders...
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Glad things turned out the way they did. Don't take this the wrong way, but it might not be such a bad thing that it happened. It sounds like all of your riding recently has been trials in the dirt. So your technical skills are probably pretty sharp, but riding on the street is a different thing entirely. A minor accident early on in your return to the road may teach you a lesson that you won't soon forget.
There's an old saying, "Riding in the dirt is to riding on the street, as what boxing is to bar-fighting". It's too bad they don't have an emoticon with a couple teeth missing
There's an old saying, "Riding in the dirt is to riding on the street, as what boxing is to bar-fighting". It's too bad they don't have an emoticon with a couple teeth missing
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rpatton said:Glad things turned out the way they did. Don't take this the wrong way, but it might not be such a bad thing that it happened. It sounds like all of your riding recently has been trials in the dirt. So your technical skills are probably pretty sharp, but riding on the street is a different thing entirely. A minor accident early on in your return to the road may teach you a lesson that you won't soon forget.
There's an old saying, "Riding in the dirt is to riding on the street, as what boxing is to bar-fighting". It's too bad they don't have an emoticon with a couple teeth missing
I agree with everything here. I have been very conscious of being extra aware of my surrounding while riding. But this was a rough week and I probably shouldn't have been riding. Hopefully I learned my lesson.
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Ride for enough years and this sort of thing will (does) happen. You're ok and the bike's salvageable, all is well. Could have been way worse if the prius lady had had a bad attitude...
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Foxy said:
I regularly cover the clutch and brake when around other vehicles. Doesn't do any good if you aren't paying attention.
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Or backing off from following too close to have reserves to glance around briefly. I don't worry or mind close followers to me as long as i can stay back of what might be stopping to short in front of me. Also in case ya ain't learned this one yet, ya can't see whats in the road a car mass is hiding until it flashes from under neath it in your line or gets thrown up no time to dodge let alone brake.
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Just glad you are ok.......
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openroad said:
Fork tubes definitely bent. Haven't looked at the triple clamps. Maybe I'll look at it next weekend...
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pvisseriii said:
Is it something any competent machinist should be able to do?
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pvisseriii said:
Apparently these guys are in town. At $55/per I don't think I could ask for more.
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swooshdave said:
Apparently I read their site wrong, the price is actually $25 per tube. So $50 for both. Not going to complain about that.
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Diablouph said:
Yeah, wait until I tell you what distracted me on the bike to cause me to get in this mess...
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