Red Hawk Down
07-09-2011, 05:06 PM
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Red Hawk Down
Beautiful sunny day in Portland, OR. with plans on going to the beach.. I just had to go for a quick ride, and get my fiend on. I was going through an area that had a couple different sets of corners i usually go through a couple times a week. I was going on the second set, right before i went into the corner i slowed to about 70 (30mph advisory) and went in. 3/4 of the way through i went too low and the bike slid out right from under me. Luckily about a week before i had purchased my alpine stars jacket and gloves. slid on my back for about twenty feet until i hit the gravel. The worst part of it was there was a horse competition going on right there next to me. 20 people came running over and cars were stopped, i got up and just waived everybody off. Will be towing later this evening. So, i'm sure ill be on here buying some parts later this month hopefully, i'll have pictures up for everyone to take a look at. I walked away relatively unharmed thankfully
07-10-2011, 06:37 PM
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Glad you're okay! Like they say, any accident you walk away from...
I sucks when something like that happens and you have an audience. Good luck with the repairs, and get some Bridgestone's. They stick like glue, and they're very predictable.
I went down on a freeway transition road about 22 years ago. It was a very fun tight chicane, right-left-right, that I'd taken at speed probably 400 times on the way home from work, hanging off. I hit some diesel fuel was my best guess. Luckily I was able to ride my 700 Nighthawk S home, after borrowing an allen wrench to straighten out the left bar.
I sucks when something like that happens and you have an audience. Good luck with the repairs, and get some Bridgestone's. They stick like glue, and they're very predictable.
I went down on a freeway transition road about 22 years ago. It was a very fun tight chicane, right-left-right, that I'd taken at speed probably 400 times on the way home from work, hanging off. I hit some diesel fuel was my best guess. Luckily I was able to ride my 700 Nighthawk S home, after borrowing an allen wrench to straighten out the left bar.
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