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07-28-2009, 11:34 AM
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| Sit speling cheker   Join Date: Jun 2006
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07-28-2009, 12:31 PM
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| Forensic Bug Splatter Analyst   Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: St Paul Mn
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 Unless there is a big difference between your idea of wobbles like crazy and mine there is something seriously wrong with your bike and it should not be ridden till it's fixed!!!!
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07-28-2009, 12:43 PM
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07-28-2009, 01:04 PM
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| Fourth gear and illegal   Join Date: Feb 2008
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07-28-2009, 01:16 PM
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| In Training   Join Date: Nov 2008
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07-28-2009, 01:33 PM
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07-28-2009, 05:10 PM
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| M-J Member of the Month!!   Join Date: Apr 2008
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Glad to hear you are healing ok and getting back on the horse.
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07-28-2009, 05:30 PM
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| Forensic Bug Splatter Analyst Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: St Paul Mn
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Crashing, as you just learned is a traumatic and painful experience, but the worst thing you can do is to not learn from the experience. Do yourself a big favor, and go back to the crash site (in your car) and try and play the whole thing back in your mind, if you are honest with yourself I think you will realize that there are several things that you should/could have done different, and that includes your approach to the turn. Again my sincere wishes on a fast & complete recovery for you.
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07-29-2009, 07:40 AM
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| Want's A New Title  Join Date: Jul 2007
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if good you posted though, for a lesson for others... and you're correct about the 109 leaving less of a margin of error than a smaller bike, it's not as forgiving as a maxim, or an m50 for that matter. it's heavier, it's got a ton more power, etc... i think the biggest error is that you came into the corner too fast for the bike. lost traction and poof, down you go. when you heal back up... think of getting a full or modular helmet and some riding gear to save your skin... a good mesh jacket is no match for race leathers, but the armor helps in a fall and skid... heal up soon..
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07-29-2009, 11:11 AM
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| Ditch Magnet  Join Date: Dec 2008
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Full face and mesh jacket FTW! Slow, look, lean, roll FTW! Search, Evaluate, Execute FTW! Sorry to hear about you going down boss, but to agree with countless others, can't blame the bike unless something on the bike itself failed. Gravel vs. any bike gravel wins every time. Get well soon!
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07-29-2009, 11:48 AM
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| Fender Buffer   Join Date: Sep 2008
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07-29-2009, 02:16 PM
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| Seat Tester Join Date: Jan 2007
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08-09-2009, 02:41 PM
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| Refrigerator Magnet Test Engineer  Join Date: Oct 2005
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BUT I hit some slick stuff in a corner and applied the brakes. Tanks slapping followed. Once again never brake in a corner. No matter what your vehicle. Executing a corner the vehicle is changing loads and gravity and centrifical force are at play. So applying the brakes reduces the traction of the tires. Brake in a straight line and then allow the tires to carry you thru the corner. More that likely if you had rolled off the throttle you would have been able to low side the bike verse high side. I have a bike very similar to a m109. A Victory hammer with a 250mm rear tire. If I get that bike side ways.....well lets just say my arse is done.
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09-01-2009, 08:57 AM
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| Where Am I ? Join Date: Jul 2008
Bike: 08 Suzuki C109RT
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Some accidents/crashes are impossible to avoid........however, when in a turn, especially with loose debris on the roadway, you don't want to "Grab a handfull of front brake while applying the back brake at the same time". I am very sorry to hear of your crash, and I'm definately happy to hear you're OK. But I have to disagree that the C109/C109RT is a very stable bike. Skip D Last edited by Skip D; 09-01-2009 at 09:04 AM. |
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09-04-2009, 10:22 PM
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| Lance Corporal Coppertone  Join Date: Oct 2008
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Well.... sand and gravel is not cool... at all.... I live about a mile off the state highway on a county highway and right at the entrance of the highway is Lambstone Company... they have the main office and warehouse on the left corner of the highway intersection and their outdoor storage on the right side of the intersection and across the road is their quarry.... it covers the entire entrance to my road, and slow gravel trucks and rock trucks and heavy equipment are constantly crossing... also, their is another stone company witht heir whole operation right next to it on the side of the road up on a big hill..... point being, there is loose gravel, chunks of rock, and sometimes even slabs of rock in the middle of the friggin road! its a motorcycle death trap less than a mile from my house and I cross it every single freaking day... there are even signs warning about this dangerous death trap. On one side of the highway is a huge hill and the other side another huge hill with a big downhill twisty (very fun to ride)... I believe, regardless of bike size, if you hit a patch of loose gravel and sand going to fast and you try to brake too fast... your going down... If you don't try to brake.... your still going down... Moral of the story is... its not the bikes fault! Know your bike and know your roads.. Regardless of bike size, if you don't know whats ahead then you should prepare for the worst! Know your limits and know your roads!
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09-04-2009, 10:26 PM
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| Lance Corporal Coppertone Join Date: Oct 2008
Bike: 2005 Boulevard C50T
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And as for a stable bike... theres no such thing... we ride on two wheels Since the beginning of time, civilizations have made vehicles with 4... 4 wheels. Then we created a vehicle with two wheels to get around Then we got spunky and put an engine on it..... There is no such thing as a stable bike...
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09-05-2009, 11:33 PM
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| Sprocket Pilot  Join Date: Mar 2006
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Having had a few heavy bikes, I'll say that the point at which you see things going bad, you've got to be ready for plan B. Plan B means standing it back up to avoid the slide, going off in a new direction if possible, or crossing it up and being ready to get straight when she takes a bite and gets traction again. Get forward on the tank, get off the brakes and steer. Don't lean back and let the front end wash out or tuck under. It's the weight and centrifugal forces that suddenly make you just along for the ride, or crash. Think fast, act quick, change shorts later.
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