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[Rylinkus]

Pretty minor when it's all said and done.

[blame canada]

ouch, what happened?

[Rylinkus]

QUOTE(blame canada @ Aug 8 2006, 01:52 AM)

ouch, what happened?

I caught some loose tar in a corner.

[xboxhackern00b]

that sucks but i was expecting a completely totalled bike or something

[StrictPuppet]

Man thats sucks bad.... that is such a sweet bike too.  I hope your ok.

I had a similar spill a long time ago.  I was coming up behind a dumptruck on a corner and a huge chunk of mud/clay fell off the back of the truck. I hit it square on while leaning pretty good and laid her down.  Was a 1985 Yamaha RZ500, man I loved that bike.  Was damaged about as much as yours is, but being that it was a rare bike it was almost impossible to find parts(upper fairing, side fairing... etc)  Fixed it up and rode it for a few more years without incident, but sadly had to sell it to buy an engagement ring.

Hope you get it all fixed up again, and get back in the saddle (so to speak).

[thewickedjester]

At least it's just (well, seems at least) the plastics, time to sand em down and repaint! Go wild! Hehe, glad to hear you are ok, invest in some frame sliders, some good quality ones will save the plastics! (Did for the most part on my bike at least)

[Perplexer]

I fully expected to be able to put a pic of my (totaled) bike here too.

I was involved in an accident a little over a week ago.  I was riding home from work (an hour ride) on the highway and it started to rain.  So I checked my mirrors, did a head check, and pulled into the *emergency lane* and began to slow down so I could stop under an underpass and put on my rain gear.

I slowed down to 35-40 mph, and the next thing I know, I'm in the air.  Some woman slammed into me from behind and I landed probably 60 feet from where I was hit.  I couldn't move and the paramedics took me to the emergency room.

I escaped with a couple sprained fingers, a bruised tailbone, some road rash on my knee (my legs were the only things not well-protected), and some bruising and soreness.

My gear probably saved my life.

...

But that's not the point of my story...

I never got a chance to see the bike (although I smelled smoke) since I was laid out on the pavement.

So I went to the wrecker to check out my bike.  He tells me that someone cut the chain to the junkyard and stole the bike.  Nothing else went missing.

I was speechless.  I said, "I KNOW the bike was totaled."  He agrees, and says that it wasn't worth the wrecker fee to haul it back to the junkyard.  I say, "I just got new tires, maybe that was it..."  Nope, he says the tires were torn up, and the back wheel was bent.  OK, maybe they wanted the Corbin seat.  Nope, he says he removed the gas tank and the seat, and showed them to me.  OK, maybe the engine survived?  Nope, he says the engine block was cracked and that's the smoke I smelled.

Fishy... I have my own theory, and while it's not the best time or place for me to mention, I know it seriously lowers my opinion of certain people involved, and it's not the wrecker...

But I took a pic of the only things left: the seat and the gas tank, and I can take pics of my damaged helmet, boots, gloves, and jacket soon

[yaazz]

Wow everyone here is crashing their bikes

I actually amost got hit by an idiot ricer driving too fast in town the other day, he was flying through an intersection and didnt see me until it was too late, I had no way to stop in time as I was out in the intersection (and was totally in the right because he was turning left, and didnt look)
but he swerved the other way in his super handleing stock honda civic and nearly hit another car doing that.

basically I am going to go ricer bashing next time I see him.....  

[Rylinkus]

Well my bike's ridable as is. Ill probably wait until it goes up for winter to repair the plastic. Fairings for that bike are on ebay often so it shouldnt be a huge issue.

All Im waiting for is a new helmet. Remember, your gear saves your live in a crash. Don't ride without it.

[thewickedjester]

QUOTE(Rylinkus @ Aug 8 2006, 10:29 AM)

Well my bike's ridable as is. Ill probably wait until it goes up for winter to repair the plastic. Fairings for that bike are on ebay often so it shouldnt be a huge issue.

All Im waiting for is a new helmet. Remember, your gear saves your live in a crash. Don't ride without it.

I rode to work today with just my helmet (had a T-Shirt and Shorts on) because my car had broken down and I was an hour late as was, I've NEVER felt so naked and scared riding that bike... and the fastest I went was 25 through some neighborhoods.

I'll never ride without gear again, its not worth it.

And not to try and take away your *ahem* 15 minutes of fame Rylinkus (figuratively speaking of coruse) I almost beat someones face in last night... I pull up to a intersection by my house, its dark out, not so dark I cant see, but dark enough that the only light is from a few street lamps. So just as I get ready to go I do my last check of the other streets (left right, straight ahead, it was a 4 way stop bythe way) and start to release my clutch just as I notice a flash of red from my periphreial vision. Some jackass in a Explorer who was on his phone and talking to his wife, driving without his lights on, blew right through the stop sign, if he even bothered to slow down it wasnt much.

So I give the old 1 finger salute, he slams on his brakes and backs up to me, rolls down his window (hes still on the phone I guess and his wife/girlfreind is yelling at him to just go) and starts yelling "What the fuck you stupid fucking biker?", I lost it at that point "You dumbass, you ran that stopsign and had it happened a split second earlier you'd have hit me you stupid cockbiting fucktard", he gets this look like I just date raped his mom "I ought to beat your ass you punk kid". So I pulled my ace of spades heh "Go ahead, lay a finger on me, I dare ya. I'm 17 bitch, I'll make sure you dont get out of jail till your schpincter [sp] is big enough to park your fucking SUV in". So he stops and still yells some shit to me, turns to his wife and says something (I couldnt hear) so I just get to pissed at this point, I punched in his driver side mirror, I dont know that I broke it but it certainly seemed like it. Then I just sped off, if he followed me he didnt keep up very well...

[Rylinkus]

So anyone got any thoughts on a paint scheme? My bikes going to need a paint job now and Im contemplating what to do once I find new plastic.

[Perplexer]

Some pics of my gear, and all that remains of the bike (including the cut lock hanging on the fence)  






If it weren't for the full-face helmet, jacket, gloves, and boots, then I would have SERIOUS rash, maybe broken:  face, toes, arms, shoulder, chest, knuckles, fingers, palm...

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So anyone got any thoughts on a paint scheme? My bikes going to need a paint job now and Im contemplating what to do once I find new plastic.

Xbox360 theme!  

[thewickedjester]

Well, glad to hear you are ok (Both Rylinkus and Perplexer), and Perplexer, any chance that the tow/salvage company took the bike? A freind of mine had his bike in for service at a local dealership and it was 'stolen'. After a thorough investigation and such they found that the owner had been stealing bikes and parting them out for a few years, then selling them on eBay.

[xboxhackern00b]

QUOTE(Rylinkus @ Aug 8 2006, 06:28 PM)

So anyone got any thoughts on a paint scheme? My bikes going to need a paint job now and Im contemplating what to do once I find new plastic.

something unique! if possible but an x360 theme would actually look pretty cool

[Rylinkus]

QUOTE(xboxhackern00b @ Aug 10 2006, 12:43 AM)

something unique! if possible but an x360 theme would actually look pretty cool

Im thinking maybe a totally straight color. No graphics. No nothing. Just one solid color. Probably a pearl or chromalusion of some type. Thoughts? (It's NOT gonna be an Xbox 360 themed bike) I have to sell this thing at some point and a 360 bike aint gonna sell.