| Author | Message | ||
     Alanshouse |
An oncoming car that was half in my lane caused me to high side Sunday afternoon. I sprained my ankle and took some road rash on my knee and lower back. Wish I had been wearing riding pants and boots because the jacket, helmet and gloves performed exactly as they should. Several things were broken and scratched. I was able to find and order most of the parts. I'm going to try to get the scratches on the plastics filled and have them repainted. It is expensive though. Has anyone seen any black plastics for sale recently? Several things broke, and even more got scratched up. It's going to be a fun project getting it back together. The tail section broke where it attaches to the sub-frame. Has anyone seen the tail cheaper than $300?       | ||
| Darthane |
Should have bought the Dark Horse Moto swingarm sliders!  Glad you're all right, man. Don't worry too much about nicks and scrapes...if you can ride it, it's fine. The cosmetic stuff gets fixed when it gets fixed. | ||
| Light_keeper |
At least for the most part you are ok. The Bike can be fixed or replaced. Hope you heal soon.  | ||
| Firebolteric_ma |
did the other person stop? how about insurance co..? glad to hear you are a.o.k. though. | ||
| Beachbuell |
Yeah, whats up with the idiot that was in your lane, did they stop at all ? Did anyone else stop to help you and were you able to ride the bike home or did the cops hook it ? Glad you made it out with only a few bumps and scratches. | ||
| Firebolteric_ma |
damn did not even notice it was you Alanshouse.(i'm slow some days) Al didn't you just get back home also? or am i thinking of another one of our GREAT armed forces guys? what parts do you still need? i have many stock items i am willing to offer to help you out. send me a list w/ an address and they are yours. you armed forces guys more than paid for them in my eyes. heal quickly!! | ||
| Diablobrian |
Glad you're up and around! looks like your bike might be a candidate for the line-x treatment, but it could have been far worse! I'm glad you were wearing the gear you were. This stuff WILL save your life! Mind telling us what gear you were wearing (brand etc.) and maybe pics of how it held up to the abuse? I'm not trying to be morbid, just trying to collect info about what works, and how well it works. | ||
| Firebolteric_ma |
i agree w/ brian. would also like to see. i'm looking into protection and would like to know what works and how well. | ||
| T9r |
Axle sliders... axle sliders... axle sliders. Not that it would of helped much with the gravel, but it's worth the investment. Good luck with repairs. | ||
| Brineusaf |
Alan - I'm just going to get it out of the way by saying THAT SUCKS, you were sooo excited to get home and ride it. I hope the idiot in your lane at least stopped. Glad to hear you are ok. An Idea..... since you have the blue decals on the frame... why not just fill the scratches in with a matching blue compound. Nothing like being original, just a suggestion; I think it would look neat maybe on the flyscreen and the swingarm. How do you like those crossroads, I am thinking of purchasing some.? | ||
| Alanshouse |
All of my friends pulled up on me to make sure I was ok..About a minute later someone said, "hey where did that truck go?" He must have snuck off while our backs were turned. 2 of the bikes ran after him with no luck...  Eric- Yeah it's me...3 weeks on my new ride and this, right in the middle of summer...Guess I'm not taking it to the beach next week. I will pm you some of the things I still need...that so nice of you to offer. Brian - I was wearing a Shoei RF-1000. That only suffered minor scratches... -Joe Rocket Meteor 5.0. jacket. It took a serious slide, and believe it or not, I think with a rag and some soapy water it will look new again. -Joe Rocket Atomic 2.0 gloves. They have a few tears I may need new ones. Getting pants that zipper to the jacket is a must. My lower back got shredded. It wasn't too deep so it's healing pretty quickly. I will post pictures of the gear tomorrow it's in a friend's garage, and I haven't cleaned it up yet. Brine - I like the idea of filling in with some more blue accents, but...I'm going to grind them smooth and my dad has an oven for powder coating. So most of the bike is going to be black now. One more thing....Has anyone ever came across a face for the instrument cluster? Maybe off a scrapped bike or something? | ||
| Ginzero |
Man sorry to hear about your accident. I have my rear tail assembly from my XB9SX I was going to sell it to American Sport Bike for $65 but if you're interested I'll sell it to you +shipping. The only thing is its in my storage unit now which I wont be getting to for at least another two weeks. Just PM me if you want it. I'll send you the lights too. | ||
| Alanshouse |
Ginzero - Sending you a PM...thanks. | ||
| Ginzero |
No prob.. glad to help a fellow Bueller in need! Its good karma! | ||
| Firebolteric_ma |
this is an email i got from alan. i am able to give him most of the items..maybe some generous badwebers can come up with the rest of the items and get one of our service guys back on the road..well how about it guys? Here is what I need to get it on the road: - Left operator footpeg.****(on the way) - Left foot shift arm - Shift linkage assembly - Kind of need a clutch lever, it's bent but useable for now. ****(on the way) - Everything else I need was aftermarket. Most is on order. Cosmetic stuff: - Oil cooler cover - Ram air scoop ****(on the way) - Instrument cluster face - Headlamp lens cover ****( you mean fairing piece? if so..on the way but it is yellow) - and umm....lol, if your not using your airbox cover, I'll gladly take that off your hands. ****if you don't mind yellow you got it!! (Message edited by firebolteric_ma on July 11, 2006) (Message edited by firebolteric_ma on July 11, 2006) | ||
| Firebolteric_ma |
Alanshouse you have an email waiting for you!!!! | ||
| Tq_freak |
hey man I got an extra pair of stock signals of you want them they are yours, glad to hear you are ok and really sorry to hear about the wreck. hope everything heals quickly, you and the bike. | ||
| Firebolteric_ma |
you have anOTHER email waiting for you!!!! NEED ADDRESS TO SEND TO....  | ||
| Timxb9s |
Alan, I have a stock XBS seat if you want it. Just email me w/ your address and it's all yours. Tim tim74fl@otponline.net | ||
| Grimel |
About a minute later someone said, "hey where did that truck go?" He must have snuck off while our backs were turned. 2 of the bikes ran after him with no luck...   GRRRRR, the more often this happens the more I'm inclined to say if you are going down make sure your bike hits their car. I REALLY hope the clown finds out just how bad things come around. I keep thinking about zip on pants.... | ||
| Alanshouse |
Here are some images of the gear as promised. Followed by a couple pics of the unprotected areas. The jacket needs cleaned.  Gloves have a rip in the palm and one on outer edge of hand.  Shoei has some proof I wear it.  The sprained ankle was the most painful part. Boots may have helped prevent this.  Blue jeans protected my knee.  Again, if I had pants zipped to my jacket, this probably wouldn't have happened.  | ||
| Brineusaf |
Alan, the joe rocket ballistic 5.0 pants have some very nice armor in them. I had a pair, somehow they got caught in the rear tire ( I have small legs, so maybe too baggy) and ripped completely off my body. They locked up the rear tire for 100+ feet at about 50-60 mph. When I wrestled it to a stop I saw what happened and proceeded to cut the pants out... I couldn't cut all of it, so I had to "drop the clutch" to get them to fling out. I wouldn't hesitate to wear them... maybe a little tighter ones on me though. I bought full leathers since then. | ||
| Alanshouse |
I remember the story about your pants ripping off. I'm sorry Kyle, I laughed  But yeah...I am planning to get those pants. | ||
| Daves |
Glad you are ok. | ||
| Diablobrian |
If your jacket has the option the full circumference zipper is the way to go. A seamstress can install one even if your jacket doesn't have it. I LOVE to see people gearing up properly for a ride. I'm the (gear) pusher man! | ||
| Firebolteric_ma |
SHIFTER ARM FOUND and added to the BOX FOR SHIPPING alan..DAMN..that ankle looks like it hurts. will ship in the am. | ||
| Alanshouse |
Eric - The arm or the linkage? | ||
| Brineusaf |
 If you cannot afford pants at the moment the might be a budget last resort. I bought these the day after my pants got ripped of to wear under my jeans until I got leathers. They costed like 20$ and you couldn't tell i was wearing them. I doubt they are as good as other products offered by ICON and such, but better than nothing. | ||
| Brineusaf |
Oh... and it wasn't nice to laugh. I was soo scared, could have been worse though... I could have not been wearing jeans underneath and would have had to ride home at autobahn speeds in my boxers. | ||
| Diablobrian |
What if you weren't wearing boxers either Kyle, Now that would be funny |
