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Mr_wizard
| Posted on Tuesday, July 28, 2009 - 09:47 am: |
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We had a sport bike ride at the dealership. This was the second one that we did. I planned the route and it was almost 100mile round trip ride. We were on are way back when trouble hit. One of the guys on the ride was on his v-rod, he had the detachable saddle bags and one of them fell off when we were going down the road. The guy behind him hit it and his bars went into a tank slap and he lost control and crashed. He ended up with a concusion and a busted ankle. The 1125r he was riding had almost $12,000 in damage. The bike is totaled and he is in a cast. The whole thing just sucked! |
Buelet
| Posted on Tuesday, July 28, 2009 - 09:58 am: |
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That really sucks! The perils of a group ride (or any ride) and liability. We all accept that risk the moment we let the clutch out and pull away though... Hope it doesn't deter future rides! |
Wolfridgerider
| Posted on Tuesday, July 28, 2009 - 10:24 am: |
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That SUCKS!! You can tell them until you are blue in the face to maintain a 2 second following distance.... but they never listen |
Fast1075
| Posted on Tuesday, July 28, 2009 - 10:32 am: |
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Crashing Sucks...but why was someone on an 1125 BEHIND a V-rod??? |
Midknyte
| Posted on Tuesday, July 28, 2009 - 10:47 am: |
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but why was someone on an 1125 BEHIND a V-rod??? |
Vanvideo
| Posted on Tuesday, July 28, 2009 - 10:59 am: |
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Saddle bags - on a sport bike ride? I know, I know, you can add them to most any bike, but still...just doesn't seem right. |
Buellinachinashop
| Posted on Tuesday, July 28, 2009 - 11:06 am: |
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"Crashing Sucks...but why was someone on an 1125 BEHIND a V-rod???" Probably admiring the view of a spectacular looking machine. |
Buellinachinashop
| Posted on Tuesday, July 28, 2009 - 11:07 am: |
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"Saddle bags - on a sport bike ride" When that rider with the saddle bags pulls out the plug kit and air compressor to help out the bike who didn't have that equipment, you wouldn't ask that question again. |
Rainman
| Posted on Tuesday, July 28, 2009 - 11:37 am: |
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Saddle bags - on a sport bike ride Where else do you keep the beer? Just Kidding!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!} |
Fahren
| Posted on Tuesday, July 28, 2009 - 11:40 am: |
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And since when is a v-rod a sportsbike? |
Fast1075
| Posted on Tuesday, July 28, 2009 - 11:47 am: |
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A club member crashed his 1125r on a recent ride...another member riding of all things, a Honda Dual-Sport...passed the '25 just before a corner and braked hard...the guy on the '25 washed out the front tire with too much brake an lowsided....skint that baby all up...and his backside to boot. Glad I was riding "The Cube"...I was back about 100ft...and got stopped before I ran over anybody. |
Thesmaz
| Posted on Tuesday, July 28, 2009 - 11:57 am: |
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Nothing wrong with bags on a sportbike ride. I've done plenty through the Italian/Austrian/German/French Alps and Sardinia. It's amazing what you can do with a Uly! |
Rainman
| Posted on Tuesday, July 28, 2009 - 11:57 am: |
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The Blast is dead, long live the Cube! |
Fast1075
| Posted on Tuesday, July 28, 2009 - 12:16 pm: |
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"The CUBE....now with unbeatable BORG technology" Out of my way or you will be assimilated... |
Mr_wizard
| Posted on Tuesday, July 28, 2009 - 12:30 pm: |
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The moral of the story is check your shit before you ride. Every time I ride I allways look my bike over before getting back on. How many times have we seen somone going down the road with there saddle bag lid flapping in the air? Riding is fun but it looses alot of it's enjoyment when you have to scrape a friend off the road!!!! |
Ratbuell
| Posted on Tuesday, July 28, 2009 - 12:58 pm: |
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}Saddle bags - on a sport bike ride? Probably what folks were thinking at the 25th, when my wife and I, on my S2 with saddlebags and tank bag (riding 2-up) started passing folks on the parade lap. My favorite was the outside pass around the VRSCDX on one of the carousels. |
Froggy
| Posted on Tuesday, July 28, 2009 - 01:51 pm: |
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quote:Where else do you keep the beer?
In the electric cooler thats mounted to the rear seat, duh.
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Cityxslicker
| Posted on Tuesday, July 28, 2009 - 02:19 pm: |
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Saddle bags.... best when hard mounted
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Bikejunky
| Posted on Tuesday, July 28, 2009 - 02:52 pm: |
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City, What is that covering the bottom of your muffler? It looks sweet |
Slaughter
| Posted on Tuesday, July 28, 2009 - 02:55 pm: |
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City, What is that covering the bottom of your muffler? It looks sweet Mud |
Froggy
| Posted on Tuesday, July 28, 2009 - 02:56 pm: |
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http://www.touratech-usa.com/shop/show.lasso?sku=3 80-0001&-session=touratech:A7CEF80C11c6918D56qLI28 7166F |
Sparky
| Posted on Tuesday, July 28, 2009 - 02:59 pm: |
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Besides the dirt? Probably a skid plate. |
Boogiman1981
| Posted on Tuesday, July 28, 2009 - 03:00 pm: |
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wow. just wow |
Cityxslicker
| Posted on Tuesday, July 28, 2009 - 03:45 pm: |
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It is the Touratech bashplate, the Buell Race Exhaust was not up to the abuse I was doing It is NOT for decoration. |
Ferris_von_bueller
| Posted on Tuesday, July 28, 2009 - 05:25 pm: |
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Those saddle bags look suspiciously like Pelican cases. |
Ulynut
| Posted on Tuesday, July 28, 2009 - 06:14 pm: |
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Mr_Wizard, Don't be discouraged. Use this as a learning experience. Maybe before the next ride, you could stress to the riders the importance of checking over your bikes more closely. It's usually the small things that come back to bite us. As your two buddies now know. Back in April, I was on a group ride when a water bottle got ejected from a backpack that I had bungeed to my seat. Almost hit the guy behind me. Nobody got hurt, but it could have caused a bad accident. Now I keep my stuff lashed down better. |
Cityxslicker
| Posted on Wednesday, July 29, 2009 - 03:38 am: |
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They are. They were advertised as being able to withstand abuse and support the weight of the vehicle. They Do. DAMHIK |