| Author | Message | ||
     Hooper |
Wow, Tony...I'm glad you're still more-or-less kicking. That is really scary. I know exactly where this happened. Did your body actually hit the car? That's just a nasty mix of injuries. I've had a couple scares with the sidestand down on my Uly - there's no sensor on it, just a floppy spring. It's a painful reminder to all of us. Thanks for letting us know. I was cruising through Sterling, VA yesterday and saw the motorcycle classes at the community college - stopped in to watch the beginners and the intermediate classes for awhile. Makes me realize I need to get into a refresher course. After I hit a deer, my insurance company proposed to replace every part that had a scratch, just like yours. I went through that list and started crossing things off. Now my bike has lots of "character". Heal fast...good luck with the rebuild... | ||
| Thunderstruck |
Hooper, Yeah, I checked the shop manual last night and was surprised that there is no switch on the kickstand. So it was strictly user error  I know my clutch switch is broken so I just assumed the two might have been on the same circuit. If I get the bike back on the road, I am going to install a switch on the kickstand for sure. I thought most modern bikes had that safety mechanism on them by law. Yep, hitting pavement is everything I imagined it would be. | ||
| Josequinones |
Ouch, get well soon! | ||
| Supafast |
Your bike doesnt look bad at all. If you can live with scratched parts as I have it probably would be worth fixing. | ||
| Thunderstruck |
That's what I'm thinking too. I called Progressive and told them I'm planning on keeping it. Once I'm moving around a bit better I can start pickup up parts as I find them. I'm pretty sure it will have a salvage title though and I'm not happy about that if I go to sell it one day. | ||
| Rasmonis |
Glad to hear you are OK and the bike is salvageable. | ||
| Babired |
wow Tony Heal quick man and don't let the HD dealer keep it in storage while waiting for parts if you take it there. Glad you are okay! Time to trick it out some more! I came back to post the place the Kawasaki Ticket to ride event is happening this weekend at 15606 Emerald Way Bowie, MD 20716 | ||
| Terp_bueller |
What I did on my Spring Vacation. http://youtu.be/OLcL70CIfz0 Tail of the Dragon, 2011. An early Sunday evening. | ||
| 2kx1 |
Anyone up for Sunday? | ||
| Josequinones |
YES You guys want to ride in VA? | ||
| Josequinones |
Plenty of Open Houses this weekend This is going on on Sunday: http://www.classicmotorcycleday.org/ | ||
| 2kx1 |
Where in VA? | ||
| Josequinones |
Well we can either go thru Northern Va or south to cross the Nice bridge back thru MD. I have two rides both leaving from Ft. Washington HD. Northern VA - The Real Estate Ride http://rideplanner.harley-davidson.com/rideplanner /share/253389 South Va/MD - Two Bridges http://rideplanner.harley-davidson.com/rideplanner /share/399377 | ||
| Ulywife |
Hey guys...I've moved some of your old daily chatter into Archives 003 folder. If someone wants the rest cleaned up, please let me know which topics can be moved into the Dated or Old Threads. Drop me a PM if interested. I can also create some other folders if you'd like. Just let me know what works for you. Kristi | ||
| Pellis |
Lars, I'll see you Sunday. | ||
| Josequinones |
never mind I'll see you guys on Sunday. | ||
| Terp_bueller |
Lars & Paul, I think I may be getting to the bottom of the handling issue that Ben commented about. The forks / axle seem to be tweaked. Tire seems to be warn more on one side. The tire seems to be turned slightly when everything is pointing forward. Nice Ride. Glad to be back in southern MD. | ||
| Bman12r |
Well, "Sport-Bike" riders are being bashed in today's Washington Post. Lunatics on Rt. 50 in MD terrorizing the cagers. MD State Police are "frustrated" because they can't catch these riders. | ||
| Terp_bueller |
Bman, I thought I saw you on Rte 50, this weekend. You looked like you were in a hurry.  | ||
| Bman12r |
Took me a minute to get that. Yes, I was on Route 50 from 424 to Annapolis. I was on my black/gold Firebolt though. Did a vigorous run solo up Pax. River Rd. on the way to GF's house. On Route 50, I did no faster than the cars. Actually, some cars passed me.  | ||
| Hooper |
Have you ever noticed that the local traffic reports also always point out when a motorcycle is involved? Is that important? It think it's unintended(?) ghoulishness on the part of the reporter, knowing that when people hear a bike was involved, they get images of carnage in their heads (which sells news). They also tend to mention the make of the cars involved in car accidents if they're nicer, like "A BMW and a truck were involved in an accident on the Inner Loop today...", or "There's a backup on the Dulles Toll Road right now because of an accident involving a Mercedes and a motorcycle." You never hear "Interstate 70 was closed today because of a deadly collision between a semi and a Kia." Rant off... | ||
| Black |
Hey Bman! When the cops in Maryland get radios, catching those folks will be no trouble at all!!! Bman....how is the 1125? | ||
| Bman12r |
I think they had to sell the radios to buy gas for the cruisers. The 1125 is fine. Just resting in the garage. Its clean and ready to ride, but will need tires in about 1K or so. So, the Firebolt got the whole 10K service done, by me, and it is getting ridden. Didn't ride it very much last year, so....... How is your "Buell collection" doing? | ||
| Josequinones |
 Sunday's Ride | ||
| Josequinones |
This weekend is anybody interested in going to Summit Point for the ASRA races?? www.ccsracing.us We can meet at the Roy Rogers in Leesburg, VA at 8:30-9 am, races start at 10 am. | ||
| Pellis |
That bike with the Orange wheels sure looks good. | ||
| Thunderstruck |
Paul, is that your M2? What's with the orange wheels? | ||
| Ferris_von_bueller |
Damn, Paul you splurged and got yourself some bling | ||
| Pellis |
Tony, you need to get out more. I picked those up when everyone was dumping Buell stuff last year. | ||
| Thunderstruck |
If I get out these days it will have to be on a bicycle. And even that may be a while since I just started walking without crutches. |
