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Wavex
| Posted on Monday, September 23, 2013 - 01:35 pm: |
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Sucked!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFMtlLWt1oA |
Hogs
| Posted on Monday, September 23, 2013 - 02:16 pm: |
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yeah sucks for sure..Lesson learned, Not just for you..But for all that watch your video..I Know of others that went down for same reason Oil PAtch out of no where..And one don`t have to be going FAst to go down... Glad u r ok Could have been a hell lot worst! |
Ronbob43
| Posted on Monday, September 23, 2013 - 03:10 pm: |
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Happy you are healed up and you had a good friend to turn the key off to save the battery. Is your Buell all OK now too? |
Froggy
| Posted on Monday, September 23, 2013 - 03:25 pm: |
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Wow that sucks to see, I thought you were going to go over that guardrail off that cliff. I really liked the editing of the video with the two cameras, it helps tell more of a story than traditional crash videos. |
Wavex
| Posted on Monday, September 23, 2013 - 03:59 pm: |
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Thanks guys.. The Buell has been at California Harley for 3 months now... they were almost done with it when they called me last week to tell me they finally removed the frame pucks and found a small dent underneath the left one, on the frame... doh! You didn't think about checking there to begin with? Anyway, they sent a $2k additional bill to AAA, and I waiting for the phone call... that extra $2k would have put it over the "totaled" threshold, so I don't know what AAA will do now since $3k+ was already put in the bike to fix it (sub-frame, swingarm, left engine cover and shifter...). The bike really didn't look all that bad after the crash... I am sure I could have fixed it myself for a lot less than Harley, but oh well... I am in no rush I just hope this last issue gets resolved without me having to fork the $2k... |
Reepicheep
| Posted on Monday, September 23, 2013 - 04:00 pm: |
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Turning off the bike gave nice closure to the video... Shut her down Clancy, she's pumping mud. Glad you are OK, and that you didn't superman down the cliff. I was crossing the Mackinaw bridge last weekend, looking at that low guardrail, and thinking that if I endo into that thing I'm going to have a LONG fall into a cold lake. Made it easy to focus. |
Teeps
| Posted on Monday, September 23, 2013 - 04:57 pm: |
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Good that you are on the mend; could have been a lot worse. So, how big is this dent? You don't have to replace the frame for a dent... There are asshats that sabotage the canyon roads up in Malibu mountains by spreading oil in key places. |
Wavex
| Posted on Monday, September 23, 2013 - 10:01 pm: |
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Will see the dent later this week... I have not seen my bike since the crash... Reep: if I had dropped on the right of the guardrail, I probably wouldn't be here typing on this keyboard today......... pure luck. |
Blackm2
| Posted on Monday, September 23, 2013 - 11:31 pm: |
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David, it's a great thing that you lived, and were wearing full gear, which helped lessen your injuries to be sure. What Hogs said, good lesson learner for all. Was the patch actual oil or fuel? Were your tires getting low on tread? Other than your speed, what do you think contributed? I know that road well. One of my favorite roads. The downhill view is just gorgeous coming down into Borrego. I'm a pussy when it comes to downhill, freaks me out a bit to go too fast. Love blasting back up that hill though. The thing you have to watch for going back up are the little rockslides that occur and dump decomposed granite onto the road. |
Wavex
| Posted on Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - 12:20 am: |
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Front tire was going to be swapped after that ride... it was low on thread, but not too low. It was also 103 degrees that day, and it was snake tar material on the road... and there is a groove in the middle of it, which I think I hit perfectly. I had gone down and up that road many times before... and quite faster too... I was not anywhere near the limit, but the chain of events was clearly superior to my skill. |
Fotoguzzi
| Posted on Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - 09:08 am: |
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wow, glad your recovered.. you didn't look in as much pain as I was with 2 broken ribs after sliding down a hwy in Wisconsin. and it took me more than 3 months to heal but luckily it was winter. did someone spread the slick on purpose? nice video! |
Wavex
| Posted on Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - 12:01 pm: |
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Thanks man... I didn't look in a lot of pain because I was in shock and do NOT remember ANYTHING about what happened after the crash... I do not remember anything you see in the video post crash... I don't remember folks talking to me, the ambulance and helicopter rides, etc... nothing! I remember my front tire sliding 2 feet to the right, and then waking up in the ER. I don't know if someone spread the slick on purpose... |
Slaughter
| Posted on Tuesday, September 24, 2013 - 10:16 pm: |
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Gawddamm! That looks like an oil patch. Darker spot on right as if it was a can thrown from right to left as you look at the frame.
I can't help but think this was not an accident... that's just me but shitt. Glad you're recovering. |
Wavex
| Posted on Saturday, September 28, 2013 - 05:32 pm: |
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Thanks Slaughter! Alright, good news, AAA paid the extra $1800 for the frame replacement... I had to stop by the Harley dealer today to sign the repair order... Here is the bike as of this morning (they didn't fix much yet, but have most of the parts): Expected lead-time: 1 month! |
Natexlh1000
| Posted on Saturday, September 28, 2013 - 09:41 pm: |
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I wouldn't have thought it worthwhile to replace the whole frame for that one little ding. I've seen people ride on the street with far worse. |
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