Damage photos

So I went up and took pics of the 636 today...

http://www.hostile-takeover.com/636/total/

Not sure what to say...judging by the frame damage, I'm lucky as hell...

I'm also an idiot for not waiting when the light turned green...not moving
to a position that would allow me to see past all the other cars on my
left...

You name it, I fucked up at it....use these pics as an example as to what
may happen if you get complacent...

: (

 

It was such a nice bike too.
Hope you are feeling better.

 

: So I went up and took pics of the 636 today...
:
: http://www.hostile-takeover.com/636/total/
:
: Not sure what to say...judging by the frame damage, I'm lucky as hell...
:
: I'm also an idiot for not waiting when the light turned green...not moving
: to a position that would allow me to see past all the other cars on my
: left...
:
: You name it, I fucked up at it....use these pics as an example as to what
: may happen if you get complacent...
:


http://www.hostile-takeover.com/636/total/leftframe1.jpg

Holy Cow!



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that sticker on the tail was bad karma


Dave Slavik wrote in message ...

 

that is one fucked up bike. at the salvage yard, we'd get them all the
time. used to have this feeling that the more banged up the bike was,
the more likely the person survived.

the scary part is that i've seen worse. we had an F2 come in that the
owner bought for 10 dollars. it was totally, totally wrecked. there
wasn't one workable part on the thing. even the engine was blown apart
in the crash.

so, you dented up at a yard with an insurance auction code written on
you as well?

-Beth

 

Whassamatta? Text too difficult for you?

nb

 

Bummer, your bike. Glimmer, yer ass. Thank the omnipotent being
of your choice and get well soon.

nb

 

Last time I saw aluminum bent that far it was semi-molten! You're just
lucky you didn't really gas it, 'cause another two feet and it would have
been you where the front wheel was!

Get well and get riding.

tpm

 

I grabbed a copy of that JAlbum, just to see how it works. Nice
little program (I've been tempted to do something like that in ActiveX
before).

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Yo Dave,

Nobody is being indicted here. I appreciate learning from you. ****
Creosote. Shit happens. Most often it is not fair. Fact of life. Glad you
are still here among us and hope you continue to ride. If you don't that
cool too.

I hope you have a quick recovery.

 

I believe in the good_judgment<--experience<--bad judgment process,
but riding is fairly stingy with second chances. Make the most of
yours, Dave.


R, UB

 

There's an old adage, "Experience is a hard master." Everyone has
stupid experiences or "I could have done better to prevent
this" somewhere along the line. Hopefully, injuries are minimal and
taken in stride.

Most recent stupid act I did was putting STP Son of a Gun on my tires.
Stuff looks fantastic on a well chromed bike, tires look like new, but
makes the tires less sticky. It was one of those "Wut innelldidIdue"
until it dawned on me months later, "O'yah." I took a quick corner and
dumped myself in the intersection, fracturing my ankle fibula, which
spared the bike when it fell on my leg. (It suffered a little torn
peg rubber, that's all.) I should have known better, I must have had a
brain fart on both days (using STP and quick cornering).

Fortunately, the stuff dried out by the time I could ride again, about
6 weeks.

That course you mentioned by MSF, the Experienced Rider Course is a
good one to go to. The Air Force and Honolulu Rec. used to teach
portions of that class with their basic course, it had a lot of good
pointers. I took the MSF BRC (again for the 3rd time, a DOD
requirement even for civilians riding their bikes on a base, this time
taught by MSF, previous times taught by Air Force in 1986 and Honolulu
in 1980 by their recreational department.) Although you always pick up
some things, for an experienced rider, the ERC would be of more benefit
than the BRC.

 

Ya think he can buy it back from the insurance company cheap and get it
back on the road?

 

Right. He already admitted it. Your point?

 

I might as well fess up to a similar brain poop; I once found a small
sample bottle of "Formula 2000" in a closeout bin at Kragens. This
product is some sort of vinyl polishing thingee for dashboards etc. Since
it was only 99 cents, I thought I could always see if it would rejuvenate
the carbon bits on my Ducati. When getting home, I first tried a tiny bit
of it on my carbon pipes, and jeez; right away they looked like new (and
that from just a small dash of it). I figured that this bottle will last
forever. Hence, so why not then polish some more stuff on my bike... hum,
lets see... why not the seat?! Sure enough, also the seat looked
fabulous. But of course I went from hero to zero as soon as I attempted
to mount the bike -- I almost completely slid of the bike already in the
driveway! That stuff isn't just slippery, but combined with my leathers,
it was like a hockey puck in the first period...

-- peer

 

Yes. But as WHAT?

Charles

 

Damn. When did Kawasaki start designing crumple zones into the fronts
of their bikes?
-Gniewko

 

Notice, they were *SIDE* impact crumple zones.

Charles

 

(Peer Landa) wrote in

See

http://www.spagthorpe.com/maintenance/synthetic.html

and the paragraph about passengers ...