Droppin' a Bike

I confess.I read it in the :National Inquirer".It has pics and
everything.One guy was in an alley over in Mesquite.

 

Are you talking about me, Ed? I've been hoping someone could shed some
light on this for me, but everyone talking about "dropping a bike" is
far from Mesquite, and that leaves only you and I, it seems.

I'll go on the record now by saying "In the 30+ years I've been riding
motorcycles, I've NEVER dropped a bike that I was straddle of". I've
wrecked 2 motorcycles hard. One when I had a throttle stick wide open
and I hit a house. The other when I wrecked a bike in the early 80's
in Garland while going 70+mph.

I've now got a third (not so hard) wreck on my list.

Now, you hitting a buzzard is on you. I still don't understand what my
wrecking the Blackbird has to do with what you did. If your intent is
to "make fun of" the situation, I'll do that for you. Don't you recall
the posts I was talking about installing an "anti gravity device" to
the Blackbird?

You want the full story? I was riding out from my house on the
Blackbird a couple weeks ago. I was riding down the alley to get on
the street. With all the rain you fuckers let the area get, it washed
a bunch of mud and crap into the alley and streets. I was going along
and hit a slick spot and the bike slammed down. The area around the
bike was so slick that I had to get a bunch of "alley stuff" to stand
on to get the bike back up. All total, the upper fairing is broke, the
windshield shattered, the fender is tattoo'd and the left side fairing
and engine is scraped...that's not to mention the "goose-egg" that I
had on the inside of my leg.

You post like you ride, "late"...

 

Damn Dude...Sorry to hear about that. I bet parts arent cheap for that
motorcycle. We got caught in the rain not to long after I had those
new tires installed on my wing. We were on a oil top road and my back
tire broke loose twice. I thought one time I was going down. This damn
rain can play hell on a motorcycle. Atleast you have two more bikes in
the stables so your not down. Get that Hurricane gassed up and lets
ride somewhere tommorow.

Redshad

 

My 'Bird isn't "down". I already bought the windshield to replace the
broke one. I had to go with a sport touring one because Zero Gravity
would need 2 weeks to make another one to replace what I had. I wanted
to try the ST one just to see if it'd help with the wind on my chest.
I like the new windshield, it just took a few minutes to get used to
the higher profile. It also gave me a bit more of a "dash" area to
stick gloves and shit.

Other than that, I've buffed out most of the scratches and the engine
cover is still ground in. The fairing is still broke, but it's not as
noticeable as it was when it happened.

I've been riding the crap out of the Hurricane the past couple weeks.
I'd forgot how sweet handling that bike truly is. It doesn't have the
hard pulling power of the Blackbird, and it's not as crazy fast, but
it's handling makes up for it in folds.

The worst thing was the back wheel on the Blackbird broke loose and
I'd managed to catch it and keep it from flopping around on me. Before
I could get out of the muck, the front end got loose and that's what
slammed the bike to the ground. I'd never been on anything that slick
before, and that goes double for ice/snow. It was sure fucked up!

***When someone comes up with a method of controlling a motorcycle
when the front end breaks loose on slick surfaces, please pass that
information on.***

I'll have to take a "rain check" (big fuckin' pun) on tomorrow. Let's
make up for it this weekend and plan something, what'da say? We need
to break in that new lift Louie is buying for us anyway!

 

: ***When someone comes up with a method of controlling a motorcycle
: when the front end breaks loose on slick surfaces, please pass that
: information on.***

Happened to me once, pulling into a driveway on a hill. There was a
layer of mud along the flow line of the drive. I hit it about 10 mph as
I turned into the driveway. The front end washed out on me.

Brian, I have to tell you I had no problem controlling that 800 lb
motorcycle as I came to a graceful stop, on the rear tire, saddlebag
guard, and front crash bar.

Noe if your definition of controlling means keeping it on the 2 wheels, I
think the only thing that will work is luck, on a street bike. On a dirt
bike you might be able to kick it upright and keep going, but once my
Electraglide decided it was going down there wasn't much stopping it.

Glad you and the bike weren't hurt too badly.

 

I'm definitely going to have to follow up on this. But I can't right
now. See, I just figured out I'm psychic. I need to set up a 900
number and start making some commercials for late night television.
Here's my Jamaican accent, "Ya, mon, you are gon ta crash, mon".

 

Yeah, I forgot all about "fitting in" with a bunch of dumbshits like
you...and a couple others who frequent here.

Let's see, I didn't get hysterical, didn't start popping around saying
"I SAW IT, I SAW IT", didn't have to make up a bunch of excuses, and
didn't need to sue someone for it. This isn't to forget about me not
jumping in a couple newsgroups taking up donations to fix the
motorcycle or pay medical bills....

Whew, and I almost forgot about not putting up a webpage, hiring an
attorney to tell my side, and seeking therapy for my tramatic
ordeal....

Nope, I didn't do any of those things. I just fixed the bike myself
and went on with life. I guess I just don't fit in with you and the
couple of others.

"Psychic" this, you worthless prick bastard....

 

I'm getting good at this. I *knew* you were going to say that. That'll
be five bucks.

 

Shit, I *knew* you were sitting there just waiting for me to post!!!

Did you piss your pants while waiting there? You can go grab a
hamburger now, I know you must be hungry after that long wait!!!

 

3 FREAKIN' MINUTES!!! THAT'S A RECORD!!! YOU SAT THERE FOR 25 HOURS
STEADILY WAITING, AND THEN RESPONDED IN 3 MINUTES!!!!

Damn you're stupid, Ari Rectum!!!!

 

I'm psychic you dumbass!

That one is free.

 

You misspelled psycho....

Did you manage to change your diapers after that 25 hour wait on my
reply?