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Re: I laid the bike down........
« Reply #15 on: March 16, 2012, 02:14:38 PM »
Unusual that a slip/slide ends that well......enjoy the result and heed the lesson....ie: slow down.  :) har.  spyder
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Re: I laid the bike down........
« Reply #16 on: March 16, 2012, 02:35:37 PM »
Great to know you made it out of that situation. That's one trick that probably won't work that perfect again, you can thank your crash bars and floor boards from preventing you from going completely over.
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Re: I laid the bike down........
« Reply #17 on: March 16, 2012, 02:39:56 PM »
Make sure you play the lottery this weekend, I'd say luck or the good lord was was on your side yesterday! Be safe! :2vrolijk_21:
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Re: I laid the bike down........
« Reply #18 on: March 16, 2012, 03:03:53 PM »
Thanks everyone...I got lucky for sure....


Quote from: ak on March 16, 2012, 10:57:19 AM
So would you say the HARD LEFT or Right is a good Defensive move when sliding ? I,ve slid of the seat and let the bike go it's own ride.

I can't say it would work for everyone...but it did for me.



Quote from: GregKhougaz on March 16, 2012, 12:47:22 PM
Tank,

 Glad you are okay and that this thread need not be moved to the Rider Down thread.  It looks like the front and rear crash bars as well as the floorboard pan and support took the street on.  Anything else?  I second JC about prayer.   

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2 teeny tiny scuffs on the bottom side of my exhaust shields, and the lower fairing..but you wouldn't know unless you looked hard for them.


Quote from: 2012_FLTRXSE on March 16, 2012, 02:01:40 PM
The very edge of the lower fairing has some rash too... but so perfect you almost cant see it.....

yup...
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Re: I laid the bike down........
« Reply #19 on: March 16, 2012, 05:38:24 PM »
WoW
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Re: I laid the bike down........
« Reply #20 on: March 16, 2012, 06:09:11 PM »
Good to know you are ok. I've done floorboards but not crash bars.
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Re: I laid the bike down........
« Reply #21 on: March 16, 2012, 06:34:23 PM »
Quote from: Skillet on March 16, 2012, 06:09:11 PM
Good to know you are ok. I've done floorboards but not crash bars.

I've never done crash bars...and still saved it ....
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Re: I laid the bike down........
« Reply #22 on: March 16, 2012, 07:22:41 PM »
Quote from: TANKS 250 on March 16, 2012, 06:34:23 PM
I've never done crash bars...and still saved it ....

I would definitely leave that battle scarred crash bar on the bike.
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Re: I laid the bike down........
« Reply #23 on: March 16, 2012, 09:05:09 PM »
Quote from: TANKS 250 on March 16, 2012, 09:20:40 AM
...I'd like to say it was my 26 years of experience on 2 wheels that saved me.....but luck was probably more likely.


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Re: I laid the bike down........
« Reply #24 on: March 16, 2012, 10:01:25 PM »
Tank,
You did an amazing job of saving that bike.  I'm trying to visualize what happened to bring the bike back up.  Sure hope I don't have to try it.  The fellow on the bike behind you said, " you were laying completely on the side of the bike....sparks flying everywhere,...then  I saw you jerk your body weight hard to the left.."  You said in a reply, "pretty much what happened to me...hard jerk left...kept on motoring."

Does that mean the left bar came back and the right, back of the front wheel touched down and levered the bike up? 
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Re: I laid the bike down........
« Reply #25 on: March 16, 2012, 10:56:28 PM »
I agree. Not a bike issue but more of a rider skill challenge.


Quote from: Evo160K on March 16, 2012, 10:01:25 PM
Tank,
You did an amazing job of saving that bike.  I'm trying to visualize what happened to bring the bike back up.  Sure hope I don't have to try it.  The fellow on the bike behind you said, " you were laying completely on the side of the bike....sparks flying everywhere,...then  I saw you jerk your body weight hard to the left.."  You said in a reply, "pretty much what happened to me...hard jerk left...kept on motoring."

Does that mean the left bar came back and the right, back of the front wheel touched down and levered the bike up? 
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Re: I laid the bike down........
« Reply #26 on: March 17, 2012, 03:46:12 AM »
Quote from: Evo160K on March 16, 2012, 10:01:25 PM
Tank,
You did an amazing job of saving that bike.  I'm trying to visualize what happened to bring the bike back up.  Sure hope I don't have to try it.  The fellow on the bike behind you said, " you were laying completely on the side of the bike....sparks flying everywhere,...then  I saw you jerk your body weight hard to the left.."  You said in a reply, "pretty much what happened to me...hard jerk left...kept on motoring."

Does that mean the left bar came back and the right, back of the front wheel touched down and levered the bike up? 

I think I basically jerked the wheels back to contact the road....essentially causing a mini "high side"...which snapped the bike back up on the wheels.
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Re: I laid the bike down........
« Reply #27 on: March 17, 2012, 07:37:25 PM »

DAMN TANK!!!

Glad you are okay. I too would leave the battle scares on the guards.

If it were me, I would check my under pants.  :P

Did you get caught in all the rain last night?

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Re: I laid the bike down........
« Reply #28 on: March 18, 2012, 12:34:56 AM »
Quote from: YELLOWBIRD on March 17, 2012, 07:37:25 PM
DAMN TANK!!!

Glad you are okay. I too would leave the battle scares on the guards.

If it were me, I would check my under pants.  :P

Did you get caught in all the rain last night?

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Thanks man...

Not too much rain...sprinkled in the beginning(around 7)...then stopped raining by 8...went for a long ride...good times.
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Re: I laid the bike down........
« Reply #29 on: March 18, 2012, 06:55:29 AM »
Holy Moly!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A bunch of us are taking a ride today down some great Missouri roads with a lot of fast sweeping turns. I think I'll be running that picture in my head all day at every turn.

Glad you made it out of that situation unscathed and were able to tell us about it.

Ride Safe!!!
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