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From: JayC on 24 Jan 2008 16:09 > Define crash. I rarely crash anymore, but I do fall. OK - I'm choosing to define a crash as something that costs $100 or more in mechanical or medical repairs. I haven't crashed in a long time either. Nope - that's a lie. Almost forgot, I "crashed" my pickup truck last month...$2300 definately qualifies. JayC
From: The Real Bev on 24 Jan 2008 16:39 JayC wrote: >> Define crash. I rarely crash anymore, but I do fall. > > OK - I'm choosing to define a crash as something that costs $100 or > more in mechanical or medical repairs. I haven't crashed in a long > time either. First time I got thrown off my Ducati at ~50 mph trying to diagnose a speed wobble by tweaking the bars to make it wobble more. I probably spent $10 on body-repair supplies (ever soak off a 1/4" scab from your midsection?) but more than $100 getting my triple-clamp straightened. (Cause of wobble: new rear shocks an inch too long.) Second time I rode off a 6-foot cliff and dislocated my collarbone permanently. No repairs (other than ultrasound, which is worth every penny it costs) necessary, but the diagnosis cost a couple of office visits. The third was two years ago skiing, when I broke two ribs and tweaked a knee. Oh, wait, that didn't cost anything for at least a year, when I finally went to the orthoguys for a diagnosis: "No problem, you're good to go." The fourth doesn't really count: I fell off the hood of my truck getting down from washing the windshield. That cost over $1K and a lot of PT, and the hip still isn't right. Jeez -- on reflection, I've led a remarkably undamaged life... > Nope - that's a lie. Almost forgot, I "crashed" my pickup truck last > month...$2300 definately qualifies. -- Cheers, Bev ================================================================ I didn't break it! It was doing that before I broke it... er...
From: CrashTestDummy on 24 Jan 2008 19:32 On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 13:09:18 -0800 (PST), JayC <jwc(a)sysmatrix.net> wrote: >> Define crash. �I rarely crash anymore, but I do fall. > >OK - I'm choosing to define a crash as something that costs $100 or >more in mechanical or medical repairs. I haven't crashed in a long >time either. > >Nope - that's a lie. Almost forgot, I "crashed" my pickup truck last >month...$2300 definately qualifies. > >JayC Damn, I've never crashed then! The closest I came was going over the bars -- hard -- on my old SL125 where I bent the front wheel and cut a gash in my chin that required 4 or 5 stitches. I smacked the wheel with a rock to straighten it out enough to clear the forks during rotation and rode home. I believe the ER bill was about $65 and a salvaged wheel cost me around 20 bucks or so. Oh yeah, and a new $10 tube. So I was *close* to crashing. ;-p Fred Bradford - CrashTestDummy fjbradfordREMOVE(a)tx.rr.com
From: sturd.virtec on 24 Jan 2008 20:00 The Real Bev admits: > First time I got thrown off my Ducati at ~50 mph trying to diagnose a > speed wobble by tweaking the bars to make it wobble more. There is something fundamentally stupid about that. Not meaning to insult you or anything but damn that was dumb. I like it. Go fast. Take chances. Mike S.
From: Craig on 24 Jan 2008 20:42
On Jan 24, 8:00 pm, sturd.vir...(a)gmail.com wrote: > There is something fundamentally stupid about that. Not > meaning to insult you or anything but damn that was dumb. > > I like it. I crashed the RZ at Summit Point one time. Afterward, it would start wobbling violently whenever I shifted to top gear on the straight. Back at home my buddy and I started throwing front end parts at it 'til it had a complete known good front end, but the wobble didn't stop. We brilliantly decided that he would ride his bike next to me on the "test track" (local highway) to see if he could spot the problem when it started. I didn't have the sack to stay in it once it started and I'd always back off. He got frustrated and insisted we swap bikes. He got it up to speed and the wobble started. Not only did he stay on the throttle, he stood on the pegs and leaned over the front end to have a look. Remarkably, he's still alive. Turned out to be a bent swingarm. Craig |