What a bad day

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Raywood

Raywood

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The morning started out great, got up to almost 90 degees today. I pull the bike out and warm it up and ride down to the store to get my girlfriend's Red bulls that she lives on. About 45 mikes later I'm all dressed up in my leathers and have my MP3 player screaming in my ears for the long ride down to Kaptians Amerikas shop to help him out.
I fire up the bike and let it idle for a couple mikes while I put my face mask and helmet on. I turn the adjustable idle screw down for the freeway ride, I go to pull out of our gravel driveway into the road and the motor chokes and locks up. Down I go, broke the front brake lever off and fucked up mirror, pegs and exhaust pipe. I lay there a few seconds then get up and try to pick up the bike. Couldn't get it all the way up. I'm getting old I guess. A public utility truck pullsreceived_10153094419578300.jpeg up with two guys in it but they didn't get out to help. Luckily my girlfriend was coming out also and wondered why the bike noise went out and saw me laying in the road and ran out and grabbed the sissybar to help me get it up. Broke the brake lever off in two pieces. Susan picked up all the broken parts and I got the bike refired and rode it back into the garage and kicked the shit out of it!

Bad day. First time in almost 40 yrs going down on the road.
 
chubs

chubs

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Raywood said:
The morning started out great, got up to almost 90 degees today. I pull the bike out and warm it up and ride down to the store to get my girlfriend's Red bulls that she lives on. About 45 mikes later I'm all dressed up in my leathers and have my MP3 player screaming in my ears for the long ride down to Kaptians Amerikas shop to help him out.
I fire up the bike and let it idle for a couple mikes while I put my face mask and helmet on. I turn the adjustable idle screw down for the freeway ride, I go to pull out of our gravel driveway into the road and the motor chokes and locks up. Down I go, broke the front brake lever off and fucked up mirror, pegs and exhaust pipe. I lay there a few seconds then get up and try to pick up the bike. Couldn't get it all the way up. I'm getting old I guess. A public utility truck pullsView attachment 31540 up with two guys in it but they didn't get out to help. Luckily my girlfriend was coming out also and wondered why the bike noise went out and saw me laying in the road and ran out and grabbed the sissybar to help me get it up. Broke the brake lever off in two pieces. Susan picked up all the broken parts and I got the bike refired and rode it back into the garage and kicked the shit out of it!

Bad day. First time in almost 40 yrs going down on the road.
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Some days ya kick the dog, and some days the dog kicks you! :oldrant: Hope ya didn't get hurt too bad,:oldeek: other than your pride.:oldnono: Don't know if ya ever crashed before, but if not, ya got that part of biken outta the way!
 
Fat_Bastard

Fat_Bastard

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WOW!
So Sorry Ray! Know how it feels from my wreck... :sorry:
(like the bike lost its virginity...)

Nothing ever stays perfect or pristine very long.
Hopefully you can get it back to where: "it never happened" :chopper:

Is it easy to get KMW parts?

PS: It is kinda tricky turning in and out of your driveway; gravel to pavement and any hiccup can be greatly amplified and cause one to go down... just sayin'.
 
Raywood

Raywood

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I did go down in gravel at the testicle festival but that was a campground. This was first time on a road.
That new bike of mine is cold blooded
 
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