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nine lives

nine lives

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Well after 42 years of riding I went down last weekend, actually wrecked one other time when I was 19 on the road, and a few times on the dirt, any way, I put a LED headlight in the dog and it malfunctioned, the fuckin thing must have lost a few diodes that shine forward, had light at about 4 and 8 o'clock but really nothing forward, basically went straight at a turn.
Broke my clavicle, tweaked my right knee and ankle, and got some rash, not that bad considering. Bike is not that bad, but I need some parts for my 06 Mastiff.

It's really not too bad, tins came out ok, small rash on the tip of my front fender and dime size boot rash on my tank, and no dents. License plate bracket broke off, clutch lever ground a bit, left front and rear pegs, shifter lever, left front and rear turn signals, left mirror, left grip, top and bottom tree has rash, but I could grind then polish if I have to, and 12" sissy bar has some rash, front rim also rash on the edge of the rim, again I could grind and polish it out.

Well that's it for now, can't put the bike on the lift yet to really get a real good look at it because of the collar bone, but not too bad from what I see.

Any feed back would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Nine
 
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Nཛ͢ཀཇཧ༏ཧי

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Damn. That sucks. I hope you heal quickly.
There is a sissy bar with a luggage rack in the Swap Meet section.
You might contact Marky Mark. If he is still parting out the Ridgeback he'll have many of the parts youll need.
Donna has Knuckle handles as a pair, or, i do have a clutch lever.

Best Wishes.
 
liferider

liferider

Looking forward to retirement
#1 you should not have been riding with a fucked ip head light at night!

#2 re-read #1!

#3 put a T-Bag on your sissy bar and carry 10-15 very critical tools, also put in there extra head light, tools to open bucket, spark plugs and spark plug wrench! And a flash light The time it would have taken you to pull over and change out your LED back to a H-3 bulb and close your bucket? 10 minutes. It's all Allen wrench's. You remove your bottom set bolt with on's. Spin off your outer protection ring, insert 2 Allen wrenches 180* on the inner ring, spin it off remove bulb housing, swap bulb and reassemble!
 
BadDawg Bill

BadDawg Bill

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liferider said:
#1 you should not have been riding with a fucked ip head light at night!

#2 re-read #1!

#3 put a T-Bag on your sissy bar and carry 10-15 very critical tools, also put in there extra head light, tools to open bucket, spark plugs and spark plug wrench! And a flash light The time it would have taken you to pull over and change out your LED back to a H-3 bulb and close your bucket? 10 minutes. It's all Allen wrench's. You remove your bottom set bolt with on's. Spin off your outer protection ring, insert 2 Allen wrenches 180* on the inner ring, spin it off remove bulb housing, swap bulb and reassemble!
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I'm glad you are ok... As for the 10 minute headlight change.... Are you from Mars with Ron????
 
liferider

liferider

Looking forward to retirement
BadDawg Bill said:
I'm glad you are ok... As for the 10 minute headlight change.... Are you from Mars with Ron????
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Seriously, 10-15 minutes. I carry the tools and have done it at night with a pin light in my mouth on the side of I-90 between Sturgis & Spearfish SD!
 
Little-Boo

Little-Boo

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nine lives said:
Well after 42 years of riding I went down last weekend, actually wrecked one other time when I was 19 on the road, and a few times on the dirt, any way, I put a LED headlight in the dog and it malfunctioned, the fuckin thing must have lost a few diodes that shine forward, had light at about 4 and 8 o'clock but really nothing forward, basically went straight at a turn.
Broke my clavicle, tweaked my right knee and ankle, and got some rash, not that bad considering. Bike is not that bad, but I need some parts for my 06 Mastiff.

It's really not too bad, tins came out ok, small rash on the tip of my front fender and dime size boot rash on my tank, and no dents. License plate bracket broke off, clutch lever ground a bit, left front and rear pegs, shifter lever, left front and rear turn signals, left mirror, left grip, top and bottom tree has rash, but I could grind then polish if I have to, and 12" sissy bar has some rash, front rim also rash on the edge of the rim, again I could grind and polish it out.

Well that's it for now, can't put the bike on the lift yet to really get a real good look at it because of the collar bone, but not too bad from what I see.

Any feed back would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Nine
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Glad you came out of it without any major injuries. I have an 06 Mastiff and have most the parts you need. I have a complete stock front end should you need one. Both turn signals complete housing and all, Left mirror (used) also Top and Bottom Trees (used) front and rear wheels ( used) If it doesn't say used the parts are new. I also have a complete set of tins that were painted by Ed Williamson (Air Brush Ed) Ed worked at BDM and painted several of our bike. The tins are new should you be interested let me know and I'll post some pictures.

Anyway glad your Okay, :old2:

Carlos :chopper:
 
Fat_Bastard

Fat_Bastard

Active Member
Dam! U - 2...! :eek:

Sounds kinda like my wreck -- about 6 G's to get it back; it adds up quick...

Kaptin America at Wild Steed Worx has a few used parts and could probably get what you need. ;)

Oops! just saw "Little-Boo" got you covered.
 
aspen874

aspen874

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Little-Boo said:
Glad you came out of it without any major injuries. I have an 06 Mastiff and have most the parts you need. I have a complete stock front end should you need one. Both turn signals complete housing and all, Left mirror (used) also Top and Bottom Trees (used) front and rear wheels ( used) If it doesn't say used the parts are new. I also have a complete set of tins that were painted by Ed Williamson (Air Brush Ed) Ed worked at BDM and painted several of our bike. The tins are new should you be interested let me know and I'll post some pictures.

Anyway glad your Okay, :old2:

Carlos :chopper:
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way to go Carlos, at least now he knows he can get parts :old2:
 
nine lives

nine lives

Active Member
liferider said:
#1 you should not have been riding with a fucked ip head light at night!

#2 re-read #1!

#3 put a T-Bag on your sissy bar and carry 10-15 very critical tools, also put in there extra head light, tools to open bucket, spark plugs and spark plug wrench! And a flash light The time it would have taken you to pull over and change out your LED back to a H-3 bulb and close your bucket? 10 minutes. It's all Allen wrench's. You remove your bottom set bolt with on's. Spin off your outer protection ring, insert 2 Allen wrenches 180* on the inner ring, spin it off remove bulb housing, swap bulb and reassemble!
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Didn't know the light was bad when I left, as a matter of fact I'm sure it was good until just before I went into the turn. As for the spare stuff, I carry many extra parts depending on how far I'm going, plugs, throttle cable, clutch cable, bulb, wrenches, I've been riding for 42 years and my side business is fabrication and cycle repair. On this night I was within 10 miles of my home. BTW, I picked that broken bike up with my broken bones and rode it 5 miles home.
 
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