lookadistraction
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You can use your should or elbow to remove the mirror if you're wearing a good armoured leather jacket.
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Why you wear gear even on those short trips.
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septemberlushh
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I suppose so but with your boot up you can take a good run at the offending vehicle and then accelerate like hell taking his mirror with you
Chris Brown
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I can here in AZ. Gotta love the CCW laws in my home state. I can now carry in the bar, as long as I am not drinking.....
actually I think this proves bikers should be aloud to carry guns while riding to shoot at cars.
Dale, I don't get it. U said "we should be allowed to carry guns". As far as I know most of us (in america)are allowed (note correct sp) to carry fire arms, at least I am and I do pack my piece most of the times. Now, don't take me wrong here and I don't want to start something but...... what can I possibly do with a gun when I'm on the side of the road or in a ditch after being involved in an accident and most likely not able to move very much because of broken bones and alikes. Even worst, will I shoot a person because of an accident, then what, go to jail for the rest of my life and not to enjoy to ride ever again.
We need to start a campaign or some type of awareness to the non rider community via comercials on the radio or tv so they can have the consciousness
that there is more than just 4 wheel vehicles around them.
viky_khanna
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plain and simple, every driver should have to have some motorcycle education before ever being allowed to set foot behind the wheel of a car... make everybody get their bike license and you'd see people being a little more alerted to bikes... IMO anyway.
Was wondering when I'd be asked how my baby is doing.
Cosmetic damage, the /paint/ on the frame was cracked, but the actual frame is intact. Right near the footpegs and the peg was annihlated taking some paint with it. Scratched fairings, you know, the usual when a bike is put down.
Non-cosmetic... Snapped the right clip on, all the brake levers are gone, other things are hanging down and dangling. Most of the stuff is small. Looked at the order list, there's something like 45 things that need to be replaced. Most are small things worth only a couple of dollars. There's some big things that need to be replaced that bump it up. 1 Termi can and the headset of the fairing.
Apparently ~$8,500AUD for a bike worth ~$25,000AUD. Not too bad. Didn't destroy my baby at least.
It's an insurance job and not a writeoff luckily. I really love that bike and didn't want to replace her with another one. Feels kinda like cheating.
And yeah, I've had some massive arguments about the protection vs comfort up here in the tropics. If you want to have the comfort, get casual blow through jackets that still have the armour and abrasion resistance. Don't go out T-shirt and shorts. The 'I'm just going down to the shop' line doesn't cut it. Not when there's car drivers allowed on roads.
And to answer a previous question. By the time I was able to push myself up into a sitting position, all I saw was the rear end accelerating away. So I had to take the knock on the chin when it came to insurance.
That said, apparently that particular corner has a LOT of accidents on it. It's a shrinking corner with some bad lighting on it, so it's hard to tell. And locals fly through it like a bat out of hell. Apparently there's cars rolled on it or crashing into people on the other side of the road and all sorts of fun stuff every week, so the insurance company hasn't raised my premiums either. Which is good.
As to having a gun on the bike with me? What would have ben the point. I was relitively unscathed and for a good hour afterwards I was walking around because I couldn't feel the break in my foot and trust me, I wouldn't have been able to even find a gun let alone point it at someone. As I said, concussion. Don't care what your views on guns are, but a person in a screwed up mental state shouldn't be allowed to touch one.
Years ago, I crashed a bike on my way into work, slow speeds, wet roads and oil, so I wasn't as messed up as this time, I took a cab the rest of the way into work. Got checked out by the medics. They said that it was perfectly fine for me to go have a shoot at the range (that's why I was heading into work early that morning) I was in shock, needed to be told everything three times and even I looked at the medic in disbelief and asked him if he was stupid.
Not in shock/concussed, go right ahead. Head trauma... keep weapons away. Unless you're in a warzone, because in those sorts of situations, you want people to be shot.
Cosmetic damage, the /paint/ on the frame was cracked, but the actual frame is intact. Right near the footpegs and the peg was annihlated taking some paint with it. Scratched fairings, you know, the usual when a bike is put down.
Non-cosmetic... Snapped the right clip on, all the brake levers are gone, other things are hanging down and dangling. Most of the stuff is small. Looked at the order list, there's something like 45 things that need to be replaced. Most are small things worth only a couple of dollars. There's some big things that need to be replaced that bump it up. 1 Termi can and the headset of the fairing.
Apparently ~$8,500AUD for a bike worth ~$25,000AUD. Not too bad. Didn't destroy my baby at least.
It's an insurance job and not a writeoff luckily. I really love that bike and didn't want to replace her with another one. Feels kinda like cheating.
And yeah, I've had some massive arguments about the protection vs comfort up here in the tropics. If you want to have the comfort, get casual blow through jackets that still have the armour and abrasion resistance. Don't go out T-shirt and shorts. The 'I'm just going down to the shop' line doesn't cut it. Not when there's car drivers allowed on roads.
And to answer a previous question. By the time I was able to push myself up into a sitting position, all I saw was the rear end accelerating away. So I had to take the knock on the chin when it came to insurance.
That said, apparently that particular corner has a LOT of accidents on it. It's a shrinking corner with some bad lighting on it, so it's hard to tell. And locals fly through it like a bat out of hell. Apparently there's cars rolled on it or crashing into people on the other side of the road and all sorts of fun stuff every week, so the insurance company hasn't raised my premiums either. Which is good.
As to having a gun on the bike with me? What would have ben the point. I was relitively unscathed and for a good hour afterwards I was walking around because I couldn't feel the break in my foot and trust me, I wouldn't have been able to even find a gun let alone point it at someone. As I said, concussion. Don't care what your views on guns are, but a person in a screwed up mental state shouldn't be allowed to touch one.
Years ago, I crashed a bike on my way into work, slow speeds, wet roads and oil, so I wasn't as messed up as this time, I took a cab the rest of the way into work. Got checked out by the medics. They said that it was perfectly fine for me to go have a shoot at the range (that's why I was heading into work early that morning) I was in shock, needed to be told everything three times and even I looked at the medic in disbelief and asked him if he was stupid.
Not in shock/concussed, go right ahead. Head trauma... keep weapons away. Unless you're in a warzone, because in those sorts of situations, you want people to be shot.
bummer the car just drove off. I don't know how anybody could have the heart to hit somebody like that then just drive off. Too bad there wasn't a witness who could have gotten the plate # (obviously you had no chance of getting it with the state you were in).
I was being sarcastic about my statement of carrying a gun and shooting the tires out and such, though I am a supporter of the second amendment I know a gun would be useless in a situation like this. Another poster mentioned they're in Arizona where the CCW laws are very lax. Wish I could say the same for here in Mass...so many loopholes to jump through!
+1 it would be great for every motorist to have motorcycle education prior to getting behind the wheel of a car. I think it would greatly help raise more awareness of bikers on the road and attribute to just how vulnerable we are.
Glad to hear your bike is going to be repaired. Hope you have it back on the road in short time! And once again glad you're ok
I was being sarcastic about my statement of carrying a gun and shooting the tires out and such, though I am a supporter of the second amendment I know a gun would be useless in a situation like this. Another poster mentioned they're in Arizona where the CCW laws are very lax. Wish I could say the same for here in Mass...so many loopholes to jump through!
+1 it would be great for every motorist to have motorcycle education prior to getting behind the wheel of a car. I think it would greatly help raise more awareness of bikers on the road and attribute to just how vulnerable we are.
Glad to hear your bike is going to be repaired. Hope you have it back on the road in short time! And once again glad you're ok