KneeDraggin’

Well, of course I ABSOLUTELY love my bike!  And I love it SO much, it doesn’t affect me when I drop it.  I have, so far, dropped it 3 times, all onto the left side.

1. First time, I was doing the AppGap and I was getting REALLY low, I dragged the foot peg and then the rear end slipped out from under me and I low sided at probably 15ish MPH into the ditch.  Talk about an ADRENALINE RUSH!  I ran over to it and then threw it up like it was a pebble, it was AWESOME!  And the super awesome thing, it BARELY scratched the body work, it was sweet!
2. Saturday while riding with a bunch of guys from CT ( www.bandofriders.net ), I went down the mountain a little faster then the rest and pulled over at one of the switchback’s to take some pictures of these guys, because they were BAD ASS!  Full leathers, it was sweet, all knee draggers, perfect posture.  And as I was coming to a stop, using my front break heavily, I saw a patch of sand, and thought, “Hah, I need to watch out, or I am going to dump it in the sand.”  And what do I do?  Completely drop it and scratch up the side.  Thankfully, I had installed my frame sliders the previous night, and so those saved the majority of the bad stuff.
3. SAME EXACT THING happened on the way home from work on Monday.  I went onto a dirt road, as I was slowing down, I saw the dirt.  Breaked harder before I touched it, but I was STILL going too fast, and so I had to touch the breaks, and bup down I went, and that one REALLY scratched up the front fairing on the left side.  Right were everything else hit.

All in all, my baby has some scar’s.  And I want to race SOOO BAD!  I need to buy some cheapo leathers so I can!

[ 0C ] [ August 17, 2007 ] [ Motorcycle ]