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larry.fisherman
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Oldnameforgotten said: Crashed hard today. Ooof.
Dislocated shoulder. Broken clavicle. Broken scaphoid. All bruised up. Minor road rash on the left knee. Bike ripped its rollers off but is in surprisingly good condition.
I had upgraded to an MT07. She may not be a 1000.... but disrespect her for a tenth of a second and she eats you for breakfast. And thats exactly what she did.
I smacked the ever loving hell out of my head on the asphalt. That helmet worked so incredibly well its insane. Zero head damage. I felt nothing. My arm however was a different story lol.
I've also gotten around $2000 in speeding fines from cameras. But funny.... no cops have pulled me over 
Even if I had died yesterday it would have been worth it. This bike gives me tons of joy and I dont have much joy elsewhere.
Figured Id come find this post and update. Its been almost exactly a year lol!
It's not a liter bike, no. Liter bikes are for chads. No one needs 200hp on something that isn't designed to turn. Broken collarbone and dislocated shoulder sounds like a low side injury. Imma take a wild guess and say "Slow down," practice progressive braking
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ABS saves lives, especially on motorcycles.
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Re: Buying a bike and riding it 300 Miles. [Re: christopera]
#27527504 - 11/02/21 01:21 PM (2 years, 3 months ago) |
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christopera said: Motorcycles are insanely cheap, especially for their performance level. That also tends to introduce a lot of low skill operators into the equation. Imagine if you could buy an airplane for $1200. Our populous would be a lot smaller.
Oh dude it's crazy. I used to give atv tours. Most accidents were in the parking lot
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Oldnameforgotten
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Oldnameforgotten said: Crashed hard today. Ooof.
Dislocated shoulder. Broken clavicle. Broken scaphoid. All bruised up. Minor road rash on the left knee. Bike ripped its rollers off but is in surprisingly good condition.
I had upgraded to an MT07. She may not be a 1000.... but disrespect her for a tenth of a second and she eats you for breakfast. And thats exactly what she did.
I smacked the ever loving hell out of my head on the asphalt. That helmet worked so incredibly well its insane. Zero head damage. I felt nothing. My arm however was a different story lol.
I've also gotten around $2000 in speeding fines from cameras. But funny.... no cops have pulled me over 
Even if I had died yesterday it would have been worth it. This bike gives me tons of joy and I dont have much joy elsewhere.
Figured Id come find this post and update. Its been almost exactly a year lol!
It's not a liter bike, no. Liter bikes are for chads. No one needs 200hp on something that isn't designed to turn. Broken collarbone and dislocated shoulder sounds like a low side injury. Imma take a wild guess and say "Slow down," practice progressive braking
I was picking up a modem from the post office. Rode with the package underneath me. It started to slip and I knee-jerk reaction grabbed the package with left hand. Started to fall off the bike to the right so instinct held the throttle for stability. Cranked the throttle and happened to be in a lower gear going to shift up. Front wheel went up. Wheel turned to the right with me holding. Front wheel landed on ground. And the glorious ride to the asphalt began.
The whole time I was thinking "Is this seriously happening to ME??" I was indignant all the way to the ground. Lol.
You just forget how much god damn power they have. You get so good at riding them you stop having any fear. 700CC is just simply too much. Let alone 1000. But I cant ever go back to slower than 700. And I'm sure the story will be the same at 1000. Lol.
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paradoxlost
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Not going to lie, that sounds like a beginner mistake. Never should have been on a bike that big. I'm sure the story with the 1000 will end slightly different
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Re: Buying a bike and riding it 300 Miles. [Re: paradoxlost]
#27527712 - 11/02/21 04:05 PM (2 years, 3 months ago) |
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Ooor I shouldnt be holding things tucked under my stomach. Lol.
Should have just let the package fall. It woulda been totally fine.
And shit happens.
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yea, exactly
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Tripsurfer
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Re: Buying a bike and riding it 300 Miles. [Re: paradoxlost]
#27527776 - 11/02/21 04:50 PM (2 years, 3 months ago) |
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Got a front spring upgrade a month ago
Way better handling. Got over-confident and almost killed myself within 15 minutes of leaving the shop 
Luckily only my ego took a beating. Twas a slow ride home after that
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Re: Buying a bike and riding it 300 Miles. [Re: paradoxlost]
#27527784 - 11/02/21 04:56 PM (2 years, 3 months ago) |
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In college I bought this piece of junk scooter to get around. I still have it actually, but I don't ever ride it. It's Geely, which is the same as Chery as I understand it, basically a Chinese state owned company. Anyways, I paid $250 for this thing, and it only had 400 miles on it. The thing is a total dog, 35mph downhill and at times it barely makes it up hills. The fun thing about it is that you have to ride that absolute shit out of it to keep up with traffic. So one day i'm riding the piss out of it through campus, there was construction in this part of campus and the trucks were tracking mud onto the road. I'm not paying too much attention, just trying not to be the slowest thing on the road. I whip through this right hander and lowside the thing on the mud, it happened right in front an Escalade that is coming at me head on. The Escalade takes evasive action and plows over a stop sign going three wheels onto the side walk to avoid me. Out of the Escalade gets three total babes. I stand up, and was pretty stunned if I am to be honest. Both my knees are bare through my pants, bleeding with road rash. The rest of me is okay. The girls are a mix of freaked out about me, part freaked out about the fact the driver just crashed her Escalade (probably dad's) and knocked down the stop sign. I explain that I am okay, pick the scooter up, and head off for a slice of pizza. By the time I got home my pants were glued to my legs with dried blood. I had to get in the shower with my pants on to wet the blood and get my pants off.
Long story short, even minor motorcycle crashes can suck dick. I crashed that scooter many more times, the tires are absolute dog shit bad. I was poor as dirt and couldn't afford anything better, looking back I would have been better off without that scooter, and I'm lucky I didn't end up dead on the thing. I rode it year around, rain, sleet, snow, it got me everywhere I needed to go. For some reason, girls loved it, so that was a plus.
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larry.fisherman
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Yeah that sounds like a mistake easily corrected for next time, that's what is important. I wanna say though, like the hp and torque specs are more important to talking bikes. Most people don't do that but it's like asking bro how much u lift and being like "I'm 6'2", 225lbs." It just doesn't convey the information people want it to, because modern biker culture is all about pp measuring. I think an mt07 is like 70-75hp iirc. That's a lot of ponies. I don't think a lot of people understand that a 1000cc bike isn't just faster it's designed for a track. They don't like going slow because they are geared to shift at high revs. Like those Lambo Aventadors are ballin but they are garbage to drive through town because it's hard to shift smooth rolling through traffic when your vehicle is designed for high rev gear changes. So the higher power your vehicle is you can assume they are less equipped as a transport vehicle than they are as something that's inherently dangerous in that environment. It's important to remember WHAT you are riding. No one needs more than a 700 and that basically means be careful
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Oldnameforgotten
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larry.fisherman said: Yeah that sounds like a mistake easily corrected for next time, that's what is important. I wanna say though, like the hp and torque specs are more important to talking bikes. Most people don't do that but it's like asking bro how much u lift and being like "I'm 6'2", 225lbs." It just doesn't convey the information people want it to, because modern biker culture is all about pp measuring. I think an mt07 is like 70-75hp iirc. That's a lot of ponies. I don't think a lot of people understand that a 1000cc bike isn't just faster it's designed for a track. They don't like going slow because they are geared to shift at high revs. Like those Lambo Aventadors are ballin but they are garbage to drive through town because it's hard to shift smooth rolling through traffic when your vehicle is designed for high rev gear changes. So the higher power your vehicle is you can assume they are less equipped as a transport vehicle than they are as something that's inherently dangerous in that environment. It's important to remember WHAT you are riding. No one needs more than a 700 and that basically means be careful 
Also the MT07 is particularly prone to front wheel up as well lol. Torque monster.
I do plan on going R1 though at some point. I'm going to wait until I'm bored on the MT07. Like I was on the MT03. If that day never comes I wont upgrade.
Though I've also been considering going the BMW route. Not sure. I'd like a windshield basically that works. Lol. Nakeds look cool in the parking lot but the wind is getting old.
I couldnt go fast enough on the MT03 to elevate my heartrate or ever lose control. Lol.
I'm pretty bored at home atm. I cant sleep with this damn shoulder. Every position I get into it bugs the crap out of me.
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Try sleeping standing up It requires an upright coffin. I saw it on riplies BELIEVE IT OR NOT
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theRealrollforever said: Try sleeping standing up It requires an upright coffin. I saw it on riplies BELIEVE IT OR NOT
Cone heads! Lol
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