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Main Area => General GS500 Discussion => Topic started by: deuce big on September 08, 2004, 09:33:40 PM

Title: laid her down...at least i got it over with.
Post by: deuce big on September 08, 2004, 09:33:40 PM
nothing too spectacular for my first time down but its taught me a lesson about looking through the turn.  i was fixated on a stormwater drainage channel with water in it as i was going over it making a left turn and before i knew it i was headed into the curb as i came out of the turn. scraped up the left side a bit but nothing too drastic.  had trouble starting her after i picked her up. can anybody tell me why that was? something messed up w/ the fuel mixture b/c the bike was on its side?  i've got to keep practicing looking where i'm turning and relying on my peripheral vision to see stuff on the ground.  

i feel kinda stupid but i'm proud of myself for getting right back on and taking the same corner again with no problems. practice practice practice
Title: laid her down...at least i got it over with.
Post by: yamahonkawazuki on September 08, 2004, 09:50:11 PM
least ya didnt get hurt, probably the trouble starting had to do with excess fuel getting into the system. had same prob when i dropped mine. sure just about everyone has/had :thumb:
Title: laid her down...at least i got it over with.
Post by: johncam4 on September 08, 2004, 10:08:51 PM
knock on wood....ive never dropped mine in my 6 moths of riding it. :kiss:
Title: laid her down...at least i got it over with.
Post by: Mat on September 08, 2004, 11:13:05 PM
Quote from: johncam4knock on wood....ive never dropped mine in my 6 moths of riding it. :kiss:


thats kinda funny i was thinking about mounting a block of wood on my bike for the bad thoughts that come into my head while riding
Title: laid her down...at least i got it over with.
Post by: manofthefield on September 09, 2004, 07:37:44 PM
I guess I should knock on wood too.  I've caught myself fixating every now and then, and a couple of times it nearly sent me off the road.  As you said, practice practice practice
Title: laid her down...at least i got it over with.
Post by: 96gs on September 09, 2004, 07:43:45 PM
I third that statement. I haven't dropped mine ever since I got (about a year ago.) But the GS is my second bike so my drops have been left with my first bike, I think maybe three drops total on that little bike. And I second the to much fuel statement.

edit: oops, knock on wood.