Well I finally got the bike out today, a little early, but its out. Took it for a short 10 min spin to my friend's house. On my way home it happened...  . cold tires + worn out tires + cold ground + sand in corner = lowside.
I was going maybe 10km/hr, leaned into a corner, maybe a little more than I should have considering the conditions, next thing I know my knee hits the ground and I'm watching my Baby G hit the ground and slide maybe 10 feet.  what a horrible thing to see. Luckily the damage is very very minor. went down on the left side, (when making a left hand turn) the crank case on that side got a nasty bit of rash on it, but nothing appears to be cracked or broken, (although it is dark, I'll have to check in the morning) (this happened not even 20 mins ago) the bars are a bit tweaked, but not to the point of hitting the tank, the brake lever is messed up, as well as the grip, and there is some minor paint damage to the tail plastics. That's all I noticed tonight, but I'll have to take a better look in the morning. After the crash, picked the thing up, waited a sec and it started right up! Man these things are durable!! As for myself, I'm fine, scrape on the knee (didn't even rip my pants) and a bruised hip, other than that I'm fine, bikes fine, all is good!

Hey man, you walked away. Thats always the most important. The bike can be replaced.

Thanks for the write -up.
Gettin' online just after kissin the ground would not be the first thing on my mind! Good that your okay.
The bit of rash on the crank case shouldn't be any problem - but like you said you are going to do...check for cracks. I have rashed engine covers on both sides ever since I got my bike - bought it used. The previous owner told me it had fallen over a couple of times.( ) kinda looked that way, as opposed to actually crashing. Bike are tough even the 600Extreme versions. (M Duhamel's 600rr flipping in the Daytona 200, then he gets back on that horse and rides it to a 5th place finish! - good on the bike and especially on him - landing on his head and all!)
The GS has a long history - 'takes a lickin' and keeps on tickin'. (geeze I think that was a timex watch commercial from some other decade - yeah I'm...older.)
Anyway, check her out and be careful.
Dandy

well it could be worse, I've got a big box of preformance parts sitting in my basment that I havn't put on yet. I coulda had them on and F***ed them all up 

sorry to hear that man...

unfortunately,

I low sided today too.

I was in the middle of an intersection slowly making a left turn (about 3mph) and I somehow lost traction and dumped the bike, and luckily I had put my case guards on two weeks ago.  I live up in Idaho now, and there's sand and salt all over the roads.  It was about 50 degrees today, but I suppose I should wait until the roads totally clear... no matter how long that takes.  I scraped up my left case guard real good, my tank, and my left grip (i never got around to putting bar ends on )
I scraped my knee through my jeans and hurt my pride.  It was pretty embarrassing..

glad you're alright.

Quote from: budget speed demon on March 16, 2006, 10:34:45 PM
cold tires = lowside.

this doesnt apply to you since there was sand and other stuff but god if I ever hear someone on this board actually use that as a reason for lowsiding I'm gonna smack them.

it should read:
poor throttle control=lowside.

^again I'm going with pablo.  If the tires on my TL are sticky enough to handle fair when cold, your's should be, too.

yeah, budget speed demon had other things to contend with and that wasnt directed at him...


but there are SO MANY guys that lowside (you know the ones-600cc sportbike as a first bike) that blame the cold tires....man we ALL ride on cold tires, every time we leave the garage...poor throttle control is what causes the low slide, not the cold tires....idiots. [/rant]

haha...but couldn't you really blame poor throttle control for everything?  Highsides....endos....loops....accellerating a bit quicker than your average car allowing some moron to assume you wouldn't be where he wants his cage...etc...

Nothing is really preventable by propper throttle control.

I agree with pablo.... I ride on the same cold tires, the same worn tires and the same shitty sand and salt covered roads.  I have been careful and havent had any problems.

Quote from: makenzie71 on March 17, 2006, 12:23:01 AM
haha...but couldn't you really blame poor throttle control for everything?

no. but you can blame poor throttle control for most things involving the rear wheel spinning up...the rest you can chalk up to poor judgement. equipment is rarely the actual cause.

Isn't "throttle control" determined by "judgement"?  I think you took my question a little too literally...it's all essentially judgement and foresight.

Quote from: makenzie71 on March 17, 2006, 12:49:12 AM
Isn't "throttle control" determined by "judgement"?  I think you took my question a little too literally...it's all essentially judgement and foresight.

and maybe a little bit of experience?

Propper judgement and foresight are derived from experience and education.

throttle control is skill, mostly lost on newbie's with sportbikes.

and so what is anybody on a gs's excuse?

its most apparent with guys on "my first bike is a new" sportbikes...but not exclusive to them.

ok cause i was gonna laugh real hard if u considered the gs a "sportsbike"

stop following me back and forth between these threads!

LOL...

Quote from: pantablo on March 17, 2006, 01:03:33 AM
stop following me back and forth between these threads!

LOL...

Why it's kinda fun like tag!!!