Well it was bound to happen and it did last night. I went down and down hard. OMFG did it hurt but im ok just sore as hell and separated my arm and my legs are tore up

 Well this is what happend I was out with a friend we were out on some side roads at about 12am having the time of my live I know the road very well the one we were on I was in the lead going in to a shape  90 i was going about 70 hung off the bike went in to the turn everything was great TILL :x this damn raccoon ran out in front of me. while trying to miss it I highsided I think i should of hit the damn thing and hoped for the best I was in some gear i had my jacket on (JOEROCKET) now its tore up but not my upper body. pants were blue jeans now they have holes in them my legs were bloody as hell  just rached. helmit worked gr8 need to get a new one!!!

I will be posting later on what i need for my bike to get it back up and running after i figure out whats all wrong and broke if anyone has parts they can part with!!


Chris
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watch for small critters they suck

I have stock handle bars and mirrors from my bike if you want them, and stock aitbox and filter but doubt you need those.

How did your jacket hold up and how fast did you go down? Seeing as I have the same jacket I'd like to know how well it protected you.

I just bought a new HJC CL-14 and like it a lot, lot lighter than my old helmet and the eyeport is fricken huge on it, feels like I have no helmet on almost. Paid $139.99 locally for it. Not bad since its $129.99 at helmet harbor. They had a bunch in stock if you want to look.

sup jason The jacket held up great its alittle rashed but it did its job. yes i do need handle bars how much you want for them maybe i can get them this weekend

let me know

Thanks chris

I dont need them you can have them for free, they are just taking up space in the garage. I'll be around here all weekend cause it looks like rain tommorow.

Raccoons are damned tasty when grilled slowly on an "at temp" GS motor!

Diurnal critters are bigger, but they tend to be smarter and stay out of the way  

Happy you're OK.

Glad your ok. I have been considering getting a joe rocket jacket. You have convinced me to do so. Take care of yourself and when you figure out what parts you need, I'll help you keep an eye out for them.

That sucks. Sorry to hear that. Thats why I don't ride after dark unless I have to.

 -Anti

glad your ok.  highsides suck.  my wreck was a highside.  luckily mine was only at about 25-30mph.

what model of JoeRocket jacket did you have?

Guys, I love your little site here and I have really taken a liking to these little bikes ... not sure you need some snotty-sounding 40-something to comment , but I am SERIOUSLY distressed at the amount of crashes that I see people on this board having.

NEWSFLASH: YOU SHOULD NOT EVER BE INVOLVED IN CRASHES IF YOU'RE USING YOUR HEAD.  I've ridden several hundred thousand miles over the past 2.5 decades (thankfully, not much of it on the GS!!!) and I have never had one accident.  I dropped a bike ONCE when I was a teenager, and that's it!   I mean good heavens the tried and tested rule of the road is to not change course for any animal other than a deer or a moose.  Your bike weighs probably 550 pounds with you on it; ten pounds of soft raccoon going 1 mph isn't going to affect your trajectory.  Just steer where you were going and if the 'coon is the worse for the wear, so be it.  Every single solitary motorcycle safety course -- which I urge, absolutely urge, you to take! -- stresses exactly this principle.

As they say, riding a motorcycle's not dangerous at all.  Crashing, however, -is-.

I know, you think I'm an old geezer who should mind his own business.  But I GIVE a shaZam! and this mindless crashing has to stop.  There ain't no percentage in it!  Besides, the GS is such a mild mannered bike with wonderful handling and razor-sharp brakes -- if you're crashing on this thing, forget about graduating to 'most any other bike because you really will have your life expectancy significantly shortened.

First of all glad to hear you and the bike weren't totalled chris. Damn coons! My first opinion on this matter was that this was simply bad luck, period. But cruisedaddy brings up a good point. It probably would've been a better idea to force your eyes up and tear over the sucker, but it's simple instinct to try and avoid the animal. Hell, i probably would've tried to swerve around it too, you just have to drill the points from MSF into your head. Sometimes motorcycles are totally counter-intuitive, but them's the breaks i guess.

Don't go crashing that R1 bro.  

anybody else crashed and I'm gonna have to come over there and wup your ass.

glad you made it okay. gotta ride within the distance of the headlights dude! Riding at night is more dangerous...all this talk of Joe Rocket jackets, I assume you had the mesh jacket on?

while the prev posters have points in not changing your line,    let me interject that the friction coefficiancy of rolly polly Fur baring critters of any size can and more then likly slap your now eyes as big as sausers, teeth gritting, Puckerd butt  down onto the deck in rude fashion faster then loose gravel or sand.   i have hit many a small critters on many bikes in leans and straight up. i have lowsided, high sided, gone baja and even crossed a bridge beam( riding a 12" wide rail for 60') becuase of them at best i was rinsing the blood and foulness off the bike and me, worse i had to shovel my friends bike into a pickup truck. its a flip of the coin, the out come is NOT predictable as so many would say, IF you are upright when you hit, IF you lean back and Blip the throttle, your chances of useing woodland creature as new speedbump are good, but thats it, its the odds of a possible outcome.  If your leaning, no matter what speed, the odds of you going down, increase.  get those Case savers/sliders, and wear your gear.

Quote from: cruisedaddyNEWSFLASH: YOU SHOULD NOT EVER BE INVOLVED IN CRASHES IF YOU'RE USING YOUR HEAD

I don't really think that's a fair statement.  Maybe in a perfect world, nobody would crash.  But people make mistakes, no matter if they're using their head or not.  So, to say you should NEVER be involved in a crash I think is unreasonable.  And besides little critters, and big critters, there's other drivers that can be equally/more unpredictable, uncontrollable and dangerous.

Quote from: cruisedaddyJust steer where you were going and if the 'coon is the worse for the wear, so be it.  Every single solitary motorcycle safety course -- which I urge, absolutely urge, you to take! -- stresses exactly this principle.

My MSF class made no mention of this.  Even if they did, I bet plenty of people have eaten shaZam! hitting a 10lb fur ball (and the 'coons I've seen are twice that size).

Of course, there is such thing as riding like a dumbass.  But if we were to always ride absolutely within our skill level riding would quite simply be less fun.  Part of the fun is riding a little harder.  Part of learning is making mistakes.

With experience, sure, you can reduce the risk of a crash, but there are just too many risk factors out there to absolutely guarantee safe riding.

We both have JR textile Atomic Jackets. Nice Jackets for hot or cold. I didnt like the phoenix it gets chilly here in the mornings and at night.

Oh did I mention I got in an accident also   , hey Pablo I live in MI if your riding I'll see you in a few days!  :nana:

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Oh did I mention I got in an accident also   , hey Pablo I live in MI if your riding I'll see you in a few days!  :nana:

check your 6's

cruisedaddy:

you are the exception to the rule.  that's great that you have been lucky enough to never have been in a crash.  but if you've been riding for that long, then it is just that... Luck.

you may be able to avoid most wrecks by being smart and practicing.  but statistics don't lie.  everyone crashes.  weather it is there fault or not, it happens.

"I know, you think I'm an old geezer who should mind his own business. But I GIVE a shaZam! and this mindless crashing has to stop."

nothing I do is mindless.  when you have your crash, I think you will say the same thing.

if when you ride you push your limits,  eventually you'll find them.

Just a thought, especially for new riders . . . don't define "fun" in someone else's terms.  High speed, high risk riding is the most exhilerating and the most dangerous.  Controlled speed, controlled risk riding can be the safest and the most satisfying.

ok people you all have made some good points I dident buy my bike to look at ,I got it to ride.......crashes happen and happen the the best riders,yet I know im not the best, But i fell I can hold my own. I dont like to ride in a straight line I like turns and high speed turns!! you got to have fun on your bike! If you go for a ride and dont have fun You dont need a motorcycle "get rid of it"

 I did'nt make this post to have people argue about whos right and whos wrong. I just wanted people to know what happend.
Were all like a family here, we help eachother out when we can and help you up when you go down!!!


life is a learning leason and im still learning!! how about you?!?!?!

Chris

I hear ya bro!

 -Anti