...since high-siding the ninja 250...broken, tonight.  Stopped at a farmhouse to reposition my gear and luggage.  The place is on a hill so I ride up and turn about so I can be aimed out.  Coming to a stop the front washed out...stupid mistake; on a slope, dewy grass, everything's crazy front-heavy = i should have stayed far from the front rotor.  i wasn't moving fast...15 mph or so.  Bike bucked me off and with my left palm down, which levered me up a bit and I came back down on my right shoulder and head.  I hit really hard.  put a big ol scuff on my jacket, but hey that's character for the jacket, and my helmet's got some chunks missing from the finnish.  Gloves are ruined...coarse gravel.  a stone punched right through the left one and took a chunk out of my hand.  Some other stones got in there, too...i'll be picking gravel out of my hand for a few days.  My right knee came down, too.  I basically kneed the ground when I hit...the meat on top of the knee-cap is bludgeoned, split and bruise and my whole knee is already swelled up.  tomorrow's going to be lovely...

The bars hit pretty good and that tweaked the fork alignment.  outside of that she didn't suffer a bit.  I thought I'd broke her because I after i picked her up she just cranked and cranked but then I realized the kill switch was set to kill somehow.  Turned it on and vroom like nothing happened.

Quote from: makenzie71 on June 13, 2007, 01:52:04 AMThe place is on a hill so I ride up and turn about so I can be aimed out.  Coming to a stop the front washed out...stupid mistake; on a slope, dewy grass, everything's crazy front-heavy = i should have stayed far from the front rotor.

Mak, sorry to hear about this.  That sucks.  I'm glad you are mostly OK -- it could have been worse for you and the bike.

However, I don't think the problem was that you should have stayed off the front rotor (that's where all the weight was), but that there was little traction to be had at all (dew, gravel, whatever).  The back brake would have simply locked up with little or no weight on it, and possibly stepped the rear wheel out.  End result would probably have been the same or worse.

I just don't want someone to read this and then use their rear brake heavily when heading downhill.  Been there, almost didn't stay on....

Glad your okay, Mine was a 14yr streak....glad your gear did it's job.

From the description of your knee sounds like you were wearing jeans, it aint fun and it sucks in the heat but just one more reason to wear leathers with knee armor.

my knees would have still been bruised the shaZam! had I been wearing my armor...the pucks positioned too low.  Both my knees hit the ground above where the armor was.  i tweaked my left one worse than I thought...it's all swollen now...

you had gear and luggage on the bike?  thats what did me in about a month ago, was going camping and was riding out a trail with a pretty good load on the back when I lost the front decending a hill.  mine hurt too, but the dirt trail was pretty forgiving on my skin.

Sorry Mak, but glad you're alright. Good thing you had the helmet on, huh?

always good to have the helmet

Hope you feel better.

i feel your pain...literally 

indeed mak, been there

the chunk missing out of my palm is almost closed up.  my right knee is still bruised all to shaZam! but oh well.  I can walk with only a slight limp now.

I need to look for a new helmet, though...I smacked this one really good.  For such a minor ordeal I'd probably have ended up in the hospital had i not been geared up.  i went back and looked where my front locked up and where i ended up:  I can see where i landed the first time and racked my knees and my palm, and then the rock i caught my head on a few feet after...it was about 10" out from the wash and about 7' down.  Oh well.

Now, though, i get to find some MX bars for the bike.  Also installing a GL1000 front end this week...with that badass polished spoker.  i gotta wait for my GL1200 swingarm and final drive to come in before doing the back, though.

Which brings me to...anyone have a GL1200 final drive and swingarm they can sell me?