busted up

[Lucky]

Kia just fed his to the Dragon!

[raub]

Kevin,

sorry to hear what happened.  The two times I had the closest ecounters were

• I was comming from Cedar Keys with my gf of the time on the back.  As we got back in town, a Cadillac in the other side of the street decided to turn right there and cut through 6 lanes of traffic.  I am still amazed I did not slid because I did grab the brake lever like my life depended on it (weird pun if you ask me).
• I was at 34th st, another 6 lane road, on the leftmost lane when a girl who was on the middle lane decided to go to my lane while yapping on the phone.  I did not know what to do and kicked the door of her red Honda Accord.  She paniced and threw her now dented (not a big dent though) car to the rightmost lane, making everyone behind her slam their brakes.

Now, I do have a rather selfish question: if (and only if) your r100s is indeed deceased beyond repair, would be a chance of me getting its throttle bodies and injectors?  I want to convery my Vision to FI...

[squid]

dropping your bike sucks no matter what,,,but its more embarrasing when lots of people see it, I remember when I first got the Vision all back together and running after I bought it, I was at the shop, did the safety in the morning and was waiting for my licencing to come back to the shop with my new plate, so it came in, all excited i bolted it on, and thought I should check the tire pressures before I leave for the day, pull up to the shop, fire out the kickstand (didnt notice that it flipped back up) and hopped off,,that was the day I found out how top heavy the V is, and all my co-workers never let me live it down,,but I was lucky, cause it only broke the end off the clutch lever lol ;D

[silicon_toad2000]

sorry if you heard this one before.
the first time my V had an encounter with the ground, the fall was softened by me. I was changing the oil and giving the sumpplug a bit of a beating when I noticed (while I was laying next to the bike) that the side stand was starting to trail, rather than lead. I realised what that meant just as the bike started to topple.
It kinda gave me a hug, handlebars one side of my head, forks on the other.

[louthepou]

My Vision(s) and me never quite made it to the ground, but I did "kiss" two other motorists on seperate occasions.

A few years back, going to work, rush hour, downtown Ottawa. Going down a one way, left lane; approaching a huge white Chrysler 88, she's roughly at 1 o'clock. I see the car slowing down a bit, no signal, no blind spot check; the driver turns in front of me to turn left. I can't climb on the sidewalk, or slow down enough to swerve behind the car, contact seems inevitable. I jam the rear brake so I can make the rear slide rightward, becoming paralel to the car (gotta save the forks - and possibly not fly over!). I bump the car's rear door, hard enough to make a cavernous dent in it With my foot / footpeg / engine. The foot hurt, nut all else was ok! Plus, the car had expensive damage. Yahoo!

Second time, probably some two years later. Coming back from work this time, downtown Ottawa again. Driving through a green light, one way, two lanes street, with average speed. Up ahead, a car starts pulling out of an intersection. I have priority - no stop sign. The car had a stop sign, started pulling off while looking at the oncoming trafic - the other way (one way street - so of course no one coming from that direction). Car makes it to the middle of the intersection, THEN looks in the oncoming trafic direction. The driver slams on the break, kind of a reflex upon realizing that a few vehicles are heading right on her / him.

Meanwhile, in my small adrenaline filled brain, I'm looking at three choices: 1. Brace for impact, but try to stop before I hit the car (rejected, I only have a 82 Vision with single disk, no chance in hell I'll stop short of the car). 2. Countersteer to the right, try to avoid the impact; that would mean passing in front of the car (rejected, the driver might hit the gas to avoid the impact and crush me instead). 3. Countersteer to the left, trying to clear the read of the car. It will be tight, but that ends up being the only (or best) choice. So, I did countersteer, and almost made it - only my right foot didn't clear the car, and when my construction boot hit the old Honda Civic's rear bumper, it was torn off. I stop, realize my foot will likely inflate to twice its size (but it is still in my boot and attached to my leg, bones intact). The driver comes out, first thing said: "you broke my bumper!". I try to forget the spontaneous thoughts of dismemberments with rusted garden tools, manage to say "aren't you at the very least glad I'm not dead?"

OK, gotta fix breakfast to the kids... ride safely!

Lou

[Jimmy C.]

It's always nice to punish a motorist when they do you a little wrong while they're being ignorant. But if they are a rageous type, they could kill you if they wanted, by mowing you down. If you're going to kick or punch a motorist's vehicle, just be careful.
Some people don't like to admit that they're wrong.

Of course you could always throw a fake grenade into someone's car (a personal favorite. Thank you, Army surplus store) That usually stops 'em.
Or you can reach inside, and GRAB the cell phone from them.
Why stop there? you could carry a motorcycle chain or a shaft from a parts Vision on your person and deliver sentiments as you see fit. Or a handlebar-mounted crossbow. Or mini-rocket launchers in the fairing.
or..

[Lucky]

Or mini-rocket launchers in the fairing.
or..

Gives a whole new meaning to switching the vent from cold to HOT!, lol

[silicon_toad2000]

i had a fellow biker hit the back of my cage once. The look on his face when he realised what was going to happen was priceless poor fellow.
He was looking somewhere, I think it was in his mirrors at some clown tailgating him and the stupid %^&* in front of me had to trun right (remeber we drive on the left here) and pulled half into the turn lane but half in my lane. I had to stop hard (the brakes on my little datsun are from a datsun twice the size so it pulls up as quick as most new cars). I slammed on the brakes and then checked the rear mirror and saw the biker looking in his mirrors and then look up with the universal oh shit look on his face.
He collected my bumper with his foot and peg got a bit wobbly and then pulled over. I crossed two lanes of traffic to stop and see if he was ok, i must have been the only other biker there coz noone lese stopped and most were reluctant to let me across to see if he was ok.
first thing he asked was if my bumper was allright, I said fuck the bumper mate, hows your foot? I was just about to help him into my car to take him to hospital when he started getting feeling back in his foot. I just can't beleive noone else stopped.

[MotorPlow]

Finally went to look at my bike...  It could have been worse I guess: http://ridersofvision.net/forum/index.php?topic=3703.0

[h2olawyer]

Motorplow -

Glad it wasn't worse.  Could have gotten the lever, grip, clutch perch, more vital parts of the fairing, etc.

Having just completed the steering bearings myself, I can say you'll love the change & wonder why you didn't do it sooner - even if it didn't "need" it.  My headshake is totally gone!  Just had 200 miles of twisties in one day to check it out.  No shakes on accel, decel, turns or straight cruising between 0 & 75+ MPH.  One handed or no handed riding included.

H2O

[Rick G]

Back in the 60's  a regular customer  failed to show up for an appointment , we called and found he was in hospital .  Several weeks later he managed to  get to the shop , to explane.  A car , driven by an intoxicated woman  had (you guessed it!) turned left in front of him.  He hit her car , and during his flight over the gas tank , which had the parcel grid  found on all Triumphs back then.  As he was lifting off for his  non-otherized flight  he managed to snag  a tender part ofhis under carrage on the parcel grid. 
He was laying on the ground , observing the jagged hole torn  in his scrotem, when the woman approched and started to  berate him .  At that point he did the only thing possable (as far as I'm concerned)  he drug him self upright and  and proceded to pound the hell out of the woman driver .

The accident report  stated that the womans face was injured  during the accident ! No referance as to  exactly how it got that way!

I wonder if modern  technoligy  cound develop  a ejection seat  similat to the one used in military aircraft , only with a sensor  that would enable the system  in the early micro seconds of a crash . One can only hope!

[h2olawyer]

Honda's probably working on it now - they are introducing an air bag on the Gold Wing for 2006.  More like a car every year.  Price included . . ..  ::) 

H2O

[redxz550inoz]

first time I dropped my girl was the very first time I rode her. I'd been riding around for an hour or so, getting the feel of her, then when I pulled up onto the grass at my (then boyfriend) hubbys flats, I put my foot down but somehow forgot I was on the yammy, not the little gpx250 and down she went. She got past the balance point before I realized what I'd done so all I could do was set her down gently. No harm done to her but I had an audience so my ego got a tad bruised  :D. Growled at the laughing onlookers and had a couple of em help me lift her. Don't need help anymore tho. Found that out when I slipped on the grass down at my horses paddock and, again, down she went, ever so gently. Big heave, using the legs and up she came.

[gbranche]

I wonder if modern? technoligy? cound develop? a ejection seat? similat to the one used in military aircraft , only with a sensor? that would enable the system? in the early micro seconds of a crash . One can only hope!

I work with modern technology every day. If I bought a bike with such a system, it would be the first thing I'd disable. I don't think I'd trust it not to fire prematurely over the first speed bump...

Even the ejection seats on military aircraft are manually operated.

Greg

[h2olawyer]

Not only that, but how much weight would it add?

H2O

[Mutt]

Yea, it would be my luck it would go off while I'm sitting on it in the garage.  :-[

Mutt

[silicon_toad2000]

would make an interesting anti theft device...
along with some bum recognition software...
if its not your bum, it ejects the rider off the seat.
Would make for interesting times at the service department...

[Lucky]

[Even the ejection seats on military aircraft are manually operated.

Greg

So if I saw an incomming Lincoln SUV & collision was unavoidable, then I could pull the lever & fly over him? that would be cool, but it still wouldn't get him off the phone!!

[Jimmy C.]

I wouldn't trust an automated system like that. Even aibags creep me out. My girlfriend accidentally bumped the front bumper of a car that was parked in front of her, and blew the airbag as well as a turkey sandwich into her face. It was less than 5 Mph, and I don't know what kind of impact speed those are supposed to blow at.
Now an ejection seat? would probably pancake my face while I tried to change the fuses on the bike. I just wouldn't trust it.

I'd rather punch out like Maverick or Iceman.

...Not like Goose.