Re: another dropped bike

["Jeff Jenkins" <jeff.jenkins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Found more damage - right side bar end is missing, must have fallen off on
the ride home as I'm sure it was there when I left the rally.  Right side
front turnsignal lense fell off, checked the leftside and it's loose too,
appears to only be held on by a little glue.  Everyone should check their
front turnsignal lenses to make sure they are on properly as the short fall
my bike took shouldn't have effected the leftside lense, it must have been
loose to begin with.

Might as well check on getting a throttlemeister now.  :)

- ----- Original Message -----
From: Jeff Jenkins <jeff.jenkins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, October 03, 1999 5:48 PM
Subject: another dropped bike


> This weekend while at the Return to Shiloh rally at Pickwick Dam near
> Savannah, TN I dropped the bike.  (99 Sprint ST)
>
> Was helping some friends pack a truck and when it got dark I shone my
> headlights on the area so as to see better.  Never occurred to me that it
> would kill the battery so quickly, about 30-45 minutes.  When it was time
to
> leave the bike was too low batterywise to even turn over, much less start.
> Some friendly passersby tried to help push start me to no avail so I
started
> walking the bike over to an RV where I had been offered a jumpstart...
And
> I dropped the bike.  I don't know if I tripped over something or somebody
> else pushing got me off balance or what, it was about halfway over before
I
> realized what was happening so I just tried to ease it down as gently as
> possible, I've thrown my back out enough to know not to try and catch it
> once it's on it's way.
>
> Damage is minimal function wise, bent the handbrake lever a little but
> nothing that I'm concerned about.  Snapped the right side footpeg in half,
> that will have to be replaced.  Other than that it's all cosmetic -
vertical
> scrapes on the fairing upper and lowers and the right side bag is preety
> scarred up.   A couple pits on the seat cowl and mirror.  It tore the
right
> side pannier off the frame, the only damage being the metal on the latch
was
> bent out - I bent it back and it appears okay, locks fine and appears as
> sturdy as before.
>
> My first thoughts were to not worry about it, just touch up the scars and
> live with it.  On the ride back though I decided the bike is just too
> perfect, only a month and a half old, to have banged up like that - will
> check with the bodyshop next to the triumph dealer on getting it
refinished.
> If a set of bags is $750 I can only guess what the bodywork will be if I
end
> up replacing it.  OUCH!!!!
>
> In the end though I count my blessings, I've been getting reckless with my
> ridingstyle (i.e. SPEED) lately and this is just God's way of giving me a
> wakeup call to be more alert to what I'm doing.  I kept it under 110mph on
> the way back home....  :)
>
>
>
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