Re: [ST] SkyKing Frame Sliders work

["collett_mc" <collett_mc@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Remaining alive to have a hurt pride is a good thing (although it doesn't
feel like it).
Glad that it wasn't worse.  But at least you know what you would have like
to have done.  I've had friends who will do something like that and still
not correct their actions later....  (they're just asking for it)...

Mark

Proverbs 3:5,6

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- ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stephen McSpadden" <stephen.mcspadden@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 5:35 PM
Subject: Re: [ST] SkyKing Frame Sliders work


> At 09:59 09/09/03 -0700, you wrote:
>
> >Sorry to hear of your real world test, Steven, but I'm glad the results
> >were pretty positive. As I just installed a pair on my ST, I'm especially
> >glad to hear that they worked well for you. Could you provide any more
> >details on the accident itself? It sounds like your bike low-sided, slid,
> >and then nosed into a post.
>
> I'm somewhat embarrassed to say that I ran into the back of something.
> Another 9" - 12" of road and I would have stopped. I was going up the side
> of Loch Lomond (after the Tarbert junction - A82) and it's pretty tight
and
> twisty. I went round a bend to find myself looking at the back of an
> 18-wheeler which had stopped to allow a coach coming the other way some
> extra clearance. I just couldn't quite get the Sprint hauled up in time.
> The front wheel locked, I released, had another go and decided going down
> was better than hitting the back of the truck head on (would probably have
> bent the forks).
>
> I hit the tarmac on the left hand side and the bike slide about a foot
> before running into the back of the truck (hence the headlight damage and
> the plastic centre piece and the right hand upper cowl).
>
> I was going too fast for the traffic. Having said that, I've been up
> through there a little quicker in the past. I'll be taking my time along
> there in future.
>
> I screwed up, but no one got hurt.
>
> Main lesson: If you do advanced training, remember to use it at *all*
times
> ....
>
> - Spud the sheepish.
>
>
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