RE: [ST] Guess it was my turn... Repost

["STeve Duncan" <xhippy@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Rick, very glad to hear you and your friend Gabe are not much worse for the 
wear.  You know the mantra, "gear and parts can be replaced......."  Glad 
your gear did it's job  ATGATT !!!! baby.

So following your "pattern", I need to start worrying again in, oohhhh, soon 
  :-)  and then every other year.



eL Donut
jinete en la tormenta

STeve Duncan
'00-Sprint-ST







>From: "Rick & Joyce" <rnjwes@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: <ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: [ST] Guess it was my turn... Repost
>Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 12:06:31 -0800
>
>Last Saturday.  Three of are cruising out along Oregon's scenic Clackamas
>River on Forest Road 46 to check if the snow in the high country has melted
>enough to allow us to get through to Detroit Lake.  I'd been out there the
>previous Wednesday and turned around at about 25 miles where there was ice 
>&
>snow across the road.
>
>It's sunny, 45degF and the road is wet/dry so we're taking it easy, not
>running much faster than the cages, maybe 40 mph through the twisties.
>About 10 miles into the forest, we enter a 60 degree left sweeper.  It's 
>the
>sort of turn you wouldn't usually slow for if you were running 60ish. I'm
>perhaps 50 yards behind Gabe on his Speed Triple.   Anyway, as I begin to
>round the turn I see Gabe and his bike sliding off the edge of the road.
>Rolling off the throttle, I'm thinking WTF?!?  We really weren't riding 
>that
>fas...
>
>About this time the ST snaps over onto the left side and spits me off like 
>a
>watermelon seed.  We slide along the asphalt and end up about 2 yards from
>the S3.  I scramble back over to the bike, shut off the ignition and look 
>to
>see that Mark, who was behind me, has managed to slow enough to stay
>upright.  I run back up the shoulder to wave down a Duc 999 and a BMW
>cruiser that we'd just passed.  They stop, thanking us profusely and help 
>us
>pick up the bikes.  Checking out the road surface, we find it's a sheet of
>ice for about 25 yards.  We entertain ourselves by running and sliding on
>the road.
>
>Damage assessment:
>Gabe got off pretty easy.  He's pretty much unhurt.  His Sky King frame
>sliders did their job and he didn't slide into the river, though it was a
>near thing!  The only major damage was a broken rear foot peg hanger.
>
>I landed pretty hard on my left hip <note to self: get hip armor> but other
>than some soreness and a technicolor bruise there, I'm OK.  At first I was
>going to self-insure but the more I look at the damage, the more I think
>I'll call the insurance company.  The left side panel is cracked in three
>places, has scratches running in multiple directions and the "Sprint ST"
>graphic is partly rubbed off.  The mirror broke off and the corner of the
>nose fairing is ground down.  There are cracks and gouges in the belly pan
>and a minor scrape on the tail section.  The foot peg is twisted but 
>intact,
>the lever for operating the side stand is ground off and the ball broke off
>the bottom of the shift lever.  We manage to clamp the two pieces together
>with vice grips but it's good for about three shifts before it pops apart,
>so I ride home about 70 miles in third gear.
>
>Observations:
>- The shift linkage sure is fragile.  The good news is you can ride just
>about anywhere in 3rd.   Early 955i Speed Triple ('99 - 01?) direct 
>shifters
>bolt right on.
>- The ST's long peg feelers act as a lever which twists the foot peg,
>increasing crash damage.  They'll either be removed or shortened.
>- My Triumph Aspen riding suit did its job, while suffering a few scrapes
>and tears.  It may be totaled, but I'm not.  The armor it had worked.  
>Other
>than a very minor abrasion on my hip I've no road rash.
>- This is the first time I've fallen off a moving motorcycle since 1984 -
>before then it was 1963.  I guess I should be thankful, though I'm 
>beginning
>to see a disturbing pattern here...  I'll have to be particularly careful 
>in
>2026!
>- Any bets on whether the insurance company will want me to install the new
>parts?
>--Rick in Oregon
>   '01 Sprint ST
>Ride-able but Fugly
>
>
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