Fun times on cold tires and pavement.

[killerkeith]

Enjoy my misfortune and misery, because less face it...this **** is funny when it isn't you. Ride extra careful on cold tires and cold pavement kids.



Now, time to get drunk!

[redridernl]

That sucks. I didn't see you grab a big handful of throttle...

[infernobuster]

That sucks dude.

[ZX600]

ah that sucks dude, at least you are ok

...waiting on the MotoGP analysts and their expert opinion on what went wrong

[EngineerJoe]

Glad you're ok. I didn't laugh, because I can imagine how much that sucks.

[smergy]

good to hear your alright and wearing gear. Little bit of fiberglass and some spray paint goes a long ways. She wont be as pretty, but thats why the CBR is a nice BBQ black, got a bit ambitious sliding the backend around at the track one day.

If you are looking for pro paint, portugal auto body in breslau does a good job at a reasonable price.

[killerkeith]

good to hear your alright and wearing gear. Little bit of fiberglass and some spray paint goes a long ways. She wont be as pretty, but thats why the CBR is a nice BBQ black, got a bit ambitious sliding the backend around at the track one day.

If you are looking for pro paint, portugal auto body in breslau does a good job at a reasonable price.

Thanks for the tip. I'll look them up. The plastics are fixable and can get repainted later down the line.

[Kuro]

heart sank when i saw this. reminds me of my spill.
glad you're ok.

[CBR1000RRMATT]

heart sank when i saw this. reminds me of my spill.
glad you're ok.

Mine too... :'( I haven't even taken my bike past 3rd gear... don't want to experience that.

Good thing your ok.

[matt123]

Thats the shity part of the sport.I hate seeing that happen but sooner or later we all go down.You took it well I usually have a seizure within seconds of seeing the damage

[LannyNguyen]

LOL man, few seconds and boom.
Glad you're okay and nothing serious on the bike.
Mirrors made me laugh cause they both went in.

[boooya]

Gonna have here up an running for Penn weekend Keith?
As Gap in May
What side mirror do you need, Luc has an extra one from his misfortune lol.
Glad your ok bro .

[killerkeith]

Gonna have here up an running for Penn weekend Keith?
As Gap in May
What side mirror do you need, Luc has an extra one from his misfortune lol.
Glad your ok bro .

Penn is doubtful at this point. I ordered the parts from Kawi, but I ordered the levers from China. Kawi says a week or two but there's no telling when the levers might be in. I wouldn't ride her without a new clutch lever anyway. I think Luc's mirror is a fairing mount and mine is a handle bar mount. Don't worry, it's all sorted. I'll post the "fix" pics when she's back up and running.

[Baggsy]

That looks like that stinkin' paint that you have to do twice to get the colour right.

[omnivore]

Just get some generic cheap levers for now..or used one from Zdeno...who cares if they're nice, as long as they're whole.

[killerkeith]

Just get some generic cheap levers for now..or used one from Adeno...who cares if they're nice, as long as they're whole.

Also missing the left footpeg. Not impossible to ride, just really hard.

[killerkeith]

Thanks everyone for your support. I did a walk around the next day and came to the conclusion that a combination of two things happened.
1. Too much right hand action for the cold temps.
2. As the back end was beginning to swing out, my back tire ran over one of these manhole covers which at 32F might as well have been a patch of ice, leaving no chance to recover the slide.
That's all I can think of. Oh well, parts are on order and I live to ride another day.

[PLau]

Thanks everyone for your support. I did a walk around the next day and came to the conclusion that a combination of two things happened.
1. Too much right hand action for the cold temps.
2. As the back end was beginning to swing out, my back tire ran over one of these manhole covers which at 32F might as well have been a patch of ice, leaving no chance to recover the slide.
That's all I can think of. Oh well, parts are on order and I live to ride another day.

Sucks especially happening on a new bike.
Those I learned to avoid manhole covers like the plague as I almost went down 2 weeks ago in the middle of a turn when I hit a manhole when it and the roads were wet(I think it was also below 5 degrees celcius) . Probably would've went down if it was anything other than a 125.

[Orangepeel]

That was not easy to watch . I winced each time it spun and sparked. It seemed to slide forever .

Glad to see you didn't get hurt!

[whetaus-tr]

It seemed to slide forever .

Exactly what I thought....