Dropped My Baby Blue Today.

[moby one]

OH MY GOD,

I dropped my baby in the grass on the Right Side today. Of course the Engine bolt made a small dimple in the fairing and the right bag now has a dime size white spot on it from a rock in the grass. I pulled into my neighbors driveway today, which is deep gravel, and stopped next to the concrete slab up by his garage. For some reason I did not like the spot so I pulled in the clutch to back it up a few feet. The front tire cought on the side of the concrete and started a major starbord list. My right paw went down into a hole and over she went. OK, insult to injury: Right foot went into a big pile of dog shit. Then the left foot followed when trying to right the poor scoot. Now the coup de gras (sic) my helmet which fell to the ground also found the remaining pile of dog doo.

1. RG sliders are on order.

2. find resource for some GBlue touch up paint

3. Try to avoid being called (dog) shit head from my HD neighbors.

4. Get the smell of dog crap out of my helmet.

I am soooo depressed. Maybe I'll make it worse by having a beer and looking at it in the garage.

Later-

mo

 

[lomaxcm]

Hey Dog Shit Head Sorry to hear about the drop but look on the bright side. You have it out of the way now so it will never happen again. B) Gee I have never come to a stop and tried to put my foot down in a hole and done a tip over. Happens to the best of em.

Ride Safe.

Marc

 

[ock913]

Aside from the damage, don't worry about it. It happens to us all at some point ................................ well, maybe not with the dog poo......... in your helmet ........ now thats just nasty.

 

[RickL]

It could be worse...you could have...umm...er...never mind. :dribble:

 

[radman]

Yo, dog shit, I can help out with the paint. Toyota Stellar Blue(IIRC) from the late 90's, used on many Toys is a close match. Tommorrow I will post here a link I have at work for the exact match, probably best for touch up.

 

[FatNakedGuy]

I chuckle when I read these posts cause I know my day is coming too.. ack!

Sorry about the drop bro.

 

[Toecutter]

Bummer, dude. Sorry to hear about the mishap. I hope to get sliders on before I drop mine... :agent:

 

[FJRocha]

Hey dawg, shit happens. Sorry about your dropping

I did a 0mph slow-motion drop on the left side once. I was going up a twisty mountain when I saw the sun comming up and decided that I had to take a picture. I stoped on the first clearing I saw (which was full of gravel) to take the darn picture. The bike came to a complete stop while in neutral, I put my left foot down and slipped on the gravel, I knew the bike was comming down and tried to prevent it the best way I could, but it was unavoidable, Pandora reached the ground at very slow motion, and as soon as I regained my balance, I picked her up. To my surprise, there was only one minute scratch in the bottom of the crank case and another in the bottom of the left bag, and a huge sink hole in my heart.

Needles to say, I was pissed off for the drop, but releaved that the scratches were not noticable.

 

[BlueWing]

Oopps! My regrets on your episode. If memory serves correctly; Toyota Stellar Blue Pearl 8L7, TYO1612 from their 1998 models is the matching touch up color.

 

[Warchild]

Bummer about the bike, but occasionally, Shit Happens.

Mo.... you should change your forum name to "Dog Shit", and wear it with PRIDE!

Here, let me hook you up with a cool avatar.... how 'bout a NOS dog laying a serious turd:

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.[SIZE=8pt]just trying to help ya feel better, 'bro... is it working? B) [/SIZE]

 

[Just Plain Dave]

Be thankful your head was no longer inserted in your helmet when it hit the puppy pudding. :bad:

 

[Coyote]

You could always soft peddle the new name with a German translation - ScheißeKopf. Pronounced shy-sa-cowf. Sounds more important than shithead.

Dropped my FJR while standing still on a gravel turnout also. I now suffer from gravel-phobia.

Bought Moko sliders after the fact.... they look really cool sitting on my work bench. I must be waiting for the second drop before installing them.

 

[OhioFJR1300]

Sorry for your mishap. It happens to all of us. But before I drop mine....... What is the best protection for it and where do I get them? Thanks, Rick m

 

[Woodstock]

Sorry for your mishap. It happens to all of us. But before I drop mine....... What is the best protection for it and where do I get them? Thanks, Rick m

Best protection is to pay a neighborhood kid to pick up after the dog.

Oh, you mean for the FJR. R&G's or Moko frame sliders. Not togs.

 

[BobbyBlue]

Look at the brightside Mo, yer neighbor coulda been raising cows.

And thanks for sharing, it takes a big heart to be as self defficating, I mean depricating as that. B)

Bobby

 

[FJRSTAR]

Been there done that...the FJR fell in the grass on its right side on the side of a paved highway that slanted into a ditch. Had stopped to get a bug crawling around in my mesh jacket. Fucking bug!

Tried numerous times to upright it where it fell but could not because the highway surface was about three inches higher. The FJR is one heavy mofo! Had to drag the new '05 down the slope and point the wheel up towards the road to get it upright. Spun out finally up out of the muddy ditch. Not one motorcyclists out of four stopped to help and one female motorists out of ten or so stopped. Did not even ask for her help, she was on the cell phone when she stopped. So I finally uprighted the FJR and made it home safely pissed at the world, but we all know it was all my fault. Ruined the right side lower fairing due to the dimple effect that occurs from the engine bolt. I have since then installed the Mokos and have purchased a new right side lower fairing. The right side turn signal was also broken as it was mashed inward. The new fairing came with a new turn signal. The right side bag will have to live as is, all scratched up and shit.

Been riding and enjoying the shit out of this Galaxy Blue speed demon.

Life is good living in the world of the F...J...R.

 

[Coyote]

Here is a picture of the Moto sliders installed. Very nice and easy to install, but the manufacturers includes a bunch of unecessary parts. But I'm not really sure how they protect the fairing.

Not cheap.

 

[HIGHLANDER]

Dog shite protectors... I like 'em!!

 

[FJRocha]

:rolf: :rolf: :rolf:

Ok Coyote! I'm still rolling on the floor, that is just hilarious!!!