teerex51
The Italian Scallion
I've recently bought a wrecked FJR from a riding buddy who kinda stopped a semi with it.
He was riding at about 45-50 MPH down a 2-lane when this semi (coming at him from the opposite direction) stopped and hung a left to enter a side road, thereby invading the FJR's lane and effectively blocking the whole road. Our FJR bro recalls braking hard (ABS kept him straight and level) and waking up in the hospital with a broken right arm and brain lesions (not too serious, thank goodness).
The trucker claims, surprisingly
. never to've seen him. Yeah, right.
So this is what happens when our bike hits a semi's cabin.
The pilot first wrecked the gas tank with his ****** :bigeyes: , then slammed into the cabin and busted an otherwise pristine Shoei helmet, then lay unconscious on the pavement until the paramedics came. Fade to black.
Removing the mangled and tangled front end is an interesting job. All the supporting structures hidden by the front fairing have been crushed by the impact and some of them have pinched and torn the wiring and the connectors. Aluminum can cut like a knife when twisted..
Fork legs are bent, the front wheel is busted, rim bent, axle banana-shaped, rotors warped..even the tire is FUBAR. Exhaust manifold is squashed flat.
Thankfully, most of the damage stops here. Mmmh...how's that steering head looking?
Dang, the cast aluminum frame is crumbled where the steel stem has impacted it.
If you flip the frame over (better detach it from the engine first... ) you'll see the
full extent of the damage.
This bike is a thing of beauty, the way its technical complexity neatly fits inside the
frame. Here you can clearly see the throttle bodies once the fuel tank and airbox have been lifted.
And finally, a few beers later, the engine (intact) has forever parted company with
the frame.
This bike was just a few months old when the accident happened. Its motor and transmission will come in handy when my 2003 Feejer starts aging...
Stef
He was riding at about 45-50 MPH down a 2-lane when this semi (coming at him from the opposite direction) stopped and hung a left to enter a side road, thereby invading the FJR's lane and effectively blocking the whole road. Our FJR bro recalls braking hard (ABS kept him straight and level) and waking up in the hospital with a broken right arm and brain lesions (not too serious, thank goodness).
The trucker claims, surprisingly
. never to've seen him. Yeah, right.So this is what happens when our bike hits a semi's cabin.
The pilot first wrecked the gas tank with his ****** :bigeyes: , then slammed into the cabin and busted an otherwise pristine Shoei helmet, then lay unconscious on the pavement until the paramedics came. Fade to black.
Removing the mangled and tangled front end is an interesting job. All the supporting structures hidden by the front fairing have been crushed by the impact and some of them have pinched and torn the wiring and the connectors. Aluminum can cut like a knife when twisted..
Fork legs are bent, the front wheel is busted, rim bent, axle banana-shaped, rotors warped..even the tire is FUBAR. Exhaust manifold is squashed flat.
Thankfully, most of the damage stops here. Mmmh...how's that steering head looking?
Dang, the cast aluminum frame is crumbled where the steel stem has impacted it.
If you flip the frame over (better detach it from the engine first...
) you'll see thefull extent of the damage.
This bike is a thing of beauty, the way its technical complexity neatly fits inside the
frame. Here you can clearly see the throttle bodies once the fuel tank and airbox have been lifted.
And finally, a few beers later, the engine (intact) has forever parted company with
the frame.
This bike was just a few months old when the accident happened. Its motor and transmission will come in handy when my 2003 Feejer starts aging...
Stef
