Little mishap on the way home

[user 10225]

The bags weren't on, thank God.

I didn't take pics of the jacket, because I didn't find any appreciable skid marks, shreds, or damage. No damage at all to the helmet.

Yes, sliders would have saved the fairing and the starter cover.

 

[madmike2]

Yes, sliders would have saved the fairing and the starter cover.

Sliders might have saved the fairing.....nothing will save the alternator cover. That's why many of us have gone to the carbon-fiber covers.

 

[wfooshee]

Yes, sliders would have saved the fairing and the starter cover.

Sliders might have saved the fairing.....nothing will save the alternator cover. That's why many of us have gone to the carbon-fiber covers.

But it would have only been a bit at the bottom, If my 2 experiences are worth anything data-wise. . . .

 

[weekend rider]

You may want to consider this when buying tires for your bike.

The FJR1300i s a performance bike, so why would you buy a tire that is not a performance tire?

I consider the ME880 a straight line tire and not a performance tire. I have had them on my fjr and did not like them

 

[madmike2]

Yes, sliders would have saved the fairing and the starter cover.

Sliders might have saved the fairing.....nothing will save the alternator cover. That's why many of us have gone to the carbon-fiber covers.

But it would have only been a bit at the bottom, If my 2 experiences are worth anything data-wise. . . .

Concur. Point taken and I have the same experience.

I was of the opinion the believed he'd have come out of the low-side with NO damage to the cover. The alternator cover is "hanging in the wind".

 

[user 10225]

Concur. Point taken and I have the same experience.
I was of the opinion the believed he'd have come out of the low-side with NO damage to the cover. The alternator cover is "hanging in the wind".

Roger. I didn't mean the cover would get zero damage, just that I might not have done enough damage to demand replacement.

Weekend Rider... I think you about covered it. Duly noted, and lesson learned.

 

[mcatrophy]

...This evening, on my way home - on a left-hand turn that I've taken a thousand times - I laid her down at about 30mph.

Damage is not so bad, all things considered.

...

Sounds a bit like my off, similar damage. But in my case the tyre was well run in (about 3k miles, with plenty left). I've put it down to too much right wrist on cold tyres. And no, I wasn't touching the peg.

Cost me lots of plastic (I think there's a pun in there somewhere), did the repairs myself, replacing the alternator cover described briefly here.

Since then I've done a nice tour in Scotland, and it all becomes worth while again.

 

[double_entendre]

Ya mean they just give out them stickers to anybody?

No, you have to, uh, crash....

Yeah! You get them the old fashioned way...you have to EARN them.

AND, they don't "give them away"........you go here and select one to add to your signature line.

Do I have to admit what I did that was, in retrospect, spectacularly stupid in the forum or can I just put the crash club image in my sig? :dribble:

Rancho

 

[fattymoon]

Sorry about your crash!

I guess I'm a conservative rider except when it comes to straight line velocity. Of all the bikes I've owned - a 650 TRriumph, 550 Honda, Harley, Fatboy, Honda Interceptor, and now my FJR - I scraped the pegs but one time - on the Harley. Without meaning too, I might add. In fact, at first, I didn't know what the hell was happening. A second later I did, and I started grinning like a madman. My first peg scraping!

There's this long stretch of desert highway between Las Cruces and Alamagordo... I took my Interceptor up to 150 mph one Sunday, just to see what she'd do. Yesterday I took the FJR out there, raised the (larger) windshield to the highest position, and took her to 130 mph. Purely an academic exercise... making sure the bike was rock steady.

I really do need to get out and scruff up my sidewalls a bit more.

 

[jjsC6]

I agree with one of the posts above that if you are the type of rider who scrapes pegs, then you really need to be looking at performance tires.

I now have about 27,000 miles on my FJR. It's been to the Rockies and the Smokeys twice (with five trips on the Dragon). I have never scraped my pegs. I know what ya'll are thinking, but let me assure you that I ride the twisties very hard. I roadraced motorcycles 25 years ago and finished in the top three in the country in three classes in the AMA national amateur points standings. And I'd venture to say that not many people take turns faster than I do. I think that anyone who is scraping pegs on a regular basis on a FJR is going to go down sooner or later (if not already). You've left no margin of error. Also, I have Avon Storms and even though I've never scraped the pegs, my tires have zero chicken strips. That means that even without scraping pegs, I'm using all of the tire already.

Given this, and the fact that the ME880s are a pure touring tire, I think that is what led to you going down. I'm glad it was not worse and hope all goes well in your trip to Canada.

 

[Kevin Daly]

Glad to hear your gear worked... you walked away, and the bike only took cosmetic damage.
Just for grins... you might go back to the intersection and see if there's any sign of oil, sand, gravel, or a painted stripe you might have lost traction on, or something else that might have started it... seems odd that on a normal paved road only going 30 MPH that you would have lost the back end. Any idea what the tire pressure was?

What Groo said was exactly what I was thinking. I almost never touch pegs in the vicinity of an intersection. They are full of sand and the muck that is leaking out of people's cars.

Also...I recently replaced the tires on my FJR. At about 150 miles, I was feeling pretty confident on them and gassed it coming out of a large parking lot. The rear slid out a little, and I didn't think I had given it enough that it should have. The next day, I took the bike to our local canyon and rode the **** out of it. Scrubbed the tires in real good, all they way out to the edges. I haven't had a repeat of that rear slide. As Dcarver said, I think the days of release agents is over, but new rubber doesn't seem to stick as well as rubber that is a little worn in. Maybe a combination of things just hosed you. Sorry for your get-off, but glad your ok...

In agreement with Zilla and Groo, i would only add.... WTF are you doing riding like that in an intersection? this is where you are bound to find freshly spilled sand,gravel, oil, coolant from an accedent that was just cleand up... blah blah blah. You get the point. I wouldnt blame the tires even if they are less sticky than the last pair; these are just not the corners that you should be using two lanes on IMHO. Now that said, you are right, the ME880 is probably not your tire of choice as many have mentioned.

but hey lesson learned and no skin or brain chunks lost for it: its a great day!