Clark Kent
Well-known member
Hey, look at it this way. My wife wasn't a virgin when I met her....
I know! I really am sorry about that!
Hey, look at it this way. My wife wasn't a virgin when I met her....
I can tell you, it is not a matter of IF the bike will get dropped, it is a matter of WHEN.
Now ya did it...Am I the only one who sees somthing wrong with this statement?? :blink: I've been riding for a little over 30 years now and have never, ever dropped a bike!I can tell you, it is not a matter of IF the bike will get dropped, it is a matter of WHEN.
Oh goody! MORE quotes!Whoever is gonna complain about all the quotes. To come.Who get over what?Jeezus god. It fell over. It won't be the last time. Get over it.I don't disagree. Maybe it's just symmantics, but, I don't consider the front subframe as part of the structural integrity of the bike. It's not going to cause uneven tire wear, affect the handling, or cause your newborn children to be born with an arm growing out of their forehead. It is essentially a series of brackets for mounting bodywork, guages, and everything else in the front/upper part of the bike. If it's tweaked, wouldn't there be alignment issues somewhere?I hate to say this, but I firmly believe that every time that FJR hits the ground, even from a standstill, the front subframe gets tweaked, even if only slightly.A tip over at standstill is not the same as a crash. You're not going to bend the frame. You're not going to twist the forks. You're not going to affect the structural integrity of the bike. The damages are, most likely, just cosmetic. Let them fix it and forget about it. It sucks, I know, but, at the end of the day, it's a consumable. You didn't buy it to put it on a pedestal and admire. When it's fixed, only you and the dealer will know. When you go to sell it, if the buyer asks if it was ever down, tell him 'i'm the original owner and i never dropped it'.
Unless something is obviously wrong, they most likely won't replace this. Check stuff out very carefully after they say it's repaired.
Perhaps hearing a list of the (noticeable) damaged items will help ascertain what may have been damaged, but, not overly obvious.
I just had to say that I like Virgins and Wives!Hey, look at it this way. My wife wasn't a virgin when I met her....
Yes.I can tell you, it is not a matter of IF the bike will get dropped, it is a matter of WHEN.
Am I the only one who sees somthing wrong with this statement??
No.Yes.I can tell you, it is not a matter of IF the bike will get dropped, it is a matter of WHEN.
Am I the only one who sees somthing wrong with this statement??
Even you and your buttfull of bikes acknowledges that eventually you may get tagged again, because even a gentle laydown is a laydown.I am sure that I will someday set another one down. Maybe not so gracefully. But the point is, you don't have to drop all of your bikes. I presently have 3 undropped bikes in my garage and the '05 FJR is the newest of the 3.
She said you kept apologizing to her afterwards, too....I know! I really am sorry about that!Hey, look at it this way. My wife wasn't a virgin when I met her....
I agree. My point was that you don't have to drop every one of your bikes to feel good. Just drop one or two of them and get along with your life...Even you and your buttfull of bikes acknowledges that eventually you may get tagged again, because even a gentle laydown is a laydown.I am sure that I will someday set another one down. Maybe not so gracefully. But the point is, you don't have to drop all of your bikes. I presently have 3 undropped bikes in my garage and the '05 FJR is the newest of the 3.
I said it on the first page; there are 2 classes of heavy bikes (I meant bike owners); Those that Have been down and those that Will be down.
You did, of course. :blink:Care to take a guess who got to foot the bill for that little lapse in judgement?
+1 - 42 yrs & still hoping to have 1 bike I don't drop!After 44 yrs ridin' I'm still hoping to ride a bike that's never been dropped while I owned it. Seems I've dropped or thrown down every bike I've had . . . .
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