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Wrecked Motorcycle Photos & Stories: This section of the site is for wrecked motorcycles. Photos of wrecked bikes, before and after photos. How you wrecked it & how you fixed it. Most of us have laid it down or lost it for one reason or another. Tell your stories here. | |||||||
08-27-2008, 3:15 PM
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| Join Date: 06-02-2008 Location: O'side Ca.
Bike(s): 00' cbr929rr Age: 31 Posts: 856
Rep:   (503) Rep Power: 7
| The blade is out of commision. Well I went down Monday night. It was raining earlier in the day so there was a little water in the drainage ditches. I was making a left turn on to the street and notice a car making a U-turn about 25 yards up. I started to slow as I hit the drainage ditch and the front tire tucked a couple inches then the rear tucked and grabbed. Which threw me off highside and made me do a perfect 10 belly flop on the nice soft asphalt. The wierd thing is the bike came back down on the left side like a lowside? Me and the bike ended up sliding about 25 feet with the bike hitting the curb and coming to a stop. I was only going about 15-20mph, but the damage is pretty bad because of the curb action. It ended up denting the tank, bending the sub-frame and left handle bar, crushed turn signal/headlight controls and turn signal, upper fairing toasted, left case scratched and the rear cowl is a goner too. I have a little rash on my left hip belly area,bruised knee,bruised ankle and a hole in my brand new A-Star Jacket. I had all my gear on except for my jeans thus the reason for the rash on the hip. I think my pride was hurt more then anything. And yes the first thing I did was bounce up and run to my bike to see how bad it was(A true biker, Who cares about me how's the bike). The big bummer is all the damage is going to come out of my pocket because I didn't have collision on my insurance. I think I'll replace the damaged parts and just paint the bike a gunmetal flake or something. I think it would look cool the same color as my rims are. All in all I'm glad I'm ok and the bike is a least repairable.  BBT | |
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08-27-2008, 3:32 PM
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  Join Date: 03-23-2008 Location: UK
Bike(s): 1995 CBR900rr, 1990 GSX-R 750, project Blade Age: 41 Posts: 6,243
Rep: (2934) Rep Power: 37
 | Re: The blade is out of commision. Bad Luck BigBassTurd.... .... Did you swear?!
__________________ As long as I fall, I don't hit the ground. As long as I fall, I'm safe & sound. |
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08-27-2008, 3:43 PM
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| Join Date: 06-02-2008 Location: O'side Ca.
Bike(s): 00' cbr929rr Age: 31 Posts: 856
Rep: (503) Rep Power: 7
| Re: The blade is out of commision. Oh hell yeah! I would have made George Carlin cover his ears. |
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08-27-2008, 3:55 PM
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| Join Date: 08-21-2008 Location: Canada
Bike(s): 2000 Blade Posts: 110
Rep: (11) Rep Power: 2
| Re: The blade is out of commision. OUCH |
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08-27-2008, 4:54 PM
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| Join Date: 02-24-2008 Location: Fort Collins, CO
Bike(s): 2005 RC51, 93 CBR900 Fighter project Age: 28 Posts: 554
Rep: (42) Rep Power: 2
| Re: The blade is out of commision. Im sorry for your misfortune. Glad to hear that your ok and your bike is fixable. |
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08-29-2008, 6:24 AM
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  Join Date: 01-27-2007 Location: Thailand
Bike(s): Kawasaki ZX10r Posts: 5,517
Rep: (1992) Rep Power: 27
| Re: The blade is out of commision. Glad you're okay Big bass. Could have been worse. |
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08-29-2008, 2:45 PM
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| I'm a bird.. NOT a bloke!!!   Join Date: 03-15-2008 Location: Everywhere.. via the interweb
Bike(s): Honda, Kawasaki Posts: 8,325
Rep: (2583) Rep Power: 35
 | Re: The blade is out of commision. Sorry to hear about your bike BBT and very glad you're ok-ish.. get mended soon and hope you get her fixed soon too
__________________ Some days you're the bug; some days, the windscreen! Blade Rider - Life, The Universe & Everything.. Biking |
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08-29-2008, 5:23 PM
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 Join Date: 02-17-2005 Location: BRUNSWICK N.J.
Bike(s): 02cbr954(rip)05 zx10 Posts: 1,612
Rep: (346) Rep Power: 9
| Re: The blade is out of commision. Damn, BBT I thought you got off easy from your post in my thread.It sounds like you had an intense situation.Im glad youre up and running just gotta get you bike right now. |
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08-30-2008, 4:40 PM
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 Join Date: 03-06-2008 Location: Hull England
Bike(s): 03 954 Posts: 5,591
Rep: (2787) Rep Power: 34
| Re: The blade is out of commision. Hey Bigbass sorry to hear about your of, glad your ok though
__________________ It wasn't me, honest ! |
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10-17-2008, 3:33 PM
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| Join Date: 06-02-2008 Location: O'side Ca.
Bike(s): 00' cbr929rr Age: 31 Posts: 856
Rep: (503) Rep Power: 7
| Re: The blade is out of commision. Well the blade is back in commision. Not pretty ,but mechanically and structurally everything has been repaired. I had to swap my mirror from the rightside to the left so it is upsidedown  (damn backyard mechanics), but it's legal. There is still a big dent in the tank and some rash on the upper and mid fairing along with the stator cover. But hey who cares she rides fine and is still a blast to jump on and scoot down the street. Just wanted to give an update to all the fireblade folks out there. |
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10-17-2008, 3:53 PM
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| Join Date: 03-23-2008 Location: UK
Bike(s): 1995 CBR900rr, 1990 GSX-R 750, project Blade Age: 41 Posts: 6,243
Rep: (2934) Rep Power: 37
| Re: The blade is out of commision. Quote:
Three cheers for the backyard mechanic 
__________________ As long as I fall, I don't hit the ground. As long as I fall, I'm safe & sound. | |
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10-17-2008, 3:56 PM
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| Join Date: 03-06-2008 Location: Hull England
Bike(s): 03 954 Posts: 5,591
Rep: (2787) Rep Power: 34
| Re: The blade is out of commision. Glad to hear it Big Bass
__________________ It wasn't me, honest ! |
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