This is the result of my late october bike trip up to the local foothills of central california.
http://i358.photobucket.com/albums/oo23/chevronrock/bike%20wreck/IMG_1461.jpg

We were out to ride around ~150 miles for the day
http://i358.photobucket.com/albums/oo23/chevronrock/bike%20wreck/IMG_1449.jpg

and about 3 miles from our last stop of the day before heading home, I wrecked. I guess I was getting tired after riding all day, and was keeping up with the fastest guy in our group. I went into a right turn and either grabbed the front brake real hard or just leaned to far in then SMACK! everything went black. I woke up 3 feet from the edge of a steep ~50 degree hill. I stood up and tried to fiure out where i was, and WHERE IS MY BIKE!?! Well:
http://i358.photobucket.com/albums/oo23/chevronrock/bike%20wreck/IMG_1458.jpg

Talk about suck!
Well the rest of my crew came up a minute later and had the same concern, WHERES YOUR BIKE! haha. I called my girlfriend's mom to have her and the 'pa in law' bring up their, 'ahem', jeep to pull my bike out and another buddy brought his silverado to bring it home. I was mostly unharmed:
http://i358.photobucket.com/albums/oo23/chevronrock/bike%20wreck/IMG_1469.jpg

im all healed now, but things could have easily been much much worse
http://i358.photobucket.com/albums/oo23/chevronrock/bike%20wreck/IMG_1468.jpg

So after all this excitement I've ordered about 300 bux worth of parts to make it ride-able again. The damage isn't too bad really. The frame and subframe are perfect, the only damage was to the plastics, muffler, mirrors, headlight(scratches), and the small steel frame that holds the front cowl on(replaced with new).

EVERYONE else I work with has bikes and all but one of them has wrecked, got impounded, or broke down since then. Mostly wrecked. Buncha damn noobs!

I'm going to sell the bike when it's all rideable again. I just can't stand spending so much damn money on this stupid bike when i could be spending it on my TRUCK!

So ya, stay safe out there! And remember, there are two kinds of riders, those that have wrecked, and those who are going to.

Damn dude. Glad you are OK. Bike held up well. Karma was on your side so you must be livin' well!!

Wow, nasty road rash...glad you were able to walk away from that!


What are you going to do about your fairings?

that bike held up great! glad to know your OK too..

wow glad to hear you are alright... i like the way the bike held up....

Wow!
Glad your ok!

Glad you're ok and the bike is fixable.
It sounds in your post like the crash turned you off bikes? I'd say once you get it fixed up, ride it again until your comfortable then sell it. That whole 'gotta get back on the horse right away saying' is true.

Nice little knee candy you got there.

daym shit like that aint no joke, it coulda been worse at least your ok though. see theres a reason why u gotta wear at least 4 layers of shirts and a padded vest. icon vests are the best by the way!

right and thanks to all!
It was a pretty wicked experience! I'm definitely NOT done with this bike, or bikes in general!
I got a full set of body parts off ebay for 130bux. they were pretty scratched up and the dude painted the parts with some krylon, they would have been the right color if he hadn't tho...besides that I got mirrors for 35 and the front 'upper cowl stay' for 135, so total:~350 with freight. add the 400 for tires i got in august and the 220/mo payment/ins and you should see why i could give a rip about the damn thing any more. my truck would be AWESOME without all the money i've blown on the bike...

Glad to see you and the bike got off pretty lightly.

my bike just went down recently. got a new engine on the way cause the head and piston have a laundry list of problems. nice scrape on your leg by the way. to bad its costing too much to keep up your bike, but im feelin the bite as well. good luck.