Very sad to here this S14, hope you jump right back on her without a 2nd thought, and that you treat her to some lovely polish and a nice drink of high quality fuel and oil to make her feel better when she's fixed.
Shit always happens!
Too bad I didn't experience the shit on my Suzuki K50 ... I will probably fall down in a slower speed on an expensive bike ... Always that shit luck.
Good it wasnt serious, everyone falls on a bike!
On my Suzuki I fell because it's was icy! But hey, fun on ice with a moped which can't fall over because the foot pins are sticking out so much that it catches the bike
I've had near accidents too. I've never owned a motorbike, but I did own a snowmobile a while ago.
Once I was out driving my snowmobile on the ice. I was doing maybe 80 kph, just cruising along. Unfortunately the ice cover had split and shifted, which created a ~ 15cm high edge, which I hit straight on. I was thrown into the air and went flying for what seemed like at least 5 seconds, but I managed to stay on the snowmobile and keep it straight. Luckily I make the landing too. And snowmobiles are sturdy things, so there was no damage. My back hurt for a few days from the landing impact, but other than that I was fine.
That could have ended very differently though.. I was lucky! It certainly makes you think, when you've had a near-accident like that. Previously I'd been doing 180 kph on ice just like that.. (had to take that 1100cc engine for test run! ) I don't even dare think about what would have happened if I had hit a ledge like that at those speeds!
I know what you mean about your self confidence taking a hit! You'll get over it though. And I agree with the others. If the damage is purely cosmetic I wouldn't worry about it too much.
Bad luck.
Fit some crash bungs and fix the damage to the cases when your pocket allows. Crash bungs don't work miracles but with this sort of thing at low speed they at least reduce the carnage. A friend of mine dropped his bike last year at low speed, he had crash bungs, but they were sat atop his fridge and not attached to his bike - cost him a couple of hundred to fix the damage, I've seen people that have done the same come out with just a lever or bar end and crash bung to replace. It is a bit of a lottery though.
Still, when you buy them, fit them.
Well my thoughts are that if the crash is at those speeds the damage is going to be pretty major whatever measures you have or have not taken. It's a lottery as I said, but the majority of drops occur at little more than walking pace, and in those situations I'd back the bung equipped bike to come out a little less battered.
Rode a bike on the road for 12 years. Had three proper accidents, (where I either hit someone and/or came off whilst actualy riding - only one was partially my fault). One of those was as a learner. All were well under 30 mph. Also had two or three, what I would call "dropped the bike" incidents where I was off banance upon stopping because of being caught out by another road users behaviour. That sort of thing happens in town, nothing you can do about it.
I would say however, that if your 1000 miles of road experience on a 100hp bike has been mostly over the summer I wouldn't derestrict your bike any time soon. Bigger heavier bikes act differently to the likes of your Aprilia when the road surface isn't clean and dry. I would recommend you get used to riding the heavier bike in all conditions for a year or two before adding the extra issue of any real power to the equation.
Mmhm, yeah it'd just be to protect against things like this.
I took delivery of the Z on 21st of December, and pretty much all of the miles were down during very cold (read freezing) conditions with alot of road salt and other crap. But yeah, I probably won't be getting it desrestricted for a while.
im so sorry to hear this. but look at the bright side, it is only cosmetic. In America, I don't think we have to get bike restrictions. Sorry to rub it in though . Still, I'm pretty sure you will be fine. Also, what kind of bike do you have? Also, would you get a Suzuki GSXR 1300? Or a GSXR 1300 Hayabusa? Just wanting to know. Take apart that part where you said it might be leaking and check, because who knows, that's what it might be doing. Also, would you consider getting a bike cage for it?
Oh. Never knew that. I thought the Hayabusa was a totally different bike. Still, I want one! But I am going to get a car first. then another car, then maybe one after that, and then a bike.
Of course you can, on the autobahn I had my Falco flat out at 160mph, if it was more powerfull I could have easily ridden it much faster.
Why was it restricted?, not 100% sure, but I think the Japanese government threw a hissy fit when the original (unrestricted) one was released and as a result every new bike is restricted to 300km/h, quite why they choose 300km/h is anybodies guess!!!!
Well I'm not sure of the circumstances in which the bikes you saw flip had their accidents. I'd be surprised if they did it simply on tarmac, I'd guess a kerb or something was involved, but any bike is capable of flipping back into the air once on its side, crash bungs or no.
It would be pretty random, certainly not a reason to not fit them. That said, in 2 and bit years and 14,000 miles I'm yet to make use of mine at all. I'm not going to remove them on the off chance that I might fire my bike skywards into the face of a fellow road user or pedestrian though! Plenty of other ways to do damage to people, if I were concerned to that extent about my ability or bad luck I wouldn't ride a bike, much less drive a car
Hmm well, I think crash bungs are a worthy investment.
Let's face it, if you drop your bike when you get on it, or at ~20mph it's just going to scrape along the floor anyway, so it's VERY unlikely to catch and flip some rather immense dead weight upwards.
If you're going at 50 or 60mph upwards, then you're more likely to flip the bike, regardless of crash bungs. It would more likely catch on the handlebars (breaking the steering lock things in the process, typical crash sign) than the bungs, which to be honest are not designed to save your bike if you go ploughing off the road at 100mph. They are designed (for the average road user, at least) to save damage when lower speed spills, or drops, are involved. As long as they are installed propperly there shouldn't be any worry, most just bolt into an existing frame mount using the original/altereted original bolt, just be sure to use your torque wrench.
Was going to suggest getting some crash bungs (we call 'em frame sliders in the US) but I see it's already come up. Not having them on my 1990 EX500 (GPZ500 in the UK) meant I ground a hole in the water pump. On my 2006 SV650s they're vital for protecting the radiator. The OEM ones are garbage, though. I tested them. :P
I got a set of these to put on for this season's trackdays and racing.
My first crash just happened 3 months ago. I got onto the freeway at about 95MPH in my SRT-4 and lost the rear end (roads were wet) Other than a spoiler half torn off some racing stripes (scratches)... and a busted brake light.. everything was fine.
. Still, I'm pretty sure you will be fine. Also, what kind of bike do you have? Also, would you get a Suzuki GSXR 1300? Or a GSXR 1300 Hayabusa? Just wanting to know. Take apart that part where you said it might be leaking and check, because who knows, that's what it might be doing. Also, would you consider getting a bike cage for it?
