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So it happened today for the first time. I dropped my Wee. :furious::furious::furious:
Was riding around in a nice quiet suburban area near my home and came to a "T" intersection. I had a stop. The main street had no stops.
The street is higher in the center and lower on the sides for rain water runoff as is common.
I was just coming to a stop and still slowing down when this lady (Paying no attention to anything but the inside of her car) turned from my right. She turned very sharp and nearly clipped my front tire.
I Instinctively turned the handlebars to the right and hit both brakes.
Same old story. Front brake at slow speed with handlebars turned is a losing combination. This was exacerbated by the fact that I was on a slight incline to the right due to the part of the street that I was on.
I realized what was happening and got my feet down. my bike got just past (the point of no return) and there was just nothing that I could do other than to carry her down.
I did manage to set her down (seemed like slow motion) as opposed to have her fall down with any momentum. This thing is heavier than I thought ...
Thank god for the Pat Walsh crash bars. I set her right down on the bar and it took the brunt of things. No damage to anything other than a scuff on the crash bar.
Then I proceeded to lift the bike on my own while numerous people walked around me and did/said nothing. Nice ...
In any event, on a good note I guess it is over and I can now join the ranks of my other comrades. And as a bonus, I got to test out the tip over sensor which did a fine job of killing the engine. Bonus !!
Not happy ...
Was riding around in a nice quiet suburban area near my home and came to a "T" intersection. I had a stop. The main street had no stops.
The street is higher in the center and lower on the sides for rain water runoff as is common.
I was just coming to a stop and still slowing down when this lady (Paying no attention to anything but the inside of her car) turned from my right. She turned very sharp and nearly clipped my front tire.
I Instinctively turned the handlebars to the right and hit both brakes.
Same old story. Front brake at slow speed with handlebars turned is a losing combination. This was exacerbated by the fact that I was on a slight incline to the right due to the part of the street that I was on.
I realized what was happening and got my feet down. my bike got just past (the point of no return) and there was just nothing that I could do other than to carry her down.
I did manage to set her down (seemed like slow motion) as opposed to have her fall down with any momentum. This thing is heavier than I thought ...
Thank god for the Pat Walsh crash bars. I set her right down on the bar and it took the brunt of things. No damage to anything other than a scuff on the crash bar.
Then I proceeded to lift the bike on my own while numerous people walked around me and did/said nothing. Nice ...
In any event, on a good note I guess it is over and I can now join the ranks of my other comrades. And as a bonus, I got to test out the tip over sensor which did a fine job of killing the engine. Bonus !!
Not happy ...