Aimbot9000 Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 Well it finally happened after 4 years and hundreds of miles the dragon got me. Happened at gravity cavity, rashed up the left side and broke the clutch lever. I bruised my ribs hurt my shoulder and broke a toe. Gonna try to pick her up from butler's Friday afternoon so no pics till then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Switchblade Posted February 4, 2016 Member Contributer Share Posted February 4, 2016 Well it finally happened after 4 years and hundreds of miles the dragon got me. Happened at gravity cavity, rashed up the left side and broke the clutch lever. I bruised my ribs hurt my shoulder and broke a toe. Gonna try to pick her up from butler's Friday afternoon so no pics till then. Been there done that. Glad your not hurt to bad . Get back on as soon as you can . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WERA910 Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 Well it finally happened. Sorry to hear. But it appears you came out of it better than expected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Cogswell Posted February 4, 2016 Member Contributer Share Posted February 4, 2016 Sorry to hear of your mishap. Sounds though as though you came through it relatively unscathed, which is good news. Hopefully you can get the bike back in shape and be back out there soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Bent Posted February 4, 2016 Member Contributer Share Posted February 4, 2016 Glad you made it. I really don't think the Dragon is respected like it should be by the vast majority of people. Ride it enough times and you'll see some really ugly things on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Rush2112 Posted February 4, 2016 Member Contributer Share Posted February 4, 2016 Glad you and the bike are not seriously hurt... mend fully and quickly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer CornerCarver Posted February 4, 2016 Member Contributer Share Posted February 4, 2016 Glad you are okay. Parson's corner heading up the hill got me several years ago....hope you heal up soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Dutchy Posted February 4, 2016 Member Contributer Share Posted February 4, 2016 Glad you are reasonably ok! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer kebrider Posted February 4, 2016 Member Contributer Share Posted February 4, 2016 So that was your yellow 2000 5th gen I saw parked at gravity cavity. The TN trooper was parked there waiting on the wrecker when I drove by and they told me at the store that you had been taken out by ambulance. I took the ST1300 up to the dragon for tire testing Saturday and Sunday and saw a lot of incidents for the small number of participants. I did about 20 runs total and I was sliding the rear of the ST around a lot on the cool pavement. A cruiser rider lost it at the cavity on Saturday and was laying in the middle of the road with his bike. He looked hurt but was up and riding in 15 minutes so he fared a bit better. Hope all works out well with you and your bike. KEB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knight Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 Aimbot, I wish you a super fast healing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer MaxSwell Posted February 4, 2016 Member Contributer Share Posted February 4, 2016 Sorry to hear. Heal fast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Switchblade Posted February 5, 2016 Member Contributer Share Posted February 5, 2016 So that was your yellow 2000 5th gen I saw parked at gravity cavity. The TN trooper was parked there waiting on the wrecker when I drove by and they told me at the store that you had been taken out by ambulance. I took the ST1300 up to the dragon for tire testing Saturday and Sunday and saw a lot of incidents for the small number of participants. I did about 20 runs total and I was sliding the rear of the ST around a lot on the cool pavement. A cruiser rider lost it at the cavity on Saturday and was laying in the middle of the road with his bike. He looked hurt but was up and riding in 15 minutes so he fared a bit better. Hope all works out well with you and your bike. KEB The Saturday that had 4 wrecks ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
checksix Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 A little warm weather and bikes were dropping like flies. Sorry you got bit. Hope you and the bike are back up and running soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Switchblade Posted February 5, 2016 Member Contributer Share Posted February 5, 2016 I was there the following Sunday, very nice day . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aimbot9000 Posted February 6, 2016 Author Share Posted February 6, 2016 That's the damage, a new lever and she's good to go. Well maybe a Chinese skin graft. She'll be ready to ride before I'll be fit to lol. The jacket is a bit shocking for speed of the crash That was expected. This popping the length of the seam was not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer LangoPTC Posted February 6, 2016 Member Contributer Share Posted February 6, 2016 Speedy recovery sir. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Switchblade Posted February 6, 2016 Member Contributer Share Posted February 6, 2016 That's not good !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Switchblade Posted February 6, 2016 Member Contributer Share Posted February 6, 2016 The day after the event ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer MaxSwell Posted February 6, 2016 Member Contributer Share Posted February 6, 2016 That's the damage, a new lever and she's good to go. Well maybe a Chinese skin graft. She'll be ready to ride before I'll be fit to lol. The jacket is a bit shocking for speed of the crash That was expected. This popping the length of the seam was not Those pics hurt my eyeballs. Switch, you are one lucky dood geographically speaking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Switchblade Posted February 7, 2016 Member Contributer Share Posted February 7, 2016 That's the damage, a new lever and she's good to go. Well maybe a Chinese skin graft. She'll be ready to ride before I'll be fit to lol. The jacket is a bit shocking for speed of the crash That was expected. This popping the length of the seam was not Those pics hurt my eyeballs. Switch, you are one lucky dood geographically speaking. Thanks Terry ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer RobF Posted February 7, 2016 Member Contributer Share Posted February 7, 2016 I bruised my ribs hurt my shoulder and broke a toe. I'm glad you and the bike are (mostly) well. If you'll forgive a morbid curiosity: how did you break the toe? Was your foot just pinned under the bike? Might a different boot have helped or is this just how these things go? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Dutchy Posted February 7, 2016 Member Contributer Share Posted February 7, 2016 Today will be a perfect day to ride the tail of the dragon and other roads as most people will be watching the super bowel... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Switchblade Posted February 7, 2016 Member Contributer Share Posted February 7, 2016 Today will be a perfect day to ride the tail of the dragon and other roads as most people will be watching the super bowel... I will let you know later . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aimbot9000 Posted February 7, 2016 Author Share Posted February 7, 2016 I bruised my ribs hurt my shoulder and broke a toe. I'm glad you and the bike are (mostly) well. If you'll forgive a morbid curiosity: how did you break the toe? Was your foot just pinned under the bike? Might a different boot have helped or is this just how these things go? A bigger toe box or a steel toe may have helped but I think the outcome would be similar regardless of what brand street riding boot I had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Cogswell Posted February 7, 2016 Member Contributer Share Posted February 7, 2016 That was expected. This popping the length of the seam was not IMG_20160206_154711_hdr.jpg That is surprising. My impression was that Rev It gets generally good reviews. I have their gloves - maybe I'll have to do some research. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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