Went to Laughlin over the weekend. Rode the Busa from LA on Friday to meet up with a good friend of mine and his buddies. I wore my gear on the ride there and while we rode around on Friday. We got up on Saturday and it was like 108 degrees out. I wore my boots, gloves, ICON riding jeans, helmet but not my mesh jacket. This was a first for me by the way as I normally always wear that or my leathers. I sometimes preach to people about wearing their gear. As you can see from this first picture, I was only wearing a stupid tee-shirt!
My friends were all riding Harleys and I was the only one on a BUSA. Me and my pal decide to race down this street. Stupid of me, I know. Well, I end up locking the rear tire as I am trying to slow her down before going into an intersection. The rear end is swinging from side to side so I knew I couldn't let off the rear brake at this point or I would most likely highside. The road curved to the right and I ended up going pretty much straight. There was one guy coming towards me in a pick up who smartly just came to a stop so I could maneuver around him. I ended up going to the left of him and up onto a sidewalk. I was trying the front brake but had to let off when I hit the sidewalk and that is when she lowsided.
As I was going down I remember thinking "This is gonna leave a mark" and then BOOM, I was sliding. I was only doing about 15-20 when the front wheel slide out on some rocks. Result is that now I need new left side plastics and a nose cone. Busted the stator cover so my new synethetic oil leaked out. Have already found a chrome one on eBay that I purchased so it should be on it's way Monday. I need to have the forks checked out so if anyone has any suggestions, I am wide open.
I'll start posting up pics! Glad it wasn't worse.
My friends were all riding Harleys and I was the only one on a BUSA. Me and my pal decide to race down this street. Stupid of me, I know. Well, I end up locking the rear tire as I am trying to slow her down before going into an intersection. The rear end is swinging from side to side so I knew I couldn't let off the rear brake at this point or I would most likely highside. The road curved to the right and I ended up going pretty much straight. There was one guy coming towards me in a pick up who smartly just came to a stop so I could maneuver around him. I ended up going to the left of him and up onto a sidewalk. I was trying the front brake but had to let off when I hit the sidewalk and that is when she lowsided.
As I was going down I remember thinking "This is gonna leave a mark" and then BOOM, I was sliding. I was only doing about 15-20 when the front wheel slide out on some rocks. Result is that now I need new left side plastics and a nose cone. Busted the stator cover so my new synethetic oil leaked out. Have already found a chrome one on eBay that I purchased so it should be on it's way Monday. I need to have the forks checked out so if anyone has any suggestions, I am wide open.
I'll start posting up pics! Glad it wasn't worse.
