dewie
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It's been a while since I checked in. For those who don't know I was paralyzed on my 05 Busa when I got cut off in 2009. Long story short with lots of help we built a accessible 07 Bus that has custom made landing gear. Well it's a damn good thing I put a full crash cage on the it.
In September I went out by myself for a short ride, I was 30min out and something jarred the bike around and I looked down and my actuator for the landing gear fell apart. That means there is nothing to hold me up when I stop. Since I was by myself I was kinda worried and I never had Bluetooth to call for help.
So I turned around and was thinking were I could safely stop or lay it over. I rode slowly home and stopped in a large parking lot outside of the city and got the attention of a truck driver. I yelled at him and told him I can't stop and he tried to hold the bike up and get the kick stand down. Well that was the plan anyways. I stopped and I ended up laying it on the right side. I was strapped in so I was fine, the crash cage did its job very well, but my landing gear arms that where suppose to hold me up flipped up into my brand new Yoshi pipes, uurrgghh.
So we figured out all the vibrations from the road shook the cheap actuator apart and we are working on it over winter. Also investing in Sena Bluetooth and RAM mount for the phone so I can call someone and maybe they could help me.
But other than a couple bent up cans there wasent a scratch on the bike.
In September I went out by myself for a short ride, I was 30min out and something jarred the bike around and I looked down and my actuator for the landing gear fell apart. That means there is nothing to hold me up when I stop. Since I was by myself I was kinda worried and I never had Bluetooth to call for help.
So I turned around and was thinking were I could safely stop or lay it over. I rode slowly home and stopped in a large parking lot outside of the city and got the attention of a truck driver. I yelled at him and told him I can't stop and he tried to hold the bike up and get the kick stand down. Well that was the plan anyways. I stopped and I ended up laying it on the right side. I was strapped in so I was fine, the crash cage did its job very well, but my landing gear arms that where suppose to hold me up flipped up into my brand new Yoshi pipes, uurrgghh.
So we figured out all the vibrations from the road shook the cheap actuator apart and we are working on it over winter. Also investing in Sena Bluetooth and RAM mount for the phone so I can call someone and maybe they could help me.
But other than a couple bent up cans there wasent a scratch on the bike.