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tiger-rover · 10-26-2006, 11:28 AM

Well, everyone has their day I suppose.

I was going home yesterday on a typical four lane north/south with a center turn lane. Coming up to the main intersection in town I scrub off speed just a bit so I am doing just right at or a little under the 30 mph speed limit.

Heading south approaching the intersection I look forward, notice the Highway Patrol car in left north lane and see traffic is moving south as expected. Look left and right to watch for cross-traffic possibly entering the intersection, everything good. Now I am halfway through the intersection and notice bright red brake lights on on the yellow Xterra in front of me. PHUCK, brake hard, lockup, release, brake hard again leaning right to miss the Xterra. Get it stopped about 6 inches from said Xterra and lose my balance and dump the Orange Tiger on its left side.

I didn't fall down, so I look behind me, no one coming. Pick the bike up (wasn't as heavy as I thought it would, must have been adrelanin). Bike won't start so push to side and turn off then turn on key and she fires up . Ride home and find no damage other than part of my left foot peg broke off with the hero blob (BTW no crash bars installed).

Looking back it doesn't seem like it really happened, kinda surreal. I guess some one about 4 cars ahead of me had jumped into the center turn lane and didn't get all the way in and everyone behind him had to slam the brakes. All that was happening while I was looking left and right for cross-traffic. Just shows that no matter how careful you are, something could always happen.

Be safe my friends.

pineygroveshop · 10-26-2006, 10:21 PM

Hey tiger-rover,
Nice save. No fault of yours that you dropped her. An unexpected stop most often results in laying her down.
The Tiger is very top-heavy. Good job of getting out of her way as she fell over.
You probably have little damage. Buy a few turn signal lenses. You will use them.

iansoady · 10-27-2006, 11:22 AM

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On 2006-10-26 09:28, Ride home and find no damage other than part of my left foot peg broke off with the hero blob (BTW no crash bars installed).

Be safe my friends.

Tough luck but glad you're OK. I took the hero blobs off my pegs after the same happened to one of mine when I dropped it in a car park.

The Tiger is quite well protected against low speed drops, especially with a Baglux tank cover on it. Good job really..........

ChuckofTahoe · 11-03-2006, 09:01 PM

NIce save. It seems like stuff like this happens when you are multi-tasking.

I almost lost it this summer. I was coming up to Rio Vista in the Sacramento delta area in some extremely heavy winds. I guess I was focusing on maintianing it in the wind and trying to find my way on strange roads at the same time.

Anyway, traffic came to a sudden stop at the intersection of two highways. I hit the front brake hard and then the rear brake. I am stopping fine and under control but then out of the blue there is a HUGE three foot diameter patch of oil. My rear end moonwalks about two feet sideways to the right but I am able to save it. Not due to anything I did but just luck and having a stable, solid bike.

I think if I hadn't been focused on the other stuff going on around me like the wind and trying to look at street signs that I would have seen the traffic coming to a quick stop I would have been able to brake sooner. Then I would have seen and then been able to swerve around the oil. Multitasking is tough though and things happen so fast.

Glad you are safe and sound. A broken peg is really nothing to worry about.