Tankslappers suck, Gear FTW
by
GirlRiders - Katie
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October 1, 2011
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Riding pants wore all the way through, So glad I had these on, the pads in the knees and the hips did their jobs.
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Arm, shoulder and back damage.
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See that hole with the white border? There was no hole there before, that's from sliding.
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Heart shaped road rash
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Railroad tracks
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Slide distance
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About 250' slide mark, I don't think you can see where it starts, right after the tracks.
Originally Published: October 2011
I hit a railroad track wrong somehow at about 60 mph, the front of the bike went nuts, I couldn’t control it. Hit the pavement and the the bike slid with me under it about 250′, which felt like forever.I feel sore all over, thumb and knee tweaked, lots of bruises and a half inch of road rash on my wrist. I can look at my Scorpion gear and thank God I had it on. The bike’s damage is the fairings, the shifter, the bar and more, but it ran. I was alone, it took about fifteen minutes for anyone to pass, then a couple bikers helped me get the bike up and it ran, so I rode it from Lakeland to Brandon, with the fairing strapped to the seat, alone and slowly.
Now in 2015 I still have a nice little heart scar on my wrist as a nice reminder of how much worse this could have been. Me and the Hyper still love these roads, I just go over the tracks a lot more carefully.
I hate that crossing! Never knew you went down on it before. That’s the one thing that scares me about riding alone out in those boonies. Anything can happen anywhere at anytime.
Yea I started posting the coed Saturday rides after this, Jason worries less that way. I still like riding solo too, I just try to stay on more populated roads.