RSV's And Muddy Roads Don't Mix

[OB-1]

Crashed the bike last night coming home in the rain. No problem on the pavement or the county gravel road, but I only made it 1/4 mile down the road to the house before the front wheel started skidding in the mud. I was in first gear going slow, but the bike acts like a pig on ice when the front tire starts sliding... And down I went. It pitched me off the left side as it hit the ground. I'm fine, but unfortunately the bike isn't. I was able to pick it up and ride it out of the ditch and on down to the house. Adrenaline is a wonderful thing!

 

Driving light mount is bent, lower left side fairing is busted, left crash bars bent, windshield and fairing scratched, and where the rear left speaker is also cracked. Could have been worse.

 

Just last week we were just talking with the neighbors about buying some more gravel for our road...

[Kregerdoodle]

Well that sucks....glad your ok....

[Dave77459]

Glad you are OK! That damage sounds like what happened when my rear tire went. I was able to bend the passing lamp mount back using a come-along and an adjustable wrench. The engine guard was kicked back while sitting in the saddle.

 

Dave

[bongobobny]

Well now that wasn't a nice thing to happen, was it! Glad you're OK!!

[Marcarl]

Glad you made it out so well, sorry for your scoot. Just an idea for next time though: when riding in those conditions, stand up on your boards or pegs, it lowers the center of gravity and so makes the bike more easy to handle. It is good to practice doing this in a parking lot, because you'll be apprehensive at first, but once you're used to it a bit, you'll be surprised at how easy it really is and how well the scoot responds to your inputs. We learned this at MC training, and I've used it a number of times.

[dacheedah]

Glad you are ok, check with your concrete company and see if they have any ground concrete or reclaimed. When we built we got a bunch cheap that they ground from leftover concrete dumps.

[Gary N.]

Glad to hear you didn't get hurt. Let the repairs begin.

 

, stand up on your boards or pegs, it lowers the center of gravity and so makes the bike more easy to handle. .

 

That's not too easy to do on a second gen with floor boards Carl. I've tried it.

[Bubber]

Sorry to hear about your mud adventure.

 

Send me a picture of the lower fairing, I have been experimenting with repairs all winter and I may be able to advise or even fix it.

Best of luck OB-1

 

Bubber

[RedRider]

I concur. Muddy roads combined with a Venture and gravity are not a good mix.

 

RR

[Yammer Dan]

Glad you are Ok.

[OB-1]

Thanks for all the kind replies.

 

It's gonna be cold and wet here this weekend so I'll get started on the repair process. I'm going to split the fairing so I might as well join the relay club and start installing all the relays I've acquired. Might even relay the ignition switch so I won't need to worry about it going south.

 

Probably going to live with the scratches as I can't see spending $$$ on appearance parts with all the gravel riding living here requires.

[Guest scarylarry]

If your Ins will cover it let them do it, when I laid mine down they let me have the old parts back and there is nothing wrong with them and even tossed in a new pillow top seat that I didn't need or want because they found one stitch rip...

 

I just put everything in the attic, one day I will get it out and sell it off..