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bguerr

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oh my god i dropped it......
« on: May 29, 2006, 07:13:20 PM »
yeah it sucked
as i was leaving work this evening (yeah i know, memorial day, 13hr shift, already a bad day)
i didnt let my bike wark up and was pulling out on 3/4 choke and the engine started revving up so i reached down to push the choke in a little
and then...
as i looked back up i saw a van coming at me running the stop sign in the parking lot, so i panic stopped
one handed
and the whole thing just fell over on the right side....
picked it up and didnt see any damage (thank god for crash bars)
the brake pedal lever was completely bent up to about 2" above the foot peg making for a very uncomfortable ride home...
can i bend it back or will it just snap? i dont know if its hollow and i dont want to find out the hard way!

i COULD just radically readjust everything without bending it back but i'd rather straighten it if at all possible
What else gets bent when the bike falls on its side?
Thanks guys
Brian
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Re: oh my god i dropped it......
« Reply #1 on: May 29, 2006, 07:42:14 PM »
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Re: oh my god i dropped it......
« Reply #2 on: May 29, 2006, 09:03:45 PM »
I had a dream the other night about dropping my bike. It spun around and seemed to be really hooped.

Had to go out in the morning just to see it didn't really happen ::)
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Re: oh my god i dropped it......
« Reply #3 on: May 29, 2006, 09:19:29 PM »
Glad to hear you're ok. I don't know about the brake pedal but I bent my shifter into a U shape and was able to get it back with some armstrong and hammering. Been using it all summer with out any problems.

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Re: oh my god i dropped it......
« Reply #4 on: May 30, 2006, 05:01:59 AM »
Double check your handle bars and levers. When I had my unfortunate meeting with the asphalt, on the things that I naver expected was finding my clutch lever bent since it went down on the other side. Apparently I must have bent it while picking the bike up or something.

I also had (have... I've gotta get that think going, too) an old dirt bike. I never notice the handle bars were bent untill I took them off one day.

Glad you're okay, too!!!
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Re: oh my god i dropped it......
« Reply #5 on: May 30, 2006, 07:52:50 AM »
Glad you made it! Man what is the deal with car drivers? There would be no motorcycle accidents if it werent for cars.....
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