08-01-2018, 02:20 AM
(08-01-2018, 02:01 AM)SportsterDoc_imp Wrote:(08-01-2018, 01:12 AM)rickcb_imp Wrote: On Sunday Jennifer and I were on one of our favorite roads and I saw fresh, narrow tar snakes. The first corner is marked 35 mph and we normally take it at 50 mph. I felt the rear of my CB1100 dance a bit as we approached the corner and thankfully we slowed down to about 35 and I went through the corner OK. But Jennifer wasn't so lucky. I had the terrible view in my mirror of her going off the road on her CBR500R. She said she slipped sideways about a foot before getting some traction and did some braking, but then ended up off the road (upright, not crashed). There was no shoulder, but thankfully there wasn't a big ditch or drop-off, just grass. Later in the ride we encountered another road that is really tricky also just covered with fresh tar snakes. For about 5 miles we irritated the locals queued up behind us because I was riding 45 mph or slower in the corners until we got off that mess. I'm going to think about it for a few more days, but may put the new bikes up for sale. Seeing Wifeums off the road was pretty traumatic.
Jennifer handled the situation well, so it was a non-injury learning experience. How does she feel about continuing to ride?
Circa the winter of 1974, near Mt. Pinos at ~6,000 feet elevation, I watched my wife standup a 1972 175cc CT3 enduro on end and slide off the back, but hang onto the handle bars. It did not go over backwards, due to a small tail rack. She brought it to a stop to avoid hitting our 2 year old eldest daughter, playing in the snow, nearby. For a 5' 6", probably a ~120 pound (not sure about that, as she was expecting our #2 daughter) , 23 year old, I thought she did well, although the bike was only about 230# wet. She continued to ride, mainly in the Mojave Desert and never had another mishap.
Jennifer handled the situation well, so it was a non-injury learning experience. How does she feel about continuing to ride?
Circa the winter of 1974, near Mt. Pinos at ~6,000 feet elevation, I watched my wife standup a 1972 175cc CT3 enduro on end and slide off the back, but hang onto the handle bars. It did not go over backwards, due to a small tail rack. She brought it to a stop to avoid hitting our 2 year old eldest daughter, playing in the snow, nearby. For a 5' 6", probably a ~120 pound (not sure about that, as she was expecting our #2 daughter) , 23 year old, I thought she did well, although the bike was only about 230# wet. She continued to ride, mainly in the Mojave Desert and never had another mishap.
She's not worried about it. We stopped to rest about 40 miles later and I gave her some super-helpful pointers about picking your line through the snakes and staying to the inside of the corner to give yourself room to correct. But then 30 miles later we had a major butt-puckering experience for about 5 miles where I was terrified it would happen again (to either of us). She *loves* to ride and there would be major marriage-demerits if I sold our bikes. No divorce, just demerits.