02-19-2016, 06:33 AM
dropped it, not fallen, big difference 
2 cars in front of me driving in their lane, next to each other.
Car on the right lane, turned to the left lane without looking at the car on the left lane.
Result, car on left lane had to brake hard to prevent a collision.
All this at minor speeds btw.
Me, I was behind the hard breaking car.
Fortunately I was not behind the middle of the car.
I very rarely ride with my nose pointing at the exact center of a car when riding in heavy traffic.
Unfortunately I was stil behind the car nonetheless and I was perhaps riding a notch too close, so I could not avoid the minor contact...
Good thing is I could dodge the rear of the car so my wheel didn't hit the car, only my left indicator touched the car, wich luckely is one of the most flexible parts of our bikes.
No harm done, untill, the bike stood still after hard braking with a turned steering wheel...
The result of that is I couldn't hold the bike, but in fact I tried to hold up a 260kg bike with only my right hand, since I was out of balance after the hard breaking...but inevitable I was slowly loosing her and at the end my right wrist hurt so much that I had to drop it, slowly.
The thing I am bothered with is I know that If I applied my front brake much harder I know I could stop faster without contact and didnt even need to dodge the car in the first place.
But I had only one (or maximum2) finger on the front brake lever.
I had no time to introduce more fingers so all I had was that one finger 
I even applied the rear brake, but clearly the total braking power was a notch too weak.
The maneuvre itself turned out good but it was the drop that caused some minor scratches.
There are minor scratches on my right mirror, but you almost cant see.
Those Napoleon mirrors luckely fold upwards and the OEM engine guard did its work and the minor scratches there dont bother me too.
But, there are some visible scratches at my left exhaust
Nothing tooo bad, but still.
Other inconvenience, that damn throttle wrist, I cant even lift up a simple plate.
Other than that I can still use it witjout great pain and most important, I can drive a bike
I'll see how it evolves.
Lesson I learned:
I actually had to think, since I find I did everything right, and some things you just can't anticipate.
IF only I had 4 finger on the front brake....naah I can't blame myself for not doing that, its just not realistic nor comfortable.
I perhaps could keep a bigger distance, but in slow town riding you automatically 'tailgate'..
edit: driver and passenger, young couple, of hard braking car stopped to asked me if i am ok, as did a stranger that seemed to appear out of nowhere.
Good things do happen when needed
But I didnt need assistence since I picked up the bike in no time.
Turned my back to the bike, bent my knees, right hand grabbed the rear rack, left hand the throttle grip and slowly stood up with the bike behind me, easy peasy.
The car that did the cuss maneuvre disappeared and I joked with the driver that stopped that I should cuss hunt him down
I was amazed to see the driver was a real bulky bodybuilder his girlfriend seemed well build too 
2 cars in front of me driving in their lane, next to each other.
Car on the right lane, turned to the left lane without looking at the car on the left lane.
Result, car on left lane had to brake hard to prevent a collision.
All this at minor speeds btw.
Me, I was behind the hard breaking car.
Fortunately I was not behind the middle of the car.
I very rarely ride with my nose pointing at the exact center of a car when riding in heavy traffic.
Unfortunately I was stil behind the car nonetheless and I was perhaps riding a notch too close, so I could not avoid the minor contact...
Good thing is I could dodge the rear of the car so my wheel didn't hit the car, only my left indicator touched the car, wich luckely is one of the most flexible parts of our bikes.
No harm done, untill, the bike stood still after hard braking with a turned steering wheel...
The result of that is I couldn't hold the bike, but in fact I tried to hold up a 260kg bike with only my right hand, since I was out of balance after the hard breaking...but inevitable I was slowly loosing her and at the end my right wrist hurt so much that I had to drop it, slowly.
The thing I am bothered with is I know that If I applied my front brake much harder I know I could stop faster without contact and didnt even need to dodge the car in the first place.
But I had only one (or maximum2) finger on the front brake lever.
I had no time to introduce more fingers
so all I had was that one finger I even applied the rear brake, but clearly the total braking power was a notch too weak.
The maneuvre itself turned out good but it was the drop that caused some minor scratches.
There are minor scratches on my right mirror, but you almost cant see.
Those Napoleon mirrors luckely fold upwards and the OEM engine guard did its work and the minor scratches there dont bother me too.
But, there are some visible scratches at my left exhaust
Nothing tooo bad, but still.
Other inconvenience, that damn throttle wrist, I cant even lift up a simple plate.
Other than that I can still use it witjout great pain and most important, I can drive a bike
I'll see how it evolves.
Lesson I learned:
I actually had to think
, since I find I did everything right, and some things you just can't anticipate.IF only I had 4 finger on the front brake....naah I can't blame myself for not doing that, its just not realistic nor comfortable.
I perhaps could keep a bigger distance, but in slow town riding you automatically 'tailgate'..
edit: driver and passenger, young couple, of hard braking car stopped to asked me if i am ok, as did a stranger that seemed to appear out of nowhere.
Good things do happen when needed
But I didnt need assistence since I picked up the bike in no time.
Turned my back to the bike, bent my knees, right hand grabbed the rear rack, left hand the throttle grip and slowly stood up with the bike behind me, easy peasy.
The car that did the cuss maneuvre disappeared and I joked with the driver that stopped that I should cuss hunt him down
I was amazed to see the driver was a real bulky bodybuilder
his girlfriend seemed well build too