06-21-2015, 12:35 AM
My beautiful CB1100 - only 3.5k miles on her - wrecked.
I recently went on a group ride with a couple people I knew and many I did not know, and about an hour and a half into the ride, I misjudged a curve and low sided.
The right side of my tank was really banged up, and my handlebars were badly skewed, but several guys in the group worked together to bend the bars back into rideable-ish shape. Since we (my husband was on the ride with me) were northeast of Carson (no cell signal), we couldn't call for a tow; and because there was no other major damage to the bike, we decided to ride it back about 20 miles where we might get a signal. Actually, my ribs and right knee were so beat up I couldn't wrestle with the torqued bars, so I rode my husband's ZRX and he rode my CB.
We ended up just riding the 80 miles back home (couldn't get a signal where we had stopped) and took the bike into our favorite shop (Vicious Cycle). Damage estimate from both the shop and our insurance totaled the bike (just $1.5k functional damage and over $9k cosmetic damage).
We took the payout and bought back the salvage, so the functional and a little of the cosmetic damage is being fixed and I should get her back in a couple weeks, but I so wish I had made better choices and this had never happened!
As for me, I did crack a rib (just a hairline fracture thank goodness!) and did some tissue damage to my knee, but aside from LOTS of bruising and soreness, I got very doggone lucky!!!
Keep safe out there, everyone!
I recently went on a group ride with a couple people I knew and many I did not know, and about an hour and a half into the ride, I misjudged a curve and low sided.
The right side of my tank was really banged up, and my handlebars were badly skewed, but several guys in the group worked together to bend the bars back into rideable-ish shape. Since we (my husband was on the ride with me) were northeast of Carson (no cell signal), we couldn't call for a tow; and because there was no other major damage to the bike, we decided to ride it back about 20 miles where we might get a signal. Actually, my ribs and right knee were so beat up I couldn't wrestle with the torqued bars, so I rode my husband's ZRX and he rode my CB.
We ended up just riding the 80 miles back home (couldn't get a signal where we had stopped) and took the bike into our favorite shop (Vicious Cycle). Damage estimate from both the shop and our insurance totaled the bike (just $1.5k functional damage and over $9k cosmetic damage).
We took the payout and bought back the salvage, so the functional and a little of the cosmetic damage is being fixed and I should get her back in a couple weeks, but I so wish I had made better choices and this had never happened!
As for me, I did crack a rib (just a hairline fracture thank goodness!) and did some tissue damage to my knee, but aside from LOTS of bruising and soreness, I got very doggone lucky!!!
Keep safe out there, everyone!