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Motorcycle Forum / General / Motorcycles / April 2008If you gotta crash
Kid on a Duc had a minor crash up at Alices yesterday. He apparantly hit a pothole at low speed, somhow lost it, went over the bars while the bike slid and wedged under a parked car. The rider was wearing good gear and appeared to be no worse for wear apart from some scuffed boots and clothing. The bike had frame sliders and came out not too bad except for a broken clutch lever, mirror, shifter and sidestand switch. The bike would start in neutral but as soon as it was put in gear, the sidestand switch killed the engine even with the sidestand retracted. A friend dragged out a multimeter. There were three wires, one ground, one +12 and one floating. After much debate about wire color and circuits, somebody finally suggested connecting the floating wire to ground and the bike then started. There was enough clutch lever left to operate, but the shift lever was too short. Somebody suggested an allen wrench as an extension. We dug up a hose clamp and some tie wraps to lash the allen wrench to the end of the broken lever and it held together well enough to shift. As I was putting on my gear, the kid took off and headed home, after thanking everybody who helped patch the bike back together. Nice to see the occasional crash with a more or less happy ending. > Kid on a Duc had a minor crash up at Alices yesterday. > He apparantly hit a pothole at low speed, somhow lost it, [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > patch the bike back together. Nice to see the occasional > crash with a more or less happy ending. Nice report. I can't wait for next Sunday. But at least I don't PLAN on crashing. hehe. Thanks for the route tip. The road looks good on google maps. I could go either up or down the road. I usually prefer up a twisty road, what do you think? Oh yeah, is Barb's fish shack still going in Half Moon Bay? I always liked the fresh fried Lingcod there. > > Kid on a Duc had a minor crash up at Alices yesterday. > > He apparantly hit a pothole at low speed, somhow lost it, [quoted text clipped - 38 lines] > Oh yeah, is Barb's fish shack still going in Half Moon Bay? I always liked > the fresh fried Lingcod there. Either direction is a nice ride. I usually ride down to the coast myself, partly I guess because the uphill traffic tends to be going slower. This is a road that's about 1.5 lanes wide and you have to watch out for an occasional car going the other way. I love Tunitas because it's one of those cool shady mountain roads with big mossy redwoods all the way down the hill. Lobitas is an equally windy goatpath but more open, with horse properties and gardens on the roadside. I'm not familiar with Barb's. I'll have to look for it. myself. There's also Duarte's tavern in Pescadero, the Davenport Inn, Alice's on skyline, Henflings, Ciao Bella and the Black Forest inn in Ben Lomond, Scopazi's and the Boulder Creek Brewery in Boulder Creek and any number of places in Santa Cruz of course. >Nice to see the occasional >crash with a more or less happy ending. Yup, too many end up the other way. Good on you guys for helping the young man out. That's what riding is all about. -- See Ya On The Road 2000 Yamaha Venture Millennium 2004 HD Road King |
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