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Motorcycle Forum / General / Yamaha / August 2007V-star laid down...
Through the generous efforts of a local citizen, I was forced to lay my 2006 v-star 1100 down at moderate speed about 2 weeks ago. I walked away with road rash only, but the bike was a tow job just cause I wasn't up to chancing it. The dealer ship is jammed up with work and has yet to give me an estimate on repair, but I wanted to ping the group. Most of the damage is cosmetic: highway bar, saddlebag, windshield, headlight... but the tank was dented/buckled on the right side on both sides of the filler neck.. no scuffs.. so either the handlebar cranked over into it.. or something got pranged... Also.. the engine was leaking oil near the back of the crankcase near the tranny. There are no scuffs on the case on either side. Is this common in the V-star 1100? Is there a weak spot in the case? Should I expect a bent frame? THe bike tracked ok when I walked it off the road. Does the stress of a laydown at 30 mph or less cause enough momentum to break a seal or routinely cause an oil leak back there? Thanks for any feedback.. Dave Dave,,,Can't answer your question,,only want to say glad u still with us,,,,,all things considered,could be allot worst,, I pray everything works out ok for U and bike ,,and u r out there riding with us soon,,R > Through the generous efforts of a local citizen, I was forced to lay my > 2006 v-star 1100 down at moderate speed about 2 weeks ago. It was your fault. It is always the motorcycle rider's fault. Lick your wounds and get over it. I walked away > with road rash only, >>Through the generous efforts of a local citizen, I was forced to lay my >>2006 v-star 1100 down at moderate speed about 2 weeks ago. > > It was your fault. > It is always the motorcycle rider's fault. > Lick your wounds and get over it. Bike.. totalled. Other driver: 3 tickets and found at fault. Wounds: almost healed. >>>Through the generous efforts of a local citizen, I was forced to lay my >>>2006 v-star 1100 down at moderate speed about 2 weeks ago. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Wounds: almost healed. See above It was your fault. It is always the motorcycle rider's fault. Lick your wounds and get over Dave, Majorly sorry to hear this--that is a huge bummer. Glad your wounds were relatively minor and that you were able to walk away. DTM Please explain the exact way in which you can 'lay down' your motorcycle. I have been riding for more than three decades, on street and dirt. I have taken numerous riding courses and observed many who are much better riders than me. I have NEVER heard anyone describe the method of steering, braking, and weight distribution that will allow a rider to take a motorcycle and purposely lay it on its side, perpendicular the original path of travel, while still maintaining the original direction of travel. I have witnessed and heard third-hand accounts of people over-braking, over and under steering, and using unsafe speed for street conditions that resulted in 'laying' a bike down. All of these events, as has been pointed out, were the motorcycle rider's fault. As I said, no one has ever explained to me how to purposely 'lay a bike down', until that time, I have only one comment when I hear someone say that they "Had to lay it down": BULLSHIT. You f.cked up, admit it. >>>Through the generous efforts of a local citizen, I was forced to lay my >>>2006 v-star 1100 down at moderate speed about 2 weeks ago. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Wounds: almost healed. >Please explain the exact way in which you can 'lay down' your motorcycle. I >have been riding for more than three decades, on street and dirt. I have [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] >> >> Wounds: almost healed. that is admitting it. now you admit you need to stop top posting. it's very bad manners. LIKE TYPING IN ALL CAPS! go it? >>Please explain the exact way in which you can 'lay down' your motorcycle. >>I [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] > it's very bad manners. LIKE TYPING IN ALL CAPS! > go it? Piss off, w.nker! >>>Please explain the exact way in which you can 'lay down' your motorcycle. >>>I [quoted text clipped - 35 lines] >> go it? >Piss off, w.nker! sure, open up and spit out your nan. Idiot! Obviously 3 decades of biking has taught you nothing. Laying a machine down can be done in a last ditch effort to avoid a crash with a cager. All it takes is the mental capacity to come to a timely understanding that you are NOT going to be able to stop your bike before impact, and the physical agility to pull it off. Yes you get to roll about the asphalt a bit and no you don't have any control over your path once you are on the ground, but this is infinitely more preferable to becoming scrunched between 700 pounds of bike and the cager's trim package. I've had to do it, and lived to tell the tale. It isn't something that's taught, it's something that's done when nothing else will work. Your attitude is well represented in the numbers of bikers who die because they haven't the technical expertise to ride properly and preparedly. See you in the bone yard. >>>Please explain the exact way in which you can 'lay down' your motorcycle. >>>I [quoted text clipped - 38 lines] >> go it? > Piss off, w.nker! |
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