First ride on the 300 A boy on a mans bike
 

Lets hope this is not a sighn of things to come.

I am in the basement puttting chairs together for the holiday gatherings, Looking at the new 300 I get the brainstorm to ride it around the yard a bit. Just warm it up, burn up the gas in the carb that has been sitting a week. I have rode the bike a total off 100 yards until today. I push it out side, Three solid kicks and it is running. No gear on, I ride it down the street 2 house lengths to the very large culdasac. Short shift through 4 gears or so. Grab a little brake to turn around and head back and gear up.

:eek: Next thing I know I am on the ground, ,bloody road rash to hands and knees, bent up ankle, really w.t.f. I manage to lockup the brakes and not let off for 10 feet untill I was on the ground. Has it really come to this, I am that burnt that when the front wheel starts to slide I cant even let off the brake??? Again WTF,

The neighbor looking out the window that is 100 yards away, I sure was saying look at that idiot, 47 years old and he crashed in the street like a 5 year old just off training wheels. He will have a good laugh with me when we talk next

40 foot wide turn around at 10 miles per hour was bad, cant wait to see 40 miles per hour 10 inches from trees.

Happy Holidays
ED

Ed... at our age... we consider that brain fade..

We had the chance here to do a shane watts class.. great learning class.. one of the drills he has you do is to slide the front tire locked up for as far as you can(on dirt of course)...
I have left about a 6' black mark on my driveway with the front tire locked up... it is way cool...

thanks for sharing...

Jay

You might have been OK if you stayed in the yard. At least your reputation would still be intact. It must been the lean surge as it ran out of gas that made you grab the brakes for dear life.

Ed you didn't hurt the bike did you? jk I came so close to doing the same thing the first time I rode my sons new at the time Husky TC250. Sorry to read about the bike nap; heal up quick.

Read the story out loud and my wife scowled at me - because I was rolling on the floor laughing! :eek:

Wouldn't have been funny if you'd hurt yourself seriously, but a perfect telling of the story ;)

Have a great Christmas, and enjoy your next ride.

Oil the brake pads... I swear my front brake needs some too. Either that, or lay off the rum/eggnog before the ride.

I'm glad you or the bike isn't damaged badly.

Sounds like I might have goton more sympathy from your wife than mine,

My wifes coment: Are you OK, Why would you crash in the street , did you brake this new one allready. Why are you playing on it anyway , did you finish the chairs, have you cleaned your office. That office better be cleaned they are coming tomorrow.

After years of coming home broken with a bent bike at times, and her witnessing some terrific getoffs of over the years she is pretty imune to the minor stuff.

ED

Is it bad that i was wondering how the bike was when i was reading that, glad to hear you're ok, thats always when the worst/crazy things happen/I'll just take a quick spin w/no gear, i got my butt handed to me by a pw50 comeing down a hill and the tire tucked into a rut and threw me over the bars, that sucked bad

I have a friend who raced motocross in the vet class. He would jump anything, like #%^$ scary stuff. He rode his new bike out for a practice lap and was just idling along and fell over in small berm. One of his new boots hooked on the side panel of his new bike as he fell over. Instant broken leg....... Perfect example WTF and Murphy's law.

Be happy that you didn't break anything, get well!

I made a commitment to myself to never swing a leg over with out riding boots or a helmet(Very rare that I break that rule) Yesterday was a good reminder

7 years ago I bring the bike around from the barn to load up for a Hare Scramble the next day. I have 2 ways to get to the truck, putt around the yard or launch off the 5 foot high stone wall. I choose the wall, The bike kicks a little to the side. While in the air my feet come off the pegs alittle, not sure how but when I land my left foot miss the peg and my heal takes all my body weight. Instantlly I new it was major. I rode up to a tree and leaned into it and bellowed for my wife. Crushed the heel. More breaks than he could count. 3 surgerys 6 months out of work.

Allways gear up,

ED