Well, as they say, it's not a matter of if, but when . . . I laid it down today. There was a long line of cars turning left at a light, I was going straight, car coming the opposite way turned left in front of me. I made the mistake of adjusting my helmet as I was coming to the intersection and had only one hand on the bars when I hit the brake. It was a beautiful laydown, though. Bike went down, I caught it in the knee and on my forearm but bounced right back to my feet and chased down the sliding bike. I was sure that the fairing would be all scratched up and ugly, but there was hardly any damage. I got a little road rash on my arm and a nice silver dollar sized abrassion on my knee. Messed up my brand new ACU's with sown on nametape and rank though. Thankfully my helmet never touched the ground.
Bike damage: tiny abrasion to the fairing under the windshield, scratched turn signal, scratched bar ends with a possible bent bar, bent gear shift, scratched kickstand, scuffed handrail on the rear seat
And the one that ticks me off the most is the damage to the left side engine cover. I've got frame sliders, which caught most of the damage, but didn't save the engine cover? Isn't that part of what it's supposed to do?
Attached some pics below:
Bike damage: tiny abrasion to the fairing under the windshield, scratched turn signal, scratched bar ends with a possible bent bar, bent gear shift, scratched kickstand, scuffed handrail on the rear seat
And the one that ticks me off the most is the damage to the left side engine cover. I've got frame sliders, which caught most of the damage, but didn't save the engine cover? Isn't that part of what it's supposed to do?
Attached some pics below:
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