Oh ya... I'm fine. Not a scratch on me. (I was wearing all of my protective riding gear) Somehow, after my bike came crashing down on its left side with me somewhat ontop of it, I did my infamous "tuck and roll" and escaped unscathed. My back was a little twisted up last week, but other than that...
Heh heh heh, about the "incident" -- let's just say I really shouldn't have been riding with a chain with 25,000+ miles on it.
It was (really x100) loose, apparently. Who knew??!!
I had downshifted into first gear and pulled the clutch in to turn onto a ramp (it was a super tight turn, like a hairpin right) and suddenly felt my bike slide to the left as if I were lowsiding (which I couldn't figure out b/c I honestly was going too slow to lose traction). About half a second later my bike was bucking me into the air and flipping to the left. I realized what was happening and I think, thankfully, b/c I was going so slow, the weight of me on the bike kept it from actually flipping over the way they do in higher speed accidents. So we (the bike and I) landed with a thud on the left side - in the middle of the road in front of about a 2-foot skid mark.
Thankfully, only my clutch lever and shift pedal seem to be parts needing to be replaced (other than the chain & sprockets, but those were up for replacement anyway). My left side fairing got scraped on the road but only in about a 2" spot -- where the graphics sticker is, so unless you're up close, its hard to notice anyway.
Gives my bike more character!!
I'm anxious to get her up & running again because in the meantime I'm stuck riding a friend's Kawasaki ZX-14.
Yes, I realize I just typed that. It's just that the ZX-14 is a b#@%& on tight corners and even though she's really balanced, she doesn't scoot around like the FZ6R. I like my "little engine that could" m'cycle.
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