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... Owned. I was riding to check out a state park in NC, it was about an hour and half away. I was riding down a slow city street and almost to the park, when some old grandma in front of me slammed on her brakes (to make a u-turn I later find out ugh)!
I always thought that in an instance like this I would react well ... it turns out I didn't. I locked up both brakes while trying to swerve around cuz I basically paniced I guess. So I get tossed off the right side and the bike does a 180 and lands on the left side facing the opposite way. Thankfully I'm not hurt but my bike has seen better days ... and all this right after I finish my new paintjob (flatblack).
It is a learning experience because I know exactly what I did wrong; followed too close even on a slow road and wasn't paying attention as well as I should've been.
Here's the damage, I had my camera with me lol:
The sliders took most of the damage (none to the frame omg thank god), the road ground about an inch off!
And some cool scenery around the crash site ... because I just do that. ;D
I always thought that in an instance like this I would react well ... it turns out I didn't. I locked up both brakes while trying to swerve around cuz I basically paniced I guess. So I get tossed off the right side and the bike does a 180 and lands on the left side facing the opposite way. Thankfully I'm not hurt but my bike has seen better days ... and all this right after I finish my new paintjob (flatblack).
It is a learning experience because I know exactly what I did wrong; followed too close even on a slow road and wasn't paying attention as well as I should've been.
Here's the damage, I had my camera with me lol:



The sliders took most of the damage (none to the frame omg thank god), the road ground about an inch off!






And some cool scenery around the crash site ... because I just do that. ;D

