I always assume that those that wear half a helmet, have decided they will be comfortable having half a face after the slide across the asphalt.
Earl
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I always assume that those that wear half a helmet, have decided they will be comfortable having half a face after the slide across the asphalt.
Earl
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7981GS
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Funny, but ouch!
Funny, but ouch!
You may be one of the oldest squids on the site.
I misunderstood the title, I thought you meant that strong winds blew you off the road.
Glad you're OK more or less, and hope you develop some skill before you ride another fun road.
Bill
You could also move to the Midwest, all we got here is straight flat roads.
Funny, but ouch!
You may be one of the oldest squids on the site.
I misunderstood the title, I thought you meant that strong winds blew you off the road.
Glad you're OK more or less, and hope you develop some skill before you ride another fun road.
Bill
You could also move to the Midwest, all we got here is straight flat roads.
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Gssheller
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You may be one of the oldest squids on the site.
I misunderstood the title, I thought you meant that strong winds blew you off the road.
Glad you're OK more or less, and hope you develop some skill before you ride another fun road.
Bill
You could also move to the Midwest, all we got here is straight flat roads.
I avoided plenty of straight roads just to take this long, twisty route. It really was a great ride. Lots of curves much sharper than the one that took me out!
What is a "squid"?
Squids, punks on sport bikes with no riding abilities, point and shoot, no cornering skills, all acceleration. Kind of like how a squid swims. Put on this Earth for the express enjoyment of us old farts on old bikes to outrun. When the little knee pops out going into a corner and never gets less than 18" from the pavement, it's going to be an easy one.
It's especially fun on an old thumper with knobby tires.
It's especially fun on an old thumper with knobby tires.
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Gssheller
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You may be one of the oldest squids on the site.
I misunderstood the title, I thought you meant that strong winds blew you off the road.
Glad you're OK more or less, and hope you develop some skill before you ride another fun road.
Bill
You could also move to the Midwest, all we got here is straight flat roads.
I resent that remark!
I was fully equipped and made a mistake.
Pretty sure if I was a squid, I wouldn't be telling you the story right now. Perhaps after weeks in a hospital, but not now.
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7981GS
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Squid is also a rider who only uses the front brakes coming DOWN a mountain road
and expecting not to have the front wheel lock up on a bit of sand in a turn.
Daniel
and expecting not to have the front wheel lock up on a bit of sand in a turn.
Daniel
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winfield
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Your OK, and better for it?
Your OK, and better for it?
I crashed, flopped down sideways on the pavement and was barely able to get up and limp off the highway. Two guys came along and picked up my bike for me and rolled it off to the side. I had a busted collar bone on the right side and my arm was useless.
It's hard for a healthy man to pick up a GS, or roll it more than 100 feet, you'd have to be superman to pull up a GS one handed, so you had to be OK.
Bill
Your OK, and better for it?
Actually, I knew you were OK when you said you picked up your bike. If you had a broken wing you would be lucky to get your helmet strap off.
I crashed, flopped down sideways on the pavement and was barely able to get up and limp off the highway. Two guys came along and picked up my bike for me and rolled it off to the side. I had a busted collar bone on the right side and my arm was useless.
It's hard for a healthy man to pick up a GS, or roll it more than 100 feet, you'd have to be superman to pull up a GS one handed, so you had to be OK.
Bill
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cableguy
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Glad you're OK. 60 mph is pretty fast for agricultural excursions, it's amazing you only only broke little stuff on the bike and nothing on you! Except your pride and dignity of course, but just hang out on the GSR where those things aren't highly regarded anyway. You squid. See, that didn't hurt so bad the second time!
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Gssheller
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Thanks... guess I deserve that. See what I get for sharing!
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8barreldart
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looks like the intersection of hwy47 and scappoose vernonia highway? i have nice set of headpipes off my 78 750 that you can have if you need them.
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Gssheller
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Exactly. Good eyes. If you have the right (brake) side exhaust I could really use it. Please send me an email with more info! bnasheller@gmail.com.
Thanks!
Brian
Squid is also a rider who only uses the front brakes coming DOWN a mountain road
and expecting not to have the front wheel lock up on a bit of sand in a turn.
Daniel
That's just someone who doesn't know. Not really a squid thing.
So what's the guy who uses only the rear brake on said mountain road?
Airborne Eddie?
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cableguy
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Gssheller
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Drove back by the scene of the crime today and took a couple of photos. I really can't believe that I escaped with as little damage as I did.
Landed, bounced, and ended up in the middle of this mess.
You can just spot a piece of my gauges in the foreground:
It only gets worse.
View from across the street:
Someone isn't finished with me yet!
Landed, bounced, and ended up in the middle of this mess.
You can just spot a piece of my gauges in the foreground:
It only gets worse.
View from across the street:
Someone isn't finished with me yet!
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7981GS
Guest
That entire area looks PAINFUL! 
It looks like where I ride dirt bikes.
Daniel
It looks like where I ride dirt bikes.
Daniel
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Flyboy
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And so the lessons are learnt and the schooling continues, glad you are ok and came off intact, as others have said, could have been much worse.
Motorcycling is very unforgiving, a moment's lapse in concentration or a brief spell of inattention and you get punished.
Looks like your bike came off realativly unscathed as well, I would say that your crash bars had a lot to do with that, personally, I don't like them and have always removed them from my bikes, I have seen them amputate legs when folding back in a crash, but those of yours are real strudy looking things, you could pick a bulldozer up with those, they did thier job well.
The worst is waking up the next morning and having pain in places you didn't even know you had.
I must admit, I have fallen foul of the same stupid lack of concentration more than once and limped home, bloodied ad bruised on a bent motorcycle, and no matter how many people tell you how much worse it could have been.......it just sucks.
Hahahahah, that is a keeper, for sure.
Motorcycling is very unforgiving, a moment's lapse in concentration or a brief spell of inattention and you get punished.
Looks like your bike came off realativly unscathed as well, I would say that your crash bars had a lot to do with that, personally, I don't like them and have always removed them from my bikes, I have seen them amputate legs when folding back in a crash, but those of yours are real strudy looking things, you could pick a bulldozer up with those, they did thier job well.
The worst is waking up the next morning and having pain in places you didn't even know you had.
I must admit, I have fallen foul of the same stupid lack of concentration more than once and limped home, bloodied ad bruised on a bent motorcycle, and no matter how many people tell you how much worse it could have been.......it just sucks.
:clap::clap::clap::clap::clap:
Hahahahah, that is a keeper, for sure.
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7981GS
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