GSXR Dumping Squid

[Mental]

Do I have a good reason? Was it wet? Was I tired, drunk, forced off the road?
Nope

Naw, instead my dumb ass is in the parking lot at work. I approach the end of a row, I look right, I look left. I see the little Hyundai hatchback, but that doesn't make it to my brain, I let out the clutch and ease forward when I realize what I am doing. I am leaned over a little and commited. Clutch and brake in....front wheel locks, slides and.....bam.

Allow me to make this clear, I am not as good natured about this as Bash, or Scott, or Tipys or jimwallace or Matty.

I am fucking furious with myself. Still.

But I do understand kharma, and I know I have this coming. So please, do not offer help, or support. It was a 5 mph off, and the damage is mostly cosmetic, I need to replace my shifter.

After the bike went over (lucky for my dumb ass, I broke the fall with my knee) I layed on my back and felt the rage build. When I heard the Hyundai bacing up, I got up so they wouldn't think I was hurt. I thanked them for stopping, and took ownership of the accident. Stood my bike up, got a quick survey of the damage and road it home.

I will not count dirtbike offs, and I am not counting my 0 mph lowside in 1997. So my last accident was in 1989. Yes, I know Trever was just born. I don't fucking care.

Yes I know that everyone wrecks, I also don't care.
I know that this is why we wear gear. Don't goddam care.
I know I should be thankful I walked away
I should be thankful I can afford to fix my mistake
I should feel blessed I have a bike in the first place

I should have been more careful and seen the damm car in broad damm daylight.

Tomorrow it will be better. Tomorrow, I will realize all those things above, but right now I am just too goddamm mad. Even a few sarcastic posts, and 2 beer later I am still absolutely goddam livid.

Fucking moron.

Total damage, a scratched mirror, turn signal, a nicely scuffed side panel, deeply scratcted crank case cover, a destroyed shifter, one skinned knee and a blood soaked tax payer provided flight suit. My helmet never hit the ground. The larger damage is my giant ego just took a huge kick on the balls.





5 fucking miles an hour.

So please, start up, I deserve it. No I don't think I am better than anyone, and yes much better riders than me have gone down. None of that helps. It was 5 fucking miles an hour, and now I get to spend the next few month riding around with a scuffed GSXR like every other fucking squid in COS. Fucking great. I might as well just glue the goddam helmet to my fucking tail section, throw on my fucking tank top and ride on down Academy on one fucking wheel.

Yes, I know, please, post up the jokes, I deserve it all and more. All the cracks about Tipys, jimwallance, matty and anyone else I started up on, this is kharma. You are better peaple than I am, and thats not a hard thing to do.

[Zach929rr]

Sounds like you could use some

[y_merkle]

I think you covered it all. Sorry anyway.

[Tipys]

I was gonna say something but cant cause the last part has me ROTFLMFAO.


But however its got to be the Gixxer. Like people say its a jeep thing. Well its a GIXXER thing they like being shiny side down.


And I mean this if you need any help at all just ask. LOL

[utsv650]

i think you crashed into some ocean water.... your chain shows it..

fucking scrap it in to a track bike and get a ducati... that way youll be more careful?

JK

im just hoping my kharma doesnt kick in at high speed

[Tipys]

Also forgot Krama is the reason I crashed at PMI. I was making fun of my friend Twiggy cause his car got stolen when he moved back to Florida. I did this the night before the trackday. Never make fun of someone before going on a race track.

[chad23]

and I now dont feel so bad about my little get off

[thatmofo]

Damn man. I know the feeling - Pissed as hell. It seems to be happening a lot this week. My friend dropped his at 0 MPH yesterday and he's pissed as hell too.

Did I see any sliders on that bike?

[Sully]

Don't be so hard on yourself, Mental. It's not that bad, really. I think these little "get off's" happen to keep it real and remind us to stay humble. Heal up quick

[Nick_Ninja]

If you are looking for sympathy tho ----- you'll find it between shit and syphilis in the dictionary.








































Does that make you feel better?

[Mizzybeff]

Sorry mental. That sucks. I know ur pissed at ur self but tomorrow maybe it will be better. Im glad it wasn't any worse though. At least it was a small accident. (which is probably y u r so pissed about it) Well next time I see ya i'll give ya a great big hug!

[d3spair]

Wow you just got this! Such a pretty bike too. I almost fucking bit it on gravel (AGAIN) today coming out of the car wash, I think GSXRs are pre-disposed to becoming slippery penguins as soon as they get within 5 feet of sand.

Get it fixed and keep riding!

[Skyzor]

You are not making Gixxer owners look less squid-like!!!!

Bad luck,

Gravity is a bitch.

[Nerves]

You want to hear a stupid layover story? I got one for ya. I just got off work at 7am after workin a 12, and I was sitting on my bike warming it up cuz it is not fuel injected and it was a tit bit nippley that morning. So I'm sitting there with the bike in neutral thinkin about this and that and a little more of this, and for some restarted reason I start tapping my left foot. The same foot that was sitting on the shifter. So Im there with my arms crossed and I drop it down into first. Yay. The whole bike lurches forward 4 foot and goes over with me (kinda) on it. God I felt like a dumb sh*t. It happens to the best of us bro, and in my case, the dumbest of us.

[Hi11Zone]

But Gixxers are squids, hes just doing his part :P

Glad it wasn't to bad.

[y_merkle]

But Gixxers are squids, hes just doing his part :P

Glad it wasn't to bad.

That's okay because I've seen a fair share of Kawi's on their sides too! The green doesn't look as pretty with asphalt all over it as a GSXR does!

[Tipys]

That's okay because I've seen a fair share of Kawi's on their sides too! The green doesn't look as pretty with asphalt all over it as a GSXR does!

Hey you leave Kawi out of this. This thread is about GXSR's

[PharmerKyle]

yabbutt wasn't the Suzuki just a rental or something until you get your "S" back together?

[JohnEffinK]

Glad you are OK.

It is pretty funny that it was out at Schreiver though.....

John

[TFOGGuys]

Sorry to hear you hit the ground. I won't bore everyone with my own brain fart street crash (My 1 and only, not even on the street, actually). Please let me know if I can give you a hand with parts. I have a line on some aftermarket shifters that are pretty reasonably priced(~$30), as well as aftermarket stator covers and stuff.

[Squisha]

I can only think of it this way: As humiliating as your little crash might have been, it would have been ALOT more humiliating if you'd been run over by that Hyundai.

[Matty]

Well its a GIXXER thing they like being shiny side down.

hey buddy, i've put about 40K on my 'o5 and it's never been shiny side down...

[Devaclis]

I will be there on Saturday if ya need a hug man.

[MetaLord 9]

You crashed. That makes you a bad person. It's not like you were out there molesting children while burning the American flag, smoking crack, and performing a back alley abortion at a KKK meeting. That shit's forgiveable. But the crashing? You should probably kill yourself to save society the trouble.