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« on: October 31, 2008, 01:54:09 PM »
AT all of 3 mph today I gave the Bandit an owiee.  I aws in a lane that merged on street to another.  The lady ahead of me to off, or so I thought.  I pulled forward while looking to the left to insure the way as clear.  Little did I knwo she had stopped about 10' after she started.  I realized this as the bandito merged with her right rear tail light.  Broke her tail light lens and did this to the bandit.
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« Reply #1 on: October 31, 2008, 01:58:53 PM »
Once again, it just goes to show that cagers should ALWAYS cover their accelerators and check their mirrors when coming to a stop in case a brain-dead rider isn't paying attention behind them.















  Razz

Seriously, sorry your bike got an owie. Glad it was just a low-speed smooshie, though.
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« Reply #2 on: October 31, 2008, 02:01:53 PM »
Quote from: Norwegian Blue on October 31, 2008, 01:58:53 PM

Once again, it just goes to show that cagers should ALWAYS cover their accelerators and check their mirrors when coming to a stop in case a brain-dead rider isn't paying attention behind them.
  Razz

Seriously, sorry your bike got an owie. Glad it was just a low-speed smooshie, though.


 Bigok I suppose brain dead would sum it up at that moment.  I might just fix teh signal and call it good if I can get the fairing piece to mate up properly.  I will most likely replace the plastic pop in retainers with screws and hidden nuts.
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« Reply #3 on: October 31, 2008, 02:55:31 PM »
I did almost that exact thing in my car years ago. I expected the driver to continue, and she didn't. Paid for that one outta my pocket.

I know that fairing very well after my whoops in June. You can fix it. :-)
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« Reply #4 on: October 31, 2008, 07:10:47 PM »
Hate to see the Bandit scratched up!

Glad to see you're OK  Smile
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« Reply #5 on: October 31, 2008, 08:34:31 PM »
Did that once myself, but in a car. Looks painful on the Bandit. I can feel the pain thinking about if I did that to mine. Rough luck.  Sad
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« Reply #6 on: October 31, 2008, 09:38:22 PM »
I am now looking at it as an opportunity to customize a bit.
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« Reply #7 on: November 02, 2008, 05:24:32 AM »
Buy a set of frame sliders and say good bye to low speed damage. Luckily, I installed a set as I have dropped it about four times. I'm not too graceful. Crazy
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« Reply #8 on: November 02, 2008, 06:16:53 AM »
I have thought about sliders, but they would not have helped here.  The accident was at about 3MPH and the bike did not go down.
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