Another tale of fender failure

[Dan]

Took a good spill last nite on a MoonDawg Front fender bracket failed. Front end stopped and turned right. Me and the rest of the bike kept going but not real far. It had such great fender mounts I stopped checking them. Big time new guy mistake. I have said it dozens of times and read it hundreds, check your gear, most especially fenders. I face planted but was wearing a helmet. Some good gouges on right palm and left elbow and knee. The worlds biggest blood blister where one would have "love handles" also left side. Bike damage; Solar head light lens (light still works) Paint job is scraped up. A really great seat has road rash. (LOL, I am most upset about the seat) Broken clutch handle. (My last good one)

Just reiterating for my self most of all, Helmet and safety checks. That bracket was showing sighns of rusting out for a while. All I had to do was look at it!

Thanks to you Folks, I have become fanatical about the helmet thing. I doubt I would be out of the hospital by now (if not worse) with out one.

[Spunout]

holy jebus dan. glad you're semi-ok. an easy fix is attatch an additional L-bracket to the front of the fender. the rear alone never holds up

[Pablo]

We demand pictures.

Just kidding. Glad you are posting, sucks about the bike (and the seat)

[Dan]

Thanks Buddy. Feeling amazingly good. No real pain at all. Am surprised. Was just sitting here thinking on how I was going to reattach. They really are great fenders. I am thinking forward and rear facing with some sort of plastic backup that alows it to fall enough to warn me but not enough to let it follow the wheel around. (I meant to do this last spring and never got around to it, snork)

[Dan]

Originally Posted by Pablo

We demand pictures.

Just kidding. Glad you are posting, sucks about the bike (and the seat)

LOL! I took pics of the wounds but I think that might be a lil 2 knarly for posting. Will post some of bike. Carol wanted me to paint it but I really kind of liked it. (Calls it the "electric avocado" is an odd shade of florescent green) My neigbors think there are 2 MBers in the Village. One has a green MB and the other is red. They ask me if I know the other guy, lol. "Not well, he is a bit of a jerk" Funny part, they like my PB red MB better


"Roses are red. Violets are blue. I am schizophrenic and so am I..."

[DOC BOLM]

Originally Posted by Dan

LOL! I took pics of the wounds but I think that might be a lil 2 knarly for posting. Will post some of bike. Carol wanted me to paint it but I really kind of liked it. (Calls it the "electric avocado" is an odd shade of florescent green) My neigbors think there are 2 MBers in the Village. One has a green MB and the other is red. They ask me if I know the other guy, lol. "Not well, he is a bit of a jerk" Funny part, they like my 4 stroke PB red MB better


"Roses are red. Violets are blue. I am schizophrenic and so am I..."

Dan sorry about your 10/50.Just glad happy was out of town.Harleys Dad

[Pablo]

Well after looking at a few of the road wound pictures in the last few years, let's just hope it's not near dinner time.

Close up of the busted fender bracket is required, however.

[mekano]

I feel sorry for you. I hope your wounds heal well, best regards from Sweden.

[Dan]

Will do Pablo. Your right, should be pictured. As the warning discoleration was a very clear indicator it was about to fail.

Thanks Mekano and Doc! Pretty pain free right now. (beer and aspirin, lol)

Was just changing the bandages and realized if I had been wearing knee, elbow pads and gloves with the helmet, I would have one minor bit of damage instead of 5. Another thing (pads) I was meaning to get/do.

[fasteddy]

Yipes, Dan it comes out of no where doesn,t it. Great part is you made it and it was not worse.
Glad you did the helmet THING.
Hope you heal up soon.

Steve.