Hahahahah wipeout....

[YoungRatRod]

Well after eating one 3 of Taco Bell's Doritos Locos tacos, I went for a ride.

After about 30 seconds of riding, my front wheel hit a bump that I didn't see, and the my springer front basically taco'd ended up with road rash all up and down my back, on my ass and on my left calf. Luckily I was wearing my helmet or else I probably wouldn't be sitting here typing this right now.

And another lucky thing, my friends we're still at Taco Bell chowin down so I just loaded it up in their truck and came home and showered

Ill post a picture or two of the damage here pretty soon

Gonna be a while before I ride again, gotta get a new fork set up, probably just a regular cruiser fork, don't need suspension, need rigidity.

YRR

 

[GearNut]

I am sorry to hear that you went down!

 

[YoungRatRod]

Just gives me an opportunity to rebuild and make it stronger, engine wasn't damaged at all, it was literally all the forks

 

[flatblack]

Scary! Sorry to hear it, man. Clean up the rash well and keep it covered and moist with some triple antibiotic ointment.

 

[YoungRatRod]

yeah, haha this ain't my first rodeo with road rash (oh so punny) well at least not this bad

 

[Ibedayank]

of forks before and after to give a heads up to the rest of us if ya would

 

[andrewflores17]

at least you got a new appreciation for your helmet today

 

[Ibedayank]

If the helmet has roadrash also it better to get a new one and be safe then have one that maybe failing because of an impact with the road its just a fiberglass shell over styrofoam after all

 

[YoungRatRod]

First photo, obviously my back and road rash
second photo, kinda looks like a low rider
third photo, bent forks yikes

 

[Mike B]

I was thinking about a springer.

Not any more.

Bummer dude.

 

[flatblack]

Which forks were these?

 

[a_dam]

second photo, kinda looks like a low rider

Yeah, it does have that long & low look. Glad you're OK, btw.

That gives me an idea. A lowrider with a skid plate. A catastrophic failure just turns into a fun, sparky slide to a stop.

 

[YoungRatRod]

Which forks were these?

I'm fairly certain these are from bicycledesigner.com

They bent right at the crown.

 

[moonerdizzle]

Yeah, it does have that long & low look. Glad you're OK, btw.

That gives me an idea. A lowrider with a skid plate. A catastrophic failure just turns into a fun, sparky slide to a stop.

i got some titanium plate from work if you want, i made some skid plates for my boots to mess around. they throw 6 feet of sparks at 25mph.

 

[killercanuck]

Brutal, give your mom a week to cool down. You're still in one piece.

 

[biknut]

That's a bummer. Glad you'll ride again though.

It's a good thing that you to explained what happened. May help others not as experienced as you.

Get well fast.

 

[george_n_texas]

I used to watch my front forks bend in and out a lot on a Pug...I worried this might have happened to me but I guess the chrome-molly is made to do that but still I always wondered! Glad you aren't hurt too bad!

 

[Texhun]

Now for certain I know not to get a springer. Bummer that you had gain more know how on springers this way, the more I read about them the more unreliable they are to me. Hope your road-rash heals quick. What are your plans for forks now?

 

[moonerdizzle]

no springers for me eather, unless they are monarch springers or a set of home made leaf spring forks.
hope your road rash heal quick and you dont get an infection.

 

[YoungRatRod]

Texhun- Im just gunna use some beach cruiser forks

Mooner- thanks a ton. I finally can wear a shirt without gauze on and I worked a full 10 hour day today so I'm healing fast