Re: OUCH!

[Tpcutter@xxxxxxx]

In a message dated 4/19/06 1:59:25 PM Eastern  Standard Time, 
absdoug@xxxxxxxxx writes:
Old BMW Airhead... brakes worked  like shit, dry-rotted tire. I volunteered 
to bed in the brakes as we did a  Frankenstein deal, taking old, known to be 
good parts, to put the bike right. At  some point I locked up the front wheel 
and fell. Full gear head to toe.  Collarbone broke (I think the helmet did it). 
I'll make a 100% recovery, but  this sucks. I've been native... I thought a 
fall at 25-30 mph was no big deal  (with gear). Fuckin' OUCH! My hip is black. 
The broken bones bump into each  other <chills>. 
Also really starting to think ABS  is even MORE important then I thought. 
This would never happen on my ABS  equipped bike!>>

I did a front-wheel washout  under heavy braking about a month ago at 
Virginia International Raceway, during  a race. Felt like it ripped my left thimb 
clear off.  OUCH.

I wish my GSXR had ABS!



Tom  Cutter
Yardley, PA
http://www.RubberChickenRacingGarage.com  

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