09-29-2007, 11:30 PM
Ouch.
I was out riding gravel/dirt roads with my father-in-law, on his brand-new XL650R (he was riding an old Yamaha 2-smoke). We had done about 60 miles, and were headed back when I dumped it in a left-hander. Maybe 30 miles an hour, and I just went down slowly on the low side.
Of course, since we were just out on dirt, I wasn't wearing "proper" gear. Yes, I'm an idiot. Just had on jeans, long-sleeve sweatshirt and t-shirt, helmet, gloves, and boots. The sweatshirt got pushed up my arm, so I've got a hamburger forearm full of gravel. My hip is bruised, but the jeans held up and didn't let any rash through. The real surprise were my boots. On the outside of the left boot (opposite the bike), the gravel road burned a hole through the boot material, my sock, and into my ankle. Its not deep, but I was very surprised to have that happen on a gravel road.
So, I'm not sure this counts as a "real" crash, but it does hurt like hell and was on a street-legal bike...
Pics tomorrow, maybe.
I was out riding gravel/dirt roads with my father-in-law, on his brand-new XL650R (he was riding an old Yamaha 2-smoke). We had done about 60 miles, and were headed back when I dumped it in a left-hander. Maybe 30 miles an hour, and I just went down slowly on the low side.
Of course, since we were just out on dirt, I wasn't wearing "proper" gear. Yes, I'm an idiot. Just had on jeans, long-sleeve sweatshirt and t-shirt, helmet, gloves, and boots. The sweatshirt got pushed up my arm, so I've got a hamburger forearm full of gravel. My hip is bruised, but the jeans held up and didn't let any rash through. The real surprise were my boots. On the outside of the left boot (opposite the bike), the gravel road burned a hole through the boot material, my sock, and into my ankle. Its not deep, but I was very surprised to have that happen on a gravel road.
So, I'm not sure this counts as a "real" crash, but it does hurt like hell and was on a street-legal bike...
Pics tomorrow, maybe.
My two feet.