BOOM! Her F4 hits the ground.

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Luv2RideFast

Discussion Starter · Jul 24, 2000

Well, today my baby hit the ground for the first time.

I was trying to be independent and not wait for TJ to help me navigate the grassy, sand-covered slope we were parked on. A friend helped me push the bike backwards up the hill, but when I got on it to ride it over to where we were going to park, I "heaved" it up too hard and got off balance to my right side.

Down the bike went and threw me, my tank bag and jacket down with it. The bike fared better than I did. If you can imagine this, the bike does not have a single scratch on the fairings that I can tell! Whew! The only rock in the area hit the mirror and scratched the back of it but other than that, you'd never know it was down. My pride is hurt bad and so is my left knee.

Ahhhhh, it's great to be a girl and ride a sportbike. When you fall down and go boom, guys flock from all over to help you get up!

Lesson learned. Next time, I wait for my husband to help me move the bike like he offered to in the first place.

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Stacia
Co-Admin
'00 CBR F4 (the faster, silver/red model)
"Objects in mirror no longer matter!"

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tdekeyser

· #2 · Jul 24, 2000

We all have done that at least once in our lives. Your ego will be the hardest to recover from (at least mine was). My wife also is like you and refuses my help on some things (which is why I love her). Good luck on the knee!

00 ZX6R

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Blackbird

· #3 · Jul 24, 2000

Glad to hear the bike's okay!

Pitty mine didn't fair (right spelling?) as well when I was dumb enough to park in on the grass after it had been raining. Side-stand dug in and over she went. Big cracks in the fairing around the indicator. Was not a happy chappy. All welded up now, just needs some paint and stickers.

While I'm talking about it, anyone know why new plastic is so expensive?

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Dave
CBR600F3

Twistiesman

· #4 · Jul 24, 2000

Man you got lucky! We have all dropped a bike at one time or another and from reading other post on this it usually cost some bucks to fix (just ask TJ

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Dave
Too many curves...so little time

FZR400Tony

· #5 · Jul 24, 2000

damn that sucks.

also it seems honda has the most expensive plastics.

i hear the whole r1 tail is only $90

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Tony

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RCjohn

· #6 · Jul 24, 2000

Stacia,

Sorry to hear that. Get that knee iced down... Sept will be here in no time.

Glad it wasn't worse. I guess I don't need to ask how the races went.

Tony,

I think the new R1 rear sections are triple that now... something about having them built to withstand the force from an exploding wheel and not take the rider's ass off.

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John

"If Harley made an airplane... would you fly in it?"

Rug Burn

· #7 · Jul 24, 2000

Stacia, sorry to hear about your bike going down. If you gotta drop it, it the grass is surely the way to go. Have to commend you on the personal sacrifice though--that's true love, diving under your bike like that.

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Clark

G

· #8 · Jul 24, 2000

Stacia, awesome luck! Sorry to hear about your bummed knee though; I hope it heels quickly. BTW, was it the same leg that took out the chicken?

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Pete
"Ultimately, most problems can be solved by applying a large brick to the correct skull. Difficulties arise when you don't have a brick or can't find the the right skull. The Devil is always in the details."

748 Abuser

· #9 · Jul 24, 2000

Nice one Stacia. You must have felt like a real dork. Throwing bikes on the ground, killing chickens...what's next? I'm a little bit nervous about this trip in September. You'll probably catch the place on fire!

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-Paul
You're slow, and your mother dresses you funny.

arif CBRF4

· #10 · Jul 24, 2000

Stacia,

glad that you and the bike did not suffer too much damage. hope that the knee heals fast enough. i guess it was good practice for getting the knee down in the twisties this september

good thing that you were in sand/grass and that saved cosmetic damage to the bike.

heal soon my friend.......

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arif

dtechZR7

· #11 · Jul 24, 2000

You were very fortunate about your bike not getting damage, but I'm really sorry to hear that you hurt yourself Stacia. Hope you heal quick and well. There wasn't snow on the hill was there?

Could maybe pass your knee off as a "ski" accident.

(Hey, it's snowing in the Southern hemisphere.....

)

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"Enjoy the ride!"

Dan M.

RCjohn

· #12 · Jul 24, 2000

A couple of people have said that we have all done that at one time or another. I'm not rubbing it in or anything... but it has never happened to me.

My VFR hit the ground 3 times but not due to me.

Oh! Crap. Knock on wood. Whew, that felt... oh nevermind.

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John

"If Harley made an airplane... would you fly in it?"

VYPIR

· #13 · Jul 24, 2000

RCJohn,
Now that you said that your gonna be in for it!

Have a fast recovery Stacia!

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You get the best thrills on two wheels!

FlacosRR

· #14 · Jul 25, 2000

Was that at the Moroso races yesterday????, I was there and something like that happened to an F4.

You forgot to mention all of the foul words that came out of your little mouth after the accident...LOL

If that was you, I hope your knee gets better.

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CBR900RR'1997
Are we there yet!

Tungue

· #15 · Jul 25, 2000

Yeah that was up at Moroso. I think Stacia kept the foul words to a bit of minimum or quiet. Just so she wouldn't draw too much attention to herself, and so that TJ wouldn't rag on her too much that day. She sure did draw a crowd of men to her aid.

Guys, don't you wish a crowd of women would run over to you when you did something silly like that.

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chris_y2k_r1

· #16 · Jul 25, 2000

Awwwwwwwwww Stacia,

That sux, but it sounds like the only real reminder
you'll have of the incodent is this post. Hehe.
I know how you feel, I guess you saw I dropped
my baby, standing still in the mountains. Hurt
her pretty good too. Issssss Ok! Happens to the
best... Like you and me. First time for me in
8 years... Urrrrrgggggggggggg!

Chris

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Anyone got a rear tire I can borrow?

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Luv2RideFast

Discussion Starter · #17 · Jul 25, 2000

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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Aril, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Pete:
BTW, was it the same leg that took out the chicken?

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Nope, it was the other one. Damn, if I break both legs, does that mean I have to ride one of those Goldwing trikes??

Clark, I didn't throw myself under the bike, the leg that was on top somehow was the one injured. Damned if I can figure out how, but it is much better today. Has a nice, green-brown-red-blue bruise! Purty!

Thanks, flaco and Tung!

both of you are smart asses and if I remember correctly, neither of you boyz bothered to help me! And the cuss words were flying until that guy said I was too dainty and frail and then I promptly shut up. Didn't want to hurt my "frail, dainty" appearance.

And Chris, you're lucky you only had Geoff to give you hell. I had a whole buttload of people that were there with us, Colin included. Wonder why he hasn't mentioned something smart yet! I'm sure he will.

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Stacia
Co-Admin
'00 CBR F4 (the faster, silver/red model)
"Objects in mirror no longer matter!"

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F4Missile

· #18 · Jul 25, 2000

Dont worry 'bout it. Sorry to hear that you got hurt. I just dropped my bike (the second time) the other night while trying to put it on the stand, it didnt get hurt cause it was already scratched, but I sure did feel dumb.

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JohnF4

· #19 · Jul 26, 2000

Stacia, glad to hear you and the bike were fine.

You were very lucky.

Back in Feb I dropped my F4 on it's right side in a parking lot doing about 0 mph when I slipped on some sand trying to turn around into a parking spot.

The 0 mph very slow drop on the right side still put lots of pressure on the front right turn signal as it got bent by the ground and the front fairing cracked right at the place where the right turn signal is, and that corner of the front fairing broke off...

I was later able to fix the fairing and paint it so the crack was nearly invisible, but it was a pain and it really would have been costly to replace that F4 front fairing.

Glad to hear you and your F4 fared much better.

--John

Joao "John" Silva

"If my F4 is supposed to be comfortable on long trips I'd hate to feel my ass after 400 miles on an R6"

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Isis

· #20 · Jul 27, 2000

Stacia! Ya nut! Sorry to hear about your little oops-a-daisy. Hey girl, at least you're ok. Pride heals real easy. Trust me on that one.

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