benb1984
12-09-2007, 12:43 AM
ok so here i am crusin along, decided id stay on the left of this road instead of the right, where there is a farmers track we usually ride along, got down the bottem of a hill went wide of the road around a telegraph pole, and BANG, nose first halfway down a dug out drain about 1 metre deep, she nosed in hard at about 80ks (or about 50 miles) the rear swung round to the to the right and then it threw me about 10 metres and must have barrel rolled 4 or 5 times, i landed on my shoulder and sort of rolled jumped and ran coz i new the bike was behind me after seeing the seat lights plastics and tank fly past me, by the time i turned i saw it crash down 1 last time and rest about 1 metre behind where i landed, i was shaken stired, but not hurt at all, good thing i always wear a helmet... i guess the moral to the story is dont ride crazy fast where u dont know, even if its only across the road... :( so me and the car jack have done a fair bit of pulling and pusing straight the last few days, its hard to bend the hangers perfect again. i cant do it anyway, the frame is pretty good i think..... and it hasnt cracked any of the frame or front end, but could have slightly twisted the front forks, i have a spare right hand but not a left, other wise the rear diff is bent, it had a crack before from the tow bar extension where it had rusted bad when i got it, im thinking open the crack up and pull the bent side down a bit with a chain block till she sits nice and level again then just reinforce it like hell. at the moment without fixing the cracked /bent diff i got her sitting nice although 1 tyre is down a bit to compensate, youll also notice the rear shock is gone... the jack killed it trying to bend the diff down,,, bends the frame first fucks the shock 2nd... i found one in the states for 11 us $, i reckon 1 at the shop here is gonna be 100$ at least if they can get em....