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So Brian and I went to Denver's Performance Cycle Saturday, looking at leather suits and boots. I bought a new cable lock. Weather was looking pretty awsome (black).
Headed home and the wind starts up (40mph) but no big.
got about 15 miles from home when it happened.
We took this right hander (90 degrees) 20 mph corner (doing about 40) side by side, sweet turn, and hit it pretty good comming out. All of a sudden I hear a pop. The bike hits rev limiter and she's hurt.
Clutch in, kill the motor and coast to a stop. Clutch is gone. WTF
I knew before I got off the bike. Snapped a chain.
I look down to see the chain resting on the cush hub and hanging free.
Brian turns and comes back to see what the shit just happened, said he heard someting too.
I hung my head low and reported "I broke it".
The master link failed. streached it in two.
We are on back county roads and 15 miles from home. If you get back in the hills here, you have no cell reception at all.
Well, we took a 5' piece of climbing cord and the new cable lock I just bought and tied them together, looped one end on Briand rear peg mount and I held the other end in my hand. He pulled me all 15 miles home. And this in 40-55 mph winds.
It really sucked.
I have not torn her completely apart to see if there is additional damage but, the clutch push rod snapped in two, ground a bit off of the clutch mount sleeve and nicked my rear wheel a couple of times but no serious damage that I can see.
I need to clean her up to get rid of chain lube build up and see if everything is ok.
Worse part is, Brian rides a 2002 HONDA 954. Glad neither of us had a camera.
Towed home by a Honda. Man, I'm never going to live this one down.
I'm just glad it didn't come apart mid corner.
Headed home and the wind starts up (40mph) but no big.
got about 15 miles from home when it happened.
We took this right hander (90 degrees) 20 mph corner (doing about 40) side by side, sweet turn, and hit it pretty good comming out. All of a sudden I hear a pop. The bike hits rev limiter and she's hurt.
Clutch in, kill the motor and coast to a stop. Clutch is gone. WTF
I knew before I got off the bike. Snapped a chain.
I look down to see the chain resting on the cush hub and hanging free.
Brian turns and comes back to see what the shit just happened, said he heard someting too.
I hung my head low and reported "I broke it".
The master link failed. streached it in two.
We are on back county roads and 15 miles from home. If you get back in the hills here, you have no cell reception at all.
Well, we took a 5' piece of climbing cord and the new cable lock I just bought and tied them together, looped one end on Briand rear peg mount and I held the other end in my hand. He pulled me all 15 miles home. And this in 40-55 mph winds.
It really sucked.
I have not torn her completely apart to see if there is additional damage but, the clutch push rod snapped in two, ground a bit off of the clutch mount sleeve and nicked my rear wheel a couple of times but no serious damage that I can see.
I need to clean her up to get rid of chain lube build up and see if everything is ok.
Worse part is, Brian rides a 2002 HONDA 954. Glad neither of us had a camera.
Towed home by a Honda. Man, I'm never going to live this one down.
I'm just glad it didn't come apart mid corner.