3 of us were casually riding in formation while we were looking for a certain street. I was in the middle left position with the leader and trailer on the right. The leader moved into the left turn lane and we all moved over and kept our position as before. We were all doing about 60 mph when the leader suddenly started braking HARD and turned left in front of me to stop and line up for an easy u-turn. Because I was in the left position, I was trapped into either swerving left into oncoming traffic or trying to stop. I tried the latter and my back end started lifting up. I was again facing a decision to either try to control the stoppie or release the front brake and plow into him hard. I loosened the front brake a little to try and control it, but I had too much momentum already and kept going right onto the windshield. Luckily, I actually did bleed off all my speed and the front fairing absorbed ALL the impact.
After the initial hit, it fell over on the left side and snapped off my foot peg and scratched the crankcase cover. (after I just polished out and previous scratches from the hit & run in the parking lot) I already tore down the fairing, and the windshield, left mirror, framework, left inner panel, and headlights are boned. As for the rest of the bike, there was no damage whatsoever because the frame fell down perfectly on the sole of my heavy work boots which completely cushioned it. On the roadside, we switched out the passenger peg with the broken one with my handy pliers, and put some zip ties on the smashed fairing to keep it from falling off further. I tested the tracking around some residential streets and started gradually going faster on the main road to make sure it didn't pull or wobble.
As for injury, my right knee banged the ground pretty good and rubbed a couple of spots raw. 6 hours later, and the swelling is already going down, so I'm ecstatic. Coincidentally, I had just ordered a set of icon knee armor for wearing under my pants yesterday, but they haven't shipped yet. I've got a couple of bruises here and there, but nothing significant.
My left boot was scuffed a little around the sole, but nothing bigger than the flat spot from dragging the ground in hard left turns. My pants are thin in the knee area, but no hole since I didn't have any speed. The jacket saved my ribs and left shoulder because I've got bruises under the padding there. My helmet didn't touch the ground somehow, the paint is still 100% perfect on it. The carbon fiber knuckles on my gloves saved my own hands as there's a continuous deep scuff running from the handlebar end, across the knuckles, and onto the headlight switch if I put my hand there.
Someone was watching out for me as myself and the bike came out very well considering the forces involved. My friend knew it was his fault and was grateful I did every thing I could to save his new Ducati monster, so he's paying for all the replacement parts. I was considering going naked before this happened, so I'm searching out the parts necessary to convert it. 4" dual headlights and bar end mirrors coming soon. I'm having trouble finding the OEM speedo cover for the FZ6N right now though. Any leads?
After the initial hit, it fell over on the left side and snapped off my foot peg and scratched the crankcase cover. (after I just polished out and previous scratches from the hit & run in the parking lot) I already tore down the fairing, and the windshield, left mirror, framework, left inner panel, and headlights are boned. As for the rest of the bike, there was no damage whatsoever because the frame fell down perfectly on the sole of my heavy work boots which completely cushioned it. On the roadside, we switched out the passenger peg with the broken one with my handy pliers, and put some zip ties on the smashed fairing to keep it from falling off further. I tested the tracking around some residential streets and started gradually going faster on the main road to make sure it didn't pull or wobble.
As for injury, my right knee banged the ground pretty good and rubbed a couple of spots raw. 6 hours later, and the swelling is already going down, so I'm ecstatic. Coincidentally, I had just ordered a set of icon knee armor for wearing under my pants yesterday, but they haven't shipped yet. I've got a couple of bruises here and there, but nothing significant.
My left boot was scuffed a little around the sole, but nothing bigger than the flat spot from dragging the ground in hard left turns. My pants are thin in the knee area, but no hole since I didn't have any speed. The jacket saved my ribs and left shoulder because I've got bruises under the padding there. My helmet didn't touch the ground somehow, the paint is still 100% perfect on it. The carbon fiber knuckles on my gloves saved my own hands as there's a continuous deep scuff running from the handlebar end, across the knuckles, and onto the headlight switch if I put my hand there.
Someone was watching out for me as myself and the bike came out very well considering the forces involved. My friend knew it was his fault and was grateful I did every thing I could to save his new Ducati monster, so he's paying for all the replacement parts. I was considering going naked before this happened, so I'm searching out the parts necessary to convert it. 4" dual headlights and bar end mirrors coming soon. I'm having trouble finding the OEM speedo cover for the FZ6N right now though. Any leads?
. Seems a lot of people forget that.
