Close Call

[FrankZ]

Well today fellow ShadowRiders I was almost RoadKill In fact it might have been Pegscrapers cosin:no: Peggy the pegbender.I went to change lanes at a stop light and the car in front of me did exactly the same thing only a second later must have been right in her blind spot when she pulled out luckily she only caught the tip of the left peg with her rear tire nocked the shift control out of wack and put a nice 10 degree forward sweep in my peg didn't even touch me or the rest of the Bike. Good thing the mounts have some rubber in them was able to realign the controls and took most of the bend out of the peg so I'm good to go :wink_2: Nothing like a Mercedes E320 scrubin your peg to give you a whole new outlook:sweatdrop

[Mr.Sinister]

Glad to hear you are safe . I almost got swiped by a cagemonkey yesterday . Old asian ladie would put on her turn signal then not turn . Turn it off and swerve into the lane without looking then swerve back . I gave that one a wide berth .

[Menace]

Holy crap that was close. Glad you kept it under control! :cyclist:

[FrankZ]

Best thing about it was the Bikes allright besides me not getting a scratch:sweatdrop just a slightly bent stock peg wich isn't worth bothering her insurance for. Seems for some reason the mounting bolts weren't snugged up like they should have been so the rubber in the mounting plate and the peg absorbed the hit, Glad I was able to correct it there on the spot except the peg, that required my brothers bench vise. I kept my cool and didn't explode on her but was really upset with the Bike only 1 1/2 months Old

[pegscraper]

Well today fellow ShadowRiders I was almost RoadKill In fact it might have been Pegscrapers cosin:no: Peggy the pegbender.I went to change lanes at a stop light and the car in front of me did exactly the same thing only a second later must have been right in her blind spot when she pulled out luckily she only caught the tip of the left peg with her rear tire nocked the shift control out of wack and put a nice 10 degree forward sweep in my peg didn't even touch me or the rest of the Bike. Good thing the mounts have some rubber in them was able to realign the controls and took most of the bend out of the peg so I'm good to go :wink_2: Nothing like a Mercedes E320 scrubin your peg to give you a whole new outlook:sweatdrop

Glad to hear you are OK, Frank! That shit scares the hell outa a rider. Did you leave a nice big fucking footprint in the side of the Benz? Shoulda! Also, I think your back is hurting.... Yeah! THAT'S IT! YOUR BACK!!!! CAN'T WALK OR TURN YOUR HEAD ANYMORE! Fucking cagers that don't look. Do you have loud pipes? I got into a discussion on another site about if loud pipes save lives. They don't look if they can't hear you!
BE VERY CAREFUL WITH MY RELATIVES! THEY ARE VERY IMPORTANT!!! Only supposed to scrape the bottom side!
RIDE SAFE!

Pegsaver

[pegscraper]

scrubin your peg to give you a whole new outlook:sweatdrop

That's what Tiny's been caught doin. Scubbin his peg.....
KLEENEX ANYBODY?

[FrankZ]

What I woulda given for the Look on her husbands face when I called and told Him I was the Biker She Clipped about 2 Hrs. ago, She hadn't called him yet to tell him, you could almost hear the arteries snaping then the sounds of relief when I told Him No Harm No Foul so not to worry :wink_2:

[pegscraper]

Sounds like he will take care of the punishment part. Still, did she know she hit you? Pegs

[TinyUFB]

That's what Tiny's been caught doin. Scubbin his peg.....
KLEENEX ANYBODY?


Once again the dip shit of a peggrabber is trying to rewrite the facts of life.


CABBAGES HAVE STEMS - Only mentally deranged people like 'you know who' has PEGS.

OH GOD! NOW FRANK HAS ONE TOO..


RUN FOR YOUR LIVES - ITS SPREADING


Tiny BIG STEM

[FrankZ]

Yeah she stopped gave all the required info and even stayed to see if I could get back on the road when she was giving the Insurance Info she told me her Husband rides also so It'll be doubly bad for her :assbeat: . Now I've gotta get ready to get back out there it's about 55 deg. out and time to Ride :cool2:

[pegscraper]

Yeah she stopped gave all the required info and even stayed to see if I could get back on the road when she was giving the Insurance Info she told me her Husband rides also so It'll be doubly bad for her :assbeat: . Now I've gotta get ready to get back out there it's about 55 deg. out and time to Ride :cool2:

Glad to hear she stopped. So many assholes out there that won't! Hard to get away from a bike unless you knock them down tho! She'll get hers! Best thing is that you weren't hurt!

Pegs

[RAZOR]

Glad To Hear Your Ok Man

[Wicked Wanda]

Glad to hear you made through the "incident" okay...must have been something in the air yesterday. I had a guy jog across the street in front of me, hop in his F250 Mega-Truck, then started to pull out in front of me when I was about even with his door....asshole. He KNEW I was there, he crossed the friggin street in front of me and looked right at me.

He got the horn & the finger but he did stop. :happy:

There are idiot drivers everywhere :veryangry

[FrankZ]

Well it'll go down in my many things that have happend log :rifle: Over the years I've been shot at with paint balls, beer cans thrown at me, cut off too many times to count and even had an F250's bumper resting againts my leg after a very close call, stupid thing was I put the stand down and comenced to scream at the guy right in front of the truck:no: Good thing he was scared shitless or he might have finished the job :veryangry I just got back from 4 1/2 hrs of pure bliss on the Spirit so that makes up for yesterday :sasmokin:

[Wicked Wanda]

Well it'll go down in my many things that have happend log :rifle: Over the years I've been shot at with paint balls, beer cans thrown at me, cut off too many times to count and even had an F250's bumper resting againts my leg after a very close call, stupid thing was I put the stand down and comenced to scream at the guy right in front of the truck:no: Good thing he was scared shitless or he might have finished the job :veryangry I just got back from 4 1/2 hrs of pure bliss on the Spirit so that makes up for yesterday :sasmokin:

I hear you - at least you can chalk these incidents up to "things I walked away from..."

Worst thing we ever had happen was a buddy of ours was drinking at a rally. He got the "I'm a big man syndrome" and decided to do a burnout in the parking lot. Rear tire hooked up and his Valkyrie ran into the back of ours. It was parked in front of him. Hit right in the right saddlebag. Yeah. We have a hitch on our Valkyrie and luckily it took most of the force of the hit. Still, did about $6,000 worth of cosmetic damage. Didn't bend the frame and we still have her today.

Wish I got a ride in today... :moon:

[FrankZ]

A guy my Dad knew got hit and Knocked over while in slow traffic by a Pedestrian :crazy3: No lie this Girl jumps off the Back of a sporty to get her Purse she droped her Ol'Man yells to her to look out and she Bounces off the side off his Goldwing Knocking him over taking out the fairing and the left side saddle Bag wittnessed by the Officer Directing traffic so she got ticketed also and had to pay reparations on another note what is it with Pick-Ups and Bikes it always seems to be a bad mix:no:

I hear Ya Wanda I took the day off so I could ride:cheeky:

[Wicked Wanda]

A guy my Dad knew got hit and Knocked over while in slow traffic by a Pedestrian :crazy3: No lie this Girl jumps off the Back of a sporty to get her Purse she droped her Ol'Man yells to her to look out and she Bounces off the side off his Goldwing Knocking him over taking out the fairing and the left side saddle Bag wittnessed by the Officer Directing traffic so she got ticketed also and had to pay reparations on another note what is it with Pick-Ups and Bikes it always seems to be a bad mix:no:

I hear Ya Wanda I took the day off so I could ride:cheeky:

I hate you Frank, I'm calling your employer... :wink_2:

[FrankZ]

:tongue2: You could do that but scheduled Days off have little to no effect on Goverment Employees:rolleyes5 That's why I use Accuweather and a little Luck of the Irish So I can pick the right Days to take O' Wicked One :spidereek

[TinyUFB]

A guy my Dad knew got hit and Knocked over while in slow traffic by a Pedestrian :crazy3: No lie this Girl jumps off the Back of a sporty to get her Purse she droped her Ol'Man yells to her to look out and she Bounces off the side off his Goldwing Knocking him over taking out the fairing and the left side saddle Bag wittnessed by the Officer Directing traffic so she got ticketed also and had to pay reparations on another note what is it with Pick-Ups and Bikes it always seems to be a bad mix:no:

I hear Ya Wanda I took the day off so I could ride:cheeky:


Full size pick ups are bad. They are high up and have a huge blind spot. If the driver doesnt take the effort to turn and look, he will not see a bike. Hell he cant even see a small car.

I know a couple of times where I was thinking about changing lanes, but I heard the bike exhaust before I saw the bike. (Another example of how loud pipes do make a difference).

No matter how often you tell yourself to turn and look, there will be a time that the driver wont- that is when you got to have your escape plan ready.


Tiny