TampaGunSlinger
Novice Class
Posts: 95
|
posted August 04, 2010 12:53 PM
 Edited By: TampaGunSlinger on 4 Aug 2010 22:17
nevermind
jk
  
|
oilfieldtrash
Zone Head
Kawasaki enthusiast
Posts: 506
|
posted August 04, 2010 01:12 PM
I remember you. Glad to hear you're in one piece.
I can't remember ever being in a situation where the thought went through my head that I'll be best off in a head on with a Jeep.
____________
'09 zx6r lime green bone stock
'07 white S.E. ZX-14 sold
|
SLVR_BLT
Zone Head
Chicken Strips!
Posts: 589
|
posted August 04, 2010 01:17 PM
Glad you're ok, you may have suffered a target fixation which is how that happened. Sometimes even the most experienced rider goes down from target fixation. It looks rebuildable from what the picture shows.
____________
2006 Kawasaki ZX14, Muzzy Full Titanium Exhaust w/ Carbon Can, PCIII, BMC Street Filter
|
TampaGunSlinger
Novice Class
Posts: 95
|
posted August 04, 2010 01:20 PM
Edited By: TampaGunSlinger on 4 Aug 2010 21:20
quote:
I remember you. Glad to hear you're in one piece.
I can't remember ever being in a situation where the thought went through my head that I'll be best off in a head on with a Jeep.
haha it wasn't like that. i was in the inside lane and the when i want to take the turn wider i went in the outside lane the car in front of me in the outside lane just slowed down alot. there was no way i could go back to the inside lane and rather then lay it down i took my chances and went over the median it happened in the blink of an eye. if there was a better direction to go you only had micro secs to do it. it just happened to fast
|
LAB3
Needs a job
Posts: 2977
|
posted August 04, 2010 01:23 PM
Glad you are Ok, PM me if you are going to repair. I have almost all the spare parts to fix your 14. Front nose is a 2007 Black though, sell it cheap. I purchased a complete 2007 Black fairing kit from that guy in Canada from a zero mile 2007 Black, so the other used parts I have I will make you a deal on.
Louis
|
kaw-rick
Pro
Posts: 1167
|
posted August 04, 2010 01:31 PM
looks like the front tire might be out to far forward? better check for cracks on frame.. sorry to hear of your misfortune.
|
TampaGunSlinger
Novice Class
Posts: 95
|
posted August 04, 2010 01:40 PM
Edited By: TampaGunSlinger on 4 Aug 2010 21:40
when it got home the front end came off the bike almost and the bike is sitting on its belly pan
|
1badzx12r
Needs a life
Posts: 8321
|
posted August 04, 2010 01:50 PM
Edited By: 1badzx12r on 4 Aug 2010 21:52
if you couldn't take that corner at 60 mph you need to quit riding .. count your blessing and quit while your ahead .
you can part the bike out thru ebay and craiglist and forums like this ..
____________
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S06nIz4scvI
|
TampaGunSlinger
Novice Class
Posts: 95
|
posted August 04, 2010 02:07 PM
Edited By: TampaGunSlinger on 4 Aug 2010 22:15
you weren't there for all you know there was oil all over the road. the 4 year old stock front tire gave me alittle trouble before while i was riding and it spooked me i ordered a new but it came in today not over the weekend. and on top of the that the car in front of me in the outside lane was in the way of taking the turn wider it was an assortment of things that happened but the biggest problem was my actions but ether way i'm going to keep riding maybe just a smaller bike for my next one.
and i don't know how i worded it but i think i hit the car at 60. not the turn.
|
zx14fan
Zone Head
Posts: 547
|
posted August 04, 2010 02:07 PM
Ebay is full of used and new 14 parts.
|
Flame On
Needs a life
Fuel Air & Spark
Posts: 17104
|
posted August 04, 2010 02:11 PM
Good thing you had all your gear on that looks like a tough blow. Hope back in the saddle soon.
____________
77 RD 400
80 GS1000 GT
06 ZX14
|
TampaGunSlinger
Novice Class
Posts: 95
|
posted August 04, 2010 02:13 PM
Edited By: TampaGunSlinger on 4 Aug 2010 22:33
m
|
LAB3
Needs a job
Posts: 2977
|
posted August 04, 2010 02:37 PM
quote:
yes i have heard of ebay thanks
i didn't want to rebuild it i just wanted to sell it as it is if i could make back 3k on whats good on it i would really happy. i'm trying to get around to taking it all apart and selling it piece by piece but i guess that my only option
Why did you delete the pic's?? IBad was not trying to be mean. You posted you have only been riding a year. First bike is a ZX-14....you really need to get a smaller bike and do some track days and get use to looking thru/past a curve. And how to counter steer and trail brake. From the looks of the street 60 was too fast but I was not there. What was posted speed limit.
|
1badzx12r
Needs a life
Posts: 8321
|
posted August 04, 2010 04:11 PM
what did i do now i'm alway butt hurting somebody .. so if you hit the car at 60 mph .how fast were you going thru a residential area ..
i've been riding 35 years and in my early years like my 1st 2 years totaled 7 bikes .. broke 1 leg twice . so i know shit happens but its happen alot less in the last 33 years
____________
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S06nIz4scvI
|
SLVR_BLT
Zone Head
Chicken Strips!
Posts: 589
|
posted August 04, 2010 04:23 PM
quote:
what did i do now i'm alway butt hurting somebody .. so if you hit the car at 60 mph .how fast were you going thru a residential area ..
i've been riding 35 years and in my early years like my 1st 2 years totaled 7 bikes .. broke 1 leg twice . so i know shit happens but its happen alot less in the last 33 years
You wild wild man you, 7 bikes??! Lol, this wasn't my first bike but I been responsible enough not to crash any bike I've had, and ive had 4 so far.
____________
2006 Kawasaki ZX14, Muzzy Full Titanium Exhaust w/ Carbon Can, PCIII, BMC Street Filter
|
1badzx12r
Needs a life
Posts: 8321
|
posted August 04, 2010 04:57 PM
pot and booze makes you crash .. party animal i was . well i can't blame it all on the pot and booze .. young and stupid had alot to do with it also ..and i was invincible too ...
____________
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S06nIz4scvI
|
eklipse636
Needs a life
ZX-14
Posts: 6046
|
posted August 04, 2010 05:46 PM
I missed the pics!
____________
Best: 60ft 1.351 1/8 5.68 mph 123.98 1/4
8.89 mph 151.32
|
dogg24
Expert Class
Posts: 322
|
posted August 04, 2010 07:20 PM
quote:
I missed the pics!
+1
____________
2012 ZX14R SE, Streetmeg, PCV
|
TampaGunSlinger
Novice Class
Posts: 95
|
posted August 04, 2010 08:24 PM
quote:
what did i do now i'm alway butt hurting somebody .. so if you hit the car at 60 mph .how fast were you going thru a residential area ..
i've been riding 35 years and in my early years like my 1st 2 years totaled 7 bikes .. broke 1 leg twice . so i know shit happens but its happen alot less in the last 33 years
the wreck was obviously my fault, but i can't talk about it yet.
and yes shit does happen
|
Hellmutt
Needs a job
Posts: 2013
|
posted August 05, 2010 08:03 AM
At least you're still alive and kickin'.........lost a friend back in my late teens who put his helmet thru the tailgate of a truck -- he was a lil' feller about 5'5" @ 140lbs riding a modded 80's Maxum 1100, just going too fast and tried stopping hard, high sided off the bike........sad day.........worse news is that I gave him gas money that afternoon so he could go riding with us -- hard thing to get over but I realize it wasn't my fault, no matter how I enabled it.
I've been a lucky one - only wrecked my first street bike - low side at 35mph........haven't wrecked another since ( knock, knock ).
But you definitely should get back on a bike, don't let one episode of bad karma keep you from riding -- that's the kind of regret that stays with you the rest of your life, and nobody wants to die with any regrets.
____________
British flying couch with endtables and an orange thumper
________________________________________________
|
SteddyTeddy
Pro
Posts: 1664
|
posted August 05, 2010 08:15 AM
Just take a good, long, hard look and what you were doing wrong to crash before you get back on the bike. Definitely going way to fast for your skills in a place where you had no business doing those speeds. Be glad your still alive!
|
Douglas Home
Zone Head
Posts: 710
|
posted August 05, 2010 11:53 AM
Goodluck on the next ride.
____________
Doug Mackay Australia
|
|
|
HOME
NEW TOPIC