05-01-2007, 10:25 PM
So I took my SV out for a little spin after work today since it hasn't even been around the block in probably a month. I already had the Aero out because we were riding it to dinner so I thought I'd line 'em up for an updated shot. I did that and got some pretty decent shots, at least ones I was happy with.
![[Image: wheelsqtr.jpg]](http://derecola.com/chris/pics/svs/drop/wheelsqtr.jpg)
![[Image: wheelsback.jpg]](http://derecola.com/chris/pics/svs/drop/wheelsback.jpg)
Now I should preface this next part by saying that I've been riding the cruiser exclusively for the past month, just to get some miles on it. It's goes without saying that the ride is a completely different experience and I realized that when I rode the SV around today. Everything about the bikes change the way you ride each and I'm pretty sure my brain was still stuck in cruiser mode.
Anyway, after I took the pictures I rode the SV down the street to turn it around to pull in the garage. I got to the intersection, swung wide, started my u-turn and looked over my shoulder just to make sure a car wasn't there. Unfortuntealy, when I turned my head there was a minivan not more than 20 feet behind me. It really surprised me, caught me off guard really and being used to the pig cruiser's less than stellar stopping ability grabbed a handful of brake. Evidently cruisers rot your brain because that was nothing but bad news.
In less than a second the bars went to full lock, the front tire lost traction and the bike disappeared from underneath me. I couldn't have been doing more than 5 mph and managed to stand up instead of going down with the bike. I cursed at myself out loud, realized it took me 2.5 years but was finally just like everyone else and pushed it back home to assess the damage.
The good news is the frame and swingarm sliders saved all the spendy parts from damage. I did end up with a scraped bar end, broken clutch lever, broken shifter and scraped passenger peg but considering the lack of fairings it could have been a lot worse. The parts that need replacing can be done, even by me, so while my ego's bruised I'm really not that bad off. Anyone who says sliders aren't worth their weight in cocaine is snorting it.
Bonus: Coming back from dinner I found out just how far the Aero can go before I have to switch to reserve. Amazingly I managed to do this without pulling over and made it to a gas station to fill up. (3 gal / 150 miles).
![[Image: grip.jpg]](http://derecola.com/chris/pics/svs/drop/grip.jpg)
![[Image: shifter.jpg]](http://derecola.com/chris/pics/svs/drop/shifter.jpg)
![[Image: rear.jpg]](http://derecola.com/chris/pics/svs/drop/rear.jpg)
![[Image: pieces.jpg]](http://derecola.com/chris/pics/svs/drop/pieces.jpg)
Now I should preface this next part by saying that I've been riding the cruiser exclusively for the past month, just to get some miles on it. It's goes without saying that the ride is a completely different experience and I realized that when I rode the SV around today. Everything about the bikes change the way you ride each and I'm pretty sure my brain was still stuck in cruiser mode.
Anyway, after I took the pictures I rode the SV down the street to turn it around to pull in the garage. I got to the intersection, swung wide, started my u-turn and looked over my shoulder just to make sure a car wasn't there. Unfortuntealy, when I turned my head there was a minivan not more than 20 feet behind me. It really surprised me, caught me off guard really and being used to the pig cruiser's less than stellar stopping ability grabbed a handful of brake. Evidently cruisers rot your brain because that was nothing but bad news.
In less than a second the bars went to full lock, the front tire lost traction and the bike disappeared from underneath me. I couldn't have been doing more than 5 mph and managed to stand up instead of going down with the bike. I cursed at myself out loud, realized it took me 2.5 years but was finally just like everyone else and pushed it back home to assess the damage.
The good news is the frame and swingarm sliders saved all the spendy parts from damage. I did end up with a scraped bar end, broken clutch lever, broken shifter and scraped passenger peg but considering the lack of fairings it could have been a lot worse. The parts that need replacing can be done, even by me, so while my ego's bruised I'm really not that bad off. Anyone who says sliders aren't worth their weight in cocaine is snorting it.
Bonus: Coming back from dinner I found out just how far the Aero can go before I have to switch to reserve. Amazingly I managed to do this without pulling over and made it to a gas station to fill up. (3 gal / 150 miles).
'76 911S | '14 328xi | '17 GTI | In memoriam: '08 848, '85 944
"Here, at last, is the cure for texting while driving. The millions of deaths which occur every year due to the iPhone’s ability to stream the Kim K/Ray-J video in 4G could all be avoided, every last one of them, if the government issued everyone a Seventies 911 and made sure they always left the house five minutes later than they’d wanted to. It would help if it could be made to rain as well. Full attention on the road. Guaranteed." -Jack Baruth
"Here, at last, is the cure for texting while driving. The millions of deaths which occur every year due to the iPhone’s ability to stream the Kim K/Ray-J video in 4G could all be avoided, every last one of them, if the government issued everyone a Seventies 911 and made sure they always left the house five minutes later than they’d wanted to. It would help if it could be made to rain as well. Full attention on the road. Guaranteed." -Jack Baruth
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