Ouch

[arthur_sc_king]

On my motorcycle ride home last night, I thought I'd take a sniff at a cul-de-sac near our house. I've been doing the odd bit of a look for houses, in case we ever decide to buy, and saw a nice area with a vacant lot online, and thought "Why don't I drive by there and see what it's like?"

Turns out this cul-de-sac is all of about 280 m/300 yds.

Comments

[motomuffin]

Ow! Bummer!

I was going to say "if you live in a snow belt don't buy that house" but... you don't. ;-)

[rivothed]

You should look into an AMA membership. You get roadside assistance, a quarterly magazine, discounts on everything at bikebandit.com, and you're helping out a group working for you as a motorcyclist.

[talldean]

You get roadside assistance with an AMA membership? Like, jump a dead battery?

I tried to join AAA last year - and I only own a bike. It was $100+ for the membership... and another +$40 because I have a "recreational vehicle". It's my only set of wheels, and I ride 'em year-round, so I told them no thanks, and just paid for the jump outta pocket.

[benndragon]

The service is called MoTow, and whether or not you get it free with membership depends on the membership you get. But the extra $35/year is entirely worth it, especially in areas where AAA hangs up on you if you try to call in service on a motorcycle.

[rivothed]

The cheapest membership ($39) comes with the roadside assistance provided you select auto-renew.

[crash6767]

wow 14% grade sounds pretty steep for a turn like that. I'd still like to try it myself :) maybe next time i'm in cali...

[torpidai]

I hope it doesn't cost too much to fix the wheel

Prepare for open wallet surgery :)

I'm not overly sure I'd trust a "repaired wheel" especially these days, I've not seen an ounce of pride in anyones work for about 10 years now, hell even our window cleaner leaves streaks, the street sweepers leave leaves, and let's just not go into the clowns that sandblasted and pointed the rear of our house :@

the culture of "ah it'll be right" isn't gonna do you any favours with a badly repared wheel at motorway speeds + is it a common machine, would the breakers not have a servicable item? you'll prolly need a new tyre though, check for "blebs"

[unclesatan]

Ouchie indeed, ebay is often a good source of second hand wheels for bike if the stealers are wanting too much for a new one.

oh and how high were the curbs? I've never injured a wheel riding up one they must be like little cliffs in that road?

[mesatchornug]

agreed on ebay

i just picked up a pair of factory takeoffs for <$275 shipped for my Duc. make sure to see about compatible equivalents off other bikes

[arthur_sc_king]

Curb was a good 10 cm/4". Nasty.

I suspect I might have gone into it at a bit of an angle, too, which wouldn't have helped.

[torpidai]

Curb was a good 10 cm/4". Nasty.

And the older you get, the more times you dine out on that one, the larger it will be :)