A personal example of how full gear can save your ass!

[DLIT]

Originally Posted by Trip

How long was it on fire, looks a little crispy

How hot was it that day, the new asphalt could of seeped some and tucked the front end pretty easy.

Never caught fire. It was around 70 out.

Originally Posted by 101lifts2

Wow dude...another 5 feet and you would have missed that curb. Weird place to put a curb....dust gets on the road and can't get off. Makes no sense.

Bike is thrashed...but expected if it's going end over end. Sweeper looks long and in seeing other videos of you 110 doesn't seem uncommon.

Is the back gonna heal all good? What did the surgeon say?

Should be fully recovered in a few months. I didn't have any surgery.

And to whoever was asking about the front end...it's a little twisted. Haven't looked at it too closely to see what else is fucked yet.

[Trip]

Originally Posted by DLIT

Never caught fire. It was around 70 out.

Guess it's just mud.

Yeah guess it wasn't slick from heat. Yeah most likely gravel or other foreign objects.

[Triple]

You mentioned having recently installed a new set of forks.

Have you ever done this before? Improperly torqued steering head bearings can create the vagueness in the front-end you described. I had a few mid-corner "oh shit" moments after swapping GSXR forks onto my SV and this was why.

[DLIT]

Originally Posted by Triple

You mentioned having recently installed a new set of forks.

Have you ever done this before? Improperly torqued steering head bearings can create the vagueness in the front-end you described. I had a few mid-corner "oh shit" moments after swapping GSXR forks onto my SV and this was why.

The forks slide right in the triple trees. No need to losen the steering head nut/bearings. This was my 4th run with the new forks, didn't feel anything weird previously.

[Triple]

Originally Posted by DLIT

The forks slide right in the triple trees. No need to losen the steering head nut/bearings. This was my 4th run with the new forks, didn't feel anything weird previously.

Gotcha. My swap required a new triple tree assembly as well.

[t-homo]

glad you are going to be ok man. always weird when someone doesn't post for a while. Could mean they got bored of the forum, or had a fatal wreck and we would never know.

Originally Posted by Triple

You mentioned having recently installed a new set of forks.

Have you ever done this before? Improperly torqued steering head bearings can create the vagueness in the front-end you described. I had a few mid-corner "oh shit" moments after swapping GSXR forks onto my SV and this was why.

he did the exact same swap on his 09ish r6. sitting right next to the r1 in the pic.

[DLIT]

I was bored of the forum. I still checked in from time to time, just never posted anything. Psycho hit me up on Facebook, told me to make a thread.

I wanted to relay the importance of gear. If you have it, wear it. If you don't, buy it and wear it.

[marko138]

Shit brother. Glad you're alright.

[njchopper87]

Originally Posted by Triple

You mentioned having recently installed a new set of forks.

Have you ever done this before? Improperly torqued steering head bearings can create the vagueness in the front-end you described. I had a few mid-corner "oh shit" moments after swapping GSXR forks onto my SV and this was why.

I'm also thinking this is the cause.

Originally Posted by OTB

First off, SHit! how did i miss this thread... and DLIT, I am so sorry.

I am going to take a WAG (wild-assed guess) about the cause of the crash.

You said that in the transition from left to right the front end just "went away"; without more details it's just a guess, but bikes like the R1 (short wheelbase, little rake, short trail) can do a little "pogo" type thing where when you've popped from full lean to full lean side-to-side the suspension unweights for a second at the top of the transition.... a lot of it has to do with if you are trail braking or on throttle and in that photo, it appears that the direction of travel is slightly downhill which also contributes to the unweighting on the front.

Doesn't take much at racetrack speeds. Rushing even slightly downhill causes the vectors to change NOT in your favor.

Just guessing without more data. But I've lost the front in similar situations on bikes i was familiar with, on roads I "Knew".

This would be the runner up. Best to start with the more obvious causes.

[DLIT]

Ranger, impacting anything at the speed I was going is gonna suck. But the collateral damage to me is minimal. The suits work best...if you don't slide into anything, lol. If I had just slid on the pavement and came to a stop, I woulda been able to walk away instead of crutching away in a lot of pain.

Chopper, my forks slide into the triple trees, there's no need to losen up the steering head nut.