Be 100% sure when you modify things
Posted by shinyribs on
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I was riding today when my rear tire ate my tail light. When sitting on my the bike I have 4'' of clearance from the light to the tire. I knew the rear shocks had enough travel to allow the tire to hit the light,but figured 4'' would be plenty. Don't do that. Be 100% positive when you mount something like this. I have put nearly 6,000 miles on my bike since I got it on the road and have not had an issue with this.I was charging into a corner pretty hard that starts off level but turns into a long uphill switch back. I down shifted going into the switch back and got on the throttle pretty hard. That is when the rear end squatted and got the tail light. You wouldn't think,but it hit hard enough to lift me up off the seat(seat and rear fender are one piece). I found out later that my seat actually has a curl to it now.Not cool. Ever have a bike laid way over at 50+ mph and get tossed off the seat? Not a cool feeling when your hands on the grips are the only part of you in contact with your bike. It took a few minutes for what could of happened to sink in,and a few more to get that thought out of my head.Then it took nearly forever to get my tail light wires untangled out of my chain and get my inner fender where the bike would roll again. i was roadside for about an hour just trying to get stuff where I could get it home.I still dont know what kept me from going down altogether. I did find my light where it landed in the trees about 15' off the road sans lens'. At least no glass got in the tire. A blow out woulda sucked big time.
Like I said,good enough is not good enough.Make your modifications PERFECT or don't do them at all. Don't gamble on two wheels.
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I was riding today when my rear tire ate my tail light. When sitting on my the bike I have 4'' of clearance from the light to the tire. I knew the rear shocks had enough travel to allow the tire to hit the light,but figured 4'' would be plenty. Don't do that. Be 100% positive when you mount something like this. I have put nearly 6,000 miles on my bike since I got it on the road and have not had an issue with this.I was charging into a corner pretty hard that starts off level but turns into a long uphill switch back. I down shifted going into the switch back and got on the throttle pretty hard. That is when the rear end squatted and got the tail light. You wouldn't think,but it hit hard enough to lift me up off the seat(seat and rear fender are one piece). I found out later that my seat actually has a curl to it now.Not cool. Ever have a bike laid way over at 50+ mph and get tossed off the seat? Not a cool feeling when your hands on the grips are the only part of you in contact with your bike. It took a few minutes for what could of happened to sink in,and a few more to get that thought out of my head.Then it took nearly forever to get my tail light wires untangled out of my chain and get my inner fender where the bike would roll again. i was roadside for about an hour just trying to get stuff where I could get it home.I still dont know what kept me from going down altogether. I did find my light where it landed in the trees about 15' off the road sans lens'. At least no glass got in the tire. A blow out woulda sucked big time.
Like I said,good enough is not good enough.Make your modifications PERFECT or don't do them at all. Don't gamble on two wheels.
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