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Layed her down :(

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It was dumb, 5 mph I thought the car in front had made his turn, I looked left for traffic and when I looked back he was stopped, I grabbed too much brake front tire came out BOOM!

No major damage scuffed the fairing a little, broke the brake lever and small nick on bar end.

I dont know if im just being paranoid but the bike feels different.

Is there anything that serious that could happen from a drop that slow?
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Should be okay, I think it's just mental! Glad you are okay though. Kinda like the feeling that a car or bike is faster when you clean it! LOL
Just make sure no fluids are leaking, but MMML is right. Not much to be done at that speed.
Sorry to hear...youll be ok and bike too.
Funny thing same crap almost happened to me yesturday, had to grab a handful of brake..thought guy had taken off I started to move while looking to left....o sh*t moment. :)
That sucks. The only thing that should be hurt is your pride.
MAJOR DAMAGE. Take this time for some upgrades....
Broken Brake lever=Brembo master cylinder
Scuffed bar end=full exhaust
Scuffed plastics=Full race-replica paint job
Sounds like alot, but you'll feel sooooooo good afterwards!!!!!
Sorry to hear about it dude. Learn a lesson from this and never use more than two fingers on the brake at any time, I personally only use one for this exact reason. You can easily skid your front wheel or bring the back wheel off the ground if you use all 4 fingers on the brake but unless you're the hulk this can't happen with a single finger. A single finger will give you all the braking force you will ever need on the street.

I doubt you broke anything but your pride, your bike's scratched but fine - unless you have visible metal damage other then small scratches. It might buff out ;)
I like Captain Wallabees sugestions...good time for upgrades.

Also, allways remember to look again at the vehicle in front of you going into an intersection and such. I had a similar accident a few years back where I was looking into the traffic on the perpendicular road and the car in front of me seemed to have gone but it decided to stop again while I was looking in the other direction to make sure I could go.
haha thanks for the laughs guys and positive comments

youre right my pride definitely took the most damage

I came up a little short of captain wallabees suggestions but I did replace the stock levers with black anodized ones and got some frame sliders :thumbsup:
look where you want to go and take the bike with you
I did the same once at the track after coming in I was making a slow u turn and was just all tired and stupid and grabbed too much brake (new pads and lines) and tucked it...Sliders have helped me more than they have hurt on 2 occasions now. without them Id have had scuffs that I couldn't live with in fresh paint :(
look where you want to go and take the bike with you
but she has a mind of her own
lol traffic... dumb bish pulled out in front of me the other night... gave her an eye full of strobing hi/low beams. sometimes i wish i had the time to stop them and tell them how much a f*kiung idiot they are for doing that shite
MAJOR DAMAGE. Take this time for some upgrades....
Broken Brake lever=Brembo master cylinder
Scuffed bar end=full exhaust
Scuffed plastics=Full race-replica paint job
Sounds like alot, but you'll feel sooooooo good afterwards!!!!!
i agree.. hahahahah.. :thumbsup:
that sucks. Sorry to hear about the drop. Good to hear your okay. I'm sure the only thing hurt is your pride.
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