First time for everything...

[pauldun170]

Originally Posted by Triple

If it's dry, I ride, regardless of the temperature. It was 25-degrees this morning it is supposed to reach a sunny 50 by this afternoon; the choice to ride to work today was a no-brainer.

Some mornings the throttle is frozen in place as I pull away from the car port. I usually just pull in the clutch, give the throttle grip a quick blip, everything frees up, and I'm on my way. Did the same this morning, but instead of a smooth break, the throttle instantly went to WFO and froze there. Not expecting this, I was already in the process of releasing the clutch, and upon engagement I was rocketed beyond Earth's orbit and a few minutes back in time.

Reality blurred and before thoughts of pulling the clutch back in or reaching for the ignition switch could form, I was on my side with the bike doing the horizontal donut dance on top of me. Gravel hailstorm at 25 degrees: cozy.

The rocks punched a hole in the left engine cover. I doubt it was wide open for more than 2 or 3 seconds, but some of that was spent pumping all its oil out onto the driveway. Said engine cover and my left leg prevented the bodywork from rashing up too bad; some scratches near the bottom of the side cowl, but no cracks and no marks on the tail, tank, or nose. Assuming the engine internals are okay, repairs should be limited to touch-up paint and a new engine cover.

Anyway, goddamitmotherfuckerbullshitpissfuck.

damn....
What bike was this?

[wildchild]

hey cold pavement is slippery you should accelerate smoothly.......LOL

yeah I'm an asshole. glad you didn't get hurt at least. other then pride it sounds like anyway.

25 is beyond my tolerance level.

[Triple]

Originally Posted by goof2

It sucks about laying it down, but that sounds like it would have been hilarious to see.

Yes, in that strange pause in time typical of instantaneous violence, I actually had time to think of this (right around the 5:00 mark):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bWl0MZxYrA

Originally Posted by pauldun170

damn.... What bike was this?

The shiny 600-mile Triumph I bought back in August.

Originally Posted by Triple

My goal this time is to not crash it-- twice-- like I did with my first one.

FAILURE

[CasterTroy]

Dude I hate it happened...but man oh man if reality is HALF as funny as what I imagined you'd make $10k for a video of that

[Gas Man]

Sucks man. Get some pics. Glad you're ok.

So what you're saying is that you don't think there is any engine damage from the accident or throttle issue??

Why didn't you fix that issue before?

[Triple]

Originally Posted by Gas Man

Why didn't you fix that issue before?

The throttle was notchy before, but it had never stuck open. I assumed it was sticking closed in the mornings because of frozen condensation.

Regardless, I have a new throttle tube on order along with the engine cover. When I had the throttle assembly apart a few months ago, the cables moved fine on their own, but the plastic part of the tube they connect to was slightly mashed.

[Gas Man]

WOW... that sucks man.