Slaughter
Mon 5/14/07, 4:59PM
Sometimes it gets to this... decicions on whether to take the poor horse out and shoot it...
Turn 8 at Willow springs ate my motorcycle.
My left hand is healing well enough to start working on the wreckage of the bike - and turns out that nearly everything that was connected to the engine, tranny, chassis, suspension was torn to bits in T8 last month.
When the bike landed upside down, looks like it tore the Penske shock apart and the swingarm swung forward into the crankcase, smashing a big-assed hole in it.
I'm just whining because now I'm stuck with more time to wait for parts on order and still trying to figure out what broke coming outta 7 that tossed my dick in the dirt.
Really looks like the rear engine mount didn't take too kindly to 3 prior crashes and just busted going into turn 8 - sending the engine forward, locking the front end when the fairing got mashed into the tire... dunno. Steveb went out to pick up my transponder during the week - outside of Turn 8 - and said that he paced the skidmarks off at 260 feet to the edge of the dirt and followed the dirt groove to where the transponder and pieces of the subframe and tail section were on the ground.
All in all, it's kinda weird working through the wrecked bits with a dozen boxes laid out to organize all the stuff.
Looks like I need a new bike since I guess 4 crashes - T8, T9, T1, T8 - were a bit much for the poor little bike - and I probably shoulda replaced the engine mounts a couple wrecks ago... live and learn...
Dagnabbit, it's gonna be a couple more months of paying bills, turning wrenches and re-assembling a new scooter out of boxes of parts.
Thanks for listening - I'm just whining today, not looking forward to a lot of wrenching ... broken hand, busted rib, and an orthopedic surgeon and neurologist who are both thanking me for their job security. Ortho says we're still lucky we haven't had to do any surgery after 8 busted bones in 2 crashes (that he's known about)
Reality bites.
Nice thing about head injury is (again) no memory.
This is the less-than-fun part of the racing thing - dang looks like a couple months to pay bills, order parts. Steveb has a thrashed bike I can buy for about $3K and use all my good engine goodies... but hooo boy, it's amazing what can break when the bike tumbles!
Turn 8 at Willow springs ate my motorcycle.
My left hand is healing well enough to start working on the wreckage of the bike - and turns out that nearly everything that was connected to the engine, tranny, chassis, suspension was torn to bits in T8 last month.
When the bike landed upside down, looks like it tore the Penske shock apart and the swingarm swung forward into the crankcase, smashing a big-assed hole in it.
I'm just whining because now I'm stuck with more time to wait for parts on order and still trying to figure out what broke coming outta 7 that tossed my dick in the dirt.
Really looks like the rear engine mount didn't take too kindly to 3 prior crashes and just busted going into turn 8 - sending the engine forward, locking the front end when the fairing got mashed into the tire... dunno. Steveb went out to pick up my transponder during the week - outside of Turn 8 - and said that he paced the skidmarks off at 260 feet to the edge of the dirt and followed the dirt groove to where the transponder and pieces of the subframe and tail section were on the ground.
All in all, it's kinda weird working through the wrecked bits with a dozen boxes laid out to organize all the stuff.
Looks like I need a new bike since I guess 4 crashes - T8, T9, T1, T8 - were a bit much for the poor little bike - and I probably shoulda replaced the engine mounts a couple wrecks ago... live and learn...
Dagnabbit, it's gonna be a couple more months of paying bills, turning wrenches and re-assembling a new scooter out of boxes of parts.
Thanks for listening - I'm just whining today, not looking forward to a lot of wrenching ... broken hand, busted rib, and an orthopedic surgeon and neurologist who are both thanking me for their job security. Ortho says we're still lucky we haven't had to do any surgery after 8 busted bones in 2 crashes (that he's known about)
Reality bites.
Nice thing about head injury is (again) no memory.
This is the less-than-fun part of the racing thing - dang looks like a couple months to pay bills, order parts. Steveb has a thrashed bike I can buy for about $3K and use all my good engine goodies... but hooo boy, it's amazing what can break when the bike tumbles!