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GA_Wolf

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Man I hate rocks!
06/20/06 at 06:11:24

Well riding the wife's S40 into work this morning...which happens to be past a quarry. Well, riding alond happy as a clam on a warm sunny orning and all of a sudden from the ongoing lane I see a big flattish rock about 6 inches in diameter and about 4 inches thick "frisbee'ing" into my lane. (Must have gotten kicked up fron a truck going the other way. Well before I could say "OH Sh*t" I felt a jar to the bike... slowed down a bit..looking for trailing oil and doing some slight course corrections to make sure everthing appeared to still be working, I continued on to work. Examined the bike to see what got hit and noticed the frame below the "Y" but just above the shifter toe piece was literally crushed half of it's diameter. Thought to myself..if that would have hit my shin it a would have least left me with stitches, but more likely would have broke my leg or ankle. Worse is if it would have hit the front of the engine case, it probably would have cracked it or punched a hole in it. Think the frame will have enough structural strength to be safe, but will have to throw some paint on it to keep it from corroding. Will put a pic on tonight showing the hit...
Man I hate rocks!

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bikingb Senior Member 2005 No Login Offline Love to Ride! Posts: 278 Appleton, WI Gender:	Re: Man I hate rocks! Reply #1 - 06/20/06 at 06:15:17 yeowch
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azjay Serious Thumper Offline aridzona... its a dry heat Posts: 816 Gender:	Re: Man I hate rocks! Reply #2 - 06/20/06 at 09:19:16 as you pointed out, you're very lucky it hit where it did, a few inches either way could have been a much bigger problem. i think i'd go play the lottery if i were you. glad you were'nt hurt.
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Island_Biker Ex Member	Re: Man I hate rocks! Reply #3 - 06/20/06 at 10:28:08 Perhaps you should take a tip from Brewbrother and throw your helmet at the truck. Unlucky to be hit at all, lucky it wasn't serious.
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steelwolf Serious Thumper Offline "I'm a cowboy, on a steel horse I ride." Posts: 847 Trinity, NC Gender:	Re: Man I hate rocks! Reply #4 - 06/20/06 at 14:05:22 I knew from the title this wasn't going to be good. Glad you were not hurt.
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PerrydaSavage Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Riding "The Rock"! Posts: 3522 Republic of Newfoundland Gender:	Re: Man I hate rocks! Reply #5 - 06/20/06 at 14:33:21 You are one lucky mo fo that you weren't hurt (or worse)! I'd get that frame welded if I were you ... A.S.A.P.! A good welding shop should be able to repair it ... Good Luck dude!
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Brewbrother Serious Thumper Offline Just lending a helping hand. Posts: 953 Gender:	Re: Man I hate rocks! Reply #6 - 06/20/06 at 16:03:37 Glad you were not hurt. That could have been a lot worse. I'd see about getting the frame repaired. A frame breaking while riding would be disasterous and potentially deadly.
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Brewbrother Serious Thumper Offline Just lending a helping hand. Posts: 953 Gender:	Re: Man I hate rocks! Reply #7 - 06/20/06 at 16:04:46 Island_Biker wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:06: Perhaps you should take a tip from Brewbrother and throw your helmet at the truck. Unlucky to be hit at all, lucky it wasn't serious. Well It was unintentional. I wonder what the driver thought.
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GA_Wolf Ex Member	Re: Man I hate rocks! Reply #8 - 06/20/06 at 16:41:27 Here are some pics... The tubing is crushed but not puntured or cracked. Wonder if there is a need to weld it and if they can even do anything short of cutting the section out...unfortunately it's right on the motor/peg mount.
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steelwolf

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Re: Man I hate rocks!
Reply #9 - 06/20/06 at 17:04:36

Looks bad. With the bolt running thru the frame there it probably kept it from folding into. A few centimeters either way and who knows? As far as fixing it, Maybe some sort of bandaid welded over and then painted. Either that or that section would have to be cut out and then rebuilt to accomodate the engine mounting bolt. Man you were very fortunate to have not been hurt badly and to have no engine damage. That must have been one helluva rock. I would suggest finding another way to work but what are the odds that something like that would ever happen again? To any of us? We would probably stand a better chance at winning the lottery.

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Brewbrother Serious Thumper Offline Just lending a helping hand. Posts: 953 Gender:	Re: Man I hate rocks! Reply #10 - 06/20/06 at 18:15:35 Get it fixed asap. That is a frame failure waiting to happen.
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orrin7

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Reply #11 - 06/21/06 at 15:24:11

As everyone else has said you need to get that fixed. Although it is not as much a stress point as one may think b/c mos of your stress is in the backbone and at the top where the t. tree mounts. but it is a flex point and may soon crack. and i would not do a bandaid weld. b/c the heat to fill that in may make it brittle. Also I do not know about this but wonder what your insurance would say if they saw it. probully would not like it.

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starmom Ex Member	Re: Man I hate rocks! Reply #12 - 06/21/06 at 17:10:16 oh geez.......... Man am I glad that you are ok, it can be startling to have something that did that to metal come so hitting a part of your body.... take care and get that fixed....... sue
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pgolden Ex Member	Re: Man I hate rocks! Reply #13 - 06/21/06 at 21:47:24 When weld that up, make sure you don't "arc" weld the engine bearings.
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divecop Ex Member	Re: Man I hate rocks! Reply #14 - 06/21/06 at 21:56:03 You are so lucky...sorry the bike got hurt, but sure glad it was the bike and not you... 8)
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