I partially dropped my S40 in May up in North GA.  Dave and I hit a rain storm and made a last minute dive off to the right in a half maintained pull off to turn around quickly. I ran over a spot with large cement chunks and think I popped the clutch a tad to lose control of the situation. Handlebars dove hard right and the bike dumped off to the right, but the muffler caught on the boulders and helped stop a complete fall along with me grabbing on the grips and muscling it back up. Just a few scrapes and dings on the underside of the muffler.

It happens...

Sorry about the drop, I'm glad you weren't hurt! My ride don't weigh a whole lot, but it would feel pretty heavy if I dropped it on my leg or anything else for that matter.  

I prolly do something wrong, because I cannot upload multiple images per post.

Last of the ones I have that are small enough to be posted this way.

Dave wrote on 08/25/18 at 04:13:55:


Remember ...we were southbound after our bbq lunch and hit that storm and ditched to the right really fast. Those were the dings on my muffler we were looking at when the bike was loaded up on the truck.

I know what happens when you get stuck on the mirrors    

It has help up just fine, even participated in in Säfsen adventure rally in Sweden with it last fall, and had no trouble keeping with the fast group despite no previous dirt riding experience. Very, very stable compared to let's say a KTM690 Enduro. But also slow steering and suspension is of course not capable of the same kind of punishment as the superior Katoom. And heavy. And it likes to tuck the front in sand and on snow and ice. And getting on the throttle only make it worse.