How was your week?

Rangerscott · 02-08-2014, 09:13 PM

Mine was spectacular.

'73 H1 Triple · 02-08-2014, 09:24 PM

You're posting so that's a good sign. Sorry to see your buggy on it's side, totaled or just "tweaked" ?

Jeff

Rangerscott · 02-09-2014, 02:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by '73 H1 Triple

You're posting so that's a good sign. Sorry to see your buggy on it's side, totaled or just "tweaked" ?

Jeff

Pretty much totaled. Engine also filled with oil and sounds like a busted piston rod.

fasternyou929 · 02-08-2014, 11:51 PM

You couldn't pay me to drive one of those shit boxes. My neighbor was in an accident in one, similar driving conditions, and ended up paralyzed from the neck down. May as well have been a death sentence. She had a husband and 3 young kids that couldn't understand why she wouldn't play with them anymore.

Just be glad you're still whole, and get something less famous for single vehicle accidents next time.

Rangerscott · 02-09-2014, 02:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fasternyou929

You couldn't pay me to drive one of those shit boxes. My neighbor was in an accident in one, similar driving conditions, and ended up paralyzed from the neck down. May as well have been a death sentence. She had a husband and 3 young kids that couldn't understand why she wouldn't play with them anymore.

Just be glad you're still whole, and get something less famous for single vehicle accidents next time.

Would have had the same fate if I was in a jeep on how it happened. Same thing happened to a 1 ton pickup up the highway from me.

the chi · 02-09-2014, 09:39 AM

Good heavens dude, glad you are okay!

Archren · 02-09-2014, 12:56 PM

Holy shit toast, dude, glad you made it out in one piece, even if your ride didn't.

Rangerscott · 02-09-2014, 02:58 PM

Im fine. Was just a tad sore but I did not bounce around. I stayed center in my chinese bucket seat. LOL. I dangelled for a few and was lucky to be able to undo my seat belt and not have to fiddle with getting my knife out. Glad it did since the engine was still running. Sadly I couldnt turn the engine off and it locked up with the cylinders full of oil.

Blew it all out yesterday and it sounds like a rod snapped so less money to make off her now. I put a good amount of time and money into that engine. Only takes a few seconds to lose it.

That shit box has gotten me through life the past 13 years and my older brother, so a total of 19 years. Ive made more friends by just owning it than by doing any thing else and a lot of them would treat me like family if I really called for their help.

Papa_Complex · 02-09-2014, 09:10 PM

Damn, that sucks. Did you hit a patch of ice?

Rangerscott · 02-09-2014, 09:33 PM

The whole interstate was ice. Rearend just finally gave out and I slid sideways. Both tires hit the dirt and over I went.

02-08-2014, 09:13 PM	#1
Rangerscott Viff6N Mutated Warrior Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Texas Moto: '01 Honda VFR 800 & '09 ER-6N Posts: 8,704	How was your week? Mine was spectacular.

02-09-2014, 12:56 PM	#7
Archren Sham WOW Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: ATX Moto: 2007 Ducati 1098 Posts: 2,741	Holy shit toast, dude, glad you made it out in one piece, even if your ride didn't. __________________ Photography "The Vincent was like a bullet that went straight; the Ducati is like the magic bullet that went sideways and hit JFK and the Governor of Texas at the same time. It was impossible." - Hunter S. Thompson, Song of the Sausage Creature "Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." -Dr. Seuss

02-09-2014, 02:58 PM	#8
Rangerscott Viff6N Mutated Warrior Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Texas Moto: '01 Honda VFR 800 & '09 ER-6N Posts: 8,704	Im fine. Was just a tad sore but I did not bounce around. I stayed center in my chinese bucket seat. LOL. I dangelled for a few and was lucky to be able to undo my seat belt and not have to fiddle with getting my knife out. Glad it did since the engine was still running. Sadly I couldnt turn the engine off and it locked up with the cylinders full of oil. Blew it all out yesterday and it sounds like a rod snapped so less money to make off her now. I put a good amount of time and money into that engine. Only takes a few seconds to lose it. That shit box has gotten me through life the past 13 years and my older brother, so a total of 19 years. Ive made more friends by just owning it than by doing any thing else and a lot of them would treat me like family if I really called for their help. Last edited by Rangerscott; 02-09-2014 at 03:04 PM..

02-09-2014, 09:10 PM	#9
Papa_Complex Nomadic Tribesman Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Brampton, Canada Moto: '09 ER-6n Posts: 11,150	Damn, that sucks. Did you hit a patch of ice? __________________ "Everything's better with pirates." - Lodge, "Dorkness Rising" http://www.morallyambiguous.net/

02-08-2014, 09:24 PM	#2
'73 H1 Triple restorer of the original Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Zionsville,PA Moto: '93 ZR1100 &'73 Kawasaki H1 500 Posts: 1,331	You're posting so that's a good sign. Sorry to see your buggy on it's side, totaled or just "tweaked" ? Jeff

02-08-2014, 11:51 PM	#4
fasternyou929 SFL Expatriate #2 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Raleigh, NC Moto: CBR1000 Posts: 2,043	You couldn't pay me to drive one of those shit boxes. My neighbor was in an accident in one, similar driving conditions, and ended up paralyzed from the neck down. May as well have been a death sentence. She had a husband and 3 young kids that couldn't understand why she wouldn't play with them anymore. Just be glad you're still whole, and get something less famous for single vehicle accidents next time.

02-09-2014, 09:33 PM	#10
Rangerscott Viff6N Mutated Warrior Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Texas Moto: '01 Honda VFR 800 & '09 ER-6N Posts: 8,704	The whole interstate was ice. Rearend just finally gave out and I slid sideways. Both tires hit the dirt and over I went.