What did you do with your GRiSO today?

bioman wrote:

Anyway: will not use it again. I will save up for a proper quality lift-table - made from metal   .

I just bought one of these and am well pleased for the price:

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The Black Devil made me do it....
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Managed to avoid a full-on collision today but ditched only striking the front tire and bumper cover of the offending car. The debatable crash-bar kept the engine from spewing oil! I limped home in second with a broken gear selector. I know there are many that don't want to hear it but.. Full gear saved me a world of pain! There is a big hole in the fore arm of my jacket. Once again my Vanson's literally saved my skin!

Glad to hear that you and the bike are OK.

H-E-ROSS wrote:

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Managed to avoid a full-on collision today but ditched only striking the front tire and bumper cover of the offending car. The debatable crash-bar kept the engine from spewing oil! I limped home in second with a broken gear selector. I know there are many that don't want to hear it but.. Full gear saved me a world of pain! There is a big hole in the fore arm of my jacket. Once again my Vanson's literally saved my skin!

glad you're okay. that crash bar seems to have done its job too.

Whew, catastrophe averted. Always prefer to hear of get-offs where the rider walks away and the bike is repairable...

Glad you and the bike are okay! I know there's been a lot of debate about those engine guards, but in this case it looks like they did a good job. Any damage to the mounting area?

wyno wrote:

Glad to hear that you and the bike are OK.

EXACTLY!

Looks to have been a fairly significant impact.

Even if you don't feel injured beyond what you report, do get a look from a medic.

Just bought Helite "airbag" vests for Kathi and me to make the morning after a bit less painful, too.

Best wishes,

Bill

Glad you're ok, and the GRiSO got you home. I always tell folks that ask me why I wear leathers, "they're cheaper then a skin graft".

Sorry to hear H-E, but the 'debatables' did good. I pulled mine off, then crashed. It looks like the valve cover wasn't unscathed. Or was that already there?

Bill Hagan wrote:

wyno wrote:

Glad to hear that you and the bike are OK.

EXACTLY!

Looks to have been a fairly significant impact.

Even if you don't feel injured beyond what you report, do get a look from a medic.

Just bought Helite "airbag" vests for Kathi and me to make the morning after a bit less painful, too.

Best wishes,

Bill

Thanks guys, the bike and I went down pretty hard but avoided immovable objects.
My fingers are a little sore though I had on armored gloves. I didn't bump my head at all this time!
The air bag vests look interesting but I hope you never need your new purchase Bill!

beetle wrote:

Sorry to hear H-E, but the 'debatables' did good. I pulled mine off, then crashed. It looks like the valve cover wasn't unscathed. Or was that already there?

Not a mark on it prior. The crash bars are right against the cover but I think the damage to the cover happened as the bike came to rest against an asphalt curb. The real thing is it wasn't worn through as happened last time. I rode home with out getting covered in oil!

Bill,

I look forward to a review (personally untested, hopefully) of the airbag vests. I did a bunch of research on those a couple of years ago after my rib/spleen-crushing crash in the Yukon, but was never quite able to take the financial leap. I also shun the idea of wearing even more gear than I already do, but I'm sure an inflatable vest could have saved me at least some of the damage to my internals. The other thing is that since we got Jellybean we've mostly traveled by sidecar and that tends not to fall over as easily.

As far as the high cost goes, a logical argument could be made that they're a lot cheaper than a week in the ICU in the same way the an Uber ride is a lot cheaper than a DUI, but still...

Pete

Spent the afternoon installing some upgrades; Agostini HF exhaust, Beetle Map for the Ago X can, and Agostini rear hugger.

Last week i rode my GRiSO from Wales through France and into Spain, she never missed a beat although my arse was crying for mercy... Sheepskin on order.


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That's no way to treat your girlfriend. Sheepskin, indeed.

She'll be a wolf in sheep's clothing

Hanging out in Carmel Valley for a few days, so been blasting up and down Carmel Valley Road to Arroyo Seco (for you Bay area folks)  and giving the GRiSO a work out.  Road weaves in and out of the valley with a lot of different riding sections, but great visuals (and sticky tarmac) all the way.

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ha ha, awesome Ron!!!  NOW they'll know who is about to pass 'em!!!
Eagerly standing by for more pics and vids of GRiSO Verde slicing the 'competition' up 

I hate to see a GRiSO on it's side.

on his side??? I thought he was racing around the silodrome!!

ghezzi wrote:

I hate to see a GRiSO on it's side.

Lets not joke about that!

Ron, brake later and hard, seems to be where they get away from you, from your last video - just saying. Go hard, mate.

It's not a race Tony, we're just having fun