could have used tip over bars

Joined
Feb 8, 2008
Messages
52
Location
Vichy, MO
Bike
'04 ST1300
I have a set of tip over bars on order. Needed them yesterday. A cager decided to very suddenly jump from center lane into the left lane just as I was starting to pull out from a side street. Had to stop suddenly. I had already started to make the turn. The front wheel was turned slightly and I had already begun to lean into the turn when I had to hit the brakes and down she went. Couldn't stop her from going to the ground because the front wheel was turned slightly and she was leaning over slightly for the turn. This bike is so top heavy that if you let the bike lean a little its really hard to keep it from going over. Cager didn't even slow down. Not sure if they even knew anything had happened. I had just put MCL highway pegs on the day before and scuffed up the new engine guard cover and put a small scratch on the mirror cover. Could have been much worse.
 
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