It was my time - Page 2

theMadWelder · #21 (**permalink**) 10-31-2009, 08:49 PM

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Originally Posted by nomo

Oh maaaan ! Sorry to see that and glad you're typing about it . How fast were you going ? If you wanted aero mirrors there's an easier way ! I concur , DO NOT molest that 'best-of-all' BLACK RC !

But it has a really nice left radiator, mine has a small leak now.

killa · #22 (**permalink**) 10-31-2009, 09:47 PM

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Originally Posted by theMadWelder

I had a can of snuff in the left pocket that took the brunt of the initial fall

Good stuff

toptaz1000rr · #23 (**permalink**) 10-31-2009, 10:17 PM

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Originally Posted by varium

He used to have a website, but i can't find that anymore. Try this......

Will's Rim Repair - Greenville, South Carolina (SC) | Company Profile

Oh, and be prepared to just wait around for your stuff to get finished or worked on. He's a one man(and part time wife) operation so getting back to folks and updates on progress are far and few between. And being that there are sometimes two arms on the operation chances are the left doesn't know what the right is doing.
He does good work and has been nothing but professional and honest with me. However, just prepare yourself to not be in a hurry. I know how finicky folks on this site get about wanting communication and updates every 5 minutes so just know that they'll get done when they get done.

If you got the have them asap you can go with 'frame straight' but you'll pay out the ass for it, and rush service is hit or miss. He used to be great back in the day, but apparently he's gotten so big he doesn't have to care about the customer anymore. And the prices are ridiculously expensive now. Actually suprized folks still send him work at those rates.

most i have ever waited was 3 weeks... well worth it ..and i had sent him 9 sets of rotors so i am sure it takes time to work that many

RC51Stunna · #24 (**permalink**) 11-01-2009, 03:19 AM

Thank god you weren't chewin any of that pussy-skoal, you would have had plastic melting to your leg!!!!
"FRESH COPE, IT SAVES!"

Glad to hear your O.K.

Stunna

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Originally Posted by killa

Good stuff

BRod · #25 (**permalink**) 11-01-2009, 03:43 AM

Glad you made it out okay...now brush yourself off, fix the bike, and get back out there and ride.

janjayand · #26 (**permalink**) 11-01-2009, 03:56 AM

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Originally Posted by BRod

Glad you made it out okay...now brush yourself off, fix the bike, and get back out there and ride.

+1 but leave the chaps in the garage!

J/K I couldnt resist. Seriously tho Im glad you came out of the accident with very minor injuries!

1BadRC51 · #27 (**permalink**) 11-01-2009, 06:19 AM

Gald your ok, get out there and ride asap. It's important mentally to get back in the saddle as fast as you can after a good wreck.

Defender · #28 (**permalink**) 11-01-2009, 01:48 PM

Gear saves skin. Happy to see you walked away.

hawkti · #29 (**permalink**) 11-01-2009, 02:11 PM

Glad your ok. How in the hell did you have stuck throttle? Was kill switch a option?

RVTMAVERICK · #30 (**permalink**) 11-01-2009, 02:47 PM

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Originally Posted by hawkti

Glad your ok. How in the hell did you have stuck throttle? Was kill switch a option?

theMadWelder
+1 with hawkti-man, on... Glad you're Okay... and +1 with the "Stuck Throttle" thing, as this has got Me Baffled 100%... ?
Since our RC51s throttle bodies are equiped with a 2 cable set-up.... Meaning, 1 cable opens the butterflies, which we all know what happens here..

while the other cable "CAN" close the throttle, should the return spring not work!...?? Did you try to close it manually or just let go of control of the throttle and say... OH Shit,.(Painic). she's not slowing down!?? LOL which happens More then anyone will admit to.

FWIW... on 2 accounts, (Atleast) you Need to be Thanking GOD!
#1 Thank GOD, it wasn't You hitting the "gaurd rail post" instead of your rim... You'd be DEAD!

#2 The cop NOT Giving you a ticket of any kind,... is UnReal! You would have got, at the Very least, received a "Failure to control vehicle" Ticket here in VA., for sure!

Plus 1 with not giving a crap what people think... those Chaps helped save your skin bro., well, that and your can of chew.. Hahahaa

Heal up,.. get her back together and Ride safe!

Peace Jeff

hawkti · #31 (**permalink**) 11-01-2009, 08:06 PM

Do the girls think your tractor is sexy?

onlyoneromeo · #32 (**permalink**) 11-01-2009, 09:05 PM

if you can make chaps why not make a full pair of pants? is the skin on your ass not worth the extra leather?

whitw wings · #33 (**permalink**) 11-02-2009, 02:58 AM

onlyoneromeo · #34 (**permalink**) 11-02-2009, 03:56 AM

i wouldnt push any of those hotties out of bed, its too bad they are down with the "i.b.t.c." tho...

theMadWelder · #35 (**permalink**) 11-02-2009, 05:28 PM

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Originally Posted by onlyoneromeo

if you can make chaps why not make a full pair of pants? is the skin on your ass not worth the extra leather?

Here are the pants

theMadWelder · #36 (**permalink**) 11-02-2009, 05:37 PM

" while the other cable "CAN" close the throttle, should the return spring not work!...?? Did you try to close it manually or just let go of control of the throttle and say... OH Shit,.(Painic). she's not slowing down!?? LOL which happens More then anyone will admit to."

We are just now checking things out.
The throttle is still just not right, hard to turn and hard to return.
When my oh'sh*t flaps went up the throttle hit a stop while I was trying to make it return to off. At that point I started applying brakes and it wanted to keep going so starts my slide down memory lane.
We will do full diagnostics and see what it was, maybe a cable end caught something in the housing, I just dont know yet.

My local cop was cool about it I was not impeading traffi(already moved bike)
He gave us lights just to load and we we out of there.

Hind sight is 20/20 yea there is a kill switch just right there but in that split second all I wanted was the brakes.
The crash was mine and I own it, I rode the RC all the way to the ground.

Hey, what doesnt kill us makes us stronger.
I will be back on it asap, just need a couple of days to get parts changed and bike teched.

theMadWelder · #37 (**permalink**) 11-02-2009, 05:40 PM

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Originally Posted by hawkti

Do the girls think your tractor is sexy?

The tractor is used at seveal of our parties for hay rides etc, so yea teh chicks dig teh tractor.

theMadWelder · #38 (**permalink**) 11-02-2009, 09:32 PM

Result of stuck throttle is the rubber gasket that sits between tank and frame(aftermarket airbox) got sucked int throttlebody and held front butterfly open.

Darkest · #39 (**permalink**) 11-02-2009, 10:43 PM

"Hind sight is 20/20 yea there is a kill switch just right there but in that split second all I wanted was the brakes. The crash was mine and I own it, I rode the RC all the way to the ground."

I respect you for that, a lot.

RIRC51 · #40 (**permalink**) 11-04-2009, 04:18 PM

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Originally Posted by RVTMAVERICK

theMadWelder
+1 with hawkti-man, on... Glad you're Okay... and +1 with the "Stuck Throttle" thing, as this has got Me Baffled 100%... ?
Since our RC51s throttle bodies are equiped with a 2 cable set-up.... Meaning, 1 cable opens the butterflies, which we all know what happens here..

while the other cable "CAN" close the throttle, should the return spring not work!...?? Did you try to close it manually or just let go of control of the throttle and say... OH Shit,.(Painic). she's not slowing down!?? LOL which happens More then anyone will admit to.

I had a stuck throttle issue because of a frayed throttle cable, the one on the top (which is the return cable I think?). It would only return if I opened the throttle WTFO, manually shutting the throttle did nothing? 1st time it happened was NOT COOL. Really catches you off guard.