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frylock

(34,825 posts) Wed Feb 13, 2013, 03:36 PM Feb 2013

Accident crash - Fall from bike to the yacht

Buddy of mine forwarded this to me when I told him I was buying panniers for my Tiger. Yipes!

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Accident crash - Fall from bike to the yacht (Original Post) frylock Feb 2013 OP

Ouch! momto3 Feb 2013 #1

2011 Tiger XC.. frylock Feb 2013 #3

That had to hurt, in so many ways JustABozoOnThisBus Feb 2013 #2

That hurt just to watch. Robb Feb 2013 #4

clearing a little brush! frylock Feb 2013 #5

momto3

(662 posts)

1. Ouch!

Reply to frylock (Original post)

Sun Feb 17, 2013, 05:16 AM

Feb 2013

I have panniers on my BMW F700 and took the MSF ER class with them on to practice maneuvering. Haven't had any problems yet. What year is you Tiger? It's a nice looking bike. I considered one of those before I purchased my newest.

frylock

(34,825 posts)

3. 2011 Tiger XC..

Reply to momto3 (Reply #1)

Sun Feb 17, 2013, 02:16 PM

Feb 2013

I love this bike! I took MSF as well. BMW has an adventure riders course I'm going to take too. Probably going to be a while before I get those panniers though. They're going to set me back another 12 large. Bought a 60l waterproof tailbag for the time being. Going to do some camping in Ocitillo Wells next weekend, and the tailbag seems to hold most of my gear.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/121228#post43

JustABozoOnThisBus

(24,287 posts)

2. That had to hurt, in so many ways

Reply to frylock (Original post)

Sun Feb 17, 2013, 02:07 PM

Feb 2013

"Panniers" sounds a whole lot cooler than "side bags" which is what I call the boxes on my BMW (R75/5).

Hopefully, the full helmet saved his noggin. Note to self: park the thing, don't ride on a pier.

Robb

(39,665 posts)

4. That hurt just to watch.

Reply to frylock (Original post)

Sun Feb 24, 2013, 06:40 PM

Feb 2013

Back when I had big boxes on my KTM, my friends always wanted me to go first on single track, claiming I'd knock the low branches out of the way for them.

frylock

(34,825 posts)

5. clearing a little brush!

Reply to Robb (Reply #4)

Sun Feb 24, 2013, 06:43 PM

Feb 2013

your friends sound like pretty smart guys!

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