Cl 360's crashed sympathy needed

gaj55 · Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 8:43 pm Post subject: Cl 360's crashed sympathy needed

When lending your Scrambler to your buddy to get back into riding be sure to remind his 20 year old he is only to ride it with his Dad present. Seems the son was going to fast to stop when his buddies on their sport bikes hit the brakes and he laid it down to avoid hitting them... Imagine a drum brake not stopping fast enough...

He was wearing a helmet and no other protection. He will visit the burn unit tomorrow to for further work on the road rash.

The bike... It appears to have been a right sided slide and the turn signals, headlight rim and mirror etc.. are toast. I believe the tank was spared... I'll look closer when he is feeling like talking about it... and how he is going to fix it...

The scrambler was my first restoration... It must be resurrected!

Simpson · Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 10:20 pm Post subject:

sorry to here about the accident. Sad

Hope the young kid is okay. Think of this as an opportunity to improve on things from the first restoration.

gaj55 · Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 3:50 am Post subject:

Found the right motor color after the restoration - one thing I wanted to do anyway. Looks like the brake lever made it into the case a little.

Fontana22 · Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 11:08 pm Post subject:

Well first and foremost, it's good to see that there aren't any serious injuries. As a young rider, hopefully he's learned his lesson and will be a bit more careful from here on out.

I've insured my bike so that nobody under the age of 25 can ride it. Saves me a couple of bucks and is a good reason to keep my 19 year old brother-in-law away from it.

reserected · Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 3:27 am Post subject:

sorry about your bike.the kid? well no sympathy there... the first time i road a bike i hit a tree, stayed in traction for 2 weeks, have a steel rod and limp on the left side, AND HAVE BEEN HOOKED EVER SINCE Exclamation

and that was almost 30 years ago. i'v had a wonderfully close relationship to the road since then ( sometimes even the other guys fault Embarassed

). RIDE,RIDE,THEN RIDE SOME MORE !

peace. res

crazycanuck · Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 11:46 am Post subject:

Oh man,
You seem to be taking this very well. I remember seing pictures of your bike when i joined this forum and thinking how beautiful and unique you made it.
I hope it all turns out well, you seem to have allot of experience and an eye for cool ethstetiques.
Good luck.
On the positive side we will all be looking forward to seeing pics and updates of the re-restoration project.

gaj55 · Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 9:29 pm Post subject:

Thanks, The Boy is healing, The bike is in the shop and I sure wish the tank didn't have that little dent...

It'll rise again.... and he'll help put it right.