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1853 hits | 76.47 KB | Posted: 2/23/07
This is what happens when you loop your motorcycle. $10K in damage. The insurance considered it a total loss.
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2106 hits | 88.16 KB | Posted: 2/23/07
The right side faired pretty well compared to the rest of the bike.
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1278 hits | 81.05 KB | Posted: 2/23/07
Close up of the front fender, see the crack?
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1077 hits | 58.75 KB | Posted: 2/23/07
Another shot of the front fender and the crack. Look at the tire, notice the lack of a chicken strip? I took the bike up to Yarnell and Prescott, Arizona three days before this accident to see how the bike does in the twisties. Let me tell you thi...
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1263 hits | 73.37 KB | Posted: 2/23/07
Lets count the broken/missing parts.... I'm actually surprised how well the bike held up considering the type of accident.
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1116 hits | 71.01 KB | Posted: 2/23/07
A close up of what was the front of the bike. The accident snapped the left handlebar right off. Another wierd thing to note.... The key that was in the ignition was both bent and twisted. They had a hard time getting the key out of the ignition....
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1170 hits | 73.03 KB | Posted: 2/23/07
Ouch. Pretty much every fairing has cracks or road rash on it.
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1052 hits | 63.97 KB | Posted: 2/23/07
A close up of some of the damage. I bet the motor is still in good shape. Makes me wonder about the frame sliders available for this bike and whether or not they would have helped any.
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913 hits | 72.83 KB | Posted: 2/23/07
The factory exhaust sucked anyway.
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1457 hits | 77.54 KB | Posted: 2/23/07
I can still hear the sound of this plastic breaking before I was thrown off of the bike. Like my personalized plate? It reads "Highway Bait". A nice shiny motorcycle works as a better lure for DPS Officers then donuts do.
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1189 hits | 76.47 KB | Posted: 2/23/07
The instrument cluster took a beating. The LCD screen is ruined as it leaked out the liquid.
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975 hits | 83.59 KB | Posted: 2/23/07
A close up shot showing the broken left handle bar. I'm surprised the whole clutch lever didn't break off.
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921 hits | 86.25 KB | Posted: 2/23/07
This was pretty much the only damage on the right side. The other damage on this side was a dent on the top of the exhaust can.
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1208 hits | 84.05 KB | Posted: 2/23/07
Well if you wanted to see the inside of a ZX-14, here you go.
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777 hits | 51.68 KB | Posted: 2/23/07
See the wierd dent in the top of the exhaust can? It's like the can was force upwards into the rear footpeg. The same dent can be found on the right exhaust can as well.
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836 hits | 75.26 KB | Posted: 2/23/07
Another close up of the broken left handle bar.
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1251 hits | 41.88 KB | Posted: 2/24/07
My wife got me some flowers and the cute little bear. He stayed in my bed most of the time.
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1680 hits | 36.87 KB | Posted: 2/24/07
This is my ass on road rash. Any questions??
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1050 hits | 40.75 KB | Posted: 2/24/07
Me after my 5 1/2 hour surgery. I had good drugs, see the glazed eyes?
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888 hits | 53.89 KB | Posted: 2/24/07
On the trailer waiting to go from the towing yard to the dealer for an estimate. The guy in the background is PJ, a fellow member of PMRG.
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897 hits | 62.52 KB | Posted: 2/24/07
On the trailer, ready to go to the dealer.
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871 hits | 49.11 KB | Posted: 2/24/07
Another shot of it on the trailer. The yellow 250 Ninja in the background also needed to go to the dealer, they made $20 by helping that guy out.
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1044 hits | 56.94 KB | Posted: 2/24/07
I think my wife likes my personalized license plate. In the background facing the camera is PJ, and on the trailer is Eric, also a PMRG member. Both of them were so kind to help my wife get the bike to the dealer.
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807 hits | 44.51 KB | Posted: 2/24/07
That's a wierd dent in the exhaust can.
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712 hits | 53.51 KB | Posted: 2/24/07
Loaded up and ready to go.
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853 hits | 51.84 KB | Posted: 2/24/07
The back of the bike really took a beating. Unfortunately so did my back. I shattered my T8 vertebrae. Thankfully I have no spine damage and everything still works.
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1703 hits | 62.74 KB | Posted: 2/24/07
I think this is one of the first pictures my wife took of the bike with her camera phone. Those are the headlights hanging off on the side.
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773 hits | 48.56 KB | Posted: 2/24/07
Polishing chrome with asphalt is not a good idea.
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1115 hits | 52.04 KB | Posted: 2/24/07
The bike's road rash almost matches mine.
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1328 hits | 52.21 KB | Posted: 2/24/07
Sitting in the dealership. After the bike was unloaded my wife said all the mechanics came over to look at it.
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730 hits | 43.16 KB | Posted: 2/24/07
Another shot of it at the dealership.
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707 hits | 16.55 MB | Posted: 2/24/07
Movies 1,2, & 3 combined with some background music.
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655 hits | 57.44 KB | Posted: 5/14/07
Finally out of my brace on May 14th, 2007. =)
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641 hits | 47.06 KB | Posted: 5/14/07
Flour snuggling in my brace.
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559 hits | 52.54 KB | Posted: 3/20/07
Me sitting on my second ZX-14 at Kelly's Kawasaki in Mesa, Arizona.
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417 hits | 72.82 KB | Posted: 3/20/07
Loaded on the trailer and ready to go home.
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407 hits | 79.22 KB | Posted: 3/20/07
Poser shot for the dealership where I bought the bike. I didn't go back to the original dealership because they are closed on Mondays. I paid the same OTD price again of $12k.
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367 hits | 84.46 KB | Posted: 3/20/07
Home, safe and sound from Mesa, AZ to west Phoenix, AZ.
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476 hits | 63.07 KB | Posted: 3/20/07
She sits parked next to her sibling, my wife's '07 Kawasaki Ninja 650R.
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361 hits | 32.47 KB | Posted: 3/20/07
Crappy cell phone pic looking at the rear view mirror.
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408 hits | 34.11 KB | Posted: 3/24/07
Here is a picture of the bike with stock corner lights. These bulbs are clear.
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363 hits | 30.5 KB | Posted: 3/24/07
Here is a pic of one stock clear corner light and an orange bulb in the other corner light.
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402 hits | 31.05 KB | Posted: 3/24/07
Here is how the bike looks with both clear bulbs removed and replace with orange bulbs.
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399 hits | 44.56 KB | Posted: 5/8/07
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416 hits | 41.83 KB | Posted: 5/8/07
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