DenialDave
Grasshopper
So yesterday I was doing about 35mph with my dog, when suddenly the bike veered towards a ditch, somehow I came out of the ditch and ended up on the road as the motorcycle leaned into the sidecar, and pinned my leg.
Clearly it was securely mounted to both the bike and the Sidecar, and the only way it could have come apart was that it just stripped. So now I'm a week away from going to Sturgis (I've already covered 3,350 miles in mt toy hauler) and if I can't fix it, I'm essentially going to have to crate it back home, and obviously won't be going to Sturgis.
This is one of two identical mounts, so obviously I don't trust the bike at all at this point. Both mounts are going to have to be rebuilt. What was wrong here? How do I fix it so I never have to worry about this happening again. Between running into a ditch, and then coming out into traffic on the roadway, being pinned, and then having my right side tank start to purge gasoline down my leg, this is something I never want to go through again- which obviously could have been fatal if we had been going faster. Thanks for any advice!
Clearly it was securely mounted to both the bike and the Sidecar, and the only way it could have come apart was that it just stripped. So now I'm a week away from going to Sturgis (I've already covered 3,350 miles in mt toy hauler) and if I can't fix it, I'm essentially going to have to crate it back home, and obviously won't be going to Sturgis.
This is one of two identical mounts, so obviously I don't trust the bike at all at this point. Both mounts are going to have to be rebuilt. What was wrong here? How do I fix it so I never have to worry about this happening again. Between running into a ditch, and then coming out into traffic on the roadway, being pinned, and then having my right side tank start to purge gasoline down my leg, this is something I never want to go through again- which obviously could have been fatal if we had been going faster. Thanks for any advice!
