Yep. After a whole summer of a minty black 12 bar... it's finally showing some shiny steel! :D

That's the good news. The bad news? My leg and arm are also now showing some nice bloody red scrapes. And my shift lever is gone.

Near as I can figure, I hit it pretty quick, and pretty light. I was already on the brake hard before it got there, and I think I killed all my momentum. About the time I was hitting the bar, I also felt like I was tipping sideways. In a panic, I grabbed a little to much... of um everything? Front end slammed down, and it was still in gear, clutch out, giving it gas, and hard on both brakes. The front end was washing out and I was still on the gas. and the front brake If I had let off the front brake, I probably would have been OK...

Oh well. A step in the right direction I suppose.

Oh, and of course, in classic DetroitStyle fashion... I did it in front of a group of people in ghetto Detroit. A few started to walk my way, but I just picked it up, reached down and wiggled it into first, and wheelied off into the sunset. :YEAH

anybody have a shift lever?

 

drill a hole in the end and put a bolt through it,unless you broke the whole thing off or just use some zip ties and jb weld


P.s I might have one i'll check tommorow

 

Andy said he had one for me, but then he took it back, cause I wouldn't come get it tonight...

I was busy putting cold beers on this LUMP that has begun to form on my side Pictures don't do it justice. It's the size of two golfballs next to each other...

 

Hay Hay!!! Wrong fourm to be posting Pics of yourself and refferncing golf *****.
Glad your ok. Hope your bikes not too bad. You have to get right back on it or this may set you back. Good ****!!

 

Those aren't welts..they're called love handles...welcome to 29!

BTW, what are those strings on either side of your torso? Oh, nevermind...your arms...

 

congrats on the first scrape (well, scrapes)!!!! Its all down hill from here. You will be beating on your windscreen due to frustration while trying to learn a seemingly impossible trick (circles)....oh, wait-that's me. You can still have the shift lever, but now that you've scraped, you won't take your bike out of first gear for at least a month anyway.

 

LOL at the responses!

First of all, I'm still miles away from where I want to be. It was not a slow wheelie, controlled scrape. It was wacking the bar, and hoping I caught the brake in time. But hopefully it helps to get me over the hump

I definitely will NOT set me back....

PS. I'm thinking about gearing it. Does that make me a cheater?