Perhaps oil on the road? With a little moisture from the morning dew, that
would be pretty slick. Your '82 - that's a monoshock, right? Your
experience sounds very troubling. Glad you didn't get hurt.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Clifton Osborn [SMTP:cosborn1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, December 28, 2001 10:57 AM
> To: virago@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Sudden smack down
>
> I laid my '82 - 920 down the other morning and can't figure out what
> happened. I've had some pretty rough get offs before, mostly off road,
> but
> nothing like this.
>
> I was coming home from the Saturday morning do-nut run, it was a sunny 70+
> degrees, I turned off of the main road on to a little used side road at
> about 20 mph. Just as I passed the apex of the turn, it felt as if
> someone
> kicked the front wheel out from under me. It happened so fast, I didn't
> even get my foot off the peg before I slammed the asphalt with my shoulder
> and parted company with my scoot.
>
> I'm okay, except for my pride. The bike's okay except for a busted turn
> indicator and chewed up fairing. But the nagging question is why? The
> asphalt was clean, not rough, no loose gravel and only a light dew on the
> side road (that I noticed while dusting myself off), but nothing I haven't
> ridden through hundreds of times before.
>
> It concerns me because there was no warning. Nothing I could see going
> into
> the turn and no reaction time when it let loose. Like black ice... But,
> how can I avoid it in the future?
>
> I plan on going through the suspension before I put her back on the road,
> but am wondering if anyone else has had a similar experience. Flo is the
> heaviest bike I've ever owned... by about double... maybe I ride her too
> agressively... But I don't think of a 20 mph right hand turn on flat
> asphalt
> as agressive.
>
> If there is something in particular that I should check or a tendency in
> the
> bike to slip in the wet (which is against everything I've heard about
> Viragos), I'd sure like to hear your ideas.
>
> Wounded pride, -=Clif
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