I use to brag to my friends that I have never broken a lever. Well, I still haven't broken a lever yet but I did bust my clutch lever perch today. I was a really stupid crash, too. I stalled in a turn and tried to bump start the bike on the exit. By the time I gave up bump starting, the bike was already stopped. I couldn't get a foot down in time and the bike dumped me down the side of a hill. This is when the perch broke. Of course, I had about 5 miles of black diamond trail ahead of me and I am riding a motocross geared CR250. I push started the bike down the hill only to get stuck in a giant mud puddle that was twice as deep as I was expecting. The bike stalled and I fell over in the mud and filled my boots with water. I had no hill to bump start the bike this time. I had to kick start it and put in it gear and hope it didn't stall. I made it out on the 2nd attempt but I really hated to do that to the transmission. Once I got going, I made it the rest of the way without stalling. I had to go really fast over some stuff I normally would have slipped the clutch on. The steep downhills were trecherous because if l locked the back wheel up at all, that would have been the end of me (the bike would stall and there would be no way to regain traction on the rear wheel). Back at the truck, I bet I sure looked funny running next to my bike every time I needed to start it.
A few days ago, I miraculously bent my handle bars back straight falling backwards down a hill. Well, today I fell going forwards again and they're bent even worse than ever. Nobody will ever want to ride my bike because bent bars are so uncomfortable to people who aren't used to them.
A few days ago, I miraculously bent my handle bars back straight falling backwards down a hill. Well, today I fell going forwards again and they're bent even worse than ever. Nobody will ever want to ride my bike because bent bars are so uncomfortable to people who aren't used to them.