I fell over

[Mrs. Colleen]

And when I say I fell over that is pretty much what happened...nothing big...

Hubby and I were out on our favorite road. There was a truck that kept catching up with us and then falling behind again and since I was paying too much attention to him I just figured I would pull over, let him go ahead and then ride on. I knew there was a turnout coming up that was sort of hidden. I see it ahead, slow a bit and head for it. Where I went wrong was thinking that it was a paved turnout when in reality it was actually deep gravel. Shortly after my front wheel touched gravel it slipped out from under me and I hit ground.



I am fine. Somehow I managed to hit the ground shoulder first and I guess the armor in my gear moved out of the way since I scuffed up the very top of my left shoulder a bit.

Only minor fixes to be made. Snapped off the left mirror, lens broke off my left blinker, and the corner of my windscreen shattered. The windscreen is the only thing I am super pissed about. Ordered a new one today...over $70 for that stupid piece of plastic. And that is with the discount the shop always gives me. Was going to order a new mirror also but the OEM one is $140! FOR ONE! I will probably just try to find some aftermarket mirrors with the blinkers in them...we'll see...

I scraped up 5 stars but I have a whole envelope of extras so that is a quick fix. The bike had already been scuffed up by one of the previous owners so I am really not too upset over that.

Anyway...here are some pics after I cleaned it up...







Not sure if you can see any of the cracks in the plastics in these pics...but those were from before...