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Yes I was wearing a full faced helmet, I'll try and post some pics once I'm up to it. My brother saw the damage, and tolf me my left side had crushed the right side of his van, breaking a large (roughly 12") circle out of the van's window. Needless to say, I am very lucky. I happen to know a lo...

Well odds were that I'd be in an accident sooner or later... but a broken left arm and fractured jaw is a lot more of a B!&@$ then I had imagined. Here's how it happened:I'm cruising down the street comfortbly at 35 mph, when some guy in a white van side swipes me as he makes a left turn into my...

Salt water balloons are filled with salt and water. Salt, when soaked into ground, impedes growth by killing off the roots of plant (it absorbs the water, thus dehydrating plants). Thats my "bio" explanation. Something to do with hyoptonic and hypertonic solutions and salt concentration le...

Well I had a while to cool off. You're right, MotoF150, if they would have just told me I would have been like "Well its just cosmetic... see ya." And that is true, it pisses me off that people cannot be honest. Anyways, I have a good idea of a few houses (they had a party a few houses dow...

I was hoping if I can get some opinions on hit-and-runs. It can happen a few ways, but in my case my bike was parked close to the street and was hit, toppled over and then propped up again. When I got outside and got ready to go, I noticed the clutch lever was bent out of shape and that my left mirr...

Congratulations. The Ninja 500R is an excellent bike.

You need to match engine speed to road speed, which means brake early to get the speed right, do NOT enter a turn with the clutch pulled in and do not let go of the clutch right before you turn. The reason as to not leaving the clutch pulled in is if you need to make an emergency move, a lot of thin...

My '91 250 Nighthawk is just at about 300 lbs wet, give or take about 10 lbs either way. You'll get used to smaller bikes as you learn to handle it. One precaution is that weight is not everything. My sister's Ninja 500R is about 388 lbs dry, about 20 lbs heavier than my brother's GSXR750, but the N...

Here in SoCal, I took my MSF and they mailed the DL389 and I recieved it about a week later. They also give you a card proving that you passed the class (novelty...only). You can just take your DL389 to the DMV, pay the $24(or $26?) application fee, pass a vision exam, and get a NEW picture then pas...

If you are late to a class, you're going to miss out and slow other people down. Having said that, you might be lucky to find a nice instructor who will... *ahem*... give you some slack. Other than that, there's not reason to be late. Besides, its a fun and excellent class, and pretty much all of th...