I was waiting at a right turn only light on the way to work. The woman ahead of me turned when the light turned green, and slammed on her brakes halfway thru the turn. No idea why. Front tire hit her bumper (I braked as much as I could and went down on the right side). My fault, I guess. Nice guy helped me get the bike back up. Pulled over to check for damage. The crash bars saved the coolant reservoir. The front cowling (green) got pretty thoroughly cracked on the right side. Went to walgreens for duct tape and "repaired" that. The bike doesn't seem to be damaged in any other way except for one weird thing. The rear brake is making a more pronounced grinding noise under pressure, and seems to be dragging a little with the wheel off the ground - or I'm tripping. The rear brake caliper is a little loose, but I can't tell where or how - not the main attach bolts. The weird part is that I don't think any part of the brake system took a hit? The rotor looks true. No scrapes on any of the caliper parts. Little scrape on the rear axle bolt. The rear brake might have taken a little bit of the brunt. But it looks OK. Any ideas?
Oh yeah, I'm fine. Little duct tape fixed me right up.
Oh yeah, I'm fine. Little duct tape fixed me right up.