"it" happened. Laid it down for the first time.

[lucian]

Sorry  this happened, but certainly glad your OK. Lovely bike, glad it survived as well. Thanks for sharing. Don't think you did anything wrong, just one of those freak moments. Definitely pays to gear up.

[twowings]

TW , was that in Tulsa ? If so , where ?

 Dusty

Springfield, MO....South Glenstone Ave. just south of Page...

[John A]

http://www.russbrown.com/about-russ-brown.html
I met Russ when he first started his organization in Texas, early80's. I've used him a couple times and have been pleased.
If the guy don't have insurance and ran it puts things in a different light. In my last case, since the guy ran I asked for the judge to order restitution . It was granted so the state paid me and collected from the scumbag so I didn't have to relie on him to pay. Anyway you did things right and did not hit anything . In a crash if you hit something be it a bumper,culvert whatever you will likely not walk away. If you miss everything you will likely walk away. Glad you are still here!

[Unkept]

Glad you're ok, I've actually ridden there before (where your accident was). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Imguz8ELoHM It wasn't so busy though.

I crashed once in a similar sliding fashion, but at a lower speed. I still think about it a bit, hope I don't do it again. 

Take care,

-Joe

[jetmechmarty]

Fair point R3, and no offense taken. I don't intend to misrepresent myself as any more experienced than I am. Only been on the road for a couple of years. Having said that, I had every intention of keeping the rubber on the road, and wasn't successful. To that end, you're correct. I didn't lay it down. I crashed.

My bet is that when you got hard on the brakes, the rear wheel locked up.  The good thing is that you stayed on that brake once the rear started sliding out.  Whether by accident or design you saved yourself from serious injury.  Had you released the brake pedal before going down on the low side, you may been tossed over onto the right side with the bike coming down on top of you.  Not good.  Releasing the brake as the rear slides around is the recipe for a high side accident that very often leads to serious injury.

I'm glad to read this ended well.

[rob-mg]

Glad you're ok, I've actually ridden there before (where your accident was). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Imguz8ELoHM

-Joe

Although you haven't posted a lot, subscribed to your channel. Liked this video. Very chilled. Who's the music by?

[Unkept]

Although you haven't posted a lot, subscribed to your channel. Liked this video. Very chilled. Who's the music by?

Thanks!

Bert Jerred did the song, it was called "Genesis". Looks like he made an iTunes and Amazon store page since I made this video!

Maybe I'll get another riding video together sometime, my riding days have been on pause for awhile. The bike in the video has been under the knife for awhile.

Thanks again for the feedback and sub. :)

-Joe

[El Pescador]

Man, I am really glad you're ok, but what I really want to compliment you on is how you transformed your bike.  I have always thought the Jackal is a hideously ugly bike, but the powdercoating makes it look dramatically different.  Well done!

I'd like to see more pictures if you wouldn't mind. 

[kidsmoke]

Thanks man. I have a vision and it's not there yet. Trying to keep it clean.

[El Pescador]

Looks great!

[donn]

yep..this is phase two of the conversation. I Thought about this a lot Saturday, as you might imagine. Had I had hard bags and a windjammer of any sort, while the bike would have been operational, perhaps, it would have been a splintered mangled mess back there, and probably would have caused collateral damage to the fender/tailight area, maybe the wheel and exhaust as well. As it is, the bags were badly damaged, but duct tape and cordura straps kept them operational and there was virtually NO damage to anything in that area of the bike. I think for that reason I'm sold on bags vs boxes.

My California II has been down a couple times.  The Windjammer can get a little chewed up, but it probably protects stuff that's more valuable (at this point I think the monetary value of a Windjammer fairing might be in the "I'll pay you to take it" category.)

The hard bags have done fine, not because they're super robust but because they're protected by a second set of crash bars, just in front of the bags.  The California II was the ultimate touring barge.  That said, those rear crash bars are original (I've had them the whole time anyway) and only a little scraped, vs. the front crash bars that have needed replacement at least once, I think twice.  The front crash bar is what takes the hit.  If you want highway pegs, put highway pegs on it.  Put whatever bags on it you want.