Valkyrie still suprising me after all these years

sparky251

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Valkyrie still suprising me after all these years

« on: November 29, 2011, 11:08:00 AM »

I havent been active with the VRCC in a loooong while but i figured this might be of some interest to yall.

A few weeks ago I was on my way to work (about the only place I ever get to go these days) on the Valk. I was running a little late so I was running a little faster than normal. On a recently repaved backroad I went pretty hard into a left hand curve. The curve had a bit of a rise then a dip. As I come off the rise and into the dip my suspension bottomed out causing my kickstand bracket to drag through the asphalt for about 18" or so. It bent the frame right where the kickstand bracket bolts up.

Most everytime I've ever heard of someone damaging the frame it was considered totalled. I went ahead and located a new bike and began looking for a plane ticket. To my surprise, my insurance company contacted me to let me know they would be replacing the frame.

I never would have imagined that they would have wanted to put that kind of money into a 14 year old bike with 115,000 miles, a LOT of rust on some of my aftermarket chrome and blatently obvious that I haven't even washed it in over a years worth of daily riding. These Valkyries really hold their value.


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Rowdy

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Re: Valkyrie still suprising me after all these years

« Reply #1 on: November 29, 2011, 11:32:32 AM »


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old2soon

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Re: Valkyrie still suprising me after all these years

« Reply #2 on: November 29, 2011, 11:42:22 AM »

Sparky-we have had some folks come here and leave without ever really trying to understand the mystique these things have for a lot of us. coolsmiley

You nailed a bit of it with your post. Wink

Glad the Insurance Company gonna fix you up instead of messing you up. cooldude

A lot of us know and understand just exactly how this could have gone the other way. crazy2

Happy endings gettin harder to come by these days. Embarrassed

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Momz

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Re: Valkyrie still suprising me after all these years

« Reply #3 on: November 29, 2011, 11:51:14 AM »

The Valkyrie has always surised me,....that's why I purchased another.
Three Valks makes for one happy man!


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hubcapsc

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Re: Valkyrie still suprising me after all these years

« Reply #4 on: November 29, 2011, 01:42:15 PM »

causing my kickstand bracket to drag through the asphalt for about 18" or so. It bent the frame right where the kickstand bracket bolts up.

Glad you're OK... here's some cool pictures of BigBF fixing a bent crossmember...

http://bigbf.com/bigbf_shop/crossmember_damaged/


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