getting the a 19 back the way it was before my crash

[David Bowden]

Stupid idea. Stupid me for not changing it. I was riding the Ratdog on Sat. for the first time and about and hour or so into it I turned onto a B+ (not quite A difficulty) trail. It was a blast for about a mile. Mud, tight switchbacks, bowling ball sized boulders on the trail, good times. Then I came out of a right turn going uphill. There was a big rock covering half the trail. Looking back I should have gone over it since it wasn't very tall. The trail looked good and warn around it, so I went that way. As I went around it, the bike slipped and fell over. We slid off the trail and over a cliff that was more or less straight down a few hundred feet. The rear brake rotor hung up on a large pointy rock and stopped us from going all the over, but not before breaking the skid plate, breaking the water pump off the bolts, and cracking the engine case. It teetered there for over half an hour as I waited on the trail for someone to help pull it up. It took 4 of up, two pushing up on the front wheel/fork, and two pulling up on the back wheel. The bike was coasted back down to the trail head and the guys who found me went after their truck to take me and the bike back into tillimook and then back to the staging area of Ratdog. I had riden the bike up from Eugene so I was stranded. Another group of riders were kind enough to haul me and the broken bike back to Eugene the next day. So here I sit with my new bike broken and scarred, my only injury being road rash on my right elbow, forearm, and back of the knee from holding on to the bike with my legs and left hand ad I tried to stop from going over the edge by grabbing thing with my right arm. David. ----- Sent from my iPhone

[Thomas Landmann]

Yikes! Good thing you didn't have drum brakes, eh?

On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 7:18 AM, David Bowden wrote: Stupid idea. Stupid me for not changing it. I was riding the Ratdog on Sat. for the first time and about and hour or so into it I turned onto a B+ (not quite A difficulty) trail. It was a blast for about a mile. Mud, tight switchbacks, bowling ball sized boulders on the trail, good times. Then I came out of a right turn going uphill. There was a big rock covering half the trail. Looking back I should have gone over it since it wasn't very tall. The trail looked good and warn around it, so I went that way. As I went around it, the bike slipped and fell over. We slid off the trail and over a cliff that was more or less straight down a few hundred feet. The rear brake rotor hung up on a large pointy rock and stopped us from going all the over, but not before breaking the skid plate, breaking the water pump off the bolts, and cracking the engine case. It teetered there for over half an hour as I waited on the trail for someone to help pull it up. It took 4 of up, two pushing up on the front wheel/fork, and two pulling up on the back wheel. The bike was coasted back down to the trail head and the guys who found me went after their truck to take me and the bike back into tillimook and then back to the staging area of Ratdog. I had riden the bike up from Eugene so I was stranded. Another group of riders were kind enough to haul me and the broken bike back to Eugene the next day. So here I sit with my new bike broken and scarred, my only injury being road rash on my right elbow, forearm, and back of the knee from holding on to the bike with my legs and left hand ad I tried to stop from going over the edge by grabbing thing with my right arm. David. ----- Sent from my iPhone

-- Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote.

[Jeffrey]

I had a good skid plate on my 2004 and I went on a few of the ESRs. That be Eastern Sierra Rides. A huge boulder on the side of the trail attacked my bike and broke the rear brake lever and rear master cylinder. I rode the bike all the way through the Sonora Pass to a friend's house in Berkeley with no rear break nor any right foot peg. The rear master cylinder and lever cost me over $300 because none were available on ebay at the time. Sonora Pass (el. 9,624 ft. / 2,933 m.) is the second-highest highway pass in the Sierra Nevada,[1] lower by 321 ft. (about 98 m.) than Tioga Pass to the south.[2] State Route 108 traverses the pass.

[Richard Decker]

Wow, glad to hear you DIDNT go over.

On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 5:49 AM, Thomas Landmann wrote: Yikes! Good thing you didn't have drum brakes, eh? On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 7:18 AM, David Bowden wrote:

Stupid idea. Stupid me for not changing it. I was riding the Ratdog on Sat. for the first time and about and hour or so into it I turned onto a B+ (not quite A difficulty) trail. It was a blast for about a mile. Mud, tight switchbacks, bowling ball sized boulders on the trail, good times. Then I came out of a right turn going uphill. There was a big rock covering half the trail. Looking back I should have gone over it since it wasn't very tall. The trail looked good and warn around it, so I went that way. As I went around it, the bike slipped and fell over. We slid off the trail and over a cliff that was more or less straight down a few hundred feet. The rear brake rotor hung up on a large pointy rock and stopped us from going all the over, but not before breaking the skid plate, breaking the water pump off the bolts, and cracking the engine case. It teetered there for over half an hour as I waited on the trail for someone to help pull it up. It took 4 of up, two pushing up on the front wheel/fork, and two pulling up on the back wheel. The bike was coasted back down to the trail head and the guys who found me went after their truck to take me and the bike back into tillimook and then back to the staging area of Ratdog. I had riden the bike up from Eugene so I was stranded. Another group of riders were kind enough to haul me and the broken bike back to Eugene the next day. So here I sit with my new bike broken and scarred, my only injury being road rash on my right elbow, forearm, and back of the knee from holding on to the bike with my legs and left hand ad I tried to stop from going over the edge by grabbing thing with my right arm. David. ----- Sent from my iPhone

-- Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote. -- - Rich Decker Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote.

[Tom]

I added 3 pic to ZeeGagets album. The album is one of the last ones on the album page. When I crashed back in 2009 my after market luggage carrier got bent up but it saved the A19 from more damage. I just replaced it with a new aftermarket carrier and put the gun boot back on. I wanted to make the luggage carrier more sturdy so I added a few braces. Nothing fancy. I am not a welder, just cut and bolt person. Take a look at the pics. Zeegadget.... Tom SW Pennsylvania