Bump Skid saved the front of the RT

[ABQAndy]

On Thursday I was riding with a group and we were going south of Albuquerque,NM to a restaurant in a little town called Belen. To get there we had to go on about 10 miles of Interstate 25. As always I was at the rear of the group because they want the trikes in the rear. We were all in a group in the center lane of 3 lanes with fairly heavy traffic going about 65 mph. There were two pickups in front of me to my right. I couldn't see it from where I was but a plastic storage container (about 30"x 18" x 12" with the top on it and with contents of some kind) flew out of the pickup and it was hit by another vehicle and came over into the center lane where we were. The two Harleys in front of me were able to miss it but it was directly in front of me and I couldn't go right or left because of traffic. I made a quick decision to hit it head on (with the front of the bike rather than one of the wheels) and I did, felt a pretty good impact and it went flying off to my right and into the median area. Scared the s*** out of me and I was sure there would be some front end damage but there wasn't. The two Harleys that missed it saw me hit it and were sure that it was going to be bad but since I hit it square on with the spyderpops bump skid that I had installed it save the front end. Really made me glad that I was on three wheels, I think a two wheeler would have gone down, and that I had the bump skid.

[AZLife]

I cringe just thinking about hitting that storage container with my Spyder. Unfortunately, there is no way around objects in our path. Quickly turn to the left or right, and you put yourself in danger of hitting another vehicle since they are so wide, and if you miss a smaller object with your front wheels, your bound to hit it dead on with your rear wheel. That is why these are known as "roadkill" vehicles. Whatever the case, glad you are safe, and that the Bump Skid did it's job. It's definitely on my wish list. Hoping it's easy enough to install myself.

[Benggolf]

Great to hear nothing happened to you and your Spyder. The bump skid saved the day!
Glad I just had the bump skid installed on my RTL recently.

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[Yelhelp]

I love mine as well has been saved my bike when I least expected it.

[Bob Denman]

Glad that you had it ; sorry that you needed it ...
I never put a Bumpskid on my 2010; I'm going to be lobbying for "authorization " for one on the new bike!

[Spyder4Tess]

Saw a mattress fly off someone's truck while driving on the freeway sat.
Could have been bad if there was a bike behind it!

[Cruzr Joe]

Glad you are safe and no damage, Bumpskids from Spyderpops have saved a lot of front ends.

Cruzr Joe

[Dan McNally]

Glad you came through this OK . . . I continue to be amazed at how many idiots fail to secure stuff in trucks, or on top of cars. A couple months ago, I was doing 70 in a 65 MPH zone and was catching up on a car. Something looked odd about the car, and as I got closer, I realized, to my shock, that four brain-dead fools had a couple sheets of plywood on top of their car . . . no ropes of any kind. Each of them had their window down and one hand on the plywood . . . driving down an interstate highway! I backed off, quickly, because I just knew that thing was going to become airborne. I took the next exit, and continued on the side roads.

[MouthPiece]

Ordered and received my bumpskid from Harvey/Spyderpops within 3 days. Haven't installed yet, but will soon. I've already had situations where I wished that I would have had it at the time.

Chris

[tigerdr]

I have one. It's a must to have a bumper skid.


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[maliamd]

The worst accident I heard about was a car falling off a car carrier on I 95. I worked in the ER of the local hospital and we received the victims. A car fell off the carrier and hit the car traveling behind the truck. The driver of the car was killed instantly and the children were taken to our ER. Very very sad. I never follow a car carrier now. Always pass or have the truck far ahead of me.

[Bob Denman]

Soooo... A Bumpskid wouldn't have helped much...

[Chupaca]

that they do the job. Glad you fared well in this situation, equally nice you had the bumpskid in place. Agreed without major skills you would have had a bad time on a two wheeler. Be safe..!!

[maliamd]

Soooo... A Bumpskid wouldn't have helped much...

Nope. Life is all about being at the wrong place at the wrong time or being at the right place at the right time. My deep thought for the day.

[jerpinoy]

I'd stay away from big rigs, car carriers, dump trucks, open back trucks and speeders. Be safe and we're glad your safe.

[tigerdr]

With 5cm of snow on the forecast until noon today, the Spyder season is almost end in Quebec. ImageUploadedByTapatalk1382985453.194992.jpgThis snow will melt this afternoon and tomorrow. Wednesday, a final ride of 600 kilometers (375 miles) is plan betwween Quebec City and La Tuque. Early next week, one last maintenance will be done by the dealer and the Spyder will go on hibernation after a wash and wax.


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[carajony]

Love it... Saved my RT the other day... Driving down the street... Made a turn onto another street did not see that there was a drainage dip between both streets. Hit so hard that destroyed my LED lights on the bump skid but saved the bike... Almost flew off bike i was going to fast... I HIGHLY recommend... not the first time for me...

[SNOOPY]

Good stories about the bumpskid plate

[SNOOPY]

Nope. Life is all about being at the wrong place at the wrong time or being at the right place at the right time. My deep thought for the day.

Did you hurt yourself thinking of that? LOL