No kidding there, I was run off the road and thrown over the handlebars on month 3 of ownership, it took almost 6 months for the reframe to get done.
18 months later, I clipped a deer while sintering in new brakes, then about another 6 months later I was rear ended on the way to O.C. Bikefest and I took another flight over the handlebars and into the intersection. Rear Swingarm assembly was replaced on that one.
And then I have been through some amazing times while riding, even though I hated that it rained on me every day on the long loop that I did back in '22. I will never forget driving through thunderstorms near Mount Pisgah on the BRP; and when I say driving through them, I literally mean driving through the clouds inside the storms; and eventually having to bail out near Boone, as nightfall was coming and I didn't want to be up there in the dark.
On the way there the day before, I got to experience what probably few people do, and that was an evening ride after some thunderstorms on the Cherohala to get to Deals Gap to stay the night. I practically had the whole thing to myself, and I only saw one other motorcycle and a car on the way to Deals Gap from Tellico Plains.
And with all that has happened, she has never left me stranded on the side of the road.