My low speed crash with the MC canyon cages
We were going through yellowstone on the way home from Sturgis ( it was on my bucket list ) we were in a parking lot waiting for people to park when it happened.
I was in the middle of a some what highly banked turn ( turning L to R and the banking was from R to L ) like this / when I tried to go around a truck and SLAM I was on the ground and rolling down the hill as my bike slid down the asphalt road. Now I have a short inseam at best 27/28 so I have trouble touching the ground but this was all things coming together just right.
Now this road slope was great enough that when I went to pick up the bike it was pretty much up side down with the tires sticking up in the air.
In photo 1 you can see were the cages contacted the ground first on the bottom then all the way up as it slid down the hill.
Photo 2 shows the saddlebag cages you can see they hit low first then slid up as the bike rolled over.
Photo 3 shows the mirror as it contacted the ground as the bike rolled over you can see it was moving by the scratches in the plastic.
photo 4 shows that if the bike rolls all the way over yes you can bend your shifter.
I feel I was very lucky in this low speed crash I walked away and because of the canyon cages I have a small amount of work to do to the bike compared to what I could have had to do.
Other than what I have showed you I came away clean no harm to the bags or other body work.
Dave