About 2 weeks ago my wife and took a 9 day tour down the Blue Ridge to North Carolina, and explored the area and rode the Dragon. I will be posting a ride report within the next few weeks.
We did take the BRP to head north back home to Massachusetts. At one point, we encountered a huge rain storm and pulled over in the grass to put our rain gear on. Once we were ready, we mounted up, and started to head out. Unfortunately my rear tire couldn't grip the grass to save it's life and fishtailed left.....right and then finally to the left where we both were thrown off. We were able to get the bike up afterwards, which was an incredible accomplishment itself with all the gear!
After looking over the bike carefully, I didn't find any damage except for dirt on the left saddlebag. I was pleasantly surprised that the mirror didn't break off either. I couldn't help but laugh afterwards because it was funny and a bit embarassing
, but it happens to the best of us. I was just so pleased that the bike was fine, especially with all the gear. Now I'm sure it would have been a different story if it were on the road, but I couldn't help but think that this thing is a tank.
-Chris