Yamaha 1300 Tourer - The Yamaha 1300 Tourer Fansite

Hey Boomer. Thanks for the advice in regards to replacing the helmet. In my case I am confident that the damage to the helmet is more of a scrape across the road instead of an actual impact. Plus the damage is in small spot on the chin. If I had more of an impact on the head, I would definitely consider replacing it.

I did come out lucky but I did have more injuries. This one wreck caused me to have a broken left shoulder, sprained right wrist, sprained left ankle, road rash on my right fore arm, deep road rash (now a battle scar!) on my right elbow, and a deep road rash (another battle scar!) on my left knee.

It was very scary at the time and it felt like that body would not come to a stop from skidding, rolling, and bouncing across the pavement. After a few hours in the hospital, x-rays, shoulder harness, wrist brace, and ankle boot I was sent home to recover. I have since recovered well with the exception of an periodic achey shoulder.

My wreck occured in August 2006. I was pretty close to ready to get back on when the injuries healed. The wife was not quite ready at that point. My 650 was totaled and I had the agony of paying the balance of the loan that the insurance did not cover.

Very early Spring 2008 we started seeing more and more motorcycles on the road and both of us were missing it terribly. Yes, the wife was ready for me to ride again and was ready to get on the back again (luckily she was not involved in the wreck). We were on our way home from camping at Lake Texoma in mid May 2008. As we got closer to Dallas my wife made the comment that the Yamaha dealership was just a few more exits away and maybe we could stop and take a look at what they had. Believe me, I am not good at subtle women hints but this one I clued in on loud and clear. I took the exit, looked at the bikes, test rode the used 2007 1300 and fell in love. We left to look at two other Yamaha dealers between this one and home, ate lunch, called the sales person that had the 1300 and told him that if he could get us out the door under a certain price we would return that day to finalize the deal. Sure enough, he did. We went back and finalized the deal. Keep in mind that this was a used bike. I still do not understand why someone would return/trade only after approximately one year. The bonus of the deal was that the stock exhaust had a very small ding in it on the underside that I did not see but the sales guy spotted it and he checked with the service department and told me that they would call me as soon as someone came in to have their stock exhaust removed for after-markets and they would put the good stock exhaust onto my bike at no charge!

Needless to say I have truly been loving this bike. It is so much better than the 650 I had. I am grateful for the 650 because that was my first ever bike and it was good to learn on. My wife is loving the 1300 too with its bigger seats and more room.

Trey
Garland, TX