Field tested, at home

[Tony D.]

I once traveled 9k miles on a bike, only to have the ignition wiring fail. 3 miles from my house, when I stopped at a friends motorcycle shop, so there was beer while I waited for the tow truck. I'm just lucky that way.
Got lucky again this weekend. The bomb-cyclone of rain that recently rolled through left the ground so wet that the bike fell over in the night. I had dreaded dropping the bike+ADV1 in the wild, so it was good to test here at home. Zero speed flop over into the mud, only the stupid license plate was damaged.
Easy disconnect on one side, the other side the pins came out without issue but there was grit, torque or something that required a solid tap with a hammer handle to pop loose front half of the axle clamp.
Once the ADV1 was detached, it was easy (HA!) enough to lift the bike. No noticeable damage to bike or trailer.
Not looking forward to repeating but now I know it can be done.

 

[roddesu]

I guess we'll have to put something in the user manual about bomb cyclones!!

You do seem to lead an enchanted life (at least the parts you're sharing with us). First drop of the ADV1 in your front garden is about as cush as it gets!

Me? I am the counterpoint: one of my first drops with the ADV1 was in a busy intersection in Chicago, in front of a bustling university. My Super Tenere, the ADV1 loaded with about 60 lbs of sandbags in GiantLoop RTWs, and I were coming up to a stop sign, not really thinking—on autopilot—and the next thing I know I'm sliding on my butt, next to the bike, through the intersection. Once I stopped sliding, I tried to put weight on my hand to push myself up, and my hand slipped away from me, and I went back down. WTF? Turned out a truck must have dumped all their transmission fluid right at the stop sign and through the intersection. It was a new type of black ice. Three guys came running to help. Only one of them fell, but the other two were slipping and sliding like they were on an ice rink. I got the bags off the ADV1, and all four of us had the S10 and the ADV1 righted in short order. Only my gear shift was bent, which took 3 minutes to fix with a crescent wrench.

I'm glad you found it pretty easy to disconnect the ADV1, but it is interesting you needed to tap a hinge open. Noted!

Also noted, you lifted a Super10 by yourself in wood chips. I've dropped my Super10 half a dozen times and only twice was I able to lift it on my own. If the adrenalin isn't pumping, there's no way I can lift it alone.