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Was with 4-5 peeps and decided to skip the Enfields - rented an old yamaha 2 stroke think it was a 350 in Leh, ladakh years ago. They were on twist-and-go's that could barely make it around up the hills, but easy.
Once we were out and about It was amazing. About 30 mins in I was feeling great, full of life,had a girl on the back and then slid out doing about 6 mph on a dusty road. Snapped a lever and bent the rear brake too.. No injuries except my pride.
Luckily, the Indian Army had a few guy passing who saw, and they had some pliers on them which I used with my first aid kit tape to help me bodge the broken brake onto the clutch, and I rigged the clutch to work when I grabbed the bare cable. It was fine for the next couple of hundred miles and monasteries we went to, though the clutch slipped if I turned the bars too much. The girl decided she was safer on the back of a scooter for the rest of the day. :D
My first and hopefully last motorcycle crash.