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[-Savage-]

Hey peeps. just a quick post to let you know how i spent my 22nd birthday. was on my way to the shop about midnight on tuesday 3rd, going round a long right hand corner just as it had started raining. must have hit diesel or greese or something, but anyway the next thing i remember was trying to stand up in green at the side of the road, covered in mud. when i stood, my leg felt really odd and i just fell down, 3 times i stood and 3 times i fell, so i gave up. i phoned my gf in halls and told her i needed help, but some passers by had already called a disco taxi (ambulance). i kinda remember arguing with the paramedic on the ambulance and taking my boot off because he wanted to cut me out of everything. i sort of remember giving statment to peelers, and then getting leg x-rayed, being put on IVs and drugs, but anyway the short of it is, i fractured my leg, had a 3 hour operation to put it back together, its held together now by 3 screws. very sore. spent 4 days in hospital and got so fucked off i came home. legs pure agony, the pain killers help a bit, but its still sore. prob wont be walking for a few months.

also some scummy bastard stole my bike from the side of the road while i was in hospital.
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[Kickstart]

Hi

Ouch. With luck the police have the bike.

With a pinned leg you should be out and about fair quickly.

All the best

Keith
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[-Savage-]

nah dude, the cops say they havent any idea where the bike is. ive a few more people to phone around, but still no luck. im trying to get my xrays so i can show off lol, but im not sure how to get them, any ideas?
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Peugeot Speedfight 100, Kymco Hipster 125, GSXR750K5, Jawa TS 350

[Mister James]

Ouch!

Hope the pain dies down soon - the missing bike is a bit concerning! Surely only a determined tealeaf is going to pinch a crashed bike?

Take it easy on the leg, you don't wanna over-stress it and cause more damage.
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[MattHirst]

The police are right bastards.

When i had my off last week they recovered my bike for me (While i was strapped up in the back of the ambulance!) without even asking me if i had recovery/insurance to cover the cost of recovery.

Cost me £105 standard fee (without VAT) and they tried to charge another £35 because it took 2 people

You can moan at the old bill to try and get them to pay for it because sometimes they do but their excuse was 'i said it was ok for them to recover it'...did i bollocks, i was in no fit state to answer any questions, and i also didn't say anything of the sort!

Anyway, just go into the station and cause a scene...they will soon let you know what has happened!

[Mister James]

The coppers who attended mine lifted the bike into the carpark of the hotel the woman came out of, and went in and told the staff to keep an eye on it as it would be there for a while.

We all whine about people stereotyping bikers, I'm getting a little bored of people doing the same about the police.
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>Soultrader Mister James, I bet you are a copper
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[mchaggis]

[MattHirst]

Well saying that, they were pretty good at sorting everything out..and with previous experiences they were really good.

Just let down by the odd thing they do, like making me fork out £130ish on recovery when i have full AA cover which would of cost me nothing!

[EuropeanNC30R...]

Same thing happened to Korn's Firestorm when he broke his leg, they just left it at the side of the road.

[anders]

Hello.

Sorry to hear about this I hope you heal soon, just take it easy.

I cannot beleive someone stole your crashed CBR...

Maybe the cops recovered it, give them another ring.

ALSO - why were u going to a bike shop at midnight?
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[-Savage-]

lol yea it was a 24hour garage. and as for my missing bike,,,,i phoned every recovery service in the area, and one of them has it, but my family, nor i, nor the police ever requested that they lift the bike, the seem to have just seen it and taken it. i have to phone them back at 2, so il find out more then. i may have a streetfighter project on my hands. either that or a paperweight lol. cant wait to see her, and see how fixable she is. also i phoned about my xrays, shudnt b a problem to get them lol.
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Peugeot Speedfight 100, Kymco Hipster 125, GSXR750K5, Jawa TS 350

[Mr.Everready]

[Mr.Everready]

Anyway .... Sorry to hear about your off m8, glad that your semi ok. At least the bike is somewhere safe.
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[mchaggis]

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[Stiffler]

aye well thats the way the world works...

A couple of weeks ago my dog escaped our garden during a thunderstorm, she was collected by the police and taken to the local pound... When I finally managed to locate her I was charged £60 for the pleasure

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ps: Hope the leg turns out fine!
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[Mr.Everready]

[Metal_Mickey]

[ram_doom]

The police were actually helpful when I had my off last monday. Worked out a way to recover it then get insurance to sort the costs, and the police would arrange to drop it back too, but in the end my mate rang in the middle of sorting it out, and offered to ride it back, which somehow they were cool with too
I like to believe there's more good cops than bad...
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[Kickstart]

[stinkwheel]

If the police say they didn't instruct anyone to recover your bike, you didn't instruct anyone to recover your bike and your bike is missing, surely you need to report it as stolen?

I too have had a bike 'recovered' on the instructions of the police. It was 100 yards away from my front door at the time where some neds had pushed it (without an engine in it). They then had the audacity to try to charge me £140 to get it back.

Far be it from me to suggest that brown envelopes change hands ... Actually, I did suggest this in a letter to my MP about essentially being fined by the police for being a victim of crime.

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[tony532]

hope the leg heals a.s.a.p mate and the bikes ok.


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