down i go..on friday the 13th...

[steveh]

wwell, cant type so good at the mo due to me high siding my bike at 70 mph on the coast road...
come round a bend, not fast for the corner, hit a shiny bit in the road, petrol i think, or desil.. the back end fish tailed out right round the corner, skidded for ages (mark is huge) hit a grass verg, bike flipped over 3 times i flipped twice and landed 26 yards down the road (i measured afterwards) ended up going in, and under a load of nettles and thorns, wich im very glad of.. as if they wernt there, i would of been dead.

remember thinking "oh bugger" skidding, then flying and thinking "whens it going to stop, please dont let me hit anything.."

got up, checked bollocks, looked at the bike wich is imaculate on one side, bot side fairings are untouched, but front end is caved in, cant belive crash bungs saved it at that sort of speed/crash.


damage to me is a sprained wrist and small cuts on my back were my jacket came up.

damage to the bike is, well, alot, forks gone yokes, nosee cone, cl;oxk surround, frames twisted, but i dont care, as im here, funny how a crash like that givs u a reality check, im lucky to be alive as if i didnt send it into a bush i would of hit a stone wall...

like to say thanks for the guy who gave me a lift home with my bike in the trailer, all the guys on bikes, all the people in cars that stopped, and a big fuck you to all the people that drov past staring, espesialy the guy who laughed

of corse, ive got pictures, will post asap.

weres that spill counter?

steve
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[tomkapsalis]

Harsh mate, main thing is that your ok
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[.....]

Glad you're OK

I find it utterly amazing that people can see something like this and just drive on by. The fact one passer-by was laughing is just astonishing. I hope karma comes and bites him in his arse so when he's trapped in the wreckage of his car people do the same.

[ram_doom]

Glad your ok mate sounds lot worse than what I had the other day

As Joe said, I hope that driver finds himself weeping and unable to extricate himself from his car, whilst people ignore his plight... well maybe not, but I hope something bad happens to him
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[DucatiEVO]

Glad to hear you made it ok matey!

Some right scum on the roads, laughing of all things! Hope you get everything sorted out, how come ya jacket moved up your back, wasn't one that zipped to your trousers? Lucky one!
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[steveh]

nah wasnt zipped but it was off the thorns, but they dnt hurt, wrist is fooked tho

good job a guy of here is breaking his thundercat, what is the genral procedure for a new frame? cheers guys n gals.

thank god for dead cows... leather is a fine fine thing (actually kissed my jaket)

was sat on my own for half an hour laying in the grass chilling out, gave me some time to think, and im ashamed to admit, i had a chat with my bike aswell.

steve
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[chalky143]

glad ur ok m8, sounds nasty!
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[lilredmachine]

Good choice of date to do it on. Glad your 'ok' though, the attitude towards the bike is refreshing.
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[THCi]

Have uploaded the pics for Ste, look Here
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[steveh]

some ^^ more tomorow of the actual crash
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[queen of string]

glad your ok steve.
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[mr.z]

Blimeh! good to hear the damage to yourself isn't too bad (can allways buy new bikes)

A mate of mine had a similar crash, his wrists are held together with steel pins (because they were about as usefull as useing jelly and trying to use that for arms) yet his bike is still arround 7years on! (smashed the front forks and clocks)
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[cruiser angel]

Glad you're not too badly hurt dude. Hope you can fix your bike up if that's what you want to do otherwise have fun shopping.

Ps: Glad you talk to your bike........ means i'm not alone.
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[lurker]

i had a slow 30mph off round a roundabout and my bike came off looking ten times worse than that.
how could you high side at 70 mph and the bike flip three times with such minor damage???.
just wondering.
cause sometimes it can seem your going so much faster when things go wrong.

[tiger777]

Wow, seems you and the bike got off lightly from that one

When I came off thats exactly what I thought 'bugger' and 'hope I don't hit anything' (didn't talk to the bike though!)

Glad your ok and good luck getting the bike fixed.

[Rookie]

[firefox]

your crash bungs dont have any scrapes ect so what held up the bike so the fairings didnt get destroyed.
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*officer* yes what about it *firefox* i tooted my horn but it refused to move i had to teach it a lesson.

[Jack_Cheese]

Which part is it that's twisted. Just looks like a bent subframe to me. :S

Glad you're ok, that could have been so much worse Side fairings don't generally get smashed in flips, as when the bike is spinning, the weels, top fairing, tank and seat take the impact, as they're further from the point about which the bike rotates during the flipping. It's a safe bt that the R&Gs did nothing untill the bike finally landed. Still though, i suppose they saved you some nasty scratches.

Jack
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[steveh]

well heres the few pics i took at the scene, seeing these, brings things back..


https://img155.imageshack.us/img155/5733/photo0006xe5.th.jpg

https://img92.imageshack.us/img92/6541/photo0008cn9.th.jpg

https://img97.imageshack.us/img97/8930/photo0009tp5.th.jpg

steve.
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[GearboxGeezer]

Man, I cant beleave someone was laughing at you. Glad your reasonabley ok though.

I rember when I was stopped on the side of the road. Some pricks in a car where shouting out I was a tramp who couldnt afford a bike with an engine and all that bullocks whilst they was in traffic ( only slight traffic at a roundabout )

But I wasnt broken down and I jumped straight on my bike caught up with them when they was stuck in traffic and just sitted there next to them for ages. All 3 of them shitted it.

But I know just how much it pisses you off when people do that, or at least pisses me off.