I've been back on the road a week now...

[Graham88]

...and I'm off again.

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I have to say, I have the fucking shittest luck in the world. I've only had it back for one fucking week.

This diagram should help explain how it happened:

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I was the red arrow, he is the green arrow.

I lost the front end, because it was wet, bike skidded into the side of him, I hit the side of the car.

He said he just didn't see me, even though I had my headlights on, it was about 5pm. Words cannot describe how pissed off I am, but I have a witness who was behind me, so it's all on my side.

Still annoyed though.

The engine starts, but it's proper rough, and it didn't idle and just cut out. I'm assuming(hoping) it's just because it was on it's side and it just needs to be running for a few minutes.

Story of my life.

[Simple]

It's luke's fault.

he borrowed the rear wheel

rear wheels lost will to live, wheel told rest of bike this, bike decided to comit suicide incase luke ever comes back.


I wear a high vis bib with my lights on, I dare any car driver to say they didnt see me...
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[richard green]

Holy fooook graham
Not good , but hey sod the bike how are you

[richard green]

But on second thoughts if youre ok i hope the bike gets well soon

[Irezumi aka Reuben]

[Simple]

[Pete.]

Bloody shit luck Graham. That's a dodgy bit of road with a good few accidents over the years, I used to live in Whitehill lane (to the people who don't know the area the car had just come down a steep hill to the junction). He would have had a good view of Valley Drive had he stopped properly but like so many people on that junction he more likely snatched a look to the right and then concentrated on traffic approaching from the left. Was there another vehicle in front of you turning into Whitehill? That's would explain why he didn't notice you. Also, did you call the cops? You should have really for that type of accident so they can charge the driver and give you a better chance of being found not at fault and getting a decent claim (and in any case if you were at all injured).
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132.9mph off and walked away. Gear is good, gear is good, gear is very very good

[JonB]

Fair enough a high vis bib /may/ make it a bit easier to see you, but at the end of the day you are still half the width of car and thus it will always be more difficult to see you than an oncoming car.
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[dainesefreak]

There was a study carried out by a group of Scandinavian scientists, Sweds I think, that proved High Vis clothing made no difference. Someone either sees you or they don't it's got nothing to do with what you wear. There are also findings that you are more likely to be hit by an experienced (I use the word experienced begrudgingly) driver than a newly qualified too. The experienced looks further up the road in either direction and has more chance of missing a bike in the danger area, as in close to their vehicle. A newly qualified driver's vison is more likely to be around the circumference of the vehicle because they are actually concentrating on moving and controlling, rather than observation higher up the road. Paraphrasing and something along those lines anyway.

Sorry to hear about your accident mate, at least you are ok, the bike is replaceable.

[quacker_boy]

[Whosthedaddy]

[Simple]

[Whosthedaddy]

[alone]

Curious - How many bikers while sat at a junction, don't see other bikes approaching and pull out on them?
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[Pete.]

[Stevie B]

[dainesefreak]

[ram_doom]

[Whosthedaddy]

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Its true that its all about the angles and other factors that determine road positioning.

I often find it har to pick up on people filtering in a heavy line of traffic due to the number of headlights moving about.
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