The SV1000 is a tank. (With crash pictures)

[Chriss]

Look at what it did to this car!

https://a550.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/9/l_c7414eab42a58cfc9feee27df189e9fd.jpg

My bike's got a few scratches on it, but everything seems ok.

Now the story: Riding with Dan22 and a mate, to Maidstone, waiting at traffic lights, and I slip the clutch, but finger slips off the clutch, and into the car's rear windscreen. Cheers to Dan22, I was a bit confused, but everyone's ok!

Good bye three years NCB though.
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[Tattoo Artist]

that is possibly the funniest ( to me and i no not to you ) accidental rear ender ive heard of

[Chriss]

And stupidest, I still cannot believe it happened, was I not paying enough attention to the clutch lever or what? So stupid it's unreal.
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TheShaggyDA: I've got 3 or 4 pairs that predate my wife, so at least 11.5 years old.

[TOM M]

Brilliance
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[instigator]

I'd get that photo blown up and put it on your wall.

[iooi]

Ouch....
Must have had a few revs on to climb that high....

I guess its just lucky that it was not a low slung sports car, or a soft top...

Main thing is you are OK and you have a great tale to tell, how you wrote a car off....
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[ram_doom]

That's great stuff I'll bet they werent prepared for that.

Glad your alright though (and the car occupants), but it sucks about your insurance.
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[Keen]

unlucky man!

I saw the pic and thought 'wow thats crazy, how the hell did he manage to clear the cars bumper and go straight into the rear hatch'!
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[Chriss]

[Annabella]

Bloody brilliant.

Is the SV completely rideable still or is there some damage?

I can't believe you have totalled the rear of that car!
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[Pete.]

Have the headstock-welds dye-penetrant tested for cracks. Suzukis are prone to cracking at the headstock in front-end accidents.
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132.9mph off and walked away. Gear is good, gear is good, gear is very very good

[Chriss]

[LeeR]

Firstly glad everyone's fine, secondly they must've thought the boot had exploded, I'll wager it was quite noisy up front. So were you moving off or were you stationary? And as a serious question did you have the rear brake on? I just ask because I'd like to know from someone elses experience rather than my own. I've done it in the car, foot slipped off the clutch but not on the bike.
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[Chriss]

I was just getting read to set off, clutch in, into gear, revs up, slip the clutch, creep forward and the the lever slipped. I don't think I was covering the rear brake, doubt that would have happened if I was, though my rear break is a little weak, so may well have been. Don't remember to well, was a bit shaken.
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[flat spot]

[nick606]

[Pete.]

[Pete.]

https://www.materials.co.uk/dyepen.htm
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132.9mph off and walked away. Gear is good, gear is good, gear is very very good

[mr.z]

^ i was going to say it'd be worth checking, if you search back for andy's (?) crash the headstock was torn clean off, although a different thing entirely..

The way an engineering firm a mate worked for did it was a dye that reacted in ultra violet light, massively expensive stuff, they used to weigh it veyr carefully before/after it was used.. (so he couldn't steel me any ) this showed up any hairline fractures easily (mostly for roller-coaster track)

Glad you and everyone else involved are ok.. what did the victim have to say?

Interesting illustration of why they teach to cover the rear brake at lights e.t.c. and shows how very easy a mistake it is to make!

edit: looks like the stuff geri posted up
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[Ork12]

Glad your'e OK !

[McGee]

That my friend is truly legendary
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[Dan22]

Was truely a mad day out chris.
Wonder if they are still waiting for recovery lol!

I saw it in slow motion mate, had loads of things going through my head at that point like shit what im i going to do, is he hurt are the people in the car ok, but the main thing going through my mind was why the hell is he pulling a wheelie at stationery traffic lol.

I know it was a freak accident chriss mate but dont go making a habbit of slipping the cluch at cars they usually come off better you lucky git.

Take care, should see ya wednesday.

Dan

[Imonster]

[Jull]

Bike 1 Car 0

Don't see that result very often

Joking aside, glad no one was hurt.

[SoulRider]

Blimy, glad your ok and i cant believe the bike is fine. Not sure if the car will be write of though.

Id get your forks checked over as from the damage to the car it may have kinked them slightly.
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