had to lay her down...

[virus]

well today was the first time I crashed the RS, and through no fault of my own. I was riding down the road at about 25mph and some twat in a BMW decided to pull out on me, after I saw him, and we made eye contact. I dropped the bike on the left in a mix of blind panic and heavy breaking, I wish I had hit him and got him on insurance now.

damage to the bike: broken clutch lever, broken indicators on left side, twisted forks, bent handlebars and a broken gear change lever.

damage to me: nackered knee, it went under the bike when i dropped it and now I cant walk properly.


I would take a picture of the bike, but I dont want to look at it because it makes me feel sad, and my camera was in my jacket and got broken when i fell



Cheers
John
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stinkwheel Well I just had my hands up a pigs fanny. Which makes your concerns pale into insignificance.

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That's a bummer m8
One of them thing's though innit,get it fixed and move on.

You should get to the doc's about your knee as soon as

Did the bloke stop to see if you were ok?
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[m0l0t0v]

Twisted forks

Unlucky fella. At least you don't need a new engine
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[virus]

well i say twisted forks, basically, the steering is fucked, which makes me suspect that something in the yoke set has moved somewere.

ill give it a once over before i take it out again.


Cheers
John
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stinkwheel Well I just had my hands up a pigs fanny. Which makes your concerns pale into insignificance.

[yankeedoodle]

doh, thats a bummer

hope you sort it all soon and get that leg checked out!
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[Matt06]

The forks have probably twisted in the yokes.

Happened to my MT after I came off. Loosen the yoke bolts and re-align the front wheel. Should work if nothing else is bent, it did for me .
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[virus]

exactly what i suspected matt, might do it tomorrow seen as i have the day off.

or i might just stay in bed and play gta 4 lol
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stinkwheel Well I just had my hands up a pigs fanny. Which makes your concerns pale into insignificance.

[.Chris.]

As Matt says, sounds like the forks are twisted in the yokes. The same happened to the RXS100 when I binned it - all I did was to grip the front wheel between my legs and use the bars to straighten it.

Hope you got the BMW driver's details. Not sure what the law is in cases like this but surely he must be at least partly to blame if he causes you to brake so hard as to lose control. Driving without reasonable consideration for other road users maybe?!?
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[neatbik]

Bad luck mate, get your knee checked out though if it gets worse.
I should be out and about tomorrow so i'll drop you a text.
And matt, when did you come off the mt!?

[leiba1]

The two vehicles don't have to make physical contact for you to claim from the other driver if he/she was at fault.

[virus]

unfortunately Chris I didn't, he buggered off sharpish, and I didn't get his plate because I was trying to pick the bike up.


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stinkwheel Well I just had my hands up a pigs fanny. Which makes your concerns pale into insignificance.

[neatbik]

The fact he buggered off makes him even more of a wankstain....

[virus]

yeah. ill remember his face though, right ugly bugger he was
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stinkwheel Well I just had my hands up a pigs fanny. Which makes your concerns pale into insignificance.

[colin1]

hope ur knee gets better soon
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[matthab]

sorry to hear jon. Hope the knee gets better and ou get the bike fixed.

Stupid BMW idiot.
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[Matt06]

[dabigginger]

Are there any CCTV cameras in the rough area? It can't be that hard to track the car down if you look at camera tapes in the area filming around the time of the accident.

[Mudskipper]

John, I have what I assume are original indies that I took of the front of mine to put some old mini ones on.

If they're any use you can have em for postage, or I'll bring em to R&S if you can wait till then...?
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Hope you and the bike GWS mate
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[LeeR]

Aw John, noooooooo...

Bad news mate, are you hobblin' badly?

Does this mean Nick's next?

GWS
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[virus]

cheers for the offer mudskipper, sorted the indis now. the weren't really broken, more bent out of place and the wiring ripped, not too hard to fix (gotta love hondas, theyre hardcore )

just got to fix the few bulbs that seem to have died, the speedo, and the bent bars.

lee, cant put any weight on my left knee, and I seem to have sprained both shoulders when I was trying to hold it up/pick it back up, the left one seems worse, but thats probably down to the pikey brick incident.
ah well, its got me day off college


Cheers
John
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owned: 85 rat CG (sold), 91 GS500e (stolen), 84 gsx400f (scrapped), 81 z250 (siezed, siezed, scrapped), 83 cb250rs (sold), 84 gpz750r ratfighter (killed) 84gpz400 (sold), '80 cb650 ratfighter (wrote off) 95gsx6/12f ratfighter (killed) 91 xj900 (sold)
stinkwheel Well I just had my hands up a pigs fanny. Which makes your concerns pale into insignificance.

[neatbik]

[LeeR]

I wasn't wishing it on you, but it seems everyone I've met off BCF has had and off since I met them except for Col, but he don't ride no more...

Chin up John and rest up
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[colin1]

you did notice signs off an off when u first met me, so even if i get riding again i think im in the clear
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