Binned it

[TJenkos]

Sorry!

I spent the afternoon giving the VFR a well deserved and required oil/filter change. Then I decided to get the cleaning stuff out and give it a massive shine, diamond briting it afterwards.

Time came and I thought, weathers still good. Ill take it for a spin see if it runs better.

The gear changing and acceleration was a lot smooter, and temperatures were staying down. Excellent.

One country lane and one corner ruined that!

I approached it at decent speed, enough for the bike to get round. The road was the councils budget with loose gravel which flicked me sideways, chucked me into the ditch bouncing off a small tree and back into the middle of the road.. engine still running.

I just about managed to lift the bike up, before a young lad came jogging over and helped me move it and keep me company.

Slammed it on a trailer and took it back home.

I got off lucky and so did the bike.

My neck is sure sore, burnt the bottom of my back and got swelling by my eye from my helmet.

The bike needs new mirrors, screen, right lower fairing scratched a lot, rear panel grazed and front wheel has a rather large dent in it from the tree. Also snapped my footpeg, and the crash mushroom did bugger all apart from snap the mount on the engine right off!

The most important thing is Im OK, and the bike is recoverable.

Im nipping back tomorrow to see if I can retreat the other part of my engine mount so will get some proper images then, but you can vaguely see where the bikes gone through the ditch and back out...

https://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b53/tjenkos/Photo0162.jpg

Tom
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[igiyf]

glad your ok

[Jello]

Fortunate escape! Praise be.

How do you feel about it at this stage? Like it was your fault, or just an unavoidable accident?
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[NinjaLee]

sh*t mate at least you are ok and that's the main thing.

Do you think it will cost you much to repair it?
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[Wise1]

What speed were you doing? I know you said there was gravel there but just curious of the speed, not going to preach if you were hammering it just curious. But glad your ok.
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[TJenkos]

I wasn't hanging about round there but it was not rediculously quick. I suppose I could put it down to lack of experience not accounting for the road surface, but whats done is done now. Project VFR fix up is commencing..
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[tzr]

GWS mate sorry to hear about the bike.. it looked nice when I saw it at Hein Gericke.

[slap-pop-karl]

I hate those gravel roads. I went on one once....never again. Did not have the confidence. Good that your all good.

[Faldo]

Unlucky dude, and hope you and the bike are healed soon. I'm getting increasingly frustrated with that cheap blue gravel shite they keep putting down. Virtually all of my favourite roads have had that treatment this summer.
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[jayvfr]

Sorry to hear it mate, glad you're ok though.

Gravel on country roads is always something that keeps me on my toes on corners. At least you and the bike came off pretty well considering. It's always when you have it looking and running beautifully that this sorta stuff happes I swear!

Hope you get her tidied up soon, don't want to lose any more VFRs!
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[shaun_04]

I hate gravel too. When I binned my bike I was finding bits of grass stuck in random places weeks afterwards.

[nick606]

oh no ! that looked mint. Main thing is your not really hurt though the bike can be replaced.

[TJenkos]

Took a few panels off the bike this morning so that I can get on with it ASAP.

https://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b53/tjenkos/BikeA.jpg

https://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b53/tjenkos/BikeB.jpg

https://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b53/tjenkos/PanelA.jpg

https://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b53/tjenkos/LeathersA.jpg

Popped to have a look and take a few pictures. The road really is crap, skid marks all over the place where cars have gone off!

This is the bend I came round, coming off the road just past my car..

https://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b53/tjenkos/BendA.jpg

https://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b53/tjenkos/BushA.jpg

And when you wonder where the big dent in my front wheel came from,

https://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b53/tjenkos/TreeImpact.jpg
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[D O G]

*winces at sight of front wheel*

Ouch. That must have left some brown marks in the troosers - looks like a pretty fast corner.

Scratch one life off your nine.

Hope you get it fixed up as quick, and as cheap as possible.

[bs16]

Yikes that tree is scary. Hope you heal soon, the bike is easier to fix and a project is always good for show and tell

[Matthie]

Depending on the price...Fnatic may be interested in buying it.
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[MinhDinh]

unlucky man. hope you get it fixed up and it doesn't cost a mint.
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[Wise1]

Sods law, you look at the picture above and the only place there is a tree on that side is where you come off
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[Ariel Badger]

[Noxious89123]

Friend of mine wrote off his 954 in a similar accident. Almost lost his hand too. Bike lowsided on loose gravel, and the bar pinned his hand to the road, wearing through the leather and armour of his gloves, and then took the skin off and grated the bone down. He has flat knuckles on one hand now, and still doesn't have full use of his fingers. He does manage very well though. Got a nice CBR1100xx now.

Hope you get the viffer fixed up!
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[gmanxiii]

You might want to check your forks and yokes are straight matey with a ding like that in your front wheel.
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[Wise1]

[NiteMare]

first post here so you can say hi

anyway back to the subject ..
1. you came off on loose gravel
2. you say there's evidence of other motors leaving the road there
3. the local council "are responsible for the upkeep and mainetance of the roads", that doesn't mean they are allowed to leave piles of gravel on the surface...

that leads us to number ..
3. you got photo's of the road and damage and where you left .. go back and take more of where others have left the road... along with some pictures showing the loose gravel (A4 sheet of paper to show some on )...

get in touch with the council and make a claim off them, why ruin your insurance discount...

my younger brother crashed on gravel that local contractors spilt and ended up with approx 8k (he did break his leg though and it was 12 or so years ago)

hope ya feeling better
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[Timmeh]

Glad you're okay fella. Defo sue the council, 'tis a shot to nothing. The no-win, no-fee bridage will tell you if you are able to make a claim.

GWS.


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[Mr Nice Guy]

Cool SP-2 replica, do you have any before crash pics?

Hope you can get it sorted
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