Ninja down, my first accident

Faldo · World Chat Champion Joined: 05 Aug 2007 Karma :

Well it only took 3 weeks to drop it!

My own stupid fault for going out in such adverse conditions. Went to Stafford to pick up a seat cowl, did the ~40 miles round trip and came off about half a mile away from home.

I was doing about 20-25 mph, 0% throttle, didn't touch the brakes, bike just came from underneath me. Went down on the right hand side. I was sliding down the opposite side of the road (fortunately nothing coming the other way), the car behind me locked up and was sliding towards me on the ice, the car behind him locked up and gave the bike a bit of nudge.

Damage looks fairly catastrophic for the speed I was going. Needs all fairings, headlamp, brake lever and engine cover at least. Everything else looks straight, but remains to be seen.

No real damage to me or gear, head didn't touch the floor and no real scrapes on the leathers.

Came at a bad time too. My collegue managed to roll my 6 month old van last week on 3rd party insurance and the car is going into BMW tomorrow to have head gasket done, so it'll be a while before the Ninja gets fixed me thinks.

Only got a couple of shitty phone pics at the moment:

https://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff267/yellaninja/ZX10r/Image_010.jpg

https://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff267/yellaninja/ZX10r/Image_011.jpg
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The Tot · World Chat Champion Joined: 11 Jun 2004 Karma :

Dude, my heart bleeds for you mate! Shocked

. Can't really think of anything consoling or comforting to say and it's just such bad luck! Fate and luck works in rather mysterious ways but I hope that you can see some sort of positive side to this event and look forward in the hope that the bike will be ready for summer.

Snow, Ice and thous do not mix well and it goes to show that even the experienced of us (well you wouldn't buy a unless you think you can hack it) can still succumb to terrible misfortune.

Chin up dude, least you were unhurt Thumbs Up

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The Artist · Super Spammer Joined: 06 Jan 2008 Karma :

Ouch! Poor ninja.

Glad your ok, didn't take long did it!

MonkeyKnuckle · World Chat Champion Joined: 11 Jan 2009 Karma :

Sorry to hear that yellowninja, hope you get it fixed soon. Thumbs Up

And like Titz said, at least you weren't injured.

MaybeGuy · Super Spammer Joined: 12 Mar 2007 Karma :

why is it that every one of those bikes i see pictures of after a low speed crash seems to completely explode at the front end???

poor design i reckon... get a SRAD, they're invincible...
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Blue_SV650S wrote: it was a sh1te wheelie, but it proves that he can get it up in 3rd and can do angles. In summery, mattsprattuk is a gobby little sh1tebag, dopehead tw4t, but sadly for all of us, he probably isn't THAT full of sh1te!! Mr. Green

Kickstart wrote: Hi I tend to agree with Matt. All the best Keith

binge · Emo Kiddy Joined: 02 Jul 2004 Karma :

Ah FFS you must be gutted dude! I know I would be!

I remember looking at your "new bike" thread and thinking "You jammy F*cking bastard!"

Get another brake lever on it, Get an engine cover, And shove a cheap headlight cowl on the thing. Ride it to make sure everything is straight!

May be a good excuse to get it painted Orange like you originally wanted?

Feel gutted for you either way man!

Ben

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Faldo · World Chat Champion Joined: 05 Aug 2007 Karma :

Thanks for the comments guys. I am well and truly gutted believe me. I just keep wishing I could turn back the clock and not of gone out, then thinking of all 'if **** hadn't of happened then I wouldn't of gone on the bike' etc.

Itchy · Super Spammer Joined: 07 Apr 2005 Karma :

I tell ya those ZX10Rs are cursed, probably why even when I had an excellent op to buy one I didn't as part of the many reasons I didn't.

I kept visiting breakers and saw 5-6 broken ones at breakers and I've visited about 16 breakers lately.

But hey it can always be fixed right as long as you are ok...
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MaybeGuy · Super Spammer Joined: 12 Mar 2007 Karma :

yeah, my headlight is pretty shattered at the lugs.
i made a metal bracket and bolted it into the side of the headlight and it worked well until recently when the plastic decided to bore itsself out over time, now it rattles around.
i need a hew headlight.

nosecones, maybe hard to find mint, but they dont self destruct on impact Very Happy

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Blue_SV650S wrote: it was a sh1te wheelie, but it proves that he can get it up in 3rd and can do angles. In summery, mattsprattuk is a gobby little sh1tebag, dopehead tw4t, but sadly for all of us, he probably isn't THAT full of sh1te!! Mr. Green

Kickstart wrote: Hi I tend to agree with Matt. All the best Keith

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Mr Nice Guy · World Chat Champion Joined: 18 Jul 2007 Karma :

Aw man, that looks like you set the auto destruct to blow the warp core Crying or Very sad

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Ghost · Could Be A Chat Bot Joined: 28 Jun 2007 Karma :

Bollocks man, really feel for you. You said the car behind 'nudged' the bike, so did they rear end you? Surely if that's the case you could claim off their insurance?

Having trouble actually picturing what happened. Sad

Faldo · World Chat Champion Joined: 05 Aug 2007 Karma :

binge · Emo Kiddy Joined: 02 Jul 2004 Karma :

I think what happened is, he low sided on Ice, Bike was sliding down the road on its side. Came to a near stop, And the car following locked up, And gave the bike a little nudge while it was laid over.

Ben

MinhDinh · World Chat Champion Joined: 01 Jan 2005 Karma :

oh man. i was really happy for you when you bought the bike and i am really thinking damn.
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Faldo · World Chat Champion Joined: 05 Aug 2007 Karma :

^ Spot on ^
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Ghost · Could Be A Chat Bot Joined: 28 Jun 2007 Karma :

Well very admirable of you to not be involving insurance, I'm sure a lot of people would making a big play of the fact the car hit the bike even though it was already down.

Just hate to see new bikes crashed, I crashed mine a week after getting it on the road and it was horrible, so can only imagine how you feel with such a nice machine Sad

damz · World Chat Champion Joined: 15 Jul 2007 Karma :

wow thats pretty destructive for a fairly simple crash (im assuming you ddnt hit anything).

this is why iv'e not been riding the bikes much these week as i would be in tears to see the bike in peices for such a pointless reason like going to work when i could get a lift instead.

perhaps you did subconciously because you wanted to repaint it yellow?
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chris-red · Have you considered a TDM? Joined: 21 Sep 2005 Karma :

I chucked my TDM down the road in a similar way, was coming down a hill in ice, changed down and locked the rear bike went one way then the other then slid down the road.

It sucks watching your bike slid down the road as you slide after it. Luckily the TDM appears to be far more crashable than a zx10, I got away with a scraped pipe and a cracked hanger. Total Repair cost £15. R&G's FTW.
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damz · World Chat Champion Joined: 15 Jul 2007 Karma :

when i hit an oil spill and the bike flew off away from me and skidded down the road sideways the only damage was a scratched crash bung, bar end and a scratch on the exhaust.

im glad someone actually got out their cars and made sure you were ok, the dick behind me just beeped his horn, i then had to rush into college to sit an exam with a bloody sore leg and shoulder, was a pretty shitty day but at least i passed my exam Dance!

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Rowey · World Chat Champion Joined: 07 Oct 2007 Karma :

Gutted for you mate. Never nice to see your bike in a state.

After I had a crash. I did the whole, if I hadn't had done this, waited five minutes or gone another way malarkey.

Least you're in one piece. Thumbs Up

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