Not my finest moment in motorcycling =\

[Billing]

Hi all, just had my first proper incident with the CG.

Went out about midnight to get COD6, noticed it was cold and foggy, so took it easy expecting the road to be slippery, made it through Bury, to very nearly where I needed to stop. If you google map Bury Halfords its the 'S' bend in the road that runns parallel to Halfords carpark. I had slowed to 15mph for the first left hander, as I turned in, the bike went out from under me, I can only assume I gave it too front brake and locked it up or gave too much throttle on the slippery road which caused the tyre to lose traction and slip.

This was a result of my own incompetance, not the tyre, or ice or diesel or some other bullshit excuse that people might use. I have only myself to blame, and have learned that even though I THOUGHT I was being careful, this obviously wasn't the case. On the upside the bike isn't too bad (smashed headlight glass, and both indicators on the left hand side) all I had to do was twist the front indi back to the right place, re-align my headlight and re-adjust my mirrors. I'm not going to throw in the towel with riding a bike, this sort of thing happens, and I can't let it beat me. Peace out and stay safe people
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[Rufus]

it's not cod6, it's modern warfare 2. and it doesnt have dedicated servers.
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[Billing]

Is it not? I thought it was, nvm, my bad mate and I have no idea what a dedicated server means, i assume it means xbl games will be slow as crap.

a few pics of the bike, not really that bad, but still fairly pissed off at my lack of ability to keep it upright

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'84 TS50X, '91 TZR125, '89 CBR400RR, '91 VFR400R NC30, '98 R1
"Hey copernicus! Why don't you navigate yourself to the back of the line with your feet and stand there with your shit."
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[kitty kat]

At least you were not hurt and bike is not too damaged. Chain could do with some lube on it though
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[27cows]

Best thing to do is ride as if the road was icy when conditions are damp/greasy. Lean and use the front brake to the barest minimum. It doesn't help at this time of year that bloody lorries spill diesel all over the place onto already dodgy road surfaces.

M&P are doing Kalgard chain lube buy one get one free at the moment

[The Original Muzza]

[Acemastr]

Judging by the state of that CG i think it being dropped is for the best! 2 words... Chain Lube.

Oh and never brake on a corner unless absolutely necessary, very much doubt throttle would cause the front to slide out as it wasn't that slippy (i've ridden in today and i can't see more than 20feet infront of me and i'm still leaning it over nicely)
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[Alexio]

I hope you wern't braking while the bike was actually leant over in the middle of a corner. That's something that just can't be done.

Anyway, doesn't look too bad. The last time I had to repair my CG cosmetically I had to replace the seat and handle bars as well as the indicators and side panels. Definitely need to take care of your chain.

Also, did you ever manage that country wide trip you were planning? You just kind of abandoned your thread.

Take care! The roads are definitely more slippery
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[locked]

Atleast you didnt hurt yourself which is the main thing
But get some lube on that chain!
I bought my copy of COD MW 2 this morning too
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[Billing]

chain is lubed, just the abysmal quality of the photo doesn't show it lol its got rock oil stuff on it, only put it on last thursday before going out aswell

as to braking in the corner, im not sure whether i was on the brakes or not, it sounds like an excuse, but it happened so fast i can't exactly remember, one second i was upright, then next i wasn't. but hey, i've learned to be even more careful, and there's not too much damage to the bike, i've paid a smaller price than some, so i count myself lucky.

on the sunject of my thread, i made to doncaster, but started to panic a bit as to leaving the bike overnight as i slept, and other stuff, so turned around and came home over the next day, was feeling crappy and useless for ages afte
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'84 TS50X, '91 TZR125, '89 CBR400RR, '91 VFR400R NC30, '98 R1
"Hey copernicus! Why don't you navigate yourself to the back of the line with your feet and stand there with your shit."
BCF Eastern members map here ---> g.co/maps/2tm8b PM me to be added to it!

[Wilson123]

[NickD]

[NSR Mick]

[NickD]

[Alexio]

[27cows]

[wizzzard]

[27cows]

[The Shaggy D.A.]

Yes, so many extra kittens would have died.
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[wizzzard]

He also said he had slowed to 15 miles an hour for the corner which I'm guessing he would have done on any bike in which case the carnage would have been pretty much the same on any bike. Bigger bikes don't always equal bigger accidents. I've come so much closer on the little 100 to totally loosing it than I have on any of the big bikes I've owned.
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[NSR Mick]

[Charlie]

Trick is, when the weather is like this is SMOOTH riding, speed plays apart but riding smoothly is probably the most important thing, IMO. If you're riding smooth remember you aren't going to be diving down on the brakes if some obstacle becomes apparent, so naturally you need to slow down and increase your observations.

Live and learn though I had to learn just like you did
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[27cows]

I didn't mean the accident would have been worse on a bigger bike, I meant that he would have been likely to have other, more serious get offs riding something bigger and faster.

I'm all in favour of the kind of tests they have in Japan, which effectively keeps the halfwits on slower, less dangerous bikes.

[Ol]

[Alex A]