whoops.. I binned it..

[Kris125]

On the way to work this morning, and wouldnt ya know it.... Manhole cover at a junction took me out!

No serious damage, just the fact that I landed in front of Rudeboy in his BMW!! was quite a nice bloke though, helped me up with the bike, and even offered me his mobile so I could ring someone! *shocked*

Anyone have an Indicator for an Aprilia RS125, which I can buy?
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[Bendy]

You have to watch out for those manhole covers. They roam the streets in packs looking for innocent 125 riders to attack...


Glad you got away with it.

[synaptyx]

There's one massive one around here that lurks halfway a major roundabout. I swear it's waiting for me.

[badlydamaged]

Unlucky mate, glad your OK and the bikes alright as well. Reminds me of when I so hilariously binned my old ped at the dizzy speed of 35mph. It was down a hill and it kept scraping along with more bits falling off until it got to the main road . I ended up rolling onto the pavement. It was then I realized that right behind me was some chav is a Renault 19, as I got up laughing he wound down his window and said "Nice one! That was a really great crash innit!" and burst out laughing. I have to admit it was quite funny, although I ended up spending 4 hours with brasso and wet and dry polishing the scratches out of the headlight lense, because I was too cheap to bother buying a new one! . I still dont know why it went down, It was wet but I wasn't cornering or braking, it just decided to have a lie down and down it went .

Cheers, Jonathan
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[Kris125]

[mazza]

I'm glad you're OK.

You're right about these man hole covers. It beggers belief why they put them in the places that they do sometimes. The simple thing they could do is to cover them with asphalt. Certainly must be cheaper than relocating them.

I'm wondering whether I should petition our local council to do that. Otherwise, they're a real hazard.
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[dandit]

I swear to god they seem to love putting them on the perfect bikeing line every corner you go round you end up finding one where you need to put the wheels it ain't fair
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[Robby]

Manhole covers are bastards. Thing is, in the wet you can feel a car tyre sliding on them as well, and if you lose one front tyre on a manhole cover you only have to lose the other one on a diesel slick or a bad puddle, and it could get messy.

[karen_moomin]

Unlucky....that's really quite scary that a manhole cover is such a hazard for us bikers

[Josh]

Glad there was no serious damage

But manhole covers.... there is one corner in my village, it is a sharp bend, at the bottom of a hill, and there are about 5 manhole covers there, there is no escaping them unless you ride at 5mph and weave, I swear to god they don't need them all there, it is just stupid.
Great for traffic calming, well motorbike calming, but it really is a nightmare, nearly lost the back end a fair few times round that corner.
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[Frost]

What about some bright yellow paint with grat mixed into it painted all over them?

then not only could we mee them, but they wouldnt be so bloddy dagerous!

[andrew]

Sorry to hear that mate.

[Kris125]

[NSR125-Kid-UK]

Sorry to hear you binned it dude, glad to hear you're okay.

You're not having much luck with the RS are you?
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