0 accidents to 2 in a month...updated pics on page 2

[dannyw35]

Just got back home from my second bike accident...

Was on a round about next to a car on his right...he was in the left lane positioned to go straight over...decides at the last minute just before going straight that he wants to go right...cue me trying to brake like hell but ended up clipping the corner of his car causing me to go down.

Bikes pretty fooked seeing as it hadn't been repaired from my first incident...all the damage to my LHS from my first spill has just been greatly enhanced so to speak...however there's loads more scratches etc and my mid fairings are now royally fooked (they were fine before)

Managed to break a few mounts where the fairing bolts have ripped off...also managed to break the mount for my nose cone so that's now shaking like mad...

To make matters worse it was a foreigner in a hire car...when I say foreigner, he was on his way to the airport for a flight home...cue him giving his details to the hire car company and then fooking off to catch his flight...

Police were called but seeing as the other driver left I said I would go report it in the morning in person...

So am I screwed liability wise...I heard accidents on RA nearly always go 50/50...

Picked up a few battle scars but just scratches and bruises...luckily...

Also seeing as alot of the same parts were damaged from the first accident, do these still just get replaced as they would if I didn't have a second spill?

Maybe time to give up on the 2 wheels...seeing as i'm newly married I don't think leaving Yun a widow is a good idea!
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[SamJL]

Without the driver being there to give his side of the story, I don't think that would be a hard case to win. Hire Car companies will usually just admit liability and the man hiring the car will have to pay his excess. They can't really be bothered with the stress of going through insurance companies, so they will usually just admit the driver was in the wrong, and you will most likely get paid out!

I know this, as I own a hire car company
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[dannyw35]

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[pinkyfloyd]

Sorry to hear about the spills but since they werent your fault I see no reason to hang the helmet up.

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[Itchy]

Man up!

You walked away from the crash, therefore it was just a lesson in phyics!*



*YMMV as I'm virtually immortal
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[connornrg]

I didnt walk away from my crash mate but rest assured i will be back riding in two months which is when i can walk again, no reason to hang up
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[Ariel Badger]

Yun will dig scars.
Cracked ribs
Compound fractures.
Damaged joints.
Amputations.
Internal injuries.
Brain damage.
Man up, it is only pain.
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[2wheelsteve]

Hey mate if you feel its time to take a break from riding then good luck to you, sometimes we have bad runs and if Im having a shitty day near misses wise, then I go and take the car.
No shame in quitting for a while if youve got a bad feeling but either way good luck mate and enjoy your newly married life
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[woll]

TBF you should of stayed on the floor crying for an ambulance, whiplash bad back anything. Just to get the ambulance, and therefore the coppers to assess the situation. And if he went, he'd get done for leaving the scene of an accident making him look more like he's in the wrong.
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Damaged spleen, damaged kindey, 2 popped lungs, 2 broken ribs, broken face, broken wrist and 5 back fractures... remember kids walls hurt

[flumpy7]

I have very few problems on the road. Im not saying im an amazing rider but i do approach every trip with the attitude that every fucker car driver is deliberately out to squish my ass. Im sure alot of motorcycle accidents happen because the motorcyclist innocently assumed that the fat twat in the range rover was looking where he was going.
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[dannyw35]

[YUN]

I've convinced Danny that he's a shizzy ass rider....and he has agreed to go pillion from now on.

Who wears the trousers?
mwhahahhaha

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[hellkat]

Get back on.
Fight for the insurance.

I lost my nerve for two years after a tiny little spill, even though I got straight back on and rode home, believe me, giving up and being a pussy doesn't have a lot going for it. You're too young and vital to have any of the pussy about you (apart from ........................ hmmm, mebbe I best shut up there, no point setting this lot off, is there)

Law of averages says prolly those two offs are your lot for a bit, anyway.

Don't take any notice of idiots who say "Oh noes! these things come in threes" ... and if they do, and you get a third Off: get on with it and get back on.

Our Yun needs a man.
If you're gonna die, die in the saddle with your swords on.
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[SamJL]

[Tsopo]

Quick question to...well, anyone. When going straight over a roundabout like that described here, shouldn't you be in the left lane anyway? I always thought the inner lane on two lane roundabout was only for those turning right. There's always the risk that the guy on your left will decide to continue around the roundabout and not see you.

I only ask because I had a near miss in similar circumstances a while back and thought afterwards that had I been in the left lane, it wouldn't have happened.

The driver was still a muppet for not seeing you though.

[c_dug]

Two lanes going in and two lanes going straight across then IMO you have every right to stay in lane 2 and exit in lane 2. Like so:

https://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee81/paddy2007dug/Fig1.jpg



Anybody in lane 1 should be turning left or if going straight on should be exiting in lane 1. Under no circumstances on a normal roundabout should a person in Lane 1 be turning right, exception that I can think of is below.

https://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee81/paddy2007dug/Fig2.jpg


Red is lane 1, blue is lane 2.

The roundabout in the second picture is a bit messed up since technically there is no legal way for cars to be entering it other than from the slip road I have shown. Have often come up the the roundabout and seen cars coming from my right and wondered what would happen if we had a crash, obviously I should give way to the right, but they shouldn't be on the roundabout in the first place. Not sure what comes first there.

Just to clarify this is what I mean.
https://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee81/paddy2007dug/Fig3.jpg
Anybody know what would happen?


And more on topic, coming off is a pretty much guaranteed part of riding a bike, it's just something you come to accept I guess, personally I wouldn't let it put me off, but then I have been down the road more times in my 4 years on the road than my dad has been in the last 20 odd years, so don't listen to me



edit: been a bit stupid up there, if there are two lanes entering a roundabout, and the exit turning right is also two lanes BUT the exit straight ahead is only one lane, THEN somebody in Lane 1 could go all the way around the outside to turn right. I do that daily on the way to work, feel a bit stupid for forgetting!
Have to watch out for people in Lane 2 expecting you to be turning left or going straight as they may try and move over to exit in Lane 1.

Hope that makes sence Either way none of this is based on any legal knowledge, just logic and a small dose of common sense.
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[2wheelsteve]

Some people can toss a coin and win while other lose, its just luck and a smart person when they are having back luck will cut there odds, simple really, I nearly gave up when my kids were yound there was a spate of fatalities near here and one I passed every morning the flowers said "goodbye daddy" that really got to me thinking how my kids would be affected, I didnt give up though but very nearly did and if I had decided to dump it no amount of "shizzy rider" comments would have swayed me,
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[FreshAL]

CBA to read the whole thread, but I had a similar spell of bad luck back in 2006.

Earned myself a custom title for all the trouble I went to throwing myself at the scenery and cars etc

Learn from the lessons, and get back on with it

[dannyw35]

[dannyw35]

Some pics from my last accident...the only additional parts that wasn't already damaged from the first accident is the mid/lower fairing and nose cone mount...

Looking normal from the RHS:
https://p1.bikepics.com/pics/2010/09/04/bikepics-2053255-800.jpg

LHS:
https://p1.bikepics.com/pics/2010/09/04/bikepics-2053276-800.jpg

https://p1.bikepics.com/pics/2010/09/04/bikepics-2053279-800.jpg

https://p1.bikepics.com/pics/2010/09/04/bikepics-2053272-800.jpg

https://p1.bikepics.com/pics/2010/09/04/bikepics-2053283-800.jpg
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CBT - 13/01/08 -> Theory 18/01/08 -> Honda Accord Type R sold 02/02/08 -> DAS 19/02/08
-> CBR 600FS 20/02/08