Eject! Eject!

[loply]

Pulled into my industrial estate this morning, slowed to walking pace as a van was pulling out in front of me, he stops in the middle of the road for a second or so, then begins reversing...

By the time I looked down at the bars to find the horn button, then back up again, it was time for a leaping sideways roll and to leave the bike to it's inevitable fate.

Luckily the bike rolled quite on it's side after we parted ways and the van scraped along my tires, but still didn't stop until his back wheels were past the back of the bike!

In hindsight I should've revved the tits off it instead of trying to find the damn Aprilia hidden horn button.
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Yamaha SZR660 Caution to the wind, the throttle pinned!

[dragstaar]

Similar sort of thing happened to a bloke on here. He was driving along, behind a van. Van did an emergency stop. So did the biker. Then the white van reversed into the rider.

When it went to insurance, the Van driver tried to say that he did an emergency stop and the biker didn't leave enough space and ploughed into the back of him. Luckily for Mr Biker, he had it all recorded on helmet cam.

Just be wary that the van man might try and lie

[loply]

To be honest there's no damage so...

A few very slight marks on the fairing and the bar end but I don't think it's worth the trouble.

I stubbed my finger on the tarmac though

Did get me thinking though, I wish I had a dash cam for these kind of things, if he had hit me it would've been hard to prove...

Incidentally his reverse lights didn't work, not that it would've made much difference.
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Yamaha SZR660 Caution to the wind, the throttle pinned!

[kawashima]

When I was on C50, a truck suddenly reversed into me to give way to on coming micra(It was a narrow road). C50 can't beep at idling. Truck rear wheel stepped on C50 and I had to repair one side of rear suspension.
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owned: 2012 YB125SP, 2008 TDM900, 2005 W650, 2002 LS125R, 2002 CB400SF, NS50F, C50 / Trip to UK(2009), Hokkaido touring(2013)

[kawashima]

I always think motorcycle horn should be much louder.
Even 1000cc bike has usually quieter horn than micra.
I want dash cam too.
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owned: 2012 YB125SP, 2008 TDM900, 2005 W650, 2002 LS125R, 2002 CB400SF, NS50F, C50 / Trip to UK(2009), Hokkaido touring(2013)

[dragstaar]

I've looked into a cam, but tis so much hassle.

The ideal setup would be.

Waterproof camera (or camera in waterproof casing) attached somewhere permanently on the bike.

The cam should have coninuous loop recording, whereby it records say, 2 hours of footage, then continues to erase the beginning and re-records over it. So you always have the last 2 hours on record.

Cam would be wired into the ignition so it starts recording as soon as the ignition is turned on.

I would pay good money for a setup like this, but it doesn't seem to be possible.

I even emailed GoPro about this, and i was told that they didn't have a product with continuous record!

[Frost]

My dad had an ex police BMW, crash was the horn on that thing loud! I had much fun riding through the country in it making the sheep shit themselves

I usually fit a louder exhaust to bikes, not something ear splitting, but enough to make sure my presence can be heard.

[supZ]

[MarkJ]

[Nai]

I have never managed to hit my horn button when i have wanted to. Its in the right place and all, i just never use it so my thumb does not know where to go.

I have however angrily flashed my indicators at some people. Not quite the same effect as a horn though

[ajbsmirnoff]

Yup, I've often angrily 'cancelled my indicators' at people.

[LeanIt]

Lucky escape mate

Nearly happened to me once, I now give plenty of space to anyone in front of me and I've learned where the horn button is with my eyes closed!
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[iooi]

[dragstaar]

I are fail

I swear they weren't available 6 months ago. i did look, honestly

[Rogerborg]

They have come down a lot in price recently, to where I'm thinking about camming up. I figure that pretty soon if you don't have camera evidence, then you'll be stuffed trying to get a prosecution or insurance claim in against anyone.
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[dragstaar]

[dragstaar]

also, i heard tha in america, practically everyone drives around with a camera black box just for this reason

[angryjonny]

[iooi]

[dragstaar]

will i be able to claim for it if its damaged in an accident and i havent declared it though?

[iooi]

If you don't declace then no... But with a bit of thought on placement and protection. You should be able to make sure the unit does not suffer damage.

Found some samples of the ebay one on utube.
night only in 480
daytime in720

Might just waste some more cash
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Just because my bike was A DIVVY, does not mean i am......

[dragstaar]

Hmmm.

So do if i was to present the video in evidence to my insurance company, and they find that i was breaking the law (lets say i missed the sign saying i couldn't be in the bus lane, for instance - but someone still pulled out on me) would the insurance company say "mate, we can't use that, that'll lose us the claim" or will they bugger me for it? (surely they lose money by buggering me too?)

[iooi]

I would always view footage before saying you have anything.

If you submit it as evidence of your claim, that gives them the right/need to forward to the other co. As we all know if they pick up you were doing something you should not, then they could use it to reduce the % of blame. Hopefully your co would make a biased decision on if they should use it.
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Just because my bike was A DIVVY, does not mean i am......

[steveh]

I got used to using my throttle as a horn for 12months after the horn died, it saved me a few times, especially on roundabouts with people in wrong lanes.

Its much louder, scares people more into looking around, how many times have you just egnored some tosser beeping at you?

Had to fit a horn for my MOT, but id still go for a mitt full of throttle.
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[Shreddie]