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[hellkat]

Let's get one thing clear from the off: Yes, I am stupid (pigheaded)

I knew last week that it was bent, at the very least, and it became apparent after that, that there was a crack. It was the result of a stupid ignorant stupid blind stupid bitch reversing into the bike and knocking it over, without leaving details or a contact phone number (does this count as a hit and run?). I ordered a new handlebar the very next day and prayed it would turn up before the whole mess sheared off.

So anyway: I managed three intrepid commutes (2 x 11 miles) before it wibbled at me tonight as I left Chelsea, and gave up the ghost JUST as I turned off the A13, finally shearing right off half a block before my street.

I have only what must be five-blob gold karma with Him Upstairs to thank for the fact that it got me almost all the way home ... whence I paddled my way woefully round the corner and into my parking space.
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[hellkat]

*The new handlebar arrived today in the post. The next door neighbour brought it round five minutes after I stumbled in the front door.

Only thing stopping me from riding it is that the Beefcake is suffering with Manflu and isn't here to put it on for me.
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[Poseidon]

[Tim..]

Lucky escape you had there.

for getting back safe

for riding it in the state it was, bad hellkat
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[Howling TerrorOutOfOffice]

You mentalist.

You should have a transfusion to flush out the last of that Kiwi Blood.
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[pepperami]

With that sort of luck and things coming in threes, I suggest you buy a couple of lottery tickets!
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[Hetzer]

Girls from down under don't fuck about.
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[hellkat]

You said "fuck"
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[Polarbear]

You nutter

I wonder what the rozzers would have charged you with had they seen you!

for being so ...................
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[hellkat]

Probably they would nick me for having a dangerous vehicle on the road? If there had been anything left of me to nick

OK ... but I've now had to have a joint to recover.

My delayed response to how it felt when they came off at 5mph (mildly scary) became somewhat more severe when I realised what might have happened had it happened whilst I was barrelling along the A13, even at my usually sedate average speed of between 25-40 mph.

I would almost certainly be brown bread.

Addendum to my original post:
I am extremely very stupid, as well as a bad mother, girlfriend, daughter, sister, and dog-and-cat-mother - and not at all a bad-ass mofo.

I am a stupid-ass mofo, instead.

*uber wibble*
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[Hetzer]

[Muscle Bike Rider]

Wow... A13 was solid as well tonight, you may be mad for riding it but well done for getting home intact. Glad you made it home safe
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Old Bikes :2010 Kawasaki ER6 F & 2000 Honda VTR Firestorm
Current Bike : XJR1300

[robbieguy2003]

Lucky Fucker! I always have 'mechanical failure' in my head as a thing that might one day cause an issue, i sure hope to fuck that doesn't involve me holding a handlebar and throttle not attached to the bike!
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[Fisty]

A real biker would have bodged it back on with cable ties, chewing gum and gaffer tape!

Virus would have wedged a broom handle in and carried on riding!
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[hellkat]

[hellkat]

[hellkat]

[Muscle Bike Rider]

It wasn't as solid as "usual" when I came down there, else the bar would prolly have snapped off somewhere over the Canning Town flyover*, I reckon.





*The one place I LOVE zooming over when its clear, but HATE crawling over whilst filtering when its chocka.[/quote]

Me too, hate it when its chocablock as it gets quite tight in spots when filtering due to cars squeezing together to block bikes, think they do it as a game to keep themselves occupied whilst crawling along. My son caught up with me on the way home from work tonight so I followed him to give him some pointers on road positioning etc for his test, was well impressed with his riding, apart from a couple of times I thought he should of been a bit slower, unless its me being a doddery old git!
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[hellkat]

Excellent.

Next time, get him to follow me for pointers on what NOT to do
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[Muscle Bike Rider]

Loll, might take you up on that
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Old Bikes :2010 Kawasaki ER6 F & 2000 Honda VTR Firestorm
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