Oil on the road curse!!!

[malb]

Well oil or diesel on the road has claimed another victim... going round a round-about today and I hit a massive patch of oil on the road (5mx5m) god knows where it had come from.

I was on the A500 going through Stoke rd, and City rd roundabouts where they are building a new flyover, so there is always loads of mud on the road anyway.

Luckily I was only doing about 25mph when the back end fish tailed and scratched the can on the right, then flipped back and went over to the left.

So I went sliding off down the street with the bike on top of me.

Damage to me
3 fractured fingers
1 sprained elbow
2 bruised knees
1 bruised spine
a bad case of road rash
and broken glass bottle shards in my back


Damage to bike
Bent brake lever
Nasty scratch on the can
Bent mirrors
and other minor scratches

I'm feeling REALLY REALLY shitty now
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[Claud 14.7 to 1]

Damn mate. Not good.

Sorry to hear all that, especially the injuries.

Hope you heal up soon.

[8316]

sounds very bad mate, hope you recover soon.
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[malb]

Its my fault for taking a glass bottle of milk to work for coffee.

I would like to thank the truck driver behind me firstly for not running me over and secondly for helping me with the bike.
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[instigator]

So what we want to know is, "did you cop off with this bird or what???"

Totally kidding m8, glad to hear you're still in one MAIN piece Hope you mend up quickly

[malb]

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[John]

Glad you're OKish though.
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[pipnet11]

Unlucky mate. Iv had the same thing on a roundabout. Resulted in 2 fractured fingures and a fractured toe (on the side I DIDNT fall on, any suggestions how I managed this greatly appreciated)

Nowt you can do to avoid it really. Hope your back riding soon
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[malb]

I feel extra shitty this morning back hurts and my arm feels dead.

The bike isn't too bad luckily I've had a hunt round for a new brake lever and it was going to cost £14 so being the grandson of a yorkshire man I bent the old one back into shape and resprayed it.

The can will need replacing through
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[McJamweasel]

Shit man, sorry to hear that. You've really not had much luck lately, have you?
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[Villers]

Thats real shitty mate I feel for you. I cant believe she didnt fall for the old 'Ive fallen off my bike kiss it better routine'!! (sorry)

Think its crap you cant hold someone to blame for putting you off your bike. You didnt stand a chance, theres no way you can plan for some tw@t dropping a load of crap over the road. Makes me mad just thinking about it.

Hope your injuries dont cause you too much aggro and your back on two wheel soon

just one more thing though (and im sorry for being a bit of a granny here) please dont ride with a glass bottle in your jacket mate, cant be good for you!

be safe dude

[malb]

Cheers people, I do feel a bit better, but I'm stiff as hell now.

I realise that its a stupid idea to have a glass bottle in my bag, I take two, one plastic one with water in it and a small glass one with milk in for coffee. Safe to say that I won't be doing it again.
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[Team_Virago]

Sorry to hear that dude, there's nothing worse than being in physical pain and then having some emotional stabbings to go with it.

did you find yourself a hot little nurse at the hospital to look after you or did you get a gertrude?


hope to hear you on 2 wheels again soon!

[malb]

Nah I didn't bother going to the docs, I went looking for a new brake lever instead. And priced up an R1 too LOL!

I should be on the bike tomorrow hopefully, and going for a run on sunday.
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[Annabella]

Just keep yourself moving, and hopefully you'll start to loosen up within a couple of days and be right as rain for Sunday

Not sure about the girl's actions anyone who had just had an accident turning up at my door would immediately get hot tea sympathy etc - and that would just be off my mother!

At least it wasn't more serious. I am pleased to hear that the bike is ok, and most importantly you aren't too badly off.

Next time, get your milk from co-op in a nice soft non breakable plastic bottle
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[malb]

Cheers Anna, sound advice too

I was happy that my laptop wasn't knackered that really would have put a downer on the day, cause its go ALL my uni work on it!

*Malb goes off to make backups incase there is a next time*
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[buddha]

unlucky, but at least you're still in one piece. hope you're feeling better now

[mrchips]

Unlucky, Ithough you were lucky you didn't hit anything/another car. Get well soon.

[r1_lad]

[tony532]

glad your ok

i have not had a crash on the rs125 or the gsxr400 yet

does anyone on here have any advice on what to do when you hit diesel on a roundabout or the front dives out from you on a corner and there is nothing you can do about it

is it best to bail off the bike or stay on


hope that makes sense

[Dom]

Ouch, feel better soon dude. You and the bike might be dented, but at least you're both still working.

Edit: Tony it's always best to stay on a bike Thing is with oil is you pretty much won't have a choice in the matter and most of the time it's just a case of doing your best to avoid sliding into some object/car.

[malb]

I've been putting new bandages on tonight, hurts like hell taking the old ones off. My back is still a mess, but my fingers are fine now just one smallish cut.

I'm all set for taking the bike out tomorrow for work! YEAH! missed it loads and its only been 3 days (bloody thing!)

Some arsehole let slip to my Nan though, so she's threating to take the wood axe to it LOL!
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[jonboy]

[Ade067]

Only just read this as I've been offline for a few days,sorry to hear you had a spill mate and I dont mean just the milk!

Glad you and the bike are ok though...It could've been a lot lot worse.

If you're Gran does set about the bike with the axe can I have whats left of it as parts for mine?

[Dom_]