Laying down my lid.

[R1stu]

I have decided that I am giving up high powered bikes!

On my way home from work a car pulled out on me and I hit it!

A car coming the other way ran the front of my bike over.

I have just come out of hospitals with brused ribs and I am finding it hard to breath with ease.

If I get a new bike I prob get a Motard or MX bike. The rear seems ok but the front is mangled to hell.

Maybe one day I will get another big bike but for now I think not.


Stu
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[dodsi]

dam man, bad to hear

[G]

Shitter. Hope there's some compo for you .

Sounds like you need some new luck rather than a different bike.

[Rob W]

Sorry to hear that mate.

Believe me though, Moto's are just as easy to hurt yourself badly on.
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[Git]

sorry to hear that, the main thing is you are alive and kicking

[NickD]

Good to hear you're ok....
..... but less power won't make you safer, just slower, less visible and more vulnerable.

Some good advanced training will though.
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[MarJay]

As advised before elswhere in this forum,

Try not to make any rash decisions about your riding career as soon as something like this happens. You were very lucky but there is nothing to say that the same would not have happened on a supermoto etc, and there is nothing to say that you would have been better off in a car!

Take a week or two to recover, and coupled with a healthy insurance payout you'll be fine!
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[Sparks!]

You said you were going slow speed to me on MSN, the same could have happened on a scooter or a busa... it's not the bike you need to blame, it's the dumb bint that pulled out on you and she would have whatever bike you were riding.

Shame to hear though, good job you are alright!
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[Minky_monkey]

You're relatively alright, so that's the main thing. Give it a bit of thought while you're recuperating.

At least you're not thinking of jacking it in altogether!

[MZ125]

sorry to hear about the crash mate
hope u get better soon & back on the bikes good luck
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[headlamp]

Sorry to hear about your accident - hope you get better soon.

H
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[dibbster]

Why give up high powered bikes if it wasn't down to the bike that you had the accident ?

Motos are surely just as likely to get hit by blind car drivers.
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[Dan 4RR]

Maybe take a break from the bike instead of getting rid off it straight away, or moving to different styles of bikes.

[Claud 14.7 to 1]

Very sorry to hear that. Hope you get well soon.

This doesn’t relate to you/your situation, but there is a difference in having a fast bike and riding a bike, fast. So you can still have a fast bike, but just don’t always use it to go fast.

Advanced riders/instructors still have Blades etc, but they know how and when to use them, if that makes sense. Self constraint is the key.

My

I think this summer I will do some advanced riding lessons.

[Kickstart]

Hi

Glad you are OK (ish).

Don't make any rash decisions.

All the best

Keith
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[dandit]

Hi at least you are in one piece. A few bruises are better than a few broken bones or worse And as for giving up powerfull bikes it wouldnt make much difference why dont you go for the ever faithfull, cheap to run bandit anyways at least you are ok ........ FECKING CAGERS you all
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[ZaphodBeeble]

Sorry to hear that Stu. I've been damaged and disheartened in the past, but I've bounced back. There's always hope!

Surely there is a claim in it for you?
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[TiN]

Dude, you seem to be having more than your fair share of accidents these days. But at least you're making use of the tax that you have contributed to the NHS.

I don't think that it's about having a "big" or "small" bike, although from your first two lines, it can be interpreted that you may have a problem with restraining yourself from the throttle...but then there's sentiments that you were travelling at low speed, so I'll give you the benefit of the doubt.

Get well soon mate, then make a decision about the future.
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[G]

Also consider some advanced training.

They cover lots of things on predecting this sort of situation and being in a position that will give you the best chance to prevent it happening in the first place .

[Craggles]

Thats real crap man

Don't make any rush decisions... nothing to stop you getting something a little smaller to get yourself back on the road either - a 500 say?

Craig
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[BlueNinja]

Damn sorry to here it

Just remember, what ever bike you buy, there will always be the same risk of having an accident.. im afraid that is part of motorcycling

As said above.. wait until you have fully recovered.. You know what its like after a heavy nights drinking, you feel soooo bad, and you swear you'll never drink again... but you always do.. dont you

Same with bikes.. you'll always love it, it will always be fun..
Take your time, think things over, and hope to see you back on a nice bike again.

[R1stu]

The reason Im saying High powered bikes is that they are more expensive to repair than a MX or Motard bike!

At least If I have an accident on one of them It wont cost much to repair!

I feel the urge to act silly on a big bike! I only doing bout 30-35 ish when I hit the car But as there is no damage to my jacket or the work trousers that I was wearing and lack of skid marks on the rd I can assume that I wasnt speeding as I would have torn my trousers and had lots of marks on my jacket!

A women said to the officer "You were next to me at the lights revving it up and you pulled away fast"

No shit! I an't hanging behind a car! but Revving my bike doesnt mean Im speeding! especially when the wheels ant turning!
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[synaptyx]

Sorry to hear about the off.

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