Had my 1st crash tonight

randomspam · Two Stroke Sniffer Joined: 17 Jan 2005 Karma :

Yup, 2 months into riding and I got knocked off Sad

. 7pm this evening on the A2 heading up Blackheath Hill, I was moving past 2 lanes of stationary traffic and travelling on the right hand side of the cars in the 2nd lane. Doing about 10 maybe 15 mph. One of them decided he didn't want to wait in the queue and pulled out presumably to do a U but pulled out into me instead. me and bike hit floor and slid into the path of oncoming traffic coming down the hill. A guy running past ran out to make it slow down before it hit me. My first thought as I hit the floor was "fuck get up and out of the way".

The guys in the car got out and helped me to the side of the road. I've never had an accident before and I was pretty shaken up we exchanged details and he seemed genuine, i got his name, address, reg and 2 phone numbers. After about 90 mins by the roadside I managed to get home, bike is unridable, no right mirror, indicators, brake lever snapped, gear selector on left is bent vertical. I've noticed the mobile number is a digit short and the landline goes through to a police switch board. I've been down to the police station and filled out a little report thing but already alarm bells are ringing, have I been had, it certainly seems suspicous? The address definitely exists and I'm pretty sure I've got the car remembered correctly but I can't help but feel worried. It's all on a piece of paper that he wrote down.

My bike is due to be taken to White House Honda in Kent tomorrow but with no one as yet really dealing with it yet insurance wise is there much point it even going to them?

I'm most certainly glad I bought full riding gear, my sidi boots and Frank thomas trousers took one for the team tonight, thank the lord for knee pads. Hohum, I ache Sad

dransy · World Chat Champion Joined: 04 May 2005 Karma :

well aslong as your okay m8 Thumbs Up

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White Noise · Mr Dudwee Joined: 17 Dec 2004 Karma :

glad to hear that you are o.k, can you give the reg to the coppers to make sure the person is who they said they are.
all the best in stopping aching and hope the bike gets fixed easily
WN
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Yeti · Trackday Trickster Joined: 02 Nov 2004 Karma :

sorry to hear about that, the main thing is your ok!
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ghostgirl · Nova Slayer Joined: 14 Mar 2005 Karma :

Most importanatly your ok. If all the numbers are duff that he gave you, then you got his reg number?
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epz · Scooby Slapper Joined: 26 Apr 2005 Karma :

on the plus side you are ok and all the bits you mentioned bad with the bike are about a tenner each to fix if you dont mind hitting ebay/breakers yards.

might want to look for any cctv about the area, it has to be good for something

randomspam · Two Stroke Sniffer Joined: 17 Jan 2005 Karma :

thanks for the best wishes all, I spent yesterday resting, bit of mild whiplash and some aching limbs. Hate to think what a worse crash would feel like. The whole insurance thing seems potentially dodgy. I went to the police yesterday and they tried the landline number I was given and found that it was once a Traffic Police dept. in Euston that's now been closed and hence goes to a switchboard, they don't have him recorded as an officer either. So on one hand it seems like I've been had but on the other he would have to be incredibly sharp to think of all this there and then on the spot. I've got what I believe to be his reg number and my insurance legal team re going to attempt to track him to make a claim on his insurance.

cbrbiker · Spanner Monkey Joined: 17 May 2005 Karma :

Hey RS, you're a proper biker now!! Wink

Too right get it claimed off their insurance! Didn't your runner mate offer himself up as a witness??

Sounds like it was a fair size off mate. On the bright side, any lesser offs from now on won't seem so bad!! Very Happy

Trust me, once you've been over someone's bonnet, a lowside around a roundabout doesn't seem anywhere NEAR as bad!! Laughing

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