christened my bike and bungs

[White Noise]

well it had to happen!

short version
buy bungs!!

long version
went for a ride today with davo and andy13_uk upto boxhill, got there was no one about so we went to a cafe along the A25 to kill some time and lost davo on the way! on the way back i met the fateful roundabout!
on the approach i thought yeah i'll take this one briskly and see if i get a scrap of the slider, turned in and leaned the bike over and didn't hang off enough to get the knee out to guage the lean, next thing i know the pegs on the ground, then just after i hear the roar of the engine as the back wheel loses traction (see silvers crash vid to hear what i mean) bang on my arse with the bike sliding/spinning next to me. me thinking bugger!
i stop and get straight up and try and get the bike up with andy helping, all this time i'm sniffing as the off as given me a nose bleed, i recon andy thought i was crying in my helmet!
get it to the side of the road to asses the damage and i'm in shock!
there is hardly anything

bung grazed
slight damage on fairing edge
slight damage in exhaust
rear brake level snaped
leathers a bit scuffed

bars and mirrors not even touched!

got the bike on tues and had bungs put on on friday! worked a treat
the cause of the off is that the peg dug in to a divet on the round about, so i figure that the bike didn't cause the off as nearly all modern bikes have grinding pegs on them, but it was a case of wrong place and the inexperience of riding a new bike as i wasn't hanging off judging the lean angle.
so i feel a bit of a penis but can take solus in the fact i was sensible enough to put bungs on! you live you learn
in the end looks like a repair bill of £40, hate to think what it would have been other wise!
letter going of to R&G + exhaust and swing arm potectors to come

WN
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[Jrod]

Lack of riding skills.

Maybe you should hand that 7r over to someone who can handle it..... You can have something more tame like my 4.



Glad to see you got off lightly.

[White Noise]

[Andy C]

yea....it looked like you were crying! i still shocked how well you came off though considering, think those crash bungs are you best buy ever!lol
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[Davo]

I think the bungs did a bloody good job for what could have happened.

Andy, did you get home OK?, you turned off at the wrong roundabout!

[Andy C]

hey, i just PMd you, that the way i sometime go and then relised i have taken the wrong turn. sorry! how do you get to ditchling from the roundabout as the way i went today is really slow into ditchling
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99 RS125 --> 02 SV650s --> 03 Speed Four --> 92 RXS100 --> 93 CB400sf --> 01 CB600f Hornet

[Jrod]

[Flip]

Oh dude! That was a mint bike aswell!

[Andy C]

its not too bad though considering, i think if i was WN id be more happy than sad as would have been so much worse a few days earlier (when he had no crash bungs)
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[Liverpoolrobb...]

thank god for bungs i need them i fucked up on a wheelie and scraped the fuck outta 1 side of me bike now thanks to thrusdays off i have fucked up fairing all round

[Silver]

I'm not the only lucky one then! Good job you did that after you fitted the bungs!

[Dom]

*rings R&G*

Bad luck about the off, I don't think you could have got away much better than that though. A real 'phew' moment I bet.

[White Noise]

[Dom]

[Jay1000RR]

At least the bungs did their job mate
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[Jrod]

Stop bashing your whore.

[california_rookie]

Funny, I had a 40mph lowside a few months back w/ no bungs/sliders on my GSX-R and ended up w/ less damage than you did. Glad you're alright, though.

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[Ant]

Lucky you put those on!
Whats it like to pick up? weight wise? I'm tempted to but some bungs on mine but i don't like the idea of cutting the fairing
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[White Noise]

[.....]

Shit mate

Glad you and the the bike are ok

[Chriss]

Just read about the off mate, sorry to hear. You got off lightly!

Hope you're ok!
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[White Noise]

[HurtMePlease]

Good stuff! i really am surprised to see how well R&G know their stuff I think its about time I spent that extra £100 to do both the zxr400 and r6


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[cqueen]

how did you get a nose bleed?

[White Noise]

i get nose bleeds when my immune system is low, had one that morning and the jolt of the fall must have cracked the weak area, no new marks on my helmet!
WN
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Buy my wife: 96' Yam XJ600s (Diversion)
Wing Commander White Noise - SE Clique
Riding Tip #86: See God, then back off a bit: Problem is i haven't seen god yet, just a close up of tarmac on revett straight