It had to happen sooner or later...

[Rhys]

My first proper off and not just a near one.

Well let me say about the first half of the day... tagged onto back of a group of 3 bikers at Kirton Lindsey to the woods and absolutely hooned it, CBR6RR, R1, and an RSV1000. All up close knee-down each corner showering sparks it was awesome. Anyway we went to Mablethorpe - another ace rideout probably the best I've been on.

It wasn't until the way back that things turned inevitably wrong for me. We were on a long stretch with alot of bends mile or so up ahead of the straight, lads in front had overtaken a group of cars which I couldnt get past even with the stupidest of overtakes so anyway when I did I had to make two or three corners difference up to catch up. Did the first 2 or 3 really well it was when I got to a bit I had forgotten about which messed things up. Left, then Right so coming out of the right I was towards the middle but then a sudden tight right and I thought it was a left, so being in the centre I wasnt in the best place to start off the turn in anyway. Turned in got half way round and realised I aint getting round, tried leaning insanely further off but still not enough to get it round. I'd already caught a cats eye so that didnt do me any favours and unsettled it and pushed me out a bit more so I tried knocking the speed off instead. Got onto the white line and knew that I was coming off the road, so let off the brakes and tried running off alongside the road onto the grass.

Great plan, but it slipped onto its side and there I was nearing a bush. Thinking where im going to end up, here comes the camera moment, I jump off the bike into a bush as in the milliseconds of thought upon going off road I thought bailing into a soft-ish bush was best.

Now I was stopped, laid in some bushes looking up thinking which way around I was and where the road was. I pop my head up the bank and realise then think oh god turn the engine off so I uncovered the bushes and rubbish and managed to find the kill switch and sorted that. Thankfully the bush worked wonders and aswell as cushioning my coming to a stop, its cushioned my bike 'a little' and no bent levers/forks/frame just plastics.

Looks like new mirror and R/H upper fairing panel,mirror and front fairing. So what, £150 ish. For now though I'm going to glue it up with this special fairing glue I got ages ago and see how that goes. It'll do while pay day, and for MOT I hope as there'll just be two or three gaps in the fairing which I cant see will affect that?

Thing is the after feeling isn't an oh god i'm selling up and no longer doing bikes. When I came off I got up and was like, oh I came off, right lets get it back on the road. And its not like its going to make me want to slow down all the time either, its more of a mental thing. I didnt 100% know the road and with 3 bikers being in front on the way there it was good being able to tell by their speed/turn in how I could go round a bend. It was when I decided to push up the speed even more on my own to catch up without there being people infront to gauge entry speeds and lines that I messed up - if that makes sense? The mental thing was theyre on bigger bikes and if I dont make up some time in the bends which I can stay with them on, Im not going to catch up. I outdid myself.

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Couldnt have been happier with the guy who stopped and helped pull it out, I managed picking it up but no way was I going to pull it back up the 3ft bank. Guys infront noticed about 5mins later and arrived back, helped bump start after it wouldnt fire and sort stuff out like the removing of grass/bush camo it aqquired and clunking things back into place. Good thing is it was rideable the whole way back and I'm fine so just superficial damage. I realise I was VERY lucky to have come off how I have, both cost-wise and to my health. (long term anyway)

3hrs later, the flying into a bush at 35/40mph ish which felt kind of cool in the moment, is now abit sore though!
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[pwntifex]

Fecking hell, what is it with everybody coming off today?
Glad your & your bike are OK.
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the warped one: This is a follow up from the thread 'my willy hurts'

[Rhys]

I thought that too! its almost like a flood of posts. I had to refresh the bcf spill counter thread and yes what I had was out of date already!

The weather brightening mid-ride, great roads, and meeting some other bikers up for it just sent me into hoon mode
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[Catalyst]

I'm sorry everyone i reached 666 miles today, maybe my fault? Well you can blame me if you want

Glad your ok, i once done this but on a push bike as i was going to hit something (forgotten what) i thought a bush is better than nothing, little did i know that a stick stab me right in the arse Couldn't sit down properly for weeks.

Jack
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[ram_doom]

Sorry to hear man, damage really isn't bad at all thankfully. Think M+P may do reproductions of your fairing, not 100% though.
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[stinkwheel]

[Jull]

Glad you're ok

[Rhys]

[Ork12]

Sounds like you got off lightly, glad you're ok !

[colin1]

nice to know u will now change ur ways so the next one isnt more serious
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[Rhys]

[Ariel Badger]

Playing keepy-up is a dangerous game. The guy up front rides safely but you will need to take risks to catch him because your road conditions will not be the same as his.
What does it matter if you get home a bit late? It is getting home that is important not the time that you get there.
Never be afraid to tell someone that you can not ride as fast as they can. Glad you are ok.
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[fast_tzr]

Unlucky is all I can say really, that's why you leave enough margin for error on unfamiliar roads, in fact on roads you know like the back of your hand too. I'm not gonna go all high and mighty on you though as I'd have been trying to catch up too.

Hope the bike's sorted quickly

[st3v3]

Unlucky Hope your ok it's easy to play catch up to the guy's in front, I do it all the time, but I'm scared of taking my bike above 70-80
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[Vin]

[Lone-Wolf]

Wotcha.

This is what happens when you treat the road like a track.


I'll stick to my boring ol' BSA thank you
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[stinkwheel]

[short1uk]

at least your ok mate (shes says typing with one arm as other one is in a cast totally buggered!)

kinda weird aint it when ur lay there! your bike doesnt look too bad and at least ur ok thats the main thing. didnt put me of either.

hope your not too sore and it doesnt cost to much to get your bike back on the road

all the best

Cath

[garth]

It's got character now. Gaffa tape an' it's good as new.
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[Lone-Wolf]

[lydanial]

So where did you come from to meet up with riders at kirton lindsey? I only live about 3 miles from there and am trying to visualise the route from mablethorpe to work out where you bushed it?

which bit of road was it?

[Rhys]

went from kirton lindsey from the crossroads to hemswell, from hemswell across to market rasen. Then from market rasen to caistor to meet someone, and from there to mablethorpe. We took the road which is from Willingham woods up the hill and past the crossroads - towards Louth way I think.
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[pwntifex]