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Hahadumball · World Chat Champion Joined: 07 Oct 2015 Karma :

past a corsa into a blue transit.

car a few infront slammed brakes on as he almost missed his turning causing everyone else to do the same.. fairly heavy traffic, couldnt see any brake lights ahead due to a massive transit which somehow managed to avoid ploughing into the back of him, the car infront had much better brakes than i did and as i casually locked up the rear wheel leaving a nice black trail down the middle of the road it all seemed good!

i was going straight.. sort of.. then the back end kicked out and shot me into a van.

bike damage:
brake lever x2
mirror x1
fairing x2
front brake wont keep pressure
front forks twisted
screen fucked
exhaust scraped
clutch cover scraped.

damage to me:
arm is refusing to play ball, chest is somewhat painful and neck is sore, not yet been to a&e but i shall.

pics to follow soon.

"i wont need my helmet cam im only going down the road"
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Fin: no matter how much I look at It I can't understand what was going through my head, all I remember is going about 80 and redlining it to stop it seizing.
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temeluchus · World Chat Champion Joined: 01 Oct 2008 Karma :

Why did you survive, and Ichy die?
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Rogerborg · nimbA Joined: 26 Oct 2010 Karma :

Poor obs.

Spill counter.

You're not the Messiah.
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Beehive Bedlam · World Chat Champion Joined: 28 Oct 2013 Karma :

You have already posted this in the spill thread. Idiot.

Voted as redundant.

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Hahadumball · World Chat Champion Joined: 07 Oct 2015 Karma :

back from a&e much muscle damages, pillion was okay just bruised though she did land on me so had a soft landing.
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Fin: no matter how much I look at It I can't understand what was going through my head, all I remember is going about 80 and redlining it to stop it seizing.
360 Deg... Five 1/4 turns. :- Teflon-Mike 18 Jan 2015

Fin · World Chat Champion Joined: 27 Feb 2016 Karma :

Hahadumball · World Chat Champion Joined: 07 Oct 2015 Karma :

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anthony_r6 · World Chat Champion Joined: 31 Mar 2011 Karma :

Out of curiosity, how many times have you come off your bike, and how many of those (if more than once) were with a pillion?
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Jayy · Mr. Ponzi Joined: 08 Jun 2009 Karma :

The van driver wasn't that guy you sold that dodgy bike to out for revenge was it? Laughing

Hahadumball · World Chat Champion Joined: 07 Oct 2015 Karma :

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UnspeedySam · World Chat Champion Joined: 25 Nov 2009 Karma :

To be fair. I've done bikesafe and usually ride extremely carefully/defensively with loads of space in front of me etc. But I came off a roundabout today and for the first time in bloody ages nearly rear ended a car (locked the front but Sam-ABS™ saved the day) that slammed its brakes on to turn left about 20 yards from the roundabout without indicating. Wouldn't have been a problem if I'd left more space.

There is a point here I promise. Oh yeah...it's that mistakes happen. Even if you're a careful/boring person like me.
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Val · World Chat Champion Joined: 03 Nov 2012 Karma :

GWS

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Rogerborg · nimbA Joined: 26 Oct 2010 Karma :

Ichy died, no 't'.

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G · The Voice of Reason Joined: 02 Feb 2002 Karma :

Also forgot the "didn't stomp really hard on the rear brake"; and of course it seemed to not only be the car that had 'far better' brakes, but the massive transit van too!

Rogerborg · nimbA Joined: 26 Oct 2010 Karma :

To be fair, his girlfriend might have been hitting the pies lately.
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Hahadumball · World Chat Champion Joined: 07 Oct 2015 Karma :

i headbutted my screen as she was paying no attention and ended up on my back with me laying on the tank when id jammed the brakes on.

i agree i should have sat back further instead of going by the fact everyone was accelerating to 50 + like they normally do.

damn people deviating from lifes rules!
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Fin: no matter how much I look at It I can't understand what was going through my head, all I remember is going about 80 and redlining it to stop it seizing.
360 Deg... Five 1/4 turns. :- Teflon-Mike 18 Jan 2015