Bloody Ice!

[PsychoHippy]

Well, after over 5 years of commuting 45 miles each way to work I finally managed to put a bike down the road

It was a nice dry morning (although cold), and I was taking it fairly easy on my way to the office at about 06:30. Then on the approach to a roundabout, right in the braking area (and I was braking early too), there was a 100yd long patch of ice on my side of the road. The bike was on the floor before I could even react to it, and proceeded to slide the whole length of the ice onto the roundabout, and stop right in front of the oncoming traffic!
Fortunately, the oncoming 4*4 stopped (no ice on the roundabout) and the driver jumped out to check I was OK and helped me pick the bike up (he was a biker too).

Once the bike was off the road I made a few phone calls (recovery people/MrsHippy/Work), while watching nearly every car coming down the hill to the roundabout sliding all over the place. MrsH drove out to me with a thermos of coffee and somewhere warm to sit . After about an hour of waiting and 17 cars sliding into the kerb, a gritter wagon comes down the hill (ironic or what?), and he too slides on the ice!

Eventually a nice recovery chap arrives in his van with it's pneumatic rear suspension and we stick the bike in the back. He rides as well as recovers and I've pointed him here, so we may get a new member out of it

So, the damage?
Snapped foot-peg, bent gear shifter, chamfered clutch leaver and bar end, bent bars, some scratching to the indicator pod and tank, and a crack in the foot peg hanger.
The worst part of this is that it was MrsHippys bike!
We have taken so photos and I'll get MrsH to put them up here as soon as she can.

The moral of this?
Even the most experienced riders get bitten in the arse every now and then, but any crash you can walk away from unhurt is not a bad crash.

Stay safe in the cold weather guys
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I spend all my money on bikes and beer, the rest I simply waste!

[iCraig]

The exact same thing happened to me not long ago!

The main thing is your alright and hopefully Mrs Hippy ain't too annoyed, just remind her you'll repair the bike .

Heads up,

Craig.

[WildGoose]

gah, unlucky dude

assuming you were on the zz-argh?
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So in other words, he stopped you for being flagrantly in posession of a motorcycle in direct contravention of the Hippies, Darkies and People Whose Face I Don't Like The Look of (Police Powers) Act. 1976

[PsychoHippy]

[NSR125-Kid-UK]

[WildGoose]

doh! read it too quickly, sorry dude
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So in other words, he stopped you for being flagrantly in posession of a motorcycle in direct contravention of the Hippies, Darkies and People Whose Face I Don't Like The Look of (Police Powers) Act. 1976

[ash t]

[PsychoHippy]

[ash t]

You seen the pics of the bike i bent?? How many times have you seen a broken wheel??
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[superchoward]

Ash T you ungrateful *%^£@"$. What if you were killed, would that not have been worse

[Kickstart]

Hi

Glad you are OK.

[ash t]

Woa Woa Woa...Im not being ungrateful at all. Im simply commenting on a comment made by psycho about any crash you walk away from is not a bad crash. That was a really bad crash, and i walked away from it.i do realise that it could have been a hell of alot worse.
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[PsychoHippy]

[Dom_]

[ash t]

[superchoward]

I didnt mean it to sound that aggressive, and you havent caused any offence, but just thought there were lots more ways your crash could of been worse, i crashed my bike recently and front end is knackered. Im gutted as well

[ash t]

unlucky CHow.

and that post did seem a bit aggressive.

Oh well never mind eh.
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[Mrs_Hippy]

Lets just settle this once an for all if you walk away allive and in one peice from anything you consider yourself lucky - full stop.

The first thing I said wen the phone went off at 6.20 was 'are you ok?' even before I heard his voice. The damage to the bike was irrelavant at the time - i didnt ask if the wheel had snapped. I am now sad that my Rosie is all bashed up but I still have a hippy and all in one peice.

As for our continuing bad niggly constant but not deadly serious bad luck I am buying lots of lottery tickets as I figure the good luck must have got stuck in a bottle neck somwhere and will flood out all at once.

Looks like I will have to drive the car after all Curse you four wheeled contraption!
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[Mrs_Hippy]

Anyone else getting pictures in their head of the scar comparasons in Leathal weapon?

[canada1]

Hi. A friend of mine rides here in Vermont, USA all year around on his Yamaha XS1100 almost every day and has yet to crash. He is on his way to Iraq so I think he is not afraid of crashing. Or maybe he is hoping?
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My triple is faster than your triple.

[grantl]

I was taken away in an ambulance a week later i could walk, I consider myself so very lucky.

stuff what happens to the bike

[Reevo8]

It should cost less to fix than the Bennelli at least! Good too here you are ok phsyco!

[PsychoHippy]

[Jrod]

Is it all the Italian companys which take ages to get parts for?

[PsychoHippy]