Just seen a guy come off his bike..

[Welsh_Wizard]

Under the bridge in the 'diff by Sainsbury's central :cry:

Hope he is ok - looked like a GS500 or 600.. had twin headlamps - naked (God I hope it wasn't a Trumpet - might have been an older version Bandit perhaps ??)

Looks like he tried to take a long sweeping left hander abit too quick, hit the front anchor and binned it from there. Poor bloke did a right proper bouncing ball impression down the street.

Worse thing was, about 2000 people in the area at the time (busiest area of Cardiff arguably) all stopped and either said '****ing 'ell, hope he's ok' or 'God..bikes are SO dangerous !!'

..not good.

[Mogs]

Fingers crossed.

[gettin2dizzy]

:(

[Welsh_Wizard]

He was up and walking so I don't think lasting damage. Doesn't look like the bike is rideable tho' as I can see him from my office window under the bridge in question on the phone (presumably to the recovery guys - or the show room he's test riding it from ;)

[Daimo]

Bikes are as dangerous as the people that ride them, or drive into them.........

[Warthog]

Oh poor guy. Know what he is going through right now.

[G]

Bummer must be the worst place ever to do it infront of 2000+ people.

At least he was up and walking about......gently on the front brakes in corners in winter ...DOH:flower:

[Draper]

hey wiz where you work then? is that the sainburys in town on that left hand sweet of the newport road (then it goes uphill slightly to those big sets of traffic lights)

good job he got up ok, bike can be replaced

[Welsh_Wizard]

Nah, i works in the city centre mate - i meant the sainsbury's at the end of queen street. I think you are on about the Sainsburys on Colchester avenue - by the petrol station we were going to meet at ??

[ThEGr33k]

......gently on the front brakes in corners in winter ...DOH:flower: I would tend to argue DON'T use front brake at all if it can be helped in winter, and never, never in corners!!! If its slightly damp and there is Diesel down you will join it on the floor! Besides there are no badges for driving that fast at this time of year. Just silly... Ride slow and make sure you get there! :rolleyes:

[Nostrils]

Nah, i works in the city centre mate - i meant the sainsbury's at the end of queen street. I think you are on about the Sainsburys on Colchester avenue - by the petrol station we were going to meet at ??

Brunel House??

[Welsh_Wizard]

Brunel House??

aye, that'll be the prison..sorry, workplace.

[Ed]

I would tend to argue DON'T use front brake at all if it can be helped in winter, and never, never in corners!!!

A brakes thread again...

I don't agree with either statement. I always use the front brake, often alone. I used never to use the brakes in corners as that's how I came off, but I've discovered that you can use them - the front one included - with care - although I prefer not to.

[ThEGr33k]

A brakes thread again...

I don't agree with either statement. I always use the front brake, often alone. I used never to use the brakes in corners as that's how I came off, but I've discovered that you can use them - the front one included - with care - although I prefer not to.


Im well aware you can Ed, and i do, when the weather is nice and you can tell there isnt much chance of the wheel locking up. But in winter with wet cold salty roads, with maybe a splash of desiel or a sheet of ice its a bad idea risking it. Thats what i was meaning.

Its happened to me in the bad weather, and that was going in a streight line :pale:. So i try to limit the chances of it happening again, as you do.

Id still recomend not using the front in corners as it tends to stand the bike up and make leaning in harder work than it need be. Infact i think it was in a mag, Ride i think, said that you get smother faster corners if you brake then turn in... Everyone to their own though :cool:

[drefraser]

I suppose the only consolation is that he didn't fall off his bike today. It would have been a toss up whether he'd have drowned or frozen before he stopped rolling.
God, I love the winter.

[ThEGr33k]

Indeed it is a little chilly out side!

[Ace-T]

Poor chap...

Anybody ride today? I did, and more to the point to my eternal surprise I didn't drop it :D. The bike and me have only done just over 100 miles so the tyres are still not scrubbed in at all and the roads were greasy as hell. One corner felt as if I was doing a 20mph 2 wheel drift :shaking:. Rode like Miss blooming Daisy but it was still fun to get out on it :smt045

Destination was Powersports up a chesterfield where the lovely hubby bought my Christamas pressie - one of these:

http://www.frank-thomas.co.uk/images/products/279x274-FTL240_Ra.jpg

Mine is black where the red stripes are on this one though. It is waaay :smt077

Keep them sunny side up folks!

Trace :)

[arenalife]

Knowing that corner, it was probably a **** in a cage who couldn't be bothered to queue up to go down the road by the railway station and went round the outside, happens to me all the time.

[Draper]

aye wiz yeah, i think thats the one i'm on about. Where theres always loads of people crossing the roads and the bus shelters on the far left?