Captain Nemo
22-01-08, 11:16 AM
Ah well , just managed to recover enough from my embarrasesment enough to post.
I binned My rex on sunday on the A19 nr Selby,
roundabout at the end of selby bypass with 2 other bikes,, i thought my mate in front had taken an odd line accross the roundabout, thn realised why, hed seen the diesel spill, i couldnt see it till i was on it, only doing bout 30 , i kept it straight on the antiskid but soon as i got on the rbout it went our from under, so not so gracefull pirouette down the road, in a shower of sparks and plastics,
luckily myself and the bike hit the road separately, hole in my trousers and bruising to my leg suggest the bike hit me on the way down but i dont remember,
i didnt skid far luckily ., i let go of the bike and that didnt flip which was good, that means only damage to one side,
i ground down the crankcase cover, lost the mirror , bar end, the usual scrapes to the pegs, cators levers and shifters ok, bent the givi rack though for the top box, which probably stopped the bike going over .
so ive gone through my nex ixs trews, holed them and bust the seem in a 8in long split, tore te toe slider off by new boots, holed the elbow on my jacket, the armour moved ( i lost 6 st but kept the same jacket) and i banged my elbow bad , but its ok just bruising......chicks dig it lol
hit my head but only very slightly, tiny scratch on my arai, its not getting binned,
so now ive £250 of parts on order from kawa and some man garage fun planned for the weekend.
when i tried to get up i couldnt stand, thought my legs wernt working, but realised there was that much diesel it was so slippy,
the nice police saw it on cam and sent 3 cars (no ambulance mind) the traffic cop who came was great , the local guy was a *****.
i heard on there radio that thered been reports of skidding all morning, i asked the copper how come it took a biker to bin it before they thought to do anything.
it was nice to know that the traffic cop saw fit to breathalise me before he put the accident signs out and covered the spill with his car..................
so all in all pretty lucky really, nothing permananent or major, well apart from financially.
it was bad though cos it was ians first ride since he had his big crash in september, wed just been to pick up an auto aprilia loan bike for him ..( thats another youtube related story http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=JT_IdconW1I) and he was leading , i hoped he not seen me spill , but he saw it all in his mirrors, he was ok which was good.
ah well
F***** diesel spiliing b*****s
I binned My rex on sunday on the A19 nr Selby,
roundabout at the end of selby bypass with 2 other bikes,, i thought my mate in front had taken an odd line accross the roundabout, thn realised why, hed seen the diesel spill, i couldnt see it till i was on it, only doing bout 30 , i kept it straight on the antiskid but soon as i got on the rbout it went our from under, so not so gracefull pirouette down the road, in a shower of sparks and plastics,
luckily myself and the bike hit the road separately, hole in my trousers and bruising to my leg suggest the bike hit me on the way down but i dont remember,
i didnt skid far luckily ., i let go of the bike and that didnt flip which was good, that means only damage to one side,
i ground down the crankcase cover, lost the mirror , bar end, the usual scrapes to the pegs, cators levers and shifters ok, bent the givi rack though for the top box, which probably stopped the bike going over .
so ive gone through my nex ixs trews, holed them and bust the seem in a 8in long split, tore te toe slider off by new boots, holed the elbow on my jacket, the armour moved ( i lost 6 st but kept the same jacket) and i banged my elbow bad , but its ok just bruising......chicks dig it lol
hit my head but only very slightly, tiny scratch on my arai, its not getting binned,
so now ive £250 of parts on order from kawa and some man garage fun planned for the weekend.
when i tried to get up i couldnt stand, thought my legs wernt working, but realised there was that much diesel it was so slippy,
the nice police saw it on cam and sent 3 cars (no ambulance mind) the traffic cop who came was great , the local guy was a *****.
i heard on there radio that thered been reports of skidding all morning, i asked the copper how come it took a biker to bin it before they thought to do anything.
it was nice to know that the traffic cop saw fit to breathalise me before he put the accident signs out and covered the spill with his car..................
so all in all pretty lucky really, nothing permananent or major, well apart from financially.
it was bad though cos it was ians first ride since he had his big crash in september, wed just been to pick up an auto aprilia loan bike for him ..( thats another youtube related story http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=JT_IdconW1I) and he was leading , i hoped he not seen me spill , but he saw it all in his mirrors, he was ok which was good.
ah well
F***** diesel spiliing b*****s