Lowsliding in the wet...

[flibble]

Poo end to a good day as I managed to low slide my bike less than a mile from home. Road was wet, went round the roundabout and as i came off it I felt the rear wheel slip. Anyway, bike slid to the other side of the road and me following it. Must have only been going 15mph, but thankfully no cars coming the other way and thanks to protective leather.

There was a really sweet nurse in the next car that came along who insisted the ambulance be called. All ok, just a bruised knee and damage to the bike. Defo an insurance jobby.

Oh and police were round and I was then breathalised, formality apparently.

Ride safe everyone it's wet out there!

[Drew Carey]

Sorry to hear bout this.....at least it was a slow one so you weren't badly hurt.

[tonyk]

oh bugger.......glad your okay....
bikes can always/sometimes be fixed.....
but main thing is your ok....:cheers:
now ride slower in the wet...

my eventfull ride home was locking the rear and a bloody great big rain cloud following and peeing on me ALL the way home..:smt088

[the_lone_wolf]

Oh and police were round and I was then breathalised, formality apparently.
it's routine procedure to breathlise anyone involved in an accident, so no suprise they turned up to see you

other than that, sucks to drop your bike but at least you're ok, the bike can be fixed:)

[Lissa]

Sorry to hear that, Flibble:(

Glad you're ok though, and it was nice to meet you and Dan today:D

[shonadoll]

Sorry to hear that, glad you weren't badly hurt.

[KnightRider]

Thats pants. Glad your okay, Shame about the bike. I was just thinking how much I liked the paint job :-(

[DanAbnormal]

Noooooo. Glad to hear you're okay though. Bloody rain!

Hope bike isn't too badly damaged. :(

[falc]

Ah crap, glad you're ok, roundabouts are rubbish on a rainy day, all the fuel and crap tends to end up around them.

Glad your ok though and hope the bike will be ok also.

[flibble]

Yes, learnt the hard way :(

[StreetHawk]

That sucks! The new CBR aswell.. Will be back to new in no time :-)

[philbut]

Oh pants, sorry about that Flibble. You are OK though whch is the main thing. shame about the bike, but you're fully comp so they will sort it - Just hope you are back on the road without too much delay.

[Warthog]

Oh no Mari that sucks! Just as I was appreciating what a lovely combo you and that bike made. Hope you get it and you fixed asap :(

[Stig]

I really like riding in the wet and would go as far as to say I'm quite quick compared to some. But I had the back end try to overtake the front the a couple of days ago pulling out of a junction. Can happen to anyone. Gutted for you Mari.

[Shellywoozle]

Awww what a bummer .... glad you're OK and thank god for insurance.

Think of it this way, by the time insurance has paid ut the rain will have gone and Summer may have arrived.

[fat_brstd]

This is really unfortunate. Such a rubbish end to an what i hope was an otherwise good day. Hope its all fixed quick and you back on in no time.

[Dave The Rave]

Happens to all of us. glad you are OK.

[flibble]

Thanks guys, will be calling insurance today.

I do think some diesel may have been involved as the roundabout is short route off M25 the lorries take back to depo near us. But either way I should have remembered to take care.

But in light of recent events, including another fatal accident that has been posted recently on mcn Ninjas too, Dan and I are going to be reviewing our road riding options. <sniff>

Atleast I was fortunate to be able to make another choice/learn from my mistake.
Take care everyone :)

[Sosha]

S*d that's rubbish... poor CBR...good to hear you're Ok.

[petevtwin650]

But in light of recent events, including another fatal accident that has been posted recently on mcn Ninjas too, Dan and I are going to be reviewing our road riding options. <sniff>



It all depends what riding means to you. It is dangerous, and even with the utmost care we cannot absolutely be sure that the next ride won't be our last, all I can do is ride defensively and be aware of everything. Your riding was fine, what little I got to see, and this off was just one of those things.

[flibble]

It all depends what riding means to you. It is dangerous, and even with the utmost care we cannot absolutely be sure that the next ride won't be our last, all I can do is ride defensively and be aware of everything. Your riding was fine, what little I got to see, and this off was just one of those things.

Thanks, riding is a choice we all make knowing the dangers and riding means a lot and I can't say enough how much I love it.

But for us, I think the consideration is to take it off the road (unknown dangers). Perhaps more track days or get an offroad bike even. And I guess, the fact that Dan is willing to do the same, it's something I will think hard and long about over next few weeks.

[ukrobuk]

I hate soggy roundabouts, glad your ok.

[Stig]

Thanks, riding is a choice we all make knowing the dangers and riding means a lot and I can't say enough how much I love it.

But for us, I think the consideration is to take it off the road (unknown dangers). Perhaps more track days or get an offroad bike even. And I guess, the fact that Dan is willing to do the same, it's something I will think hard and long about over next few weeks.

Do they do green lanes all the way to the Shire :confused:

[philbut]

Do they do green lanes all the way to the Shire :confused:

:smt082 nice one si. With the amount of crud on the roads these days, they might as well be green lanes!

[Sosha]

Hope knee's doing OK - how's the bike? :confused:

[flibble]

Hope knee's doing OK - how's the bike? :confused:

Knees doing ok thx, another bruise just started coming up yesterday.. lol
And bike got collect this arvo so hopefully know next week