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lily
25-06-08, 04:05 PM
Just had a call from Drew to say he has come off his bike..... let him fill you in with the details after. He says he is alright and he is going to take 5 minutes before he rides it home!

When i get home however i'm going to kill him!!!! :rolleyes:

hovis
25-06-08, 04:07 PM
oh no............

glad hes ok though.

SoulKiss
25-06-08, 04:09 PM
When i get home however i'm going to kill him!!!! :rolleyes:

Make sure he gets to post before he gets deaded.

Fact of life tho is that it does happen - hes phoned you and sounds ok - just be happy about that.

Camel
25-06-08, 04:14 PM
Bad luck Drew.....we need details!!!

(Glad he's ok!)

plowsie
25-06-08, 04:15 PM
Oh sugar, hope he is ok!

xXBADGERXx
25-06-08, 04:16 PM
Drew Down NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! hope you are ok Dude :(

Lissa
25-06-08, 04:19 PM
Oh dear. Glad it seems as if he's not badly hurt and the bike is rideable.

Don't hit him too hard, Lily!

muffles
25-06-08, 04:24 PM
What happened! :o

Alpinestarhero
25-06-08, 04:26 PM
We need details, whats the situation down in Drewland?!

Warthog
25-06-08, 04:36 PM
As others said, he sounds ok and if the bike is rideable then its hopefully nothing serious! Fingers crossed.

DMC
25-06-08, 04:50 PM
Hope your ok Drew :(

tanis34
25-06-08, 04:53 PM
hope all is well but it sounds like hes out of the frying pan and into th fire

SoulKiss
25-06-08, 04:54 PM
Have to say the worst part of my off when I wrote off the SV was phoning home......

tanis34
25-06-08, 04:57 PM
yes its not the nicest of calls to have to make

Tara
25-06-08, 05:14 PM
hope your OK Drew

Lily are you OK hun?

Girth
25-06-08, 05:33 PM
Hope your ok Drew dude, but come on more info!!!

Sean_C
25-06-08, 05:52 PM
Hope you're okay matey.

Drew Carey
25-06-08, 07:16 PM
Right, info for you all......

As far as crashes go I feel embarrased to say it is the most useless one known to man.

Behind a lorry, all of a sudden he slams his brakes on and skids the lorry as another was coming the other way and they were about to scrape.

I didn't have time to stop, slammed on anchors skidded into the back of lorry at 5mph, bounced back off lorry and the bike dropped on the floor. I jumped off as the bike went so I am fine.....

The bike has a scrape on the R&G's and a scuff on clutch, gear selector, side stand and rear axel nut on left side. The point where I hit the lorry is the worst.......It has cracked my front fender and the brackets that hold the lights into the front fairing broke.

I got to my folks and me and my old man have taken all the front off. Used araldite and fixed the bracket etc so the light is again holding firm. Also had the front fender off and araldited the crack and used car body filler to cover the evidence. Now ordering some paint and will be spraying it next week when off work before the AR. So once that is done all that will look damaged is the R&G.....but heh ho.

Lily has hit me many times and deservedly so...I also feel so annoyed with my self that I wasn't further back. But lesson learned....So...........

By all means now take the mick out of me and call me a donkey cause I was. :D

Lissa
25-06-08, 07:20 PM
Drew.................you're an ass!:D

And thoroughly deserve the belting you got from Lily:p

But you're ok, the bike is only cosmetic............and I'm damned sure nearly everyone gets a little too close to the vehicle in front occasionally. Just don't do it again;)

Girth
25-06-08, 07:21 PM
Hey no need to feel like a donkey, at least you are still here/ok to type about it. Plus it could of been alot worse if it was wet, it happens to us all.


So did the R+G's do their job then?

xXBADGERXx
25-06-08, 07:22 PM
At least you are ok Dude and the bike isn`t a disaster :D

hovis
25-06-08, 07:38 PM
could be worse, sounds like you got away with it lightly

lily, hit him harder


(donkey)

Frank
25-06-08, 07:48 PM
what a clown!!!! Tried to call you mate but no answer.Give us a call when you can.
oh and take care

Rhiwbina_Squirrel
25-06-08, 07:57 PM
Ah well, could've been a billion times worse. Hope Lily doesn't do too much damage:lol:!

Alex

dizzyblonde
25-06-08, 08:00 PM
Phew...silly person, glad your ok, keep your distance from the back of lorries in future

Lily:smt079here borrow my whip, cause i can't get him from here!

Ah well, seems you got off lightly see ya next week:thumbsup:

Ed
25-06-08, 08:15 PM
I don't think you deserve a slap, as you're a donkey it'd be cruelty to animals:D

No sex for a week though

kitkat
25-06-08, 08:30 PM
drew you are a donkey

lily
25-06-08, 08:44 PM
hope your OK Drew

Lily are you OK hun?

Thanks Tara, I'm ok... just could of done without this, as i said to drew not the best 24 hours of my life


lily, hit him harder


Plan to do much worse things while he is sleeping! :smt079

No sex for a week though

I like that suggestion and may be using it! :p

phil24_7
25-06-08, 08:50 PM
RIGHT, WILL PEOPLE STOP FALLING OFF........ Please!

That is all.

Oh yeah, glad your oh Drew.

El Saxo
25-06-08, 08:54 PM
Glad to hear you're ok Drew, or at least you are before Lily's finished with you! :lol:

Pedrosa
25-06-08, 09:11 PM
Drew..your hung like a donkey. What could possibly be wrong with the world?:p

Drew Carey
25-06-08, 09:37 PM
I feel like a real tit. Sat here thinking bout it all. Grrrrr. Just purchased the paint kit from paints4u.com......the one with Aersol Primer, YHJ Aerosol paint, clear lacqher and polishing compound etc.

So on next Tueday me and my old man will be painting and polishing the damaged bits and then also touching up the other bits that not happy with.

Luckypants
25-06-08, 09:43 PM
Glad you ok dude. I like tit's, so your ok.

Wideboy
25-06-08, 09:57 PM
oh you silly billy, could have been worse, glad your ok mate

melody
26-06-08, 03:31 AM
Glad you're okay Drew.

mrsgid
26-06-08, 06:20 AM
glad to hear you are ok. hope you are both ok see you on thursday the 3 july ciao. Got to go and get the kids up for school

stewie
26-06-08, 06:29 AM
Glad to hear you,r e ok mate, backs of trucks, not very forgiving are they ;) take care.

Alpinestarhero
26-06-08, 07:19 AM
Drew, you silly begger :p

although to be fair, i was wi[ing my visor once riding in traffic, and the car ahead stopped.....and I didnt

wooomp

straight into the back, hello reshaped speedfight front mudgaurd

Glad your ok

Matt

Drew Carey
26-06-08, 07:43 AM
QUick question guys.....does the front fender have any structural benefit to the bike? I just wandered as I don't want the crack being there to cause any issues.

the_lone_wolf
26-06-08, 07:45 AM
QUick question guys.....does the front fender have any structural benefit to the bike? I just wandered as I don't want the crack being there to cause any issues.
considering the design and finish of the rest of the bike i can see why you might think suzuki would make a plastic fender a load bearing component but no, it's not;)

edit: and get well soon mate, i slid into the back of a taxi a couple of weeks ago, effectively zero damage but it hurts for a few days:(

muffles
26-06-08, 07:45 AM
QUick question guys.....does the front fender have any structural benefit to the bike? I just wandered as I don't want the crack being there to cause any issues.

I believe it's one of the supporting mounts for the engine.











;)

Drew Carey
26-06-08, 07:47 AM
Cheers guys. Just wanted to check. I wasn't sure if it kept the forks from moving a little. lol. Man I feel even more stupid now. hehe

the_lone_wolf
26-06-08, 07:49 AM
Cheers guys. Just wanted to check. I wasn't sure if it kept the forks from moving a little. lol. Man I feel even more stupid now. hehe
no silly questions, only silly answers, and i usually take care of them:D

Lissa
26-06-08, 07:50 AM
How you feeling today Drew...............apart from stupid?:D

No aches and pains?

lily
26-06-08, 07:52 AM
No aches and pains?

he has a lot of aches and pains but only were i hurt him!!! :p

Lissa
26-06-08, 07:53 AM
he has a lot of aches and pains but only were i hurt him!!! :p

Hee hee. Why does that answer not surprise me:p

lily
26-06-08, 07:54 AM
Hee hee. Why does that answer not surprise me:p

No i was quite good.... only hit him once and then just took the p1ss the rest of the night! lol :p

Drew Carey
26-06-08, 07:55 AM
Nah I am tickedy boo......road to work and the beast seems fine.....the bike is ok too. Ordered paint. undercoat and lacquer etc so will also be a good oportunity to touch up the few other bits that were damaged by the bungees etc on NW3.

Lissa
26-06-08, 07:57 AM
No i was quite good.... only hit him once and then just took the p1ss the rest of the night! lol :p

Only once? :D

The p1ss-taking is good, though;)

Nah I am tickedy boo......road to work and the beast seems fine.....the bike is ok too. Ordered paint. undercoat and lacquer etc so will also be a good oportunity to touch up the few other bits that were damaged by the bungees etc on NW3.

Good to hear. I'll be inspecting your handiwork at the AR then:D

Drew Carey
26-06-08, 08:02 AM
Only once? :D

The p1ss-taking is good, though;)



Good to hear. I'll be inspecting your handiwork at the AR then:D

Not my handywork......my stepfathers. I wouldn't trust my self with poster paint and a sponge let alone vehicle body work.

mrsgid
26-06-08, 08:02 AM
you not calling lily a beast or are you calling yourself a beast

muffles
26-06-08, 08:02 AM
silly answers

:takeabow:

jumjum_0214
26-06-08, 08:13 AM
Drew, bloody hell not again mate!!!

Glad your ok.

Will see you soon............................. donkey

(Puts on donkey voice) eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeoooooooooooooooorrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr:-)

yorkie_chris
26-06-08, 08:30 AM
I feel like a real tit. Sat here thinking bout it all. Grrrrr. Just purchased the paint kit from paints4u.com......the one with Aersol Primer, YHJ Aerosol paint, clear lacqher and polishing compound etc.

So on next Tueday me and my old man will be painting and polishing the damaged bits and then also touching up the other bits that not happy with.

Er what? Nah there's 3 sorts of paint, engine lacquer, PJ1 for spannies, and satin black rattle cans. You poof.

QUick question guys.....does the front fender have any structural benefit to the bike? I just wandered as I don't want the crack being there to cause any issues.

No structural benefit but at least gaffer tape it as the front tyre IS of importance to the handling! Plastic weld it or something as the crack advancing and dropping half a mudguard onto the tyre would be very bad.
Vibration and flexing causes cracks to advance.

Drew Carey
26-06-08, 08:59 AM
Er what? Nah there's 3 sorts of paint, engine lacquer, PJ1 for spannies, and satin black rattle cans. You poof.



No structural benefit but at least gaffer tape it as the front tyre IS of importance to the handling! Plastic weld it or something as the crack advancing and dropping half a mudguard onto the tyre would be very bad.
Vibration and flexing causes cracks to advance.

Chris.....on a serious note have I done wrong by the paint? I've got the primer, silver undercoat, Napolean Candy Blue paint and lacquer.

As for the mudguard. At the point where the crack stops, we have drilled a very small hole through the mudguard, my old man was an engineer once upon a time and said by doing that it will stop the crack from advancing. We have then used car body filler to fill in said hole, the crack etc.

dizzyblonde
26-06-08, 09:08 AM
Chris.....on a serious note have I done wrong by the paint? I've got the primer, silver undercoat, Napolean Candy Blue paint and lacquer.

As for the mudguard. At the point where the crack stops, we have drilled a very small hole through the mudguard, my old man was an engineer once upon a time and said by doing that it will stop the crack from advancing. We have then used car body filler to fill in said hole, the crack etc.

I think hes on the wind up on the paint...as you know unless paint is applied with a stick YC can't understand it:p

Yes you've gone the right way with the combo of paint...but on a serious note...be very patient and choose a warm day, as the paint works better...oh and if its in an aerosol, stand it in a jug of hot water for a few seconds as it thins the paint out and gives you a better finish( well not thin,,just it doesn't go on in in a glob like fashion which YC prefers..lol)

yorkie_chris
26-06-08, 09:27 AM
Spot on drilling the hole aye. no idea about paintwork

Drew Carey
26-06-08, 09:56 AM
Cheers guys. Will keep an eye on it anyhow. If it gets worse then will replace. But happy to just repare at the moment.

Quiff Wichard
26-06-08, 10:00 AM
glad u ok drew- . heart in me mouth wen i read the post-
. see you Ar then with yer stabilisers on !

Sosha
26-06-08, 10:09 AM
yep - daft - almost as daft as looking for street names then noticing the road was turning left....

but not quite.

Good to hear all ok.

Quiff Wichard
26-06-08, 10:14 AM
yep - daft - almost as daft as looking for street names then noticing the road was turning left....

but not quite.

Good to hear all ok.


:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(

yorkie_chris
26-06-08, 10:56 AM
Cheers guys. Will keep an eye on it anyhow. If it gets worse then will replace. But happy to just repare at the moment.

If it starts to get worse then drill a couple of holes and put lots of fibreglass around/ in the crack that tends to hold everything together. It's a pointy so you're not going to hurt the cosmetic appeal! :-P

Kate Moss
26-06-08, 11:47 AM
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jumjum_0214
26-06-08, 02:05 PM
Hey Drew just noticed your new avatar pic :-)

I like......

Drew Carey
26-06-08, 02:09 PM
Well I thought it needed to be done. lol

Ed
26-06-08, 02:15 PM
Enjoy the spare bedroom;)

Drew Carey
26-06-08, 02:36 PM
Nah, she aint really punished me to be fair. She did mention however that when I called her the first thing to go through her head was....."What we gonna do bout the AR"!!!!!!

hovis
26-06-08, 02:53 PM
Hey Drew just noticed your new avatar pic :-)

I like......

and maybe a new sig?

http://youtube.com/watch?v=_FAU0pfXHTY

Drew Carey
26-06-08, 02:55 PM
I will decide on that once I have seen it at home.

phil24_7
26-06-08, 04:14 PM
Good luck matching the original colour, the Candy Grand blue is notoriously hard to colour match!

Frank
26-06-08, 04:23 PM
http://www.reallyfunnypictures.co.uk/miscellaneous/thumbs/18.11.06/stabilisers.jpg (http://www.reallyfunnypictures.co.uk/miscellaneous/pic34.php)

phil24_7
26-06-08, 04:30 PM
PMSL. That's hilarious!