YC's down.

[yorkie_chris]

S bend today, into it fine, barely cracked the throttle open on the exit in 2nd at maybe 20mph but the back end came round and dumped us both on the deck. MissY_C appears to have mostly landed on me.

No injuries to either of us, except for me having a slighty bruised foot, and Maria having a fuzzed seam on her leathers.

Having looked at the road there was a tiny patch of diesel, but I can't see why this should have had us off so I can only surmise it was me trusting cold tyres a little too much.

Oh well.

The bike, after parting company with us, bounced wheels first into the verge and ended up at right angles to the road on the normal side.
Anyway, the damage to the bike was both brake levers, a slightly bent and "worn in" R+G, swingarm slider and barend. Complete with about 2lbs of vegetation and soil. If anybody would like some for a small potted plant then please send a PM.

Melody is a star, brought us a spare lever over, and we've been out on the bike again this evening due to being stubborn f###ers. Both a bit wary of right hand corners now but that'll pass.

Ironically, we had just dropped a deposit off for Maria's CBT next Friday, she does not appear to have been put off :-D


Chris

[Tiger 55]

Blimey, normally I'd say something like "try to get back on the bike as soon as you can" but I see you're way ahead of me!

Glad to hear you're both OK though mate. Hope you can find a decent mechanic to put the broken bits right...

[yorkie_chris]

Hope you can find a decent mechanic to put the broken bits right...

:rolleyes:

[dizzyblonde]

Blimey, normally I'd say something like "try to get back on the bike as soon as you can" but I see you're way ahead of me!

Glad to hear you're both OK though mate. Hope you can find a decent mechanic to put the broken bits right...
Yeah hes already been up and put the kettle on at my house.......nowt puts him off a cuppa does it;)
Think Maria was very calm too. She just said 'aaaw my leathers have got a grey patch on em now!'

[hovis]

. MissY_C appears to have mostly landed on me.




Chris

sounds nice;)


glad your both ok

[Paul the 6th]

hats off mate! glad to hear you're ok! hope the bike is fixed asap! especially glad to hear it hasn't put the missus off :)

[dizzyblonde]

Yeah hes already been up and put the kettle on at my house.......nowt puts him off a cuppa does it;)
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In fact......he put the kettle on....hes definetly suffering from delayed shock:p

[ethariel]

Yikes, glad you both walked away from it!

[ThEGr33k]

Happy to hear you ok. I guess all that dirt made the bike look cleaner :p

:D

[Frank]

lucky mate.Want to buy a bandit

[yorkie_chris]

Bikes all fixed. New front lever (I've cut a notch in this one so it'll break off halfway if it ever gets knocked over while unattended...) And a bolt through the rear brake lever to replace the broken off bolt which was through it before... :-P Oh yeah I hit the R+G with a hammer and tightened the bolt up a bit too.

I think most of the mud fell off the rear caliper on the way up to dizzy's and back so you've missed out there!

Currently got some cans in and I'm busy getting sozzled nursing a sore foot.

We also had chocolate fudge cake...

[northwind]

Doubly glad mate- that you're neither of you hurt, and that maria's not put off, that'd have been a real shame.

[Tim in Belgium]

Glad to hear there's no lasting/major damage to bike or people, I guess the mud will be there for another half decade or so ;)

[Foxy]

Glad you are both safe and good luck Maria for your CBT and not being put off by your experience ...

[ThEGr33k]

Glad to hear there's no lasting/major damage to bike or people, I guess the mud will be there for another half decade or so ;)

He he he. What it really was was the bike feeling FAR too clean due to the rain... had to get dirty again :p

[tanis34]

glad you are both ok :D i must admit coming off is my biggest worry when i've got the missus on the back glad the bikes fixed quick take care
paul

[dirtydog]

Doh! Glad you're both ok and the only broken bits were on the bike

[Warthog]

Oh unlucky mate, sometimes things like this happen. I thought I'd have an unblemished biking career but that soon turned out to be impossible, you just get used to little mishaps happening. Glad you are very upbeat still, it's always a good excuse to get a few cans in! Nice to see Melody being able to help others now too!

[sv-robo]

Like peeps have said,good to hear that you & miss yc got away without injury.

Bikes can be fixed quickly(as i'm sure you know)...the human body can take a lot longer.

[Stu]

Bikes all fixed. New front lever (I've cut a notch in this one so it'll break off halfway if it ever gets knocked over while unattended...) And a bolt through the rear brake lever to replace the broken off bolt which was through it before... :-P Oh yeah I hit the R+G with a hammer and tightened the bolt up a bit too.
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:shock: I thought the sacrificial notch was supposed to be quite near the end. I wouldn't like to be grabbing a handful for the lever to break in half!

& yes I like your money saving, but surely the bolt has done it's job :confused: yes it will now hold the bung on, but will it work as well the next time you really need it? :???:



Glad all all 3 of you relatively unscathed etc. :D

[Wideboy]

oh no mate, glad you both are in one piece

[sv_rider1990]

i'l take an order on some soil for potted plants lol!

[yorkie_chris]

:shock: I thought the sacrificial notch was supposed to be quite near the end. I wouldn't like to be grabbing a handful for the lever to break in half!
only ever use 2 fingers anyway, that is more than the tyre can cope with anyway and the notch is past that point, about where my ring finger sits on it, so it's not a danger.

& yes I like your money saving, but surely the bolt has done it's job :confused: yes it will now hold the bung on, but will it work as well the next time you really need it? :???:
will be getting some motosliders soon so it's a very temporary measure to hold the thing in place.

Glad all all 3 of you relatively unscathed etc. :D

Cheers

[El Saxo]

Bugger, just seen this, glad you're both ok.

[DoubleD]

glad your both ok, sounds like you have the bike fixed already as well.

[ArtyLady]

Only just read this - thank god you both came away unscathed - glad you were able to "get back on the horse" so to speak - straight away! :cool:

(which reminds me I havent been back on a horse since I fell off in February! :rolleyes: )

[Devil Biccy]

Glad your both okay and the bike too

[missyburd]

Ta for the well wishes guys, I'm just thankful we both alright with no real damage to the bike, phew! Shook me up a bit but glad I was able to get back on once it was fixed :)

Was a bit of a reality check in hindsight, just to say 'are you sure you want to carry on with the CBT?' lol, well had already paid my deposit by that point so there's no going back now :lol:

[dizzyblonde]

Was a bit of a reality check in hindsight, just to say 'are you sure you want to carry on with the CBT?' lol, well had already paid my deposit by that point so there's no going back now :lol:

Typical Yorkshire Tightar$$e attitude....'I damn well paid for my CBT, so I'll damn well do it':cool:......also it seems Yorkshire burds are made out of Yorkie stone when it comes to hard knocks;).....good lass

[Blue_SV650S]

Its good you are ok and upbeat about the whole ting 8)

p.s. tell Maria that scuffed leathers are cool!! 8)

She can join my scuffed leathers club!! 8)

[Ey Uup]

Reet glad you and t'missus are OK.

Loving your high tech approach to fixing R&Gs :p

Cheers

Ey

[21QUEST]

Chris, Maria, glad to hear you both are fine :).

Oh, sorry Chris but when I read the bit about MYC landing on you, I kinda thought "thank feck for that....." for a sec :eek: :mrgreen:



Ben

[rictus01]

Glad you're ok mate, on the bike front it's character and as for Maria I’m sure you’ve already made her feel better;)

Cheers Mark.

[yorkie_chris]

Yeah the mud can stay stuck to the torque arm untill the caliper next needs rebuilding :-P

Gutted though, the greenery has scuffed some of the grease off the swingarm... That's at risk of corroding now unless it hurries up and gets filthy again. hmph.

[BanannaMan]

Tis good news to hear both of you will be OK and you have the bike back in riding shape already!
Props to MYC for not being put off by this...(most gals would be).