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davepreston
19-05-09, 09:19 AM
right people this is getting ridiculas A,S,H has just been crunched i was whacked last week and ollie had an arguement with a golf. my question is: is there a org curse? and how long was it since you came a cropper poll answered and quotes wanted
multiple choice poll so when and yes or no
the_lone_wolf
19-05-09, 09:21 AM
not my fault guv
road sign jumped out on me...
last crunch for me was 29th Jan. SMIDSY but I managed to avoid him, but still decked the bike :rolleyes:
dizzyblonde
19-05-09, 09:22 AM
Its not a curse.
Be careful out there.
missyburd
19-05-09, 09:24 AM
That's not all of them! TLW, Haggis, Venom had a little knock and I;m sure there's a few more...
Is it the wet weather or are cage drivers just wearing blinkers as a growing fashion trend :-(
Ride safe everyone.
Luckypants
19-05-09, 09:30 AM
and how long was it since you came a cropper poll answered and quotes wanted
Where's the poll then? :p
My last off was May 2007. Looked at cliff instead of road, rode bike into cliff. Bike written off, me slightly battered. See here http://forums.sv650.org/showthread.php?p=1197299
Before that I managed 10 years without a crash.
EDIT: Poll put up while I was typing!
SoulKiss
19-05-09, 09:31 AM
Is it the wet weather or are cage drivers just wearing blinkers as a growing fashion trend :-(
Thats one explaination.
The other may be that with the Government wearing blinkers so that they only see speeding as the cause of accidents, and they now have that covered by cameras, they can downsize the Traffic Divisions of the various Police forces.
I discovered the other week that South London has only 8 Traffic officers.
So, cage drivers do stupid things, get away with it, so go on to do other stupid things, so we then end up with the situation we are now in.
dizzyblonde
19-05-09, 09:34 AM
I've never been knocked off in five years. NOW I'm cursed. I've dropped them countless times, and caused my own little personal crash, but thats it.
SK speaks the truth. I've always observed a lot of crummy driving, but its getting worse. Especially arrogant rich ****s in big expensive cars with personalised plates. Grrrr.
It does make me mad that the govt don't appear to be addressing this issue - or that they haven't even realised that it is an issue.
You gonna run for office SK? :p
Thats one explaination.
The other may be that with the Government wearing blinkers so that they only see speeding as the cause of accidents, and they now have that covered by cameras, they can downsize the Traffic Divisions of the various Police forces.
I discovered the other week that South London has only 8 Traffic officers.
So, cage drivers do stupid things, get away with it, so go on to do other stupid things, so we then end up with the situation we are now in.
rictus01
19-05-09, 09:39 AM
I've never been knocked off in five years. NOW I'm cursed. I've dropped them countless times, and caused my own little personal crash, but thats it.
I managed 17, followed by the worst I'd ever had even when racing.........:(
hope you got some wood around Lou.
Cheers Mark.
dizzyblonde
19-05-09, 09:42 AM
hope you got some wood around Lou.
Cheers Mark.
yeah, carry a lump of it on top of my shoulders!:lol:
The Org is huge.
We have in excess of a couple of hundred active members, and a lot of them do big mileages, all year round.
Take the Soho Massive. If you assume we've got 50 "regular faces" the vast majority of them run all year round, filtering, through London.
If they were to have one contact every other year that'd still be an average of one a fortnight. (Though frankly, some of us have been trying to make up other people's shares).
You can't have a community with a couple of thousand registered users and then be surprised that people you see post are involved in accidents.
Some people are serial repeat offenders though...
Jambo
SoulKiss
19-05-09, 09:43 AM
SK speaks the truth. I've always observed a lot of crummy driving, but its getting worse. Especially arrogant rich ****s in big expensive cars with personalised plates. Grrrr.
It does make me mad that the govt don't appear to be addressing this issue - or that they haven't even realised that it is an issue.
You gonna run for office SK? :p
The main thing I am commonly seeing is people "sneaking" through the lights at the last minute more and more.
Its gotten to the point that most of the time I can anticipate the lights changing to my favour at a crossroads not by cars slowing, but by them accelerating to make it through at the last minute.
Or this morning, when at the end of Chancery Lane turning right onto High Holborn, 2 long-wheelbase vans ended up blocking traffic in both directions when the lights changed because of pure selfishness.
Damn those wet leaves down South...
Jan 2006, by Blackbush market, Bennets fracture in the Thumb, not descovered it was broken till March!
The main thing I am commonly seeing is people "sneaking" through the lights at the last minute more and more.
The point being is that standards of driving and consideration to other road users are falling. I see it on motorways (cos thats my commute) and you see it in towns (cos thats your commute). It's a downward spiral, as people treat as they find.
dizzyblonde
19-05-09, 10:13 AM
Im Indoors had to go to Zorstec over in Shipley yesterday. Lets just say peoples standards of driving over there are so bad, he thought he wouldn't make it back alive!
missyburd
19-05-09, 10:14 AM
Im Indoors had to go to Zorstec over in Shipley yesterday. Lets just say peoples standards of driving over there are so bad, he thought he wouldn't make it back alive!
Shipley is a nightmare, they've got some nasty junctions there :neutral:
dizzyblonde
19-05-09, 10:17 AM
Its not Shipley itself, its what you have to drive through to get to it! BRADFORD :-(
The Org is huge.
We have in excess of a couple of hundred active members, and a lot of them do big mileages, all year round.
Take the Soho Massive. If you assume we've got 50 "regular faces" the vast majority of them run all year round, filtering, through London.
If they were to have one contact every other year that'd still be an average of one a fortnight. (Though frankly, some of us have been trying to make up other people's shares).
You can't have a community with a couple of thousand registered users and then be surprised that people you see post are involved in accidents.
Some people are serial repeat offenders though...
Jambo
True. Motorcycles aren't the safest mode of transport, they fall over by themselves :rolleyes:
I've done 4000 miles in the past 3 months and had a small off. Previously I dropped the bike every year when I did my annual 4000 miles. Must stop looking at the odo every 4000 miles then throwing my bike onto the tarmac. :rolleyes:
Couriers who do loads of miles in traffic are expected to crash every few weeks.
March it was for me. My own fault for poor obs and not seeing the cacky road surface.
I think it's made me a better rider though.
Speedy Claire
19-05-09, 10:47 AM
The Org is huge.
We have in excess of a couple of hundred active members, and a lot of them do big mileages, all year round.
You can't have a community with a couple of thousand registered users and then be surprised that people you see post are involved in accidents
Exactly what I was going to say..... It`s daft to imply there`s a curse, just look at how many of us there are and statistics will say that somebody will have an off at some point through the year. I think the recent run of bad luck just coincides with the weather improving and us getting out on the bikes more.
davepreston
19-05-09, 11:27 AM
mmmmm idle BANTER mmmmmmm
mmmmm idle BANTER mmmmmmm
Come to think of it, there was that old woman selling rabbits feet :rabbit: that we annoyed. Wonder if she cursed us.
Spiderman
19-05-09, 11:36 AM
I got hit by a van that didnt leave a roundabout when it should have done and just carried on around and into me in my lane like i wasn't even there.
I agree driving standards are heading downhill and its sickening. The Govt wanna show TV ads that say its ok to hit kids at less than 30mph...why are they not showing ads that say DONT hit kids, bikes, cars or anything else for that matter instead??? WTF is going on there?
I got rear ended by a woman on a mobile, we were doing about 10mph at the time. I make her stop, (she didnt see any rreason why she should, she was busy having a phone chat and couldn't i just get out of her way) call the cops and when they arrive, they tell her to about her business and proceed to give me a lecture about road safety. Idiots like that dont help driving standards get better either. :smt068
I did tell them that i sincerely hope the next person she colides with is one of their kids and its only when they're visiting in hospital that they might think they should have done something about her in the 1st place.
What does that say to her when the cops just tell her to go? Its acceptable to be on a mobile while driving and hit the back of a moving vehicle and the cops will do nothing about it. SO wrong.
Scooby Drew
19-05-09, 01:55 PM
I am cursed with the notion that I am invincible and ran out of talent while riding like a knob ;)
SoulKiss
19-05-09, 02:03 PM
Look at the reasons people buy certain cars - the NCAP rating.
Basically they are buying based on what they percieve WILL happen WHEN they hit something, not if...............
Bluewolf
19-05-09, 08:45 PM
I am cursed with the notion that I am invincible and ran out of talent while riding like a knob ;)
Ditto! Dammit Drew, get out of my head! :lol:
the_runt69
19-05-09, 10:12 PM
Had an off at the end of december, New Tarmac laid, blipped the throttle and the bike decided it didnt like the the direction I was trying to go. Dont know why it happened but have since found out that when they lay new tarmac the layers coat their soles in diesel as it doesnt stick to tarmac.
gettin2dizzy
19-05-09, 10:18 PM
Had an off at the end of december, New Tarmac laid, blipped the throttle and the bike decided it didnt like the the direction I was trying to go. Dont know why it happened but have since found out that when they lay new tarmac the layers coat their soles in diesel as it doesnt stick to tarmac.
New tarmac is always always greasy. They normally put a sign up to say so :thumbsup:
mmmmm idle BANTER mmmmmmm
well done Dave, you have now found Idle Banter, now please progressed to level 2.:smt048
lukemillar
19-05-09, 10:30 PM
Touch wood (giggity) Still haven't had an off, on the road. :smt051
Paul the 6th
20-05-09, 12:33 AM
Came off a year ago, had a hilariously terrifying tank slapper on Friday & I nearly broke me neck getting out of the shower last night...
Beware the crazy cat lady... Who has no cats
Scooby Drew
20-05-09, 07:39 AM
Ditto! Dammit Drew, get out of my head! :lol:
Tee hee heee heeee :p
Did you get my email - my work email is a bit unreliable...
International addition. T-boned by a car 6 weeks ago, mashed tib/fib, tendons, etc. Plates and screws..... but I was the SMIDSY. Doh!
MCN_LiamM
20-05-09, 02:06 PM
Crashed 2 months after joining the ORG. Damn you!
had a v bad crash a week after joining/meeting the soho lot ;)
Only had 2 offs so not bad :)
BanditPat
20-05-09, 06:23 PM
I voted keith D but I dropped my bike on saturday, and my mate dropped his when he came to meet me at college today.
Never touch wood......I know it going to happen, and I know its going to bloody hurt because I will be doing something silly
Until recently, I used to carry a piece of wood in my pocket for just this purpose - a mcds stirring rod, broken in half so I could have one piece in my leathers and one in my textiles :p
I'm actually quite shocked at the number of people who have come off in the last year when you add them all up :eek: thats most regular users of the forum although there is alot of us lol
garrystr
20-05-09, 07:45 PM
had a big off on a fazer, broke legs :crutches:, wrote bike off, upset the missus, spent 9 months in a wheel chair, that sort of thing, so left the Fazer owners club and just bought an SV, joined this forum now, hoping not to fall off though, it hurts :smt021
Alpinestarhero
20-05-09, 08:09 PM
Not my fault guv
car driver did a u-turn, i couldnt stop!
Paul the 6th
20-05-09, 08:21 PM
had a big off on a fazer, broke legs :crutches:, wrote bike off, upset the missus, spent 9 months in a wheel chair, that sort of thing, so left the Fazer owners club and just bought an SV, joined this forum now, hoping not to fall off though, it hurts :smt021
hiya mate & welcome to the forums :) prolly not the best thread to say "hi" in lol. Have a gander in the regional section to find out who's nearby and when the next rideout/meet is :)
BigFootIsBlurry
20-05-09, 08:29 PM
I'm yet to fall but I did nearly rear end a car today (was busy concenrating on the van trying to run me off the road for daring to filter). It is, however, ****ing it down as we speak and I'm riding home from work in half an hour. I'm touch all of the wood in my office.
yorkie_chris
20-05-09, 09:23 PM
http://home.btconnect.com/rdi/frazer.jpg
Miss Alpinestarhero
21-05-09, 08:01 AM
Its not a curse.
Things like this just happen. It could be the weathers fault, now its nicer an increasingly larger amount of people are coming out on the road and aren't driving as well as they should be. Ive had a fair few amount of near misses this month, including a fool who decided to try and get across the roundabout (on my left hand side) even though I was halfway across.
Ride safely everyone :grouphug:
Paul the 6th
21-05-09, 10:13 AM
weather is horrific on the m1 & m62 today, nearly got rubbed out by a truck and I've just fell off my chair at work
I've just fell off my chair at work
the curse extends to furniture- we are definatley doomed
Alpinestarhero
21-05-09, 06:13 PM
http://home.btconnect.com/rdi/frazer.jpg
Dont panic!!!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/dadsarmy/img/gallery/02/BAP_BBC_5213.jpg
Bluewolf
21-05-09, 09:33 PM
weather is horrific on the m1 & m62 today
Not too brilliant over the Wolds either :shock:
Funnily enough, I've had the SV for five years now and only had my first hospital stay in December. The bike was completely fine, I wasn't :oops:
The Ninja only lasted four months before I tied it in a reef knot though, I was still a member here at the time - does that count..? ;):D
Dave20046
21-05-09, 09:36 PM
I joined up to the forum and within a couple of weeks I was in a bulance.
Seriously touching wood but we're quite lucky as far as fatalities go.
(sorry)
yorkie_chris
21-05-09, 09:36 PM
Oh for f##ks sake now I'll definately be dead tomorrow.
Cheers Dave yah ####.
Dave20046
21-05-09, 09:38 PM
apologies. Hey could be me. I hate jinxes :(
Like when my mate brought his bike to mine to smarten up before sale that evening after an offless ownership and I joked about him crashing it. Got a call from a hysterical girlfriend 20 minutes later.
Thats it i'm taking the car tomorrow morning!
Dave20046
21-05-09, 09:39 PM
I'm taking the bike (unusually)
uh-oh
Bluewolf
21-05-09, 09:40 PM
Be careful, you might hit Y.C... ;) :lol:
Be careful, you might hit Y.C... ;) :lol:
they might not be able to separate the vehicles... the only thing muckier than his bike is my MGF :D
JohnMcL7
22-05-09, 01:50 AM
I crashed my CBR125 last year getting a bit too keen on a back road as the light was going down...came round a corner, hit a spread of gravel and away I went. That was before the org and hoping to keep the bike the right way up.
John
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