Ouch!

[garynortheast]

Bugger!

[Red Herring]

I'd rather not....

[andrewsmith]

Put a call in SW S section ;)

[garynortheast]

Fell off. :(

[Epic Monkey]

Ah no. Hope you're ok. Any damage to you or bike?

[garynortheast]

Broken footbrake pedal, smashed o/s front indicator lens, big split in o/s fairing lowers, scuffs to fairings and quite possibly a fractured metatarsal in the thumb. Damn, damn, damn....

[missyburd]

Bad luck. Gonna tell us how it happened?

[metalangel]

You okay? Need anything?

[garynortheast]

A moment of inattention on our backlanes, a smear of loose gravel just after an uphill bend where the council surface dressed the road some while back, front end washed out and ended up in the wet, rutted mud on the side. Down I went at around 25 - 30mph.

No ride to the Lakes next w/e then as I shall be spending the time and the money fixing the bike. Not that I could comfortably ride it with my thumb as it is just now.

[missyburd]

:( Sorry to hear that, gravel is a pain in the...thumb as it happens for you :rolleyes: Hope it's not a bad fracture and your bike's back in working order asap.

[garynortheast]

You okay? Need anything?

Trying to source a rear brake pedal just now - they're like hens teeth!

Seen these though, which might save any more breakages in similar circumstances http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SUZUKI-GSXR-SRAD-SV650-GSXR600-GSXR750-REAR-BRAKE-PEDAL-/360392673029?pt=UK_Motorcycle_Parts&hash=item53e913c705

Need a front right indicator lens too, don't know how much a new one would cost, can't be all that much I guess.

[missyburd]

Trying to source a rear brake pedal just now - they're like hens teeth!

Seen these though, which might save any more breakages in similar circumstances http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SUZUKI-GSXR-SRAD-SV650-GSXR600-GSXR750-REAR-BRAKE-PEDAL-/360392673029?pt=UK_Motorcycle_Parts&hash=item53e913c705


Alternatively you could stick a bolt in and get hold of one of these (http://www.fixer-peg.co.uk/) for if/when you get caught out in the future ;)

I need a new rear brake pedal too...not seen those you've linked to before...then I looked at the price tag...think I'll stick with a trendy top of the range bolt thanks :p

[garynortheast]

They look quite good, both the fixer peg and the replacement toe peg. I might just go for them if nothing else turns up at a reasonable price. Thanks for the link MYC.

[aaron020873]

hope you get it sorted soon, it seems that broken thumbs must be quite common as i did mine when i low sided, it was in plaster for a month and took a little while longer to get the strength back in it.
On the bright side at least it's not to serious and it shows how easy/quick these things can happen.

[The Idle Biker]

Unluckly mate. Good luck with the recovery and all that.

[Bri w]

GWS soon buddy, and hope its not expensive to fix the bike - summer's coming.

[garynortheast]

Thanks Bri, getting the plastics sorted properly will be the expensive part I think.

[Geodude]

Ouch mate gws, scary gravel drifts :(

[Roberrrrt]

Just seen this, hope the bike's sorted soon mate, and that your thumb isn't too long healing!

[garynortheast]

Thanks for all your kind comments ladies and gents. Thumb is not quite so painful this evening despite a full day working in the garage to repair the damage (http://forums.sv650.org/showthread.php?p=2668417#post2668417) today. Progress was a bit hampered as I was being careful not to make the injury any worse, but I achieved a reasonable amount.