Italianjob
02-02-05, 10:13 PM
As the title would suggest, I just had my first off tonight. Nothing major, but it still scared the sh*t out of me!
Was returning from work at about 8:30 tonight :riding: and roads were dry as it hasn't been raining for aboout a week in Edinburgh. As I approached a T-junction I see a car coming from the right, touch the front brake to give way and... next thing I know I'm lying on the tarmac looking at the bike sliding down the road :shock:
I wasn't doing more than 15mph but the bike must have slid for at least 10 metres and it all must have happened within 5 seconds! Picked up the bike expecting to see the fairing in pieces and indicators hanging off but was amazed at how little damage it had suffered. The R&G crash bungs absorbed most of the impact :D and the only damage was a broken brake leaver and a scuff on the new Scorpion can.
As for me, I'm fine, only a bruise on my knee as I was wearing jeans. Most of the damage is probably psychological, as I was riding well below the urban speed limit and there is little if nothing I could have done to avoid slipping on a patch of diesel as the tarmac felt as if it was covered in soap. It's just one of those things you accept when you ride a bike, you just don't think it will happen to you.
I also wonder if the tyres were to blame... I'm running a D220 on the front and a Metz Z6 on the rear :-k
Take it easy out there!
Was returning from work at about 8:30 tonight :riding: and roads were dry as it hasn't been raining for aboout a week in Edinburgh. As I approached a T-junction I see a car coming from the right, touch the front brake to give way and... next thing I know I'm lying on the tarmac looking at the bike sliding down the road :shock:
I wasn't doing more than 15mph but the bike must have slid for at least 10 metres and it all must have happened within 5 seconds! Picked up the bike expecting to see the fairing in pieces and indicators hanging off but was amazed at how little damage it had suffered. The R&G crash bungs absorbed most of the impact :D and the only damage was a broken brake leaver and a scuff on the new Scorpion can.
As for me, I'm fine, only a bruise on my knee as I was wearing jeans. Most of the damage is probably psychological, as I was riding well below the urban speed limit and there is little if nothing I could have done to avoid slipping on a patch of diesel as the tarmac felt as if it was covered in soap. It's just one of those things you accept when you ride a bike, you just don't think it will happen to you.
I also wonder if the tyres were to blame... I'm running a D220 on the front and a Metz Z6 on the rear :-k
Take it easy out there!