god i hate vans sooo much
 

ok so i was goin down a straight road at 20 mph twas a 30 limit. and the van pulled into my lane and came at me, i swerve to avoid it but i seemed to be heading into the layby on my side of the road and went straight into me.... ive been told not to post details on forums etc by by insurance until case is solved etc so il post pics of bike etc when its resolved, but bike isnt healthy, front lever radiator,both fairings right footpeg. but one thing i will say is il never ride a bike without crash bungs on again... they have took a battering but if it wernt for the crash bung i wouldnt have a right leg, (not bad considering thre ment 2 stop fairings bein smashed.. but somehow i managed to come out of it without any broken bones, but on crutces for 2 wks..

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Blimey, glad you're relatively ok! I guess we won't hear the details for a while, but I hope you'll be ok in the next few days when the pain starts to set in proper.

As many say all of the time, bikes can be replaced, people can't, so I'm glad the bike took the brunt of the impact and not you.

Keep us informed if you can.

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will do bike assesor is coming friday morning.... i found it amusing when i was offered a coutesy bike...... yeah that would be really nice to look at ...not

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seems to be a day for it.... glad you are at least without broken body parts.

Hope your insurance sorts things out for you quickly.

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:smt046

Too funny!

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What does that have to do with vans in general?

It's the driver you need to hate.

You might have guessed I drive a van :-)

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if it wasnt a van thn it wouldnt have hurt as much??????

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sure about that? how about a nice solid car? A van makes a loud 'clang!' noise as I'm sure you know :-) but I'm not sure it would necessarily be less painful to hit a car.

I just hate being stereotyped as a van driver.

Ah well, hope you are ok.

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Your post scares me. I posted in the megathread today what happened to me, and it was a near miss. Im lucky i didnt end up like you.

Get well soon, and i share your sheer hatred for vans.

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Get well soon... from the driver of a white Astravan