Crashed.
 

comming out of colage stoped at a crossing still in the colage and pulled of and the rear wheel hit black ice and spun and threw me off round a corner :( was nothing i could do

pushed the bike away as i was nearly on the floor as i dident want it landing on me, landed hands down and knee down brused knee but leathers took all the heavy damage

both brake leavers are snaped clean off, radiator is bent on the mounting tabs will remove to inspect when i get home. exhast link pipe is dented at the bottom where it hit the floor thank god the can is ok, but i think the handle bars are bent :( so need new ones

all in all not that bad as long as the radiator is ok

pride is hurt thogh as it was lunch time couldent get the bike up as it was nearly on the curb and in a funny position took 3 of us :compcrash:

costing £100 to get it recoverd as my brake down cover doset cover me for accidents...

any one know the diamiter of the bars for the sv ?

:(

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Ouch! Sorry to hear that mate, good news is you're not too badly hurt. Might want to get checked out for sure though. Can't believe your breakdown doesn't cover you for accidents!

You should have told them it wouldn't start and the damage was after you tried bump starting it and fell off or summat. ;)

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lol well as they sead you are 14miles away from ure home and wont come to recover you as ure out of the 10mile radious of ure home all they can do is take me to a bike shop, and then sead but as it hasent broken down we cart realy do any thing, bugger that i want it home not at a shop so paid £100 to get it home ....

and thanks

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Shame that , happened to me in the staff car park beginning of this year , but my CRASH BUNGS , took the hit .......... it was the first thing I fitted to my SV . eBay and the For Sale/Wanted sections are going to be your friend here . Another thing that is handy to have under your seat is a thing called a "Fixer-Peg" , nice little handy Xmas present if somebody needs to get you something http://www.fixer-peg.co.uk

The fixer peg comes in handy for broken Gear/Rear Brake levers . I know you broke the front one and not a lot can be done with that if it`s the wholel lever , but still a handy thing to own . It`s all fixable lad and you are ok which is the important issue here . GWS .

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Bad luck mate ... it was very slippery this morning ... I felt the bike move on a junction, and I couldn't have been going more than 10mph !!!!

The heavy SV is certainly seems to move around more than my lightweight 125 that I was running last year !!!

Either that, or my Dunlops are crap in the cold weather .. I've been quite happy with them til now .... maybe I'll let a bit of air out ... did pump them up this morning ....

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I was told to NEVER do this by a very experienced biker and to take things a lot slower . No matter what you do , when you come to Acceleration and Braking you risk breaking traction no matter what you do in conditions like that . If you have to slow down in really Icy conditions I was advised to pull the clutch in and let the bike coast a little if it is safe to do so , then release the clutch slowly to avoid jolting the bike , as putting any brake on will stop the rotation of the Wheel and cause the Tire to lose what little grip it has . Avoid sudden changes in direction as well was some good advice . And ride in as high a gear as is possible for the conditions , you don`t want to stall but at the same time you don`t want to be transferring too much power into the back wheel . All sound advice from a Police Rider of vast experience .

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Oi mate... get some crash bungs yeh.

;)

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Oh right ..

I used to run my Lotus at different pressures depending on the weather .... just a couple of psi difference made all the difference ....

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And it had 2 wheels more than your SV . Letting air out of the Tires increases the contact patch by a tiny amount , but this contact patch will still run the risk of losing grip on Ice and also make it harder to maneuver the bike at slower speeds .

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Yeah ... I'm sure you are right ..... just a thought .....