Unlucky Bike, Lucky Rider
 

Hey guys,

So my beloved Honda Fireblade is now destroyed. :(

A special thanks goes to the driver of a Black Renault Clio, who thoughtfully pulled out in front of me.

This all happened around 20:00 last night. At the junction of Battlefield Road and Holmlea Road.

I was travelling along Battlefield road (speed was about 25mph) when Mr Clio decided he would pull out from Holmlea road. I had maybe 2 seconds to react, if that.

What happened next was described to me by witnesses.

I hit the right hand side front wheel of the car. Flew (Clark Kent style) over the handlebars and over his bonnet, and proceeded to roll about 20-30 feet down the road.

All I could think about was my poor bike.

2 reasons I'm writing this.

1: To get it off my chest. :mad:

2: I walked out of the hospital about 2 hours later with just a limp.
I think I owe a lot of that to wearing the proper gear. The armour on my boots, elbows, knees and shoulders have almost worn through in places. So all are now needing thrown in the bin. But I don't have a scratch on me :)

In future I will never ride in trainers and jeans again. I'm just thankfull I wasn't wearing that last night, or I'm sure it would have been a completely different story.

I'll be wearing a high viz in future too.


Stay safe boys and girls.....

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Re: Unlucky Bike, Lucky Rider
 

lucky escape for you there pal, glad your walking.
Not so lucky for the bike but tbh which you rather was a write off... no brainer.

GWS.

Re: Unlucky Bike, Lucky Rider
 

That's terrible! Glad you are ok, a good outcome really.


you'll need to change your signature though! :(

Re: Unlucky Bike, Lucky Rider
 

You'd be suprised, very very very rarely ride without mine on now.
I very much notice the difference in driver behavoiur if Im wearing one compeared to if Im not.

Re: Unlucky Bike, Lucky Rider
 

Glad to hear you're ok sounds nasty :-(

I started wearing mine all the time after some bint drove out onto a main road without slowing down, she'd looked for a split second but by then had already committed to going for it...thankfully i was keeping to the 20mph limit, if I'd have been going any faster! I know what you mean though Matt, attitudes do seem to change if you're wearing a high vis, but I'm used to it as I have L plates lol. YC says other motorists tend to treat high vis as a sign of nervousness...I feel safer in one though, particularly in bad weather.

Re: Unlucky Bike, Lucky Rider
 

Seriously?

My reasoning is if someone managed not to see a bike with a headlight on, a jacket won't do much difference.

Plus there was a thread on here on here once about how wearing hi viz makes you look like a learner and drivers feel forced to overtake you, sometimes putting themselves/you at risk.

Re: Unlucky Bike, Lucky Rider
 

What? do they treat you like a complete learner than can be taken advantage of?

Sorry to hear of your off holla, glad you're relatively OK & hope the insurance goes well.

Re: Unlucky Bike, Lucky Rider
 

Got agree with that.

On a sports bike, you tend to be leant over the front reducing the amount of body that is seen too.

If they dont see a headlight, they wont notice a high viz.:(


glad your ok though.

Re: Unlucky Bike, Lucky Rider
 

i find that they don't see you no matter what- i wear full hi viz and the work bike is fully vized up but they still miss you.