Painful Morning.
 

Got about a mile to work and realised that for the second time in a week I had a problem with my rear tyre - so hop off, have a look and sure enough theres another bit of shrapnel in there.

So head off to Essential Rubber - I have to say 2-up with a rapidly flattening rear tyre is not fun through London Rush Hour traffic.

So £245 later my Zed is sporting a new pair of Dunlop Roadsmarts and a new set of rear brake pads.

So drop Vixis off at work and head to work myself, which is where the physical rather than finiancial pain comes in, a pidgeon eating some scraps at Smithfields Market decided to head-butt me.

Fortunately it was just a glancing blow at lowish speeds, so no dead pidgeon and no me covered in cack.

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Bloody hell man, not much luck there then :( Glad it wasnt too serious. ;)

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feckin hell. Get some ultraseal! £20 and no stress is much easier than £240.
Are pidgeons a real pain for bikers or something? I've only ever hit one in thousands of miles in the car but bikers always seem to be hitting the things. I saw an episode of traffic cops where a pheasant smashed through a guys visor at about 50mph and made a mess of his face (he also crashed the bike pretty bad).

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pah, amateur...I expected a full account of carnage from splat the pigeon:wink:

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TBH the tyres were on their way out - and ultraseal is best avoided - I could have gone for the £20 mushroom repair option if it had been too painful - but as both tyres were on the wear markers.......

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That aint no rose tinted visor! ;) :lol:

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Blimey doesn't sound like it was your morning at all. Least you didn't get pigeon guts all over your leathers and visor - now that would have been a pain to wash off

Maria

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Like mine the other day?

http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w...90215-1531.jpg

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whats that? tomato sauce :-)
should have aimed better...lol

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my fave bit is the feather :)

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I much prefer the snot like substance, thats hanging on your fork leg!

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When I get a puncture (which has never happened in all my years of riding - touch wood) I want to know about it. I'd rather I had a tyre go down slowly and gradually let me know it's happened than be blissfully unaware and risk a major accident because the tyre might let go suddenly when the puncture sealing fails.

For that reason I'll never put a puncture sealant in my tyres.

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I consider it good luck to get a puncture when the tyre is "down on its wear marker"
Last one I had was on a tyre that had only done 300 miles

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Well I got the last puncture repaired last week, cos I was hoping it would last till the end of next month.

However when I get a second puncture within a week, I take that as a hint to get the tyre off the bike.

Superstition I know, but I tend to follow my feelings these days......

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was that on a brand new tyre? cause if so thats stinky bad luck :-(

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*ahem* you could have had a WORSE morning - it was my card that got all melt-y, thank you for saying :P

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Nah the puncture last week (6" philips head screw) got repaired.

This one - looked like the head of a nail, got the replacement treatment.

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Bad luck David.

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where be this feather then? am i being blind?

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its behind the fork leg with a red speckled tint to it.

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I liked Dizzyblonds bike at the AR07.... Bambi Killer

Glad you not too hurt Dave.