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Suzuki SV650s. Engineered by the Jananese, crashed by idiots.

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:smt089Can you guess who it was yet?

Oh dear, Preston's crashing bug has spread

Dave *crasher* preston has it.

Went up to hartside with him today, happened on the RH hairpin at the bottom of the final rn to the caf.

He thinks he decked the pegs and it oofed him off. He deffinately decked them once it was down. He was trying to prove a point as I kept loosing him on the bck roads to Slaidburn then the bridge and finally up to Kirkby Stephen;)

I got cought up in the traffic he managed to catch at the right time so couldn't push on. As I was heading up, came round the right hand hairpin further down, saw him belting up towards that one and thought, bugger, I won't hear the end of this. Followed an R1 up then spotted a bike down and Lee stood next to it.

A couple of lads stopped, the R1 I was following and another on the way down.

Damage appears to be:
RHS fairing scuffed
Rearset bent (think it's the section that fastens to the frame)
RHS peg ground down
Rear brake pedal end snapped off.
Can dinged (thankfully at base and may polish out)
RHS front indi
Crash bobbins did a reasonable job as it just slid.
Leathers slightly scuffed, the kevlar/fabric stretch panal needs replacing really, is partly worn where it meets the leathers.
Visor scratched. A tiny (and I mean tiny) scuff on the chin bar where the visor closes, no other damage to it so looks like it stayed off the deck.

tbh, he has the stock sets so could be back on the road in a day if he doesn't mind the battered look.

Most importantly PRIDE.

Although respect to Lee as we rode back to Bolton. Maybe the best thing. He'll probably post tomorrow when he's sober (last starting on the whiskey)

We were up at the caf, and I was saying at least he didn't do it up here, when a load of sportsbikes turn up. Next thing, engine screams and we all look round to see a pillion rolling off and a bike on it's side. Didn't look too close, but it was pretty new. Almost took out one of the others as well.

Of course, whilst he went off shaking and trying to light a fag (took about 10 mins) I took some sneaky pics.

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Ste

i think the crashing bug is spreading and its going North

Must be a sunday thing, me last weekend, your turn today!

mine was Thursday, stand fell off

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Originally Posted by svste (Post 2361560)

I got cought up in the traffic he managed to catch at the right time so couldn't push on. As I was heading up, came round the right hand hairpin further down, saw him belting up towards that one and thought, bugger, I won't hear the end of this. Followed an R1 up then spotted a bike down and Lee stood next to it.

In my defence, at this point both you and the R1 were dust:-dd

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Originally Posted by davepreston (Post 2361471)

fecking muppet

Dave mate, i just felt left out, lol

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Originally Posted by Girth (Post 2361755)

Must be a sunday thing, me last weekend, your turn today!

Gary its these helmets, im changin mine too

seriously though, today was an eye opener, thats the first off ive ever had, it was at a fairly slow speed (luckily) as the corner was a hairpin, unfortunately i 'overcooked' it coming into the corner and just leant over way too far, the bike decked out and then slid out from underneath me, it all happened a bit fast, just a reminder that things can go wrong, iv learnt from it and hopefully it wont happen again

the bike just has cosmetic damage as ste has pointed out, nothing that cant be fixed
as for me, im fine, was a bit shaken at first but just wanted to get straight back on the bike, my protective gear did all the right things, all i have to show is a funny shaped bruise on my leg, so just goes to show ALWAYS WEAR YOUR LEATHERS

best thing is i finally got my knee down, been wantin to do that for ages, just not followed by my face;)

Hey it lives, how much did you drink then?

I wouldn't bother fixing it too much though Lee, it looks good with the battle scars, now the black fairing blends with the tank a bit more.

After today though I'm looking at getting some bungs for mine. Thankfully, after the 'playing' we were doing earlier in the day it happened going slow. Although that bloke on the black bike nearly had me on the way down cutting the corner like that.

The Guy on the R1 was a right male chicken.
It was good of him to stop though, I pulled up. Lee had the bike up so I wheeled it off the road a little and whilst we're looking over the damage to both Lee and the bike. He decides to lecture me about why he managed to go past (as I was about to overtake a car I may add) further back. Time and place mate, time and place.

So anyway Lee, when are we getting this thing back on the road? Should only take a couple of hours.

Ste

it'll be back on the road by the end of the week, we'll sort it no probs ste

the guy on the R1 was more interested in if you had heard his new exhaust system haha

fair play to those who stopped tho, not a bad bunch these bikers;)

I forgot about that.

Did you hear me behind you? (he had a single cannon on the R1)

no, but I spotted you in my mirrors just before the overtake.

Oh but then I suppose those are quite loud (pointing at my arrows)

At which point, he sulked a bit and said his goodbyes.

just taking a look at the bike, the entire rearset (brake side) is completely bent, also just noticed that there was hardly any oil in it, even tho it was just below full when i set off i remember checking it

Open the airbox for oil, it's probably all in there.

You may have noticed my pulling alongside during the ride home?

I was checking for smoke. It looked like you were smoking a bit (as expected after laying it down) but not excessively at all so I didn't bother worrying you. You did the odd puff under hard accel on the way up, before the spill. But I figured that it was due to running warm by then and just your breather.

Is it above minimum?

You weren't doing it in the yard were you? Somewhere flat?

Probably reet, but I'll bring round some oil when I come this weekend (I can't use it in the trumpet but good for the SV)

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Originally Posted by davepreston (Post 2364143)

bring it round

i cant ride it dave its no rearset on at all, cheers tho pal

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Originally Posted by svste (Post 2364400)

Open the airbox for oil, it's probably all in there.

I'll check this

Is it above minimum?

it was jus above minimum thankfully

You weren't doing it in the yard were you? Somewhere flat?

its not that bad in the back, when its put on rear paddock stand it evens it out

Probably reet, but I'll bring round some oil when I come this weekend (I can't use it in the trumpet but good for the SV)

ive already topped it up, will the oil in the airbox (if thats where its gone) drain back through?, iv heard that too much oil is as bad as not enough

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Originally Posted by starks (Post 2364605)

i cant ride it dave its no rearset on at all, cheers tho pal

ive already topped it up, will the oil in the airbox (if thats where its gone) drain back through?, iv heard that too much oil is as bad as not enough

Some will, but you can mop it up anyway.

I'll bob in on the way back from hospital tonight if you want?

Easier than going through it on here.

Ste

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Originally Posted by starks (Post 2364605)

i cant ride it dave its no rearset on at all, cheers tho pal

well what about using the huuggee fecking van lol

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Originally Posted by davepreston (Post 2364675)

well what about using the huuggee fecking van lol

haha forgot about that, iv no ramp, its somethin on my wish list, dont worry dave i'll soon be round botherin you about somethin else, i guarantee it;)

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Originally Posted by svste (Post 2364639)

Some will, but you can mop it up anyway.

I'll bob in on the way back from hospital tonight if you want?

Easier than going through it on here.

Ste

iv done that mate, just need to syphon (cyphon?) some oil out now, we use big syringes at work for carpet glue, and no i dont inject glue before the comments start lol:smt119