You know that lovely red K5 of mine......
 

I dumped it down the A312 this evening :cry:

Really strange, but the throttle seemed to stick, the traffic ahead had stopped, and while I was trying to brake the front locked and the bike went down with a bang. Amazingly the wide renthals seemed to have protected the rad, but the front is a mess, as I hit the back of a VW Golf.

Rob Berrington Smith came out and picked up the bike and took it back to his workshop (he's a great bloke!). The headlamp, clocks and plastics are shot, the loom is damaged, and the forks won't turn to the left.

I'll know more when I look at it tomorrow. I'm OK, landed on my backside and rolled over onto my right shoulder (which is now stiffening up) but I'm not hurt, even my jacket is fine, but my old leather pants have just about had it know, thats 3 tumbles they've been in.

I'll up date you all when I get more news tomorrow.

Time for bed me thinks......

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:shock: **** Steve :shock:

Good to hear that you are ok.

Hope you get things sorted as quickly and cheaply as possible.

Steve I can't believe it! Really sorry to hear this mate, so glad you're okay. Anything I can do just call...


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OMG... :(

Glad you're ok though.

throttle sticking :shock: unfortunatly been there frayed throttle cable when I first got the triple, lets just say an "emotional" moment.

Glad you didn't come to any great harm though, sounds like it's a few bobs worth of damage, still at the end of the day it's only metal.


Oh, and Steve, little tip, you don't bounce well as the years advance :wink:

Cheers Mark.

Actually mate, I seem to be bouncing better, must be the "safety belt" ariund my waist :?

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Practice :shock:

That is bad news.I hope the bike can be repaired and you are OK.

Oops, sorry to hear this :cry: .
Glad you're in one piece, and hopefully the bike can be put back to it previous condition without too much trouble - it was looking really good in those pics

Ooops.

Death to the duck :shock: :lol:

My head also wishes you well and a speedy recovery for yourself and the bike...

... my heart is also glad it wasn't the Blade! :wink:

I think you've come to suffer from, what friends I have in another hobby call, the New Kit Curse.

You can bimble along fine, all happy and fluffy with your old bike and old kit, no mods other than what came with the bike, stuff like that. You invest in a new set of leathers, or a paint job for the bike, or something, then...

... BANG!

Once your New Kit becomes Old Kit you are free and clear, until next time. :wink:


I seem to remember you having put a new can on this little beauty recently... It's the Curse I tells 'ee. :shock:

Oh K you do make me smile...

I have mixed feelings about this really... I wanted to do a twin headlamp mod anyway, so now I have an excuse. As for the rest of it, as the bike hasn't even done 500 miles yet, I don't really want to rebuild it all from "used" parts...

But while standing on the side of the road waiting for Rob to come out and pick me up, I was quite philosophical about it. The reasons I bought a 2nd bike all started to make sense. I wanted to take some of the pressure off of my 'Blade; if I had an accident I had another bike to use; and if I did hit the tarmac, a naked would cost less to put back together (hopefully!). I just didn't expect to happen quite so quickly after buying it......

Hey, stuff happens, I'm not happy about it, I must have made a mistake, but I've still got a Fireblade to go out on, life's not all bad....

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OMG! Hope its not too serious Steve :(

Whoops, well that was silly. Bad luck.

Dan

Glad to hear you're ok Steve.

You could mention the sticking throttle to the garage, to see if they'll pick up some of the repair bill (but I doubt it). How much damage did you do to the car?

good to see Rob helped you out.

Ride safe.

Just read this. Sorry to hear about your stack, Steve.

Hope you're not left too sore and it's not too much hassle to sort out the bike.

Cheers,

Jason

And you didn't even get any lessons from me about lying your bike down.

Gut.....ted! :cry:

That'll teach you not to buy a 675!

Good to see you'te OK - take it EEAASSYY ...

Glad to be of service sir. :wink:

Doh, glad your OK Steve could have been much worse.

Tell that to my shoulder... :(

Anyways, got a new job today, so I'm down, but cheerful too :?

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Saw your bike at Rob's today, Steve. I can only guess that the reason it went down so easily was that it is way too clean and shiny and therefore couldn't grip the road :D

Take care

Jo

Sorry to hear of your off Steve :!:

Heal well & hopefully the bike will be back on the road in no time ;)

**** News Steve, nice looking K5 too,

And watch out for those wet leaves down your way, :cry: :oops: :wink:

Had your ok Steve

Went to see it Saturday... :cry: :cry: :cry:

Lower triple clamp has bent, so the forks may have done too; front wheel isn't 100% and the frame is scratched.. It could be a write off :shock:

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oh no, and we were all admiring it just the other day as well! :(

good news about the new job though - sounds like that will come in handy to get the bike fixed up...

Jeez- just heard about this Steve!! Glad you're relatively okay - stiff shoulder or not - it could have been your collar bone that went!!!

Hope the bike's not a write-off - I haven't seen it in the flesh yet!

Dave

Fecking Hell Steve.

Roller coaster few days for you then! First you bin the bike then you get a new job. Talk about life having its ups and downs.

Glad you're alright... shame about the bike being a possible write off - it looked smart in those photos.

Talking of photos.. you got any of the damage?

Keep us all posted big guy. 8)

Blimey. That must be a record in these here pages. How many days?

Still, at least its something to tell down the pub huh, and your there to tell it!

Whoops :!:

unlucky! nice bike too! wana buy a k4?? anyway my mate is picking up the fully faired version on monday!!

**** Steve :( sorry to hear this mate (don't often get in the soho section)

hope you get it all sorted soon :wink:

and keep resting that shoulder, you gotta be fighting fit for june so no more oops, jobs ehh :!:

if you had not dropped the casual comment in the insurance thread, i would have missed this :lol:

Any more news on the bike mate, Right off/Fixable???

Bugger :!:

Atleast you are okay.

Cheers
Ben