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SoulKiss 26-02-09 11:31 AM
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.

ThEGr33k 26-02-09 11:32 AM
Re: Painful Morning.
 
Bloody hell man, not much luck there then :( Glad it wasnt too serious. ;)

Dave20046 26-02-09 11:36 AM
Re: Painful Morning.
 
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).

dizzyblonde 26-02-09 11:45 AM
Re: Painful Morning.
 
pah, amateur...I expected a full account of carnage from splat the pigeon:wink:

SoulKiss 26-02-09 11:59 AM
Re: Painful Morning.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Dave20046 (Post 1799153)
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).
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.......

Baph 26-02-09 12:01 PM
Re: Painful Morning.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by dizzyblonde (Post 1799173)
pah, amateur...I expected a full account of carnage from splat the pigeon:wink:
That aint no rose tinted visor! ;) :lol:

Miss Alpinestarhero 26-02-09 12:58 PM
Re: Painful Morning.
 
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

plowsie 26-02-09 01:23 PM
Re: Painful Morning.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by dizzyblonde (Post 1799173)
pah, amateur...I expected a full account of carnage from splat the pigeon:wink:
Like mine the other day?

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

dizzyblonde 26-02-09 01:47 PM
Re: Painful Morning.
 
whats that? tomato sauce :-)
should have aimed better...lol

plowsie 26-02-09 02:17 PM
Re: Painful Morning.
 
my fave bit is the feather :)


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