Painful Morning. - SV650.org

SoulKiss · 26-02-09, 11:31 AM

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.

26-02-09, 11:32 AM

Bloody hell man, not much luck there then

Glad it wasnt too serious.

Dave20046 · 26-02-09, 11:36 AM

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

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

SoulKiss · 26-02-09, 11:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dave20046

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.......

26-02-09, 12:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dizzyblonde

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

That aint no rose tinted visor!

26-02-09, 12:58 PM

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

26-02-09, 01:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dizzyblonde

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

Like mine the other day?

dizzyblonde · 26-02-09, 01:47 PM

whats that? tomato sauce

should have aimed better...lol

26-02-09, 02:17 PM

my fave bit is the feather

26-02-09, 11:31 AM	#1
SoulKiss Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sunny Croydonia Posts: 6,124	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. __________________ Sent from my PC NOT using any Tapatalk type rubbish!! █╬╬╬╬(•)i¯i▀▀▀▀▀█Ξ███████████████████████████████)

26-02-09, 11:32 AM	#2
ThEGr33k Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Painful Morning. Bloody hell man, not much luck there then Glad it wasnt too serious.

26-02-09, 11:36 AM	#3
Dave20046 Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Sheffield Posts: 10,274	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). __________________

26-02-09, 11:45 AM	#4
dizzyblonde Da Cake Boss Mega Poster Join Date: May 2007 Location: On a flying Horse Posts: 9,992	Re: Painful Morning. pah, amateur...I expected a full account of carnage from splat the pigeon __________________ Suzy, yellow 2001 SVS. Kitty, V-Raptor 1000, ZZR1400<<its my bike now Pegasus! Hovis 13.8.75-3.10.09 Reeder 20.7.88-21.3.12

26-02-09, 12:58 PM	#7
Miss Alpinestarhero Guest Posts: n/a	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

26-02-09, 01:47 PM	#9
dizzyblonde Da Cake Boss Mega Poster Join Date: May 2007 Location: On a flying Horse Posts: 9,992	Re: Painful Morning. whats that? tomato sauce should have aimed better...lol __________________ Suzy, yellow 2001 SVS. Kitty, V-Raptor 1000, ZZR1400<<its my bike now Pegasus! Hovis 13.8.75-3.10.09 Reeder 20.7.88-21.3.12

26-02-09, 02:17 PM	#10
plowsie Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Painful Morning. my fave bit is the feather

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