Ouch.....

more hugs xxxxxxxx

Seems to be the a spate of offs. Hope you're feeling better and the wrist turns out to be nothing more than a sprain or bruising.

Plastics plus an exhaust could be a pretty penny, but presumably forks were ok, so hopefully not a write-off.

Out of morbid curiousity, was it wearing dual purpose tyres or pure road tyres?

[ethariel]

Dual purpose ish tyres, as it's a 19" front, you cant get pure road rubber.

1st bike not wearing road rubber in 10 years and to be honest, the 1250 had ABS for 6 months before that too.

The brakes on the Tiger were about 200% better than the bandit that were 100% better than the SV, only been 2 finger braking on the Tiger since i got it.

No excuses really, in hindsight, the front end went, regardless of road conditions, too much pull = hurts!

Only ready about this today Colin.. Really sorry to hear you've decided to "christen" your pristine ride doing your wrist in at the same time Hope the damage to yourself will heal soon and the bike gets sorted without sending you into red..

GWS

[ethariel]

Heard from the insurance company7 today, the repairers they sent to collect the Tiger laughed and sent for the 'Salvage Company, it was not Quote 'a rolling chassi any more'. Looks like a write off

[ethariel]

Yep total loss

Exhaust, foot peg, tank scraped ,front indicator right side.
Front faring, headlight unit, looks like a huge ding in a palstic tank? on the right side.

I loose £175 on my purchase price so its not too bad i suppose, tho my insurance would be crippling come renewal for 2 total losses in 3 months .

Time to have a try on public transport for a while, never felt this way aft (bugger boss was standing behind me) er an accident, from the mother down thread tho i think the possible different braking dynamics on the tall bouncy tiger may have been part of the front end locking up.

IF this was the case then it would (hypotheticaly of course) mean that perhaps for the first time ever that i may not be 100% blameless in the bike going down, i dont mind being an ar$e and throwing a bike down the road if im riding like a nutter, i could live with that, but if im making mistakes when I think im doing all right, it's time to hang the remains of the jacket up and step away.