I killed my bike on death hill (WITH PICS)

Redeye what a frightening experience for you!

Dicky Ticker..I accept your point that it was an accident. However it was one that should NEVER have ocurred. The main point being a totally dangerous frankly.....brain dead manouvre was carried out by someone who is paid to drive such a vehicle. To emphasise..a "professional" driver.

Bloody hell...

get well soon...

[21QUEST]

redeye321, thank God you are here to tell the tale. I can't even begin to describe what I felt reading that.

Reminds me of when I spoke to Rictus about his accident. I quite regularly get for some reason horrible images sometimes flashing through my mind when riding at at night. Fear of someone doing something stupid and no one around to help etc

Wish you a full and speedy recovery. Hope you are able to get the maximum compesation due to you.


Cheers
Ben

jesus! thats intense. Hope you get well soon. (and if you can find out the name of the lorry driver we'll take care of that )

Originally Posted by andy

Dicky d*ck head.......

Andy IMO - that's just plain rude, there is no need for name calling everyone is entitled to their opinions.

Redeye Im glad your ok, get well soon.

[Stu]

Originally Posted by Dicky Ticker

I am just glad you are all so perfect accident free drivers riders . You make me feel so much safer
knowing that you don't speed or make any mistakes. Look at the facts regarding the number of other vehicles on the roads compared to bikes,and the figures regarding mileage for said vehicles.
I am being criticised for saying that the lorry driver did not do it intentionally. my point being that most accidents, are what they are,accidents. Surely statistically if you only do 10,000 miles a year in comparison to 80,000 miles a year you are more likely to have an accident. I ride at night as do many of you but how many of you ride to the beam of your lights and adjust your speed accordingly or how many ride hoping the road is clear ahead of the beam-----be honest,I'll admit I don't ride to my visibility as most of my night riding is done on roads I know.

With the number of accidents,offs and incidents that get posted on this and other motorbike sites
it astounds me that we don't take more care,knowing we are at such high risk.but the"It will not happen to me" mentality persists. I've been on several ride outs and seen people overtake,filter,
speed and take chances on bends, not slowing down for changes in road condition but alas that seems to be the nature of biking,the thrill, the buzz,the rush call it what you like. What percentage
of SV ride outs are incident free?

----Its a high risk game and when its your turn,its your turn,in this case matey was a very very lucky person and I'm glad his injuries are minor. Sorry it had to happen and sincerely hope he feels better soon plus gets compensated accordingly for the loss of bike ,injury etc.

Well said.really don't like to take the attention away from Redeye, but they only one who can be most responsible for your own safety is yourself.

Well said Pigbunk as well, even if you were a little naive in your understanding of someone else's post unfortunately.

Just read the original post and the thread.

Redeye, it sounds like from the moment collision was inevitable that you came out of it as well as it was possible to hope for.

Its a shame about the bike, but it is only a bike, look forward to getting a replacement.

The best of luck with the insurance. it sounds cut and dried, but no oubt his insurers will try to make it your fault (though from your description i dont see how)

Wish you a speedy recovery and enjoyment with a new bike.

i keep getting letters saying i was to blame when i know 100% i wasnt life sucks sometimes and all you need is for people to own up and tell the truth hope all goes well redeye
buy yourself an sv1000 in the meantime

Originally Posted by the_runt69

because most van or lorry drivers dont usually look, they think because theyre bigger than anything else they can move where they like and everyone will get out of the way

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Absolute ****e. on my bike i travel 40,000 + miles and HGV drivers are normally the most courtesous and aware, you should try driving an artic to see how many blind spots there are! yes this guy was in the wrong, but most drivers i pass are better than your average car/bike driver.