Are probably one of the worst combination of things to brake on. Junction that happened to have the lines in the lee of a hill - where the sun hadn't hit and melted the frost. Car comes around the bend rather quickly, so I brake suddenly (already coming to a stop) - as I put my feet down, the front wheel hits the ice and the bike goes down (first drop of the vfr). Didn't scratch much of the bodywork (blessings of unpainted coloured fairing, means that the scratches are white inside too.) Landed straight on the brake lever though, which snapped straight off at the pivot - which meant I had great fun pushing it the remaining 1/2 mile up the hill to the bike shop. Makes me glad that there's one in Cinderford! Luckily they had a lever in stock (£11) that fitted, so I put it on and went on my way.
