Immortality test passed

unfortunately the bike didn't fare so well.

The left hand pot did protect my leg from the 3-series which t-boned me
tonight though. Shame it then tried to save itself by using my leg as a
cushion.

My shin is slowly passing the pain baton to my foot in the great relay
race of bruising taking place down my leg.

Plenty of witnesses, plod were there just after I gave up arguing with
the lady who insisted I had to sit down and wasn't allowed to take my
helmet off. "I was sat down when he hit me, I'm not giving him another
go" went right over her head.

Ambulance within five minutes, I even got a go on the "I speak your
blood alcohol" machine.

I can now recommend Rukkas and Oxtar boots for low-speed side impacts,
helmet needs replacing unless I can make a good job of making the gouges
look like a flame paint job with my crayons.

 

Ouch... I'm glad you're okay though.

Do post photos of what's left of the bike (and car) when you're done.

 

This bloody crashing lark must be catching.

<dons plague-proof NBC socks>




Oh. GWS.

 

In

ouch.. GWS

 

Will everyone please stop fucking crashing?

GWS

 

It wasn't too bad at first glance - LHS fairing extensively cracked,
rocker cover has a hole in it.

When taking it off the RAC trailer I noticed the fasteners have been
ripped out of the RHS fairing so I'm probably gonna hear a lot of sucked
teeth in the near future.

That's ignoring a trashed pannier, artistically scraped mudguard and the
oil leak from somewhere up around the cooler.

Oh, and the seat lock was ripped off - I must have a bloody strong
clench reflex.

Consolation is his front crumple zone did exactly that, all the way across.

 

I'll try and stop crashing.

Anything else is out of my hands.

Ta

 

Ta

 

Ta. I'm off hunting for painkillers now - I suspect the cylinder tried
to rip my toes off as I left the bike.

 

So that's the bike turntable on hold, then

 

BGN says...

Not if he dies, the Police might not like that. Maybe if he chopped his
noggin off first they could use the photos for some campaign or other.

--
Lozzo
Triumph Daytona 955i SE (Black with added black bits)
Suzuki SV650 K3
Suzuki GSX-R750L
Yamaha 250 Flat-tracker
I ride way too fast to worry about cholestorol.

 

MikeH says...

Oops, GWS


--
Lozzo
Triumph Daytona 955i SE (Black with added black bits)
Suzuki SV650 K3
Suzuki GSX-R750L
Yamaha 250 Flat-tracker
I ride way too fast to worry about cholestorol.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, MikeH

Speaking as one clumsy **** to another, can I just say:

You clumsy ****.

Thank you.

--
Wounded Uncle Nigel - Podium Placed Ducati Race Engineer as featured in
Performance Bikes and Fast Bikes

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
SBS#39 OMF#6 Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (Falling apart) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"
Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single" Yamaha Vmax Honda ST1100 wiv trailer

 

So what are you going to get?

(GWS, btw)

 

<g> Glad you're not hurt.

 

For shin-related pain, may I recommend Tramadol?
--
Dave
GS850x2 XS650 SE6a

Teach a man to fish and he and his pikey mates will have the
river cleaned out in a day.

 

Details man details ffs.

 

Ouch.

GWS you clumsy clod.

--
Dan L

http://thebikeshed.spaces.live.com/
1996 Kawasaki ZR1100 Zephyr

BOTAFOT #140 (KotL 2005/6/7)
X-FOT#000
DIAABTCOD #26
BOMB#18 (slow)
OMF#11

 

Ta for that.

I'm hoping it'll be repaired but fairing bits might make that borderline.

 

The left hand cylinder protector closed it's eyes, thought "Help. I'm
only here for low-speed drops", and disintegrated.

The LH cylinder head protected my leg from the front of the car, but
then tried to pull my toes off as I abandoned ship.

The LH fairing tried its best, but has got a crack towards the back, and
large scrapes down the side. As this is BMW 'plastic' & therefore made
from an alloy of fibreglass and lead it might not be repairable. The top
fairing has been scraped & pulled the fasteners out of the RHS so might
be a new RH fairing too. Scrapes to mirror, bar end and clutch lever.

Somehow the pillion seat lock got ripped off its mounting, the LH
pannier held together but will have to be put out to stud.

LH rocker cover is holed, probably from sliding across the road.

Oil leak appears to have stopped this morning so it was probably just
oil which came out when it was lying down, although I haven't tried to
start it as I don't want to spray oil around the garage. Remains to be
seen what damage the impact on the end of the cylinder has done to the
engine.

The bike was punted about 20 feet sideways into the middle of the two
oncoming carriageways - luckily the traffic coming the other way had
only just set off & could stop in time.

Helmet has a good scrap but it did its job. Rukkas have some abrasion
but no holes. Boots unmarked, gloves ditto. I still fail to see the
attraction of surfing.

Pants will wash out.

Apparently (according to plod) the front of the car moved back about a foot.

All in all, I've got off very extremely lightly compared to most people
who post here, so apologies to anyone who thinks "Pah! A mere scratch".
I agree and wouldn't want it any other way, apart from if I'd dawdled at
the lights and he'd hit the car on my right instead, or if he'd not gone
through the red.

Coming shortly on Ebay: Red R1100RS with only right-hand pictures,
"buyer collects", "no viewing", cash in advance and "usual wear and tear".