Show us your crash pics!!

[LuS1fer]

Caddyshack said:

Byker28i said:

Whats happened there? The tractor looks new?

No, they are not normally like that when new.

I can tell as I’m an ex-tractor fan

Careful, you don't want to a-tractor tension.

[blackbuttdisco]

One night, at 100kph, 2 cows crossed the road, I saw the white one in the glare of the headlights but did not see the black one behind the white one. Being a TriumphTr7, the cow rolled across the bonnet, flipped onto the top of the windscreen and down the rear quarter panel. The car stopped in about 20metres. The cow was dead. I only had one daytime running light to get me back to the nearest town which was 20km away. I suffered a piece of windscreen glass on my head. I needed a good shower afterwards.

[LuS1fer]

blackbuttdisco said:

One night, at 100kph, 2 cows crossed the road, I saw the white one in the glare of the headlights but did not see the black one behind the white one. Being a TriumphTr7, the cow rolled across the bonnet, flipped onto the top of the windscreen and down the rear quarter panel. The car stopped in about 20metres. The cow was dead. I only had one daytime running light to get me back to the nearest town which was 20km away. I suffered a piece of windscreen glass on my head. I needed a good shower afterwards.

DRL? I think not. You mean sidelight, right!

[saaby93]

Mike X said:

Doesnt look great

[samoht]

LuS1fer said:

DRL? I think not. You mean sidelight, right!

Depends on the country, Sweden required DRLs from 1977, so it might have been those.

[BrassMan]

Mike X said:

That looks bad. Did the biker survive?

[off_again]

Spleen said:

Drawweight said:

The only damage visible to my GS1200 after I got sideswiped while overtaking a car. Fortunately I managed to stay upright more through luck than judgement.

Easily fixed you’d say but unfortunately it pulled one of the crash bar bolts out the crankcase, twisted the rear subframe and split the petrol tank.

£12,700 estimated repair cost

£12,700? Madness. How much was the actual bike?

Bikes can be ruinously expensive to fix for something that looks straightforward. The 2010 and later Triumph Tiger 800 had a massive issue with the rear subframe and rear foot pegs. Drop it at the wrong angle and it would land on the foot pegs, bending the rear subframe - bike a write off, even if brand new. Thankfully corrected in the revised model. You could do that by just dropping it the wrong way! Noticed in my premiums as they shot up when the insurance companies realized what the risk was!

My Multistrada got knocked over in a car park earlier this year. Scratches to the pannier on one side, bent hanger for the case and a full check - $1800 - for one half of a plastic case, a small red painted panel and small lump of cast metal. You cant make this stuff up!

[carinaman]

LuS1fer said:

blackbuttdisco said:

One night, at 100kph, 2 cows crossed the road, I saw the white one in the glare of the headlights but did not see the black one behind the white one. Being a TriumphTr7, the cow rolled across the bonnet, flipped onto the top of the windscreen and down the rear quarter panel. The car stopped in about 20metres. The cow was dead. I only had one daytime running light to get me back to the nearest town which was 20km away. I suffered a piece of windscreen glass on my head. I needed a good shower afterwards.

DRL? I think not. You mean sidelight, right!

Apparently they're quite good in a crash, a consequence of concerns about US roll over crash safety and possible US litigation.

It's why the FHC came to market before the convertible.

[h0b0]

blackbuttdisco said:

One night, at 100kph, 2 cows crossed the road, I saw the white one in the glare of the headlights but did not see the black one behind the white one. Being a TriumphTr7, the cow rolled across the bonnet, flipped onto the top of the windscreen and down the rear quarter panel. The car stopped in about 20metres. The cow was dead. I only had one daytime running light to get me back to the nearest town which was 20km away. I suffered a piece of windscreen glass on my head. I needed a good shower afterwards.

You didn’t stand a chance with the cows traveling at that speed.

[randomeddy]

Fermit said:

I worried I was going to be here last night. M1, near Leicester last night, clear traffic, 80ish MPH (awaits our Brake members....) lane 4 just overtook a car. Suddenly a gust caught the back end of the car (which must be 1.7 tonnes?) and pushed the car diagonally to near 45 degrees. For a second or two my forward view was of the central reservation, and I really thought I was about to have a big one. Straightened up after (probably) a far smaller unit of time than it felt, but it woke me up somewhat!

Nothing like driving to the conditions eh?

[Spleen]

randomeddy said:

Fermit said:

I worried I was going to be here last night. M1, near Leicester last night, clear traffic, 80ish MPH (awaits our Brake members....) lane 4 just overtook a car. Suddenly a gust caught the back end of the car (which must be 1.7 tonnes?) and pushed the car diagonally to near 45 degrees. For a second or two my forward view was of the central reservation, and I really thought I was about to have a big one. Straightened up after (probably) a far smaller unit of time than it felt, but it woke me up somewhat!

Nothing like driving to the conditions eh?

Check you out, aren't you just the man, eh?

[Fermit]

randomeddy said:

Fermit said:

(awaits our Brake members....)

Nothing like driving to the conditions eh?

And there he is.

[Stockman14]

Spleen said:

randomeddy said:

Fermit said:

I worried I was going to be here last night. M1, near Leicester last night, clear traffic, 80ish MPH (awaits our Brake members....) lane 4 just overtook a car. Suddenly a gust caught the back end of the car (which must be 1.7 tonnes?) and pushed the car diagonally to near 45 degrees. For a second or two my forward view was of the central reservation, and I really thought I was about to have a big one. Straightened up after (probably) a far smaller unit of time than it felt, but it woke me up somewhat!

Nothing like driving to the conditions eh?

Check you out, aren't you just the man, eh?

[EADad]

oops: double barrel roll, came out with a cut on my hand where it squashed after sunroom came out and I put hand up for second roll.

[Mikebentley]

Not a time to be waving to people out the sunroof but quality crashing though.

[sean ie3]

I was going to paint a picture with words about an event in a mk1 Golf GTi but that looks like much more fun. Thumbs up Eadad.

[Abbott]

Bonefish Blues said:

Any excuse

https://youtu.be/3m5qxZm_JqM

[randomeddy]

Spleen said:

randomeddy said:

Fermit said:

I worried I was going to be here last night. M1, near Leicester last night, clear traffic, 80ish MPH (awaits our Brake members....) lane 4 just overtook a car. Suddenly a gust caught the back end of the car (which must be 1.7 tonnes?) and pushed the car diagonally to near 45 degrees. For a second or two my forward view was of the central reservation, and I really thought I was about to have a big one. Straightened up after (probably) a far smaller unit of time than it felt, but it woke me up somewhat!

Nothing like driving to the conditions eh?

Check you out, aren't you just the man, eh?

Wind strong enough to push a 1.7 tonne car sideways and billy big balls carries on doing 80. Great, what could possibly go wrong.

Me a member of BRAKE

[friederich]

h0b0 said:

blackbuttdisco said:

One night, at 100kph, 2 cows crossed the road, I saw the white one in the glare of the headlights but did not see the black one behind the white one. Being a TriumphTr7, the cow rolled across the bonnet, flipped onto the top of the windscreen and down the rear quarter panel. The car stopped in about 20metres. The cow was dead. I only had one daytime running light to get me back to the nearest town which was 20km away. I suffered a piece of windscreen glass on my head. I needed a good shower afterwards.

You didn’t stand a chance with the cows traveling at that speed.

That deserves a

I had a scare in the US many years ago - driving a convertible at night on the the I17 in the sticks - pitch black. I'd just passed a big truck and moved back the RH lane. What looked like a set of white posts started to emerge in the dipped beam cut off. Sudden realisation that this was a large cow lumbering across the interstate. Split second reaction to swerve, and cleared it's rear end. I looked in the mirror and saw the lights of the truck I'd just passed flicker - must have been messy.

[Caddyshack]

friederich said:

h0b0 said:

blackbuttdisco said:

One night, at 100kph, 2 cows crossed the road, I saw the white one in the glare of the headlights but did not see the black one behind the white one. Being a TriumphTr7, the cow rolled across the bonnet, flipped onto the top of the windscreen and down the rear quarter panel. The car stopped in about 20metres. The cow was dead. I only had one daytime running light to get me back to the nearest town which was 20km away. I suffered a piece of windscreen glass on my head. I needed a good shower afterwards.

You didn’t stand a chance with the cows traveling at that speed.

That deserves a

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When I saw the reply I completely missed the point about the speed…your drew my attention and explained it as a joke and it was a good one too.