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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.
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!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?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
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!
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!It's why the FHC came to market before the convertible.
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. 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?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?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?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?Me a member of BRAKE
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. 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.
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. .
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