Trashed Bike, Cadwell, Front of camera man!!!!!! 14pics..
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sammy_bibs said:
Well lucky for me it was a write of for cosmetic damage about a month ago, so i have not lost a penny on the machine as insurance are in process of sending me a cheque from the other guys insurance, =) winner...
result 
ideal trackday bike then
PS those pics are awsome
Edited by y2blade on Monday 6th August 08:41
Reminds me of another incident, also at Cadwell:
A chap binned his bike on track.
Threw it in a ditch just before Lincoln.
Claimed on his road insurance.
Pic like the above, appeared in a bike mag over two years later.
Insurance assessor spots & recognises the bike.
Tears before bedtime.
d
A chap binned his bike on track.
Threw it in a ditch just before Lincoln.
Claimed on his road insurance.
Pic like the above, appeared in a bike mag over two years later.
Insurance assessor spots & recognises the bike.
Tears before bedtime.
d
F308 MAN said:
Reminds me of another incident, also at Cadwell:
A chap binned his bike on track.
Threw it in a ditch just before Lincoln.
Claimed on his road insurance.
Pic like the above, appeared in a bike mag over two years later.
Insurance assessor spots & recognises the bike.
Tears before bedtime.
d
I heard a good story...recitied by Jamie Whitam, of a fellow who had come off on the 1st corner at Cadwell on his GSXR1100, flew over the barrier only to land in the middle of the straight on the other side minus bike...A chap binned his bike on track.
Threw it in a ditch just before Lincoln.
Claimed on his road insurance.
Pic like the above, appeared in a bike mag over two years later.
Insurance assessor spots & recognises the bike.
Tears before bedtime.
dPeople going down the other side were wondering how a biker came to be lying there sunbathing in full leathers without a motorbike.
Edited by F.M on Monday 6th August 10:25
sammy_bibs said:
Great sequence - hope he didnt charge you for each shot?!
Have you superglued your arse to the seat so that you run out of ground clearance for effect, or is it just by accident?
HANG OFF IT MAN!!In previous shots it looks like you can/do do it. Might have contributed to your lowside?
Well on the previous sessions i was grinding my Exhaust on the ground, so i kept rasing my suspention, but as previous the exhaust was grounding out and i pushed it down further, subsequently lifting the back tyre, as i still had about 1 cm of unused tyre on the bikes edge. So combination of bad suspention & bad judgement this time. Lesson learned,
---Cadwell 1 - Sam 0---
---Cadwell 1 - Sam 0---
sammy_bibs said:
Well on the previous sessions i was grinding my Exhaust on the ground, so i kept rasing my suspention, but as previous the exhaust was grounding out and i pushed it down further, subsequently lifting the back tyre, as i still had about 1 cm of unused tyre on the bikes edge. So combination of bad suspention & bad judgement this time. Lesson learned,
---Cadwell 1 - Sam 0---
---Cadwell 1 - Sam 0---
So youre whole cornering philosophy is based on how much unused tyre you have, despite the fact your dragging your pegs and 'zorst?!
Tell me to
right off if you think Im being a patronising prick but the internet was invented for knowledge sharing and it might be that everyone else is just being polite.In the pic I quoted, your head wants to be about foot lower and towards the inside of the corner.Yours is dead centre over the tank and behind the screen. Use your head to drag the bike in the direction you want it to go, rather than using your body to PUSH it where you want it to go. It naturally follow your head like a lemming. As if you were trying to look at a zit in your LH wing mirror (if you had them) and you you only need one arse cheek on the seat - in this case, your right one.
Effectively, youre moving your CofG to allow you to NOT lean the bike over as far.
Still, the fact your dragged the hardware before you used all the tyre is probably a pointer to shagged suspension I spose.
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