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Following some thieving 
ox breaking into my car this morning and butchering my dash to nick the stereo, the day just got worse :roll:
Riding home from work I stopped at a pedestrian crossing. Saw the old boy at the crossing hesitate and look behind me so I had a glance in the mirror to see a bike about to hit me. Before I could even process what was happening I was on the deck :twisted:
Turns out I got rear ended by one of [url=http://home.online.no/~rogtrae/images/motorsykler/Yamaha%20MT-01.jpg]these[/url] :shock: Yamaha MT-01. Tasty bike. I remember admiring it as I overtook him through the traffic a mile or before :roll:
He hit clipped my left hand bar at 20-30mph which launched me to the floor very hard and fast. Luckily I was, as I always do, wearing all my gear and all I did was hurt my wrist. Unfortunately the bike didn’t fair so well and as it’s quite old, with this amount of damage is probably a write off
The bloke stopped and came over and after taking a mouthful of abuse from me, turned out to be OK and a decent bloke (even if he can’t ride).
What really shocked me about the whole thing was as I was picking myself up off the floor a biker went past, slowed to get and eyeful and just buggered off :shock:
I’ve always viewed bikers as a large community where we all help each other out and this has always proven to be the case until today. What a wa**er! So much for the biking community
Anyway, I’d post this to remind you that even if it gets hot and sunny, wear your protective gear. All of it. If I didn’t have my gloves, leather jeans and armoured jacket on, I’d be in casualty now, not writing this. It wasn’t from riding like an idiot, speeding or messing around. I was just sat at a pedestrian crossing letting someone cross the road.
Be safe
Paul
ox breaking into my car this morning and butchering my dash to nick the stereo, the day just got worse :roll: Riding home from work I stopped at a pedestrian crossing. Saw the old boy at the crossing hesitate and look behind me so I had a glance in the mirror to see a bike about to hit me. Before I could even process what was happening I was on the deck :twisted:
Turns out I got rear ended by one of [url=http://home.online.no/~rogtrae/images/motorsykler/Yamaha%20MT-01.jpg]these[/url] :shock: Yamaha MT-01. Tasty bike. I remember admiring it as I overtook him through the traffic a mile or before :roll:
He hit clipped my left hand bar at 20-30mph which launched me to the floor very hard and fast. Luckily I was, as I always do, wearing all my gear and all I did was hurt my wrist. Unfortunately the bike didn’t fair so well and as it’s quite old, with this amount of damage is probably a write off
The bloke stopped and came over and after taking a mouthful of abuse from me, turned out to be OK and a decent bloke (even if he can’t ride).
What really shocked me about the whole thing was as I was picking myself up off the floor a biker went past, slowed to get and eyeful and just buggered off :shock:
I’ve always viewed bikers as a large community where we all help each other out and this has always proven to be the case until today. What a wa**er! So much for the biking community
Anyway, I’d post this to remind you that even if it gets hot and sunny, wear your protective gear. All of it. If I didn’t have my gloves, leather jeans and armoured jacket on, I’d be in casualty now, not writing this. It wasn’t from riding like an idiot, speeding or messing around. I was just sat at a pedestrian crossing letting someone cross the road.
Be safe
Paul
Rode the bike to the local bike shop today to get a quote for the repairs and it seems to ride straight so it’s only cosmetic damage as I suspected 
I invested a whole £10 on new parts and pulled together the essential couriers toolkit which can effectively repair most faults
I pulled off all of the cracked panels and discovered the fairing bracket was bent which had in turn broken the back of the speedo binnacle.
A bit of gaffa tape though fixed the speedo and a clout with the lump hammer straightened the bracket
Now to the indicators. £10 bought a pair of universal mini indicators and these were a simple bolt on and plug in replacement. It was then out with the green gaffa tape to do some cosmetic repairs to the upper fairing.
As good as new Who’d ever know (except those with the gift of sight)
It still needs a mirror and clutch lever, but it’s basically roadworthy again for £10 in 2 hours
Not a bad morning’s work.
I invested a whole £10 on new parts and pulled together the essential couriers toolkit which can effectively repair most faults
I pulled off all of the cracked panels and discovered the fairing bracket was bent which had in turn broken the back of the speedo binnacle.
A bit of gaffa tape though fixed the speedo and a clout with the lump hammer straightened the bracket
Now to the indicators. £10 bought a pair of universal mini indicators and these were a simple bolt on and plug in replacement. It was then out with the green gaffa tape to do some cosmetic repairs to the upper fairing.
As good as new
Who’d ever know (except those with the gift of sight)It still needs a mirror and clutch lever, but it’s basically roadworthy again for £10 in 2 hours
Not a bad morning’s work.
Fats25 said:
I can't better (suppose the wrong word!) your bad day - but I have had 3 punctures on bike today.
Admittedly only 1 on the Gixer but another two on the push bike whilst out training for next weeks London to Brighton........
3 in a day really sucks. That's really unlucky. Add the time to sort each out and you couldn't have done much riding Admittedly only 1 on the Gixer but another two on the push bike whilst out training for next weeks London to Brighton........
I get about one puncture a year so you'll be fine for the next three years now
Chilli said:
Sorry to hear that mate. I trust your sending the bills to Mr Yamaha man?
Sure will Damage is:
upper fairing
fairing frame
speedo binnacle
left hand lower fairing
tank
seat
top box
exhaust
bars
clutch lever
bar end weight
Weise armoured jacket
Arai RX-7RR lid
On a 1992 TDM850 I suspect it'll be a write off, but I'll buy it back and tweak it little with R1 calipers, louder exhaust, stickier tyres and a bit more poke
Need to get a new jacket too. Was thinking Dianese Gator but not sure after reading the "How good is Dianese" topic
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