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In my new role as Captain Cock, I successfully managed to trash my bike yesterday.
The weather was warm, the sun was out, the roundabout was clear, my nuts were huge. Sadly it wasn't to be.
Er, just wanted to share that, both myself & my bike have seen better days
Anyway, a big
to the the two local coppers who came to have a chat, the half a dozen bikers who slowed/stopped to check if I was OK & Carole Nash/SOS Motorcycles who got me home.
The weather was warm, the sun was out, the roundabout was clear, my nuts were huge. Sadly it wasn't to be.
Er, just wanted to share that, both myself & my bike have seen better days
Anyway, a big
to the the two local coppers who came to have a chat, the half a dozen bikers who slowed/stopped to check if I was OK & Carole Nash/SOS Motorcycles who got me home.
still did enough damage though. Cold tyres are not your friend. Good to hear you are ok though and hope you are back on the road quickly. 
t news but glad your OK, Carl-H said:
Muffles said:
and I'd get a set of R&Gs, they would have helped save a lot of that I reckon, they are quite good with slides, it's only when they bend that it's a problem!
Pretty sure they are built to bend to stop it bending your frame.Thanks for your good wishes chaps. Apart from a few grazes, a sprained finger & feeling like a right berk, I'm fine (that'll learn me eh).
It was a low-side, hero-blobs are there for a reason.
Sadly, no crash bungs fitted, the hole in the fairing was where the fixing was & it's ripped the thread out of the frame. It spun around, hit the kerb backwards & then mounted the pavement (you can see the scuff marks on the pavement & the pools of fluid where it finally came to a stop). I managed to lift it & push it a few feet away from the edge of the kerb.
The cops were fine, didn't even write me a producer. The did mention that the traffic cops might take a dim view of my number plate, but left it there. Even offered me a lift to the nearest village. Top blokes, as were all the bikers who stopped and slowed down - how nice was that!
One slight downer though, about 3 miles earlier, I passed a bloody great camper van. This was having followed it for about 5 miles waiting for a safe overtake.
After I had got the bike upright & whilst trying to collect myself, they pulled up & after asking if I was ok, the woman began to give me a lecture on how "we ride a Goldwing but you came past us so fast" etc etc. Right when the coppers turned up. Yeah, thanks love.
Still, I am a cock for being a scrooge & not changing the tyres to Diablo's like I should have.
Anyway, I think the bike is a gonner which is a shame as it'd only had a good service & clean-up 3 weeks ago cost me £550 (new rad etc). For a 10 year old bike which had had quite a hard life, it was looking better that it had for around 5 years.
So the plan is to get another one if possible - budget around £3.5-4K. For what I use it for, it is an excellent tool. I saw a '99 model in MCN today which would've been just right but of course it was sold. Someone has suggested a Firestorm but I think that'll be a bit too harsh a riding position for me.
It was a low-side, hero-blobs are there for a reason.
Sadly, no crash bungs fitted, the hole in the fairing was where the fixing was & it's ripped the thread out of the frame. It spun around, hit the kerb backwards & then mounted the pavement (you can see the scuff marks on the pavement & the pools of fluid where it finally came to a stop). I managed to lift it & push it a few feet away from the edge of the kerb.
The cops were fine, didn't even write me a producer. The did mention that the traffic cops might take a dim view of my number plate, but left it there. Even offered me a lift to the nearest village. Top blokes, as were all the bikers who stopped and slowed down - how nice was that!
One slight downer though, about 3 miles earlier, I passed a bloody great camper van. This was having followed it for about 5 miles waiting for a safe overtake.
After I had got the bike upright & whilst trying to collect myself, they pulled up & after asking if I was ok, the woman began to give me a lecture on how "we ride a Goldwing but you came past us so fast" etc etc. Right when the coppers turned up. Yeah, thanks love.
Still, I am a cock for being a scrooge & not changing the tyres to Diablo's like I should have.
Anyway, I think the bike is a gonner which is a shame as it'd only had a good service & clean-up 3 weeks ago cost me £550 (new rad etc). For a 10 year old bike which had had quite a hard life, it was looking better that it had for around 5 years.
So the plan is to get another one if possible - budget around £3.5-4K. For what I use it for, it is an excellent tool. I saw a '99 model in MCN today which would've been just right but of course it was sold. Someone has suggested a Firestorm but I think that'll be a bit too harsh a riding position for me.
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