BuckBuckNo1 Meets Mother Earth - Damn

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Got up walked over to Golf November Two Five Zero - didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

Laugh, because I deliberately set off to do an emergency acceleration immediately after an emergency stop, Or

Cry, because I was in the carpark when it happened, and now all the guys and girls on Kiwibiker, will say 'Buck - you had your first off, but it doesn't count.'

Was able to ride it home, tomorrow will be down shop to replace handle bars L-rear indicator housing and bulb, L-rear tail light cover, L-footpeg.

Only have a sore left thumb and glad I had the full riding gear on.

Heads Up and Enjoy [At my expense.... ]

[Clivoris]

Welcome to the club man. It's your shout.

[The Pastor]

Got any pics?

[Quartida]

I think ANY off should count as your first off.

That way you can get it over and done with with a minimum of fuss (and maximum skin retention).

[limbimtimwim]

Oh no, it so doesn't count. My first, and only, body meets ground event happened in a carpark 8 years ago. I don't count that.

I am the arbiter of what counts and what doesn't damnit. I am god.

On another note, good to see you are okay. I totally ruined the muscles in my wrist, didn't come completely right for about 6 months or so, if I remember correctly.

If you are still in any pain tomorrow, see a doctor. You may need to do something to prevent lingering injury, even if it is only your thumb!

[Jantar]

Of course it counts. Any impact between the ground and any part of bike other than tyres or stand is a drop. Any impact between any part of body other than feet and ground is an "off".

In my early days of riding I used to go out on a muddy piece of ground and practice every type of "off" I could think of so that I'd recognise the signs when it happened in earnest. My later experiences proved that there are a few types of "off" that I didn't think of at the time.

[Dadpole]

Sorry to read about your "off" there BuckBuckNo1. I have been following your progress to date, and have been impressed with the way you went about it. Biting the dust sometime is almost mandatory for learners, but best at low speed (preferably not in front of witnesses)

PS: You have done much better than me. My first "incident" was less than a week of getting my first bike.

[The Pastor]

THIS IS 100% UNSAFE PLEASE DO NOT RUN WITH SIZZORS OR YOU WILL GET RABIES. or so im told...

[Dadpole]

THIS IS 100% UNSAFE PLEASE DO NOT RUN WITH SIZZORS OR YOU WILL GET RABIES. or so im told...

Now he tells me!

[Filterer]

I had a tiny insy winsy lowside a few weeks ago - fortuantly virtually the only damage was the right hand mirror and brake lever and a very minor scrape on the muffler.

Brake lever =$35
Mirror=$35

so i guess it looks like youll be in for a couple of hundred $$ then if your getting new components. At least there are no fairings

Good luck

[Squeak the Rat]

I guess you found the limit..... Better in a carpark than in front of an 18 wheeler.

What actually happened?

[McJim]

Like they say - welcome to the club. I'd only been riding 3 weeks when I got knocked of....right outside Auckland Hospital. I cleverly put my knee between the tank and the ground to protect the bike as I slid gracefully along the tarmac.

As a result I still can't straighten my leg but ACC are paying for the physio - I had 3rd party insurance which didn't cover me for being creamed by an uninsured idiot but I was able to claim for Helmet, Jacket, Pants and boots through home contents insurance.

I say if you bit the dirt you bit the dirt (even if you do it in your own garage).

All the best.

[crashe]

BuckBuck1 - I am pleased to hear that you are ok.
Yep go and see your dr if your thumb is still sore... you may need physio on it.
The bike can be fixed.

Yep it is classed as a bin...... you came off the bike.

From what you were doing at your practise session, you will have learned heaps from this.

Have a wee chat with your mentor about it and see what you have to do different so this won't happen again.

Good to hear this wee bin hasn't put you off.

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Thanks all for your comments. Golf November Two Five Zero is looking good, with change in riding style handlebars and new after-market mirrors, fixed tail light. Got the bars and light from Richards Motorcycles in Johnsonville. This morning had the footpeg arm straigthened at Cycleworks in Taita.

The bike with the new bars and mirrors I m pleased with, actually I was going to swap over to these bars and get the after-market mirrors in a few months time - perhaps sooner than I expected now

I want to post some pictures but the file sizes are over 1mb, in either jpeg, bmp or tif formats - any help in doing this appreciated.

[TLDV8]

I want to post some pictures but the file sizes are over 1mb, in either jpeg, bmp or tif formats - any help in doing this appreciated.

Good to see things turned out ok

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There is a good image resizer download here

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/d...powertoys.mspx

There is the option of uploading your pics here (free) and they will be resized automatically.

http://photobucket.com/