The little Ninja is no more. GPZ250R Vs COW

[cowboyz]

Well. Interesting morning this morning. I was off on my way to work which is a 14km bike ride on the open road. Took the little Ninja out and was happily cruising at 100km/hr until I saw a cow in the middle of the road. Well I didn't actually see it until my headlight was on the other side of it. T-boned it and was busting my arse not to drop the damn bike. The bike disintergrated under me as I tried all I could to not go for a slide down the road.

I have extensive bruising on both my legs and sprained both thumbs but generally ok. Even got the day off work too..

The thing that pisses me off the most is I really liked my little Ninja. It was in great condition and now it is a pile of metal.

Police are still looking into the accident but I am very keen for some farmer who can't keep his cows on the green stuff to be either buying me a new bike or buying my piece of junk off me for $3000.

[bugjuice]

ouch dude.. that's gotta hurt
least the username lives up to itself now..
how's the cow?

[cowboyz]

Died at the scene. Better her than me. Another thing that pisses me off is I actually have 6 weeks left till I get my full licence and am *legally* allowed to ride the GSX. I was trying to be a good boy and stay on the 250 till I get my full licence. Have to get to work somehow now. Actually, now I also need to look into hiring a 250 to do my licence on.

[John]

Police are still looking into the accident but I am very keen for some farmer who can't keep his cows on the green stuff to be either buying me a new bike or buying my piece of junk off me for $3000.

Been their done that, seems the cops didnt really give a shit even after someone was hospitialised, I hope you do get some compensation and hope you mend up nice and quick, glad your ok.

[cowboyz]

Well I really didn't want to hear that!

I am not letting this go by the way. If the cop isnt going to do anything then I will be very very disappointed.

[Paul in NZ]

Ouch!

Glad to hear you can still post about it though...

[TerminalAddict]

hopefully you're bike is insured.
Make a claim, then one of those angry insurance fockers will track down the farmer and rape him until he coughs.

[Sniper]

The owner of the cow is legally bound to pay your costs if the cow was on a public road

[DemonWolf]

Glad to hear that ya all in one piece cowboyz...

Hope ya get it all sorted real soon.

[crshbndct]

you got insurance? let them handle it. they will buy you a new bik to the value of the old one and because it was not your fault, the no-claims bonus and deductible will not be you rproblem

[cowboyz]

No insurance on that bike. For 2 reasons really.

1. i am really cocky and never in a million years thought I would ever ever drop it.
2. My insurance co want $600 /year to insure the bike for $2.5k

3. I only intended to keep the bike till I got my full licence so I could do everything legal like and never even thought I would crash it.

4. I have been on bikes for 20 odd years and the thought of crashing it never seemed concievable.

5. The cost of insurance Vs risk didn't seem worth it at the time.


Did I mention I never planned on crashing it?

The gsx is getting insured though. Lesson learned.

Apart from my no insurance I think this point is totally beside the point. Not my fault. Not my cow. The farmer can payout on this one. I was farming for 16 years and always had a comprehensive public libability insurance if stock got on the road or wrecked something that wasn;t mine. It was always a concern of mine. I am not anti insurance just at the time being as I have been on bikes all my life without a licence and brought the 250 so I could do everything legally and only got 6 weeks till my full licence the cost of insurance for the bike didn't stack up. Even now I dont think it was a good idea to insure a $2500 bike for $600/year. I would still be in the red if they replaced the bike with teh insurance premiums.

Mr farmer is going to find a very angry man on his doorstep if he dodges his responsiblity to put this right.

[skelstar]

Good to see you are ok.

Does anyhone find Coyboyz username slightly ironic (unless youve registered since incident) and that he 't-boned' the cow.

[Str8 Jacket]

Hey cowboyz really sorry to hear about what happened, and I can definately sympathise with you! At least your ok and that's all that matters at the end of the day. Good luck with everything. Just remember to rest! Hope you feel better soon!

[cowboyz]

I find it ironic that I spent 16 years milking cows. 9 of that Sharemilking. June05 I sold up and moved to town cause I am sick of cows. I hate cows. Now I hate them more.

[Sniper]

You dont need to have insurance. Find the owner of the cow an make them pay for all of it

[cowboyz]

my thoughts exactly. A couple of years ago I accidently backed into a car in a parking lot. My fault. I was actually lighting a ciggy while backing out with no throttle and my foot off the clutch. Made a minor mess of both cars. My car is insured and my insurance had to pay for both vechiles. It was my fault. I pay. This case, it was/is the farmers fault. he pays. I will wait till the police get back to me tonight and then go headhunting in the morning.

[Flyingpony]

Sorry about your accident with the cow.
I trust you remembered the tag id numbers and cut pattern shape in the cow ear.
You'll then be able to find the owner very quickly.

[bungbung]

easy on the technical cowtalk

[Sniper]

Lol.........

[snuffles]

You dont need to have insurance.


Very clever statement, also you dont need a lifejacket when taking part in water sport and its not essential to have a working parachute when jumping from a perfectly good plane.

[Sniper]

Very clever statement, also you dont need a lifejacket when taking part in water sport and its not essential to have a working parachute when jumping from a perfectly good plane.

I shall allow this slight modification and burning of my words as I could have phrased it better. But snuffles, they know what I meant, now do not nit pick! :nono:

[RiderInBlack]

Are you prepare to go to Claims Court? Are You able to prove that the cow is definitely from a particular farm? If not, hope that the Farmer is an honnorible person and takes responcibility for the damage to your bike, otherwise you will have to right it off as bad luck.

Sorry to hear about your accident and do think the farmer needs to pay damages, but I just don't like your chances of getting compensation (specially if his insurers want to weasle out of paying).

[Sniper]

Out of a ACC report:


Mr Millar said stock owners need to realise they are responsible for their animals and could be liable for any damage they cause. "What we are trying to get through to people is to secure their stock. In all cases stock security and fencing is discussed with owners, pointing out potential dangers and liability," he said.

[cowboyz]

Are you prepare to go to Claims Court? Are You able to prove that the cow is definitely from a particular farm? If not, hope that the Farmer is an honnorible person and takes responcibility for the damage to your bike, otherwise you will have to right it off as bad luck.

Sorry to hear about your accident and do think the farmer needs to pay damages, but I just don't like your chances of getting compensation (specially if his insurers want to weasle out of paying).


Yes. I am prepared to pay $5000 to get some a dork who is trying to weasle his way out of paying $3000 just to teach him a lesson. Hopefully it doesn't come to that. I consider myself a reasonable man and am willing to talk reasonably about how he is going to pay. There is no excuse for stock on roads. I farmed for long enough to know what stock are like. I know it is not difficult to maintain boundary fences even if stock is running a muck inside the boundaries. I just hope that the cow came from a dairy farm with money and they will write it off as a bad accident and payup rather than a lifesytle block with some poor guy with a 90% mortgage. Massive generalization here but you can't get blood out of a stone.

Time will tell.

[aff-man]

Shit just saw your bike and explaination on trademe. Bugger dude. How fecked is the gpz?? Is it salvagable at all?

I am searching the 250's at the moment looking for a trade and some cash on my cbr600 that's for sale. Your gpz looked in mint condition. Sorry about that.

[froggyfrenchman]

hope it all works out. i hit a sheep in my car once, the farmer was made to pay. there is hope!

[Odin]

Yes. I am prepared to pay $5000 to get some a dork who is trying to weasle his way out of paying $3000 just to teach him a lesson.


Small claims court is 50 bucks i think so it wount be that bad unless you want laywers and white wigs and all that :woohoo:

[Scorpygirl]

Sorry to hear about your crash Cowboyz - hope you heal up OK. Bugger about your bike :(

I hope it all gets sorted out too.

[sels1]

Small claims court is 50 bucks i think

And it works quite well, if a little slow - good luck with the process.

[Dafe]

Good to hear you're OK. How was the Cow?

[cowboyz]

Shit just saw your bike and explaination on trademe. Bugger dude. How fecked is the gpz?? Is it salvagable at all?

I am searching the 250's at the moment looking for a trade and some cash on my cbr600 that's for sale. Your gpz looked in mint condition. Sorry about that.


Once I get over myself, there may be some salvageable parts on it. The motor still runs. The brakes still work and the drive chain still makes the wheel go round. However, the front is twisted to hell. The fairings are smashed to a million pieces. Radator has bits of cow in it. generally one big mess.

I put the auction back up for one day with an explnation on it because since I listed it I have been non stop on the phone answering questions about it. I have an almost (I did say almost) unhealthy attachment to the little ninja. I love that bike. This is the first scratch I put on it.

[aff-man]

Once I get over myself, there may be some salvageable parts on it. The motor still runs. The brakes still work and the drive chain still makes the wheel go round. However, the front is twisted to hell. The fairings are smashed to a million pieces. Radator has bits of cow in it. generally one big mess.

I put the auction back up for one day with an explnation on it because since I listed it I have been non stop on the phone answering questions about it. I have an almost (I did say almost) unhealthy attachment to the little ninja. I love that bike. This is the first scratch I put on it.

Well it was quite a scratch from the sound of things :rofl: :rofl:

Good luck for finding the farmer :sherlock:

[stanko]

Worst case of Bovine suicide Ive ever heard of. Must have known it was off to the works soon. Stand up for Bovine freedom !!

[James Deuce]

When's the BBQ???

Good you're still here.

[cowboyz]

tomorrow night. going to get the cows cousin cooking up in a ritual type ceramony. Unfortuntely the doc told me I am not allowed to drink on the drugs they have given me.

[Zapf]

Free leathers?

[sanchez]

Some farmers have insurance to cover just this sort of thing.. The farmer has lost a bunch of money too, dairy cows are expensive.

[Sniper]

Thanks Sanchez

[FROSTY]

You are one friggin lucky MOFO --hitting a cow at 100km/k is not something ya usually just walk away from
sounds like the damage is all cosmetic dude. there will be heaps of GPX bits around to fix it.

[cowboyz]

Some farmers have insurance to cover just this sort of thing.. The farmer has lost a bunch of money too, dairy cows are expensive.

Found out a few things today. The police believe the cow came from a small lifesytle block. The owner admits that he is missing a cow but is not admitting liability because in the past he has had cattle stolen from his property and the one he has missing may have been stolen and the one I hit could be someone elses. Does anyone see this as grasping at straws or is it just me?

Anyway. The council picked the animal up off the side of the road and took it somewhere to bury but because the police called them to do it they have taken photos of the animal and taken the animals eartags to put on file.

I can't see the file under Monday morning.

This is just stupid. But then there were some on hear that warned me.

I did get a little bit in the paper although they called it a calf. It didn't *feel* like a calf! Maybe it was. I didn't actually see the animal at all, well very very briefly. I was too busy lying on the ground in pain after the accident to go look at the animal so I will be interested to see the photos and report to see how calf-like this thing was. The ambo and police referred to it as a cow when I was being taken care of and that made sense.

I will be stunned if I find out it is like a 40kg calf or something.