dropping the bike at 110km/h on open road

[JWALKER]

A sad story to tell. . .
Bren_ch and i had gone for a evening ride to akaroa on sunday. all was going good and a beautiful ride, one of those rides when everything comes together and it feels gret, now for the sad part:cry: .
as were riding back bren was in front, was about 40km away from chch. entered a 65km/h corner coming out of the corner ther was another one about 100 meters up the road. as i was coming out of the corner started accelarting up to 110km/h noticed a car a little bit in front of me, didnt think much of it, until it decided to slam its brakes on in the middle of the road with no indication or anything. seeing how close the next corner was and not wanting to take the risk of having a head-on with another car, i dropped the bike :cry: :cry: :cry: and tumbled about quite a few meters and the bike travelled about double that along the road. good news is i walked away with a graze on my hip and a bruised hand, no brocken bones, but the bike is a litte worse, wont be getting it back for atleast two months

[Edbear]

Ouch! What was the outcome ,re: the car driver? Did you find out why he stopped and did anyone help you? Glad you are ok! Did your mate see it and come back?

[Leong]

Bugger!! Least you're OK I guess, ... and what Edbear said

[98tls]

bad luck,hard to find the bright side but at least you walked away.

[Fishy]

Sorry to hear about that mate, sounds like you came out of it ok though.

[T.W.R]

Bugger! bet it was a bloody tourist in the car:argh:

sounds like the set of bends by the birdlings flat turn-off doh!

at least your in one piece, shame about the gixxer though, at least it can be repaired

[onearmedbandit]

Shit Jeff, not good at all. Glad to hear you are okay. Fuck I was almost going to come with ya's as well.

[*sic]

oh damn!.. cant help but think you were still in the wrong tho mate.

[**R1**]

oh damn!.. cant help but think you were still in the wrong tho mate.yeah i was thinking the same thing, something to do with fools and 2 second rules...not that i can give anyone any advice at all about road safety, in fact I'm an expert in braking most laws.....

That sucks balls Jeff, but why 2 months to sort ya bike? I know a fantastic painter if ya can sort out a deal with the insurance company...

[bugjuice]

that sucks big time.. At least you walked away from it, could have been a lot worse by the sounds of it.

The car that braked, I hope they stayed stopped. Did you speak to them or get their details? Else I hope you remembered the plate

[thehollowmen]

Sorry to hear you put it down but after all the injuries lately, I'm very very relieved to hear you're ok

[emaN]

dude...that sux!
glad you're semi-ok tho'...

interestingly,my wife drove to Tga and back yesterday; she got stuck behind an asian man doing 110km/h on straights,then 35-40 on corners!!!!
he was doing the heavy no-need-for-it braking you mention - git.

[Finn]

it decided to slam its brakes on in the middle of the road with no indication or anything.

Bad news mate. Sorry to hear.

So was the car turning?

[JWALKER]

Ouch! What was the outcome ,re: the car driver? Did you find out why he stopped and did anyone help you? Glad you are ok! Did your mate see it and come back?

yeah apparntly, he was thinkin about pulling into the rest area. yeah, my mate came back. the guys were stoned though, i really wanted to hit the guy, but, then would have been donr for assult

[JWALKER]

Shit Jeff, not good at all. Glad to hear you are okay. Fuck I was almost going to come with ya's as well.

yeah, i know. thanks man. you would have been fine;)

[JWALKER]

yeah i was thinking the same thing, something to do with fools and 2 second rules...not that i can give anyone any advice at all about road safety, in fact I'm an expert in braking most laws.....

That sucks balls Jeff, but why 2 months to sort ya bike? I know a fantastic painter if ya can sort out a deal with the insurance company...

look. i dont know if i was in the wrong, its hard to say, as it happend just coming out of the corner.
apparntly, it going to take two months, by the time the assesor looks at it and oks repairs and then they order the parts in and start on it and some rubbish like that

[Aaron]

That sucks, (it's not the sexy yellow one I've seen about is it? That's a fine looking bike).

Least you were wearing the right gear... dropping the bike @ 110 while wearing jeans isn't an option and you'd be forced to try and go around, into who knows what.

[ducatilover]

fucken hell! thats a bit rough, good you wernt injured though....:crazy:

[Edbear]

Appreciate the comment about the 2 sec rule, and it's a hard one to argue with the law if you hit someone from behind. Still, there can be extenuating circumstances and most cops try to listen to your story if you consider you have grounds. Interesting to get comment from our Boys in Blue on this? Very concerned that the idiots were stoned! Could be the needed extenuating circumstances?

[JWALKER]

That sucks, (it's not the sexy yellow one I've seen about is it? That's a fine looking bike).

Least you were wearing the right gear... dropping the bike @ 110 while wearing jeans isn't an option and you'd be forced to try and go around, into who knows what.

unfortunatly it probably is, if the guy was wearing yellow jacket and yellow helmet, then it was me

[JWALKER]

Appreciate the comment about the 2 sec rule, and it's a hard one to argue with the law if you hit someone from behind. Still, there can be extenuating circumstances and most cops try to listen to your story if you consider you have grounds. Interesting to get comment from our Boys in Blue on this? Very concerned that the idiots were stoned! Could be the needed extenuating circumstances?

yeah, i know wthe two second rule, was hard when coming out of a corner though.i talked to the police officer at central station and told me sympthised with me and understood where i was coming from, but , said if i had filed it, then it would be hard to prove i was in the right, if i had hit them i would have been in the wrong and cause i didnt hit them i would be in the wrong:wacko: . he also said it would be hard to prove they stoned, when its my word against the driver and his two witnesses

[imdying]

Bugger... best not ride faster than your vision next time I guess. Shame that would take all the fun out of that road though :/

[loosebruce]

Shit aye mate, at least ya walking, why two months though, whats damaged? Surely it can't be too bad, unless you cartwheeled it a few times or slid it into a kurb, man kurbs fuck bikes good.

[cousa1]

I'm trying to remember is that the corner that goes around the base of a hill?

[Riff Raff]

Shit aye mate, at least ya walking, why two months though, whats damaged? .
Probably has the same problem I did when I binned in that all the parts have to come from Japan. Bloody frustrating.

[JWALKER]

I'm trying to remember is that the corner that goes around the base of a hill?

not too sure, i think it's about 10km from tai tapu. theres two right hand 65km corners in a row and a little rest area to the right heading back towards chch

[JWALKER]

Shit aye mate, at least ya walking, why two months though, whats damaged? Surely it can't be too bad, unless you cartwheeled it a few times or slid it into a kurb, man kurbs fuck bikes good.

yeah, didnt break a bone, got up and got on the bike and rode back to chch. nah didnt cartwheel. i was going 110km/h, saw the car and then just dropped it, the bike slid down the road on one side and i rolled about 13 times along the tarseal.bike is mostly surface damage, didnt damage the tank,frame,swingarm,forks,engine,chassis, none of it, but its gonna take ages apparntly for the assesor and ordering the faring from japan and that sort of stuff, well thats what the said atleast

[loosebruce]

yeah, didnt break a bone, got up and got on the bike and rode back to chch. nah didnt cartwheel. i was going 110km/h, saw the car and then just dropped it, the bike slid down the road on one side and i rolled about 13 times along the tarseal.bike is mostly surface damage, didnt damage the tank,frame,swingarm,forks,engine,chassis, none of it, but its gonna take ages apparntly for the assesor and ordering the faring from japan and that sort of stuff, well thats what the said atleast

Is it worth claiming on? You can tidy a fairing up on the cheap easy enough, and wait till you really fuck it before you claim, unless you just like having your bike mint n stuff, it's just i've seen heaps of peeps drop there bike and wait months to get it pristine again then drop it again, when they could've been riding all that time (maybe, could've binned it again in those months) cause the bike wasn't that bad in the first place, i dont mind if it still does the bizzo ya know, i'd wait till i bent the thing round a lamp post before i'd claim and then claim for all th either damage, not that i'm ever going to crash ever again, touch wood.

[JWALKER]

Is it worth claiming on? You can tidy a fairing up on the cheap easy enough, and wait till you really fuck it before you claim, unless you just like having your bike mint n stuff, it's just i've seen heaps of peeps drop there bike and wait months to get it pristine again then drop it again, when they could've been riding all that time (maybe, could've binned it again in those months) cause the bike wasn't that bad in the first place, i dont mind if it still does the bizzo ya know, i'd wait till i bent the thing round a lamp post before i'd claim and then claim for all th either damage, not that i'm ever going to crash ever again, touch wood.

yeah, i would like to leave it, but, it broke the indiators and wouldn't pass a warrant with the side faring that hit the road, i only have to pay $700 excess and one of the panels is $1500 and its a cornoa edition, so might aswell get everything can done for it

[HenryDorsetCase]

yeah, didnt break a bone, got up and got on the bike and rode back to chch. nah didnt cartwheel. i was going 110km/h, saw the car and then just dropped it, the bike slid down the road on one side and i rolled about 13 times along the tarseal.bike is mostly surface damage, didnt damage the tank,frame,swingarm,forks,engine,chassis, none of it, but its gonna take ages apparntly for the assesor and ordering the faring from japan and that sort of stuff, well thats what the said atleast

could you streetfighter it up in the meantime?

or get it back and do a few trackdays (wouldnt matter if you dropped it there)

[loosebruce]

yeah, i would like to leave it, but, it broke the indiators and wouldn't pass a warrant with the side faring that hit the road, i only have to pay $700 excess and one of the panels is $1500 and its a cornoa edition, so might aswell get everything can done for it

Okay, but you could always buy an indicator for whatever zooki charge, $110 rough guess, and take the fairing off when WOF time comes, you dont need fairings to get a WOF. Have a check round wreckers first for any corona fairings, it might work out cheaper than the excess, not sure if you have any sort of no claims bonus, which is all i thinking about, and plus if you make claims it can bump your premium up per year. You might want to enquire to your insurance company if it will have any effect on these, if not then go for it.

[JWALKER]

Okay, but you could always buy an indicator for whatever zooki charge, $110 rough guess, and take the fairing off when WOF time comes, you dont need fairings to get a WOF. Have a check round wreckers first for any corona fairings, it might work out cheaper than the excess, not sure if you have any sort of no claims bonus, which is all i thinking about, and plus if you make claims it can bump your premium up per year. You might want to enquire to your insurance company if it will have any effect on these, if not then go for it.

Thank you for that advice, i will check it out, its really good having fellow bikers to be able to talk too about this stuff.

[CPB]

apparntly, it going to take two months, by the time the assesor looks at it and oks repairs and then they order the parts in and start on it and some rubbish like that

Jeez, glad to hear you're ok...shame about the bike tho...never nice to see your ride battered and grazed...
two months isn't too bad...try 9 months wait before I got all the bits back on the bike...kia ora R+S Hamilvegas...could have helped produce a wee human in that time frame...noddies.
Keep on them for updates etc...

[loosebruce]

Thank you for that advice, i will check it out, its really good having fellow bikers to be able to talk too about this stuff.

No worries mate, all the best of luck, more advice, pull wheelies :niceone:

[Roki_nz]

dude...that sux!
glad you're semi-ok tho'...

interestingly,my wife drove to Tga and back yesterday; she got stuck behind an asian man doing 110km/h on straights,then 35-40 on corners!!!!
he was doing the heavy no-need-for-it braking you mention - git.

Hmm you know whats worse than that prick that go well bellow the speed limit on the strights then they hit the corners and off they go

[TonyB]

i was going 110km/h, saw the car and then just dropped it, the bike slid down the road on one side and i rolled about 13 times along the tarseal.
See?! All the proof you need that you should never look at your speedo! The way I read it, you looked down to check your speed, looked up again and in the meantime the stoned driver had hit the anchors. Speed limits are dangerous!

Seriously though, sounds like it could have gone a whole lot worse. Glad to hear your OK and the bike is fixable.

[raster]

How about some photos?????:argh:

[**R1**]

its just another gixer:nya:

[DingDong]

Just last weekend I had a similar experience... Pyes Pa Rd (we were going pretty quick) row of 5-6 cars, Blackbird2 shot past and I followed (on a bend) the old lady at the front panic'd at the site of the Blackbird and jammed on the breaks just as I was pulling in to let an on-comming car through.
Grabbed the front, stood it up and up come the rear... front let go, so I had another crack...It slowed enough to turn out , missed by inches.
The guys behind said the following cars slammed the breaks and caused a whole lotta havoc.

At the time I thought..."silly old biddy" but if we were riding at legal speeds it never would have happened:brick:

Sorry old lady in the white car.

[zooter]

I've said it before and I'll probably have to say it again..the cow in the middle of the blind bend is theoretically perfectly safe if everyone keeps to the road code: On a two lane road there is another speed limit. The speed you can stop in the distance of clear road ahead. 1/2 the distance on an unlaned road. If you hit the cow/pothole/pothead/rental car/asian it is YOUR fault for speeding/following too close.

[R6_kid]

i know its not girl on girl action, but i have to say this - pics or it didnt happen!

guts to hear about it man, always wanted one of those corona alstare gixxers!

[JWALKER]

No worries mate, all the best of luck, more advice, pull wheelies :niceone:

yeah, i have been trying some of those, but, am finding it hard. have no problem doing stoppies, but, just cant quite get the knack of wheelies

[Sniper]

That sucks mate. Sad to see the damage to your lid and jacket. See what happens when I leave you alone for just a few days?

[JWALKER]

How about some photos?????:argh:

its in the bike shop now, they took some photo's might be able to get a copy

[JWALKER]

That sucks mate. Sad to see the damage to your lid and jacket. See what happens when I leave you alone for just a few days?

damage to the jacket, nah, that was a graze, will take alot more than that.
well, you will just not have to go away again and just have to keep riding the bikes, so nothing happens to me:2thumbsup

[Skyryder]

Sorry to hear that Jwlkr. Not much I can say other than you walked away and that's a winner at the top of the podium. The Akaroa highway has had a lot of accidents over the years. It has some deceptive bends espeally on the return trip. There's a couple near the lake where there is no land backdrop and becasue of this you can be into the corner before you know it.

Skyryder

[JWALKER]

Sorry to hear that Jwlkr. Not much I can say other than you walked away and that's a winner at the top of the podium. The Akaroa highway has had a lot of accidents over the years. It has some deceptive bends espeally on the return trip. There's a couple near the lake where there is no land backdrop and becasue of this you can be into the corner before you know it.

Skyryder

thanks man, it was near the lakes

[ZeroIndex]

they should ban cars from roads... they have no business there :p at least you walked away

[JWALKER]

they should ban cars from roads... they have no business there :p at least you walked away

i definatly agree, they should be our roads

[Toast]

If you have any no claims bonus at present JWALKER, do as LooseBruce says and give it an ugly fix...will save you big $$$ in the long run.

[Sniper]

I offered to fix it but he said no.

[JWALKER]

Update on the bike, finally been told how much damage i did. $4600 worth of cosmetic damage

[Sniper]

Not bad mate! So when are you getting her back. I need some competition.

[KLOWN]

Hmm you know whats worse than that prick that go well bellow the speed limit on the strights then they hit the corners and off they go
Y is that worse? if they are going slow on the straights you can overtake them and they shouldn't catch you in the twisties

[Toast]

Update on the bike, finally been told how much damage i did. $4600 worth of cosmetic damage

I did that to a CBR250 once...but instead opted to patch her up for about $600...didn't look so pretty, but went like a bought one.

[onearmedbandit]

Not bad mate! So when are you getting her back. I need some competition.

I don't how you should take that Jeff, is he saying your GRSXR600 is as slow as a CBR250 or vice-versa????

*sits back and watches the shit start :corn: *

[JWALKER]

I don't how you should take that Jeff, is he saying your GRSXR600 is as slow as a CBR250 or vice-versa????

*sits back and watches the shit start :corn: *

i think he is oam, maybe we should drag both sides of him beat and meet him in akaroa to show him he will have trouble keeping up with our gixxers. didnt do to bad last time keeping up eh bren?

sniper, maybe three weeks, fingers crossed

[Sniper]

I know I will be beaten in a drag race. Anyone can go fast in a strait line, Im talking about corners....... :devil2:

Bugger mate, thats a farking long time to be waiting for the bike

[JWALKER]

yeah, i know. your telling me. so you still have time to give me stick:rolleyes:

[Sniper]

Mate, I always have time to give people stick, you never give it back though :bleh:

[Grahameeboy]

but if we gave stick back you might start thinking you have friends......and you know what the shrink said last time...........

[JWALKER]

i know sniper and there i a reason why i dont give stick back, cause it scares me what he would do with it:eek5:

[Sniper]

*manical laugh*

[SpeedyGirl]

Now boys...... :Playnice: or i'll put you over my knee!!

[Bren_chch]

Now boys...... :Playnice: or i'll put you over my knee!!

dont give them thoughts like that, u'll never hear the end of it!

[Sniper]

JWALKER might get excited.........

[JWALKER]

tis true, the idea of spanking . . .hhmm:shake: