f$#k$ng crashed the bike [Archive]

aff-man

19th March 2006, 18:19

Not to bad but am really miffed.

Coming back from a mates house after seeing Fat Freddy's Drop at grey lynn

Coming up to lights put brakes on..

Front locks and tucks And bike and me go down the road..

Pro:
Not to much damaged to the bike... Crash bung it fecked, faring a bit scuffed up, not the muffler but pipe is a bit dented and scratched and the brake lever broke off at the end.

Con:
Did it right next to my mate in his ute so I won't hear the end of it for a while.

erik

19th March 2006, 18:25

Sorry to hear that. Gotta watch those greasy intersections (not to mention the painted markings), not the best place for heavy braking.

Zapf

19th March 2006, 18:27

yakes... sorry to hear.

At lease its still in one piece :)

Roads were greasy in places today...

enigma51

19th March 2006, 18:37

its karma mate for giving me shit about the gas station.

Only kidding good to hear its not too bad!

Sniper

19th March 2006, 18:39

Bugger mate.

Nicksta

19th March 2006, 18:42

bummer dude.... that sucks....
glad you and bike are ok though...
how are the red and black leathers?

myvice

19th March 2006, 18:43

That’s not a crash! Go out and do it properly!
Glad it was only your pride that was hurt, and a ute on hand too.

NotaGoth

19th March 2006, 18:51

Bummer to hear that aff.. Could always be worse though

Back Fire

19th March 2006, 18:57

The luck of the hair ran out? :blink: maybe its time for a hair cut so it can grow fresh:lol:

Glad to hear your alright man, and not to bad on the bike.

Big Dave

19th March 2006, 19:00

Commiserations.
Shit happens - Fix it.

New nickname:
gaffe-man.

sAsLEX

19th March 2006, 19:02

At least the brakes worked, oh and you had two callipers :confused: :laugh:

DEATH_INC.

19th March 2006, 19:24

I can lend ya some bits if you wanna make it look like a real crash......glad you didn't bust the shit I did....

bugjuice

19th March 2006, 19:30

that sux dude..
max stoppie then? :headbang:

swanman

19th March 2006, 19:34

Shame mate. Sure it'll shine up well.

beyond

19th March 2006, 19:41

What a bummer. Murphies law again. Get around the Coro loop without a mishap and a simple trip through town turns to custard :(

Ya reckon the front tyre finally said enoughs enough aye?

2_SL0

19th March 2006, 19:51

bummer, but at least you walked away.

cowpoos

19th March 2006, 20:02

stink bro....sorry to hear.....you need me to look after ya misses while ya fixing ya bike???? just sing out?

Big Dave

19th March 2006, 20:23

stink bro....sorry to hear.....you need me to look after ya misses while ya fixing ya bike???? just sing out?

nice work - but
what's with all the dribble on your signature? - it fills the whole screen on my laptop.

texmo

19th March 2006, 20:24

Bugger mate.
yet another meaning full post from sniper that is under 5 words long:rofl:

GIXser

19th March 2006, 20:27

sorry to hear it AFF Man, think of it as luck though",, could have been far worse,, give the man a medal whom invented crash bungs"

aff-man

19th March 2006, 20:39

Yeh the crash bungs definatley saved most of the more valuable bits..

The only damage to gear (that I can see) is some scuffs on the front of my cordura jacket (where I slid on the ground), and some scuffs on my jeans and boots...

Was a pitifully sad incident and I just picked the bike up and rode home. It's just so annoying when that happens and there was nothing to prevent it..

And yes I think the front tyre was saying enough is enough....

there is minor damage to the fairing that if fixed will look like no crash happened at all... well that is after I replace the brake lever. So does anyone know a good touch up method?? Luckily it's basically in one quadrent so all I need is mainly the blue and a ittle white for the writing.

sAsLEX

19th March 2006, 21:02

... well that is after I replace the brake lever.

careful doing maintanence on the brakes, double check all the bolts, not something you want falling off half way through a ride.........

Gremlin

19th March 2006, 21:16

Please tell me you weren't having a bit of fun and pulled a stoppie?? :lol:

Glad you came out lightly... and I just knew that hair would cause an accident.

bugjuice

19th March 2006, 21:28

'course he did.. his mate is there in the ute, and he's lookin 70's cool.. :2thumbsup

aff-man

19th March 2006, 23:07

'course he did.. his mate is there in the ute, and he's lookin 70's cool.. :2thumbsup

Funny thing was I wasn't really trying to pull one. Allready showed him those skills earlier in the week.....:msn-wink: :innocent:

But yeh the fro acted like a parachute and gently lowered me to the ground so i think i'll keep it for now...

Dickheads in a car (in the lane which my fallen bike was sitting) just looked at me and then shouted something as they went passed...:finger::finger:

ZeroIndex

19th March 2006, 23:16

sorry to hear that dude, hope the repair work is easy and cheap to do...

Shadows

19th March 2006, 23:26

New nickname: gaffe-man.

or off-man

aff-man

19th March 2006, 23:51

or off-man

That seems a little rude from someone I don't know.

2much

20th March 2006, 00:35

That seems a little rude from someone I don't know.

Gotta agree with that.

Sorry to hear dude, but glad to hear you and that sexy Suzi came away relatively unscathed. And thankgod you didn't damage those stunnung leathers!;)

Now tell the truth... did the hair get in your eyes???:whistle:

Motoracer

20th March 2006, 01:49

Oh well... It's just part of the game Jhono, atleast you don't have to worry about scratching your pretty bike from now on.

Time to practice some 12'o Clock wheelies and stoppies!! :headbang:

Insanity_rules

20th March 2006, 06:58

Sorry to hear about your bin. Glad it only really damaged your pride, it could have been worse.

I almost binned it yesterday and it really got the heart going! Turned left hard in the rain and the ass slid. Gave it a bit of gas and it pulled back into line.

aff-man

20th March 2006, 07:22

Oh well... It's just part of the game Jhono, atleast you don't have to worry about scratching your pretty bike from now on.

Time to practice some 12'o Clock wheelies and stoppies!! :headbang:

Mounting bits are coming for the race farings this week so I'll get onto sorting them out. Then I won't have to worry about scratching the bike...ish:blink:

Now tell the truth... did the hair get in your eyes???

Well actually..............:thud:

kiwifruit

20th March 2006, 08:49

Fark!! thats no good Aff :(
lucky you had the bungs on there....
I hope its not too damaged mate

The Stranger

20th March 2006, 09:59

Damn, glad you ok.

Was just looking for the "Find my forks" run and I found this.

Do you feel the bike behaved any different to what you would expect as a result of the recent fork mods?

loosebruce

20th March 2006, 10:26

aff-man

20th March 2006, 11:22

Bummer Jono, i can tell you one thing with almost certainity as to why it happened, yes it was the tyre, but no it wasn't cause the tyre was poked, yes to not having enough heat in it, one of the problems when using race tyres instead of road tyes, short trips and communtes dont get good enough heat onto them, i'd put money on that if you had a road tyre it would had a far less chance of happening.
Sounds like the damage isn't too bad, are you getting race fairings for it?

Yip totally agree mate... Although they say they loose thier stickyness after heaps of heat cycles (and I've done over 6000km on it), It was definatley cold tyres.

Yeh I got me some race fairings just waiting for the mountings to arrive later this week, sorting out some lights (to make it somewhat legal) and I think i'll put the expensive suzi ones away. Only thing is that it will piss off the GF if she can't go on the back now and again:buggerd:

Brett

20th March 2006, 17:13

sounds incredibly unlucky...By the way...you live out bucklands beach way aff-man??

aff-man

20th March 2006, 17:34

That may... or may not be me.... Why?

Zed

20th March 2006, 19:11

Shocker Jono, glad it wasn't a major though. Sheesh i'd have thought your chance of looping it would be higher doing all that stunt practise, over just riding down the road and dropping it at the traffic lights!? :blink:

Put it behind you, learn from it, and move on buddy! :2thumbsup

Leong

20th March 2006, 19:52

Bad luck there mate, sounds like you're OK... so hope it doesn't prove too expensive....

Two Smoker

20th March 2006, 20:09

Glad your ok Jono and didnt end up like me.... Also glad your bike isnt too bad aswell...

aff-man

20th March 2006, 20:45

Cheers guys..... It was me just being oblivious to the conditions I suppose and cocking up.... Just a little humiliating that's all.

Did the worset thing I could do today though... went into colemans and they have a shiny new 06 gixxer600 at the front door..... They are mean mean people.... I didn't really think of selling a kidney..... well not for that long anyway.

Shadows

20th March 2006, 23:41

That seems a little rude from someone I don't know.

Sorry man. Poor attempt at a joke. Rest of the thread seemed pretty light hearted too. Anyway, pretty bad form but no offence intended.

T.I.E

21st March 2006, 06:55

oh dude, nice work sounds like a good accident if there can ever be such a thing.
so was it a stoppie gone wrong?
but good to hear you and the bike are ok.

Korumba

21st March 2006, 07:03

Good to hear your ok...
That front end of the bikes is causeing you some greif,

take three easy steps

1,Sell someone elses Kidney

2,ask "Fat Freddys Drop" to change there name to "Fat Freddys Keep it Upright"

3 Buy the 06 600