Crashed my ZX6R :(

[sndrmn]

Coming over Nui Hill last night..on the Hutt side going up...it was a bit wet.
Gave it to much gas coming into a sweeping lefthander, my back wheel must have been crosssing the Cateyes at the time.

Did'nt have a chance, bike just flopped down on the left side.....last thing I remember was the bike suddenly drpping straight down on its left side...then it sliding away from me followed by Concrete, Sky, Concrete Sky with a long skid on my back at the end....

The bike itself was ok, the rear fairing was wasted, the crash bung on the left was pretty worn down, did its job though, fairing at front ok. Some big scratches on the oil casing??

Yep it was my own fault...no excuses there.......my poor bike....sniff sniff
Insurance is going to get it looked at.

I am fine, thank God for my leather suit with the armour....my ribs are bruised on right side, my left shoulder bruised and my left knee has a mean gash in it despite the armour!!! My left knee on the leather is completely worn through to armour....damn......


So yeah no more riding for me for a little while....:bye:

[S&S]

Bugger dude.....

[Kendog]

Sorry to hear that dude, but glad to hear you were able to get up and walk away!

[frogfeaturesFZR]

:yes: Bad luck mate. Still you can ride again, buy a lotto ticket !

[Motig]

Bugger ! Thats convinced me - leather tro for this summer.

[Macktheknife]

Bugger..... glad you are basically ok though.
good luck with the repairs.

[Pwalo]

Bad luck mate. That's an awkward piece of road wether you're in a car or on a bike.

Glad to hear that the gear kept you intact and that the Kwaks relatively ok. Take it that you've got insurance?

[skelstar]

Bugger mate. Was fizzing up there this morning in my kevlar jeans thinking 'take it easy....fun doesnt have to mean fast'.

[aff-man]

Sounds like it could have been worse. Hope you get back up and running soon.

[sndrmn]

Yep recommend leathers to anyone thinking of getting some. Worth every dollar I spent....
Yep insurance will cover it...just gotta put up 25% of the sum insured...OUCH!
Cheers everyone....hopefully I will be riding soonish...

Here a few little pics...i took with my phone

[Korea]

Whew~ sounds like a fair bit of damage for a slip in the wet.
Heal up fast dude :scooter:

[NinjaBoy]

Bad luck but easy to do.

If you're considering funding the repairs yourself I happen to have some Left side bits coming available soon. Mostly with superficial only damage but hey the cage driver who shunted me from behind is paying for new ones. Give me a PM if interested.

[Postie]

Yep recommend leathers to anyone thinking of getting some. Worth every dollar I spent....
Yep insurance will cover it...just gotta put up 25% of the sum insured...OUCH!
Cheers everyone....hopefully I will be riding soonish...

Here a few little pics...i took with my phone

are you insured with Protecta?

bad luck with the bin mate, twas a nice bike.
and yep, leathers are great, save you skin by wearing some cow, definatly worth the money

[ducatijim]

Bummer dude,hope all gets fix'd soon. Good lesons there 4 u thou: power +wet road= potential slip. Riding on center line ( cats eyes?) = very unwise anytime, riding over catseyes/painted lines at a lean + wet+ power= well, I guess you know these now! Hope others can learn from your mistake and stay safer on wet roads. Had a car (or 44t b train )been comming the other way would = death.

[dnos]

bugger. good to know that ur gear did its job and you are able to cry about your bike instead of anything else.

[sndrmn]

are you insured with Protecta?

bad luck with the bin mate, twas a nice bike.
and yep, leathers are great, save you skin by wearing some cow, definatly worth the money

yep with protecta...why?

[Postie]

yep with protecta...why?
cos i had to pay 25% when i was insured with them and wrote off a bike(s)

[Zed]

Gave it to much gas coming into a sweeping lefthander, my back wheel must have been crosssing the Cateyes at the time.

I am fine, thank God for my leather suit with the armour....

So yeah no more riding for me for a little while....:bye:And that means no more wheelie practise too! Sheesh at first when i saw your thread title i guessed you looped it or summat stunting, with all our talk about 1st gear wheelies and all...i'm glad you didn't. But bummer about your bin dude, you lost a little skin and came out of it alright, there'll be some bills to pay and patience practised waiting for the body to heal and repairs on the Kwaka to be finished, been there done that and don't wanna do it again.

Get well soon sndrmn. :bye:

[kiwifruit]

Ratshit dude! Your poor bike :cry: But as you have been told and know at least you are "ok".
Go the leathers :yes: best thing you can spend money on

I hope the bike is sorted asap

[loosebruce]

Had a car (or 44t b train )been comming the other way would = death.


nah mate it would've been straight into a nice metal medain barrier, lucky the bike and you didn't decide to collect that. Good bit of road the nui. always some crazy clown willing to give you a go over there, love cresting the top going over to the nui with the front wheel lifting hard on the pwer in 3rd at 170kph+, it's got a good surface and has mega grip in the wet, but yea gotta watch those cat eyes, they dont do shit in the dry, but in the wet, well yea.
Also a good hil;l to kill tyres quikly if ya commuting it everyday.

Hope youre back on it soon enough mate

[mynameis]

Hey mate,

Sorry to hear about the crash pretty sad. But glad you're ok and I hope the insurance fixes it so you can get back on quick. Just a few things.

I can see the big gash on the knee and on your leathers the top bit of the knee armour is damaged. Am i right to assume that your leathers were a bit big and the knee protector was hanging down than staying on the knee?

Also what speed were you riding at when you came off ? Any idea? When you slid down on your back was the armour enough? Or back damaged as well?

Did the crush knobs stay put? Any pics of the bike by any chance. Again good luck with your recovery mate. :sick:

[texmo]

I hope this crash wont affect your confidence. Next time your on the bike I hope your pulling wheelies.

[Str8 Jacket]

Ah bummer dude, glad you were able to walk away from it relatively unscathed though! I havent been on that road yet so im not familiar with it. Sounds like you could have come of much worse though. Heal well, let us know if we can help in anyway!

[skelstar]

Its a nice peice of road that. LB is right that its nicely guarded by armco+ all the way up. Strangely the speed Im comfortable at going down the Hutt side is equal to the speed on the way up. Maybe due to the uphill having NO CAMBER AT ALL. Nice and grippy though.

[sndrmn]

And that means no more wheelie practise too! Sheesh at first when i saw your thread title i guessed you looped it or summat stunting, with all our talk about 1st gear wheelies and all...i'm glad you didn't. But bummer about your bin dude, you lost a little skin and came out of it alright, there'll be some bills to pay and patience practised waiting for the body to heal and repairs on the Kwaka to be finished, been there done that and don't wanna do it again.

Get well soon sndrmn. :bye:

Yeah stink....yeah I was thought if anythign I was gonna loop it or experience a nice tank slappa on the way down. Thanks for the tips though.

[sndrmn]

Hey mate,

Sorry to hear about the crash pretty sad. But glad you're ok and I hope the insurance fixes it so you can get back on quick. Just a few things.

I can see the big gash on the knee and on your leathers the top bit of the knee armour is damaged. Am i right to assume that your leathers were a bit big and the knee protector was hanging down than staying on the knee?

Also what speed were you riding at when you came off ? Any idea? When you slid down on your back was the armour enough? Or back damaged as well?

Did the crush knobs stay put? Any pics of the bike by any chance. Again good luck with your recovery mate. :sick:

The leathers neva felt to big, but you are right. Can't see how i got this gash if the armour was there. I can only assume it twisted to the right with the impact and left my knee exposed.

Speed? honestly don't know, was I speeding?....yes....how fast...not even going to guess as I might shoot myself in the foot if a :Police: were to read this. I don't tend to concentrate on speedo when I am mid corner / lean...just working out my lines and concentrating.....especially on the Nui hill where the camber is completely wrong!!!

When I slide it just wore down the leather on the back of jacket....
Crash knobs stayed put, had a look at it and it was there, just really really worn down.....

[sndrmn]

say (LooseBruce) was that u i was following home about a week ago?

[skelstar]

Vasaline warrior rides a yellow GSXR600K1 and lives in the nui...as does his brother on a blue//white GSXR750K5.

[mikey]

ironic. every tweedle saying dont buy the zx10r casue you'll crash it, should of got the 10.......

you the homo rode down wai st last night? obviously bit before you crashed...

fairly busy road on a thursday night eh, a mate text me saying one of your koon mates was racing up the hill an crashed.....

hope you were ahead of the car when you biffed it though, not so you could get run over, just so you were beating him til you thought, ill give the poor cunt a chance an biff my bike down the road an see if i stil beat him to the top.....

[gijoe1313]

Owww - I guess a bit of road rash is better then a column in the back part of the paper. Thanks for sharing your experience so others can benefit from the feedback. Hope you heal up quick and get back in the saddle once your ride is fixed (or replaced!).

[zeRax]

:( poor kawasakis aint having much luck,

just wrote off my zxr250 today , ouch

[sndrmn]

ironic. every tweedle saying dont buy the zx10r casue you'll crash it, should of got the 10.......

you the homo rode down wai st last night? obviously bit before you crashed...

fairly busy road on a thursday night eh, a mate text me saying one of your koon mates was racing up the hill an crashed.....

hope you were ahead of the car when you biffed it though, not so you could get run over, just so you were beating him til you thought, ill give the poor cunt a chance an biff my bike down the road an see if i stil beat him to the top.....

Hey Mikey why the hate dude? I admit i was being stupid and yep I stuffed up, I only have myself to blame. What exactly u angry at?
As u so kindly pointed out I did not get the ZX10R cause I would have killed myself. I listened to what ppl said on this forum and others around me.

As for the homo comment, errmmm nope I'm not.

[sndrmn]

:( poor kawasakis aint having much luck,

just wrote off my zxr250 today , ouch

Stink to hear dude.....hope u are ok.

[imdying]

Gheyness... stay left dude. Shame the warranty doesn't cover this :lol:

[bugjuice]

sux about the bin dude.. At least the crash knobs did a bit of saving, could have been worse.. Same for you too, the leathers are the biz.

loose protecta tho! If there's any other scratches on the crank cases, you can get covers.. And fairings repair and spray up well, if ya have ta..

hope the bruises go down quick!

[mynameis]

The leathers neva felt to big, but you are right. Can't see how i got this gash if the armour was there. I can only assume it twisted to the right with the impact and left my knee exposed.

Speed? honestly don't know, was I speeding?....yes....how fast...not even going to guess as I might shoot myself in the foot if a :Police: were to read this. I don't tend to concentrate on speedo when I am mid corner / lean...just working out my lines and concentrating.....especially on the Nui hill where the camber is completely wrong!!!

When I slide it just wore down the leather on the back of jacket....
Crash knobs stayed put, had a look at it and it was there, just really really worn down.....

Hey matey,

Thanx for the response, reason why I asked was I've spent about $2000 on nice new top of the line Alpinestars gear and a $700 carbon fibre light weight helmet about 8 months ago and Iam still paranoid and think and feel it's not enough protection. I do wear all gear every time I go out riding. Helmet, Jacket, Gloves, Pants and Boots.

Recently I've been thinking about getting a new bike (600) plus new gear as well, preferably one or two piece Alpinestars leathers. Reason again more protection as I am really paranoid of coming off.

In either case ever wonder how guys in MotoGP and SuperBikes come off at high speeds and walk off without a bruise most of the times? Well so I've been told that the leathers have to be really tight fitting so they don't move when you come off like yours presumably did.

Problems with that, again, if you're primarily commuting and on weekend rides it's just too much and too uncomfortable. Any one with solutions to this or can throw more light to it please?

And yes I wouldn't mention the exact speed in case someone in authority or the insurance guys read this :)

Good luck again and don't let that crash dampen your riding spirits, true bikers will get back on and learn from their mistakes no matter how much experience you have on your shoulders :)

[_intense_]

bl man. hope gettin back in the saddle doesn't take to long 4 u. stiff upper lip

[McJim]

Hey matey,

............ a $700 carbon fibre light weight helmet about 8 months ago and Iam still paranoid and think and feel it's not enough protection. ....................
Any helmet you buy in New Zealand will offer Australian standard compliant protection as a minimum. This is assuming the fit is good. As you get further up the price ranges you will get huge benefits in weight, aerodynamics and noise - for $700 you should be fairly safe although a lot of experienced guys won't look at anything under $1,100.

[NinjaBoy]

In either case ever wonder how guys in MotoGP and SuperBikes come off at high speeds and walk off without a bruise most of the times? Well so I've been told that the leathers have to be really tight fitting so they don't move when you come off like yours presumably did.

Problems with that, again, if you're primarily commuting and on weekend rides it's just too much and too uncomfortable. Any one with solutions to this or can throw more light to it please?



I wear Cordura for commuting and a 2 piece A* Leathers for weekend stuff. Have experienced crashes in both. :nono:

When commuting you're generally travelling at slower speeds and are more cautious as you're in traffic. And also you tend to ride in most weather (rain and shine). Hence, IMHO I reckon Cordura is fine.

Weekend stuff is faster and often on Open roads where the road surface can be fiercely coarse. Leather is more abrasion resistant, hence I use leathers.

The key is to ensure that the armour fits firmly over the knees and elbows and cannot move. But not so tight it cuts off the circulation. While most people will get a good fit from an off the shelf suit, some may need a custom cut suit to fit their body shape.

My suit fits quite tightly around the arms/elbows but on a high speed low-side at the track there was still enough movement on the edge of the armour which broke the skin on my elbow. But then again I slid long and hard enough to wear a hole through the leather.

that's my $0.02

[texmo]

Hey Mikey why the hate dude? I admit i was being stupid and yep I stuffed up, I only have myself to blame. What exactly u angry at?
As u so kindly pointed out I did not get the ZX10R cause I would have killed myself. I listened to what ppl said on this forum and others around me.

As for the homo comment, errmmm nope I'm not.
Its mikey hes an angry, disturbed young man. just look at his first post. Probbly the best first post off all kiwibiker time, no wait make that best first post on an internet forum.

[skelstar]

mikey is a very clever young man. his 'im leaving' post is also one of the best of all time. more enemy makings/word than any other that I have seen.

[Marknz]

Glad you're alright fella. It was probably the armour that dug into your knee and caused the gash. And the bike can be fixed.

[loosebruce]

say (LooseBruce) was that u i was following home about a week ago?


Haha considering i've been in auckland for the last few years proberly not, but i always make an effort for a squirt up the nui when i'm back home for a few days catching up with the boyz oh and family, and then carry on down for a blast on coast rd :rockon:
Coming back towards the hutt on the nui side is great for embarrasing boy racers on the back wheel of the Gix and that first left as you crest the hill by the lookout is crazy fast if you get it right (get it wrong and well......... lets not go there)

[mikey]

Hey Mikey why the hate dude? I admit i was being stupid and yep I stuffed up, I only have myself to blame. What exactly u angry at?
As u so kindly pointed out I did not get the ZX10R cause I would have killed myself. I listened to what ppl said on this forum and others around me.

As for the homo comment, errmmm nope I'm not.

im full of hate up to my nipples

[Ixion]

An interesting thought. But why only up to the nipples? Are you lactating hate, so it all leaks out your nipples and can rise no further? Does the hate not make a mess on your shirt? If you plugged your nipples, would the hate accumulate and cause you to explode? Or just give you a pair of honking man titties? All manner of fascinating conjectures and visions come to mind.

[WarlockNZ]

noooooo!!!! .. good to know that you're ok tho dude ... the bike can be fixed ... you on the other hand, cannot be

[Clivoris]

An interesting thought. But why only up to the nipples? Are you lactating hate, so it all leaks out your nipples and can rise no further? Does the hate not make a mess on your shirt? If you plugged your nipples, would the hate accumulate and cause you to explode? Or just give you a pair of honking man titties? All manner of fascinating conjectures and visions come to mind.
Every single one of those images just plain disturbs me :clap: Well done that man.

[texmo]

He could have a chemical imbalance or some kind of mental disorder.

He looks kinda funny in his picture with a dress shirt sticking out from under his jacket, blue jeans and white skater shoes.

I dont think he knows what he wants to be?
Stylie yet comfortable?

[mikey]

Its like a pretty boy trying to be tough. So pathetic.

saying all biker riders should be as ugly as you?

250 riders eh...... dont know when to shut up. ahhahzhahah

guess i'd better throw in a few "fukn dumb pig shit copper, got his badge from a weetbix packet" an "terrorist ticket writing whore" and maybe a "power tripping ego head police fuker, wouldnt be so tough without your badge an mates" to finish the post off

actually give this guy his thread back now, poor cunt wrote off a shiny new zx6r, should of got the 10r might of respected it more, 6s are so easy to go fast on an all.

[madboy]

What a coincidence, I was driving past just after this bin. Saw the bike, rider and a car stopped with the bike on it's stand so left 'em to it. And I was in my 1.4 Sentra so if I'd stopped on the hill it never woulda got going again. Hard luck fella. At least you were standing at the end of it so that's the best part!!