Binned it....

[Disco Dan]

Well i binned it. On my way home from wickedones' after the westpac run, going through the roundabout just after the little shell petrol station in riverhead... both wheels just disapered from under me and i slid from one side of the roundabout to the other. The bike went sliding into the opposite kurb. If you look at the pictures you will see the diesel.... farking diesel all over the road!!! arrrgghh!!

few people stopped and helped me get the bike off the road, in the time that i spent popping on 'my handy spare brake lever' a cyclist slid off and several cars fishtailed... then a bike came down... ran over to try and slow him and his pillion and they went back up the hill to warn people.

so glad my helemts fine, but draggin jeans look a bit 'holey' now... :innocent:

Flipping eck... what a long day...

[Donor]

Cripes! I expect if it hadn't been for the holes in the strides, you'd be biffing them for hygiene reasons anyway! :D

[Chisanga]

Sorry to hear that mate. Glad you are ok though :)

[The Stranger]

Fark, bad luck man.
Wouldn't it be nice to find the prick responsible for the diesel.

[Devil]

Ahhh that was you on the other side of the roundabout (I turned toward riverhead). Didn't stop because you were upright. You've gotta watch those trails that just dont seem to dry in the hot sun (a sign that something is out of place!). There was a spill before riverhead township as well, which was marked by cops, now they've chucked sand all over it.

[Zapf]

ouch... :P that is a lot of diesel.

[MotoGirl]

At least you've got pics to prove the diesel played a part in your off. Glad to hear you're OK.

[bane]

pleased your okay. What condition is exhaust in after the bin?

[Disco Dan]

pleased your okay. What condition is exhaust in after the bin?

right hand side pipe (not the can) is completely squished from hitting the curb. So new pipe will be needed...

...damit. Guess I should go get a job now....

[Toaster]

Fark, bad luck man.
Wouldn't it be nice to find the prick responsible for the diesel.

Yeah, and we can drag his arse through the roundabout and see how he likes it.

Disco - gutted for ya. Sorry to see the wounds on the bike. Hope you are doing okay dude.

[avgas]

Sucks man - i just about dropped it last weekend.
And who thinks diesel is a good idea?

[Scouse]

diesel Shmiesel

[RT527]

How do you know it was a truck...ive seen plenty of dick head boy racers spread diesel on that same round about and then have fun driftin around it.

Sorry to hear of your off.

Did you ring the fire brigade?, if not why not....also i hope you do find out who it was , damn fool making a bad name for the rest of us.

[Disco Dan]

Did you ring the fire brigade?, if not why not....

umm no? was I meant too? A couple on their bike who I flagged down went and told the owners in the petrol station.

...and I picked up all the glass from my mirror off the road....

[Indiana_Jones]

Piss poor luck, Disco.

Glad to hear you're alright mate :). Guess you were right about those spare levers lol.

-Indy

[Disco Dan]

Piss poor luck, Disco.

Glad to hear you're alright mate :). Guess you were right about those spare levers lol.

-Indy

*puts on spare brake lever and spare fairing set sitting in garage*

to quote a certain "four square" advert..... "How convienient!"


although whats really cool is the pattern of red dots up my arm... they perfectly match up to all the little ventelation holes inside my jacket... hehe dam my knee hurts... must buy some armour i think...

[Karma]

At least you've got pics to prove the diesel played a part in your off. Glad to hear you're OK.


Doesn't matter if it's not insured.

Unlucky dan, but yeh, drifters need to be shot.

[deathstar]

well at least this wasn't just you cocking up ... did you see the diesel there or was it just hit it and slide? ... had trouble once i hit a patch of diesel on the hyobag and getting it off the diesel was a deathtrap ... couldn't put your feet down till you get out either

[Disco Dan]

well at least this wasn't just you cocking up ... did you see the diesel there or was it just hit it and slide? ... had trouble once i hit a patch of diesel on the hyobag and getting it off the diesel was a deathtrap ... couldn't put your feet down till you get out either

errr you would think i would have noticed all that diesel.... but nooope. I was just gettting the confidence to start flipping her around the twisties! just about keeping up with wickedone on the poremo road!! dam that was fun!!!

i was doing about 65km through it, so all happend pretty quick...

[The Pastor]

umm no? was I meant too? A couple on their bike who I flagged down went and told the owners in the petrol station.

...and I picked up all the glass from my mirror off the road....

Im guessing you ring them so they come and wash the deisl off the road.......

[RT527]

umm no? was I meant too? A couple on their bike who I flagged down went and told the owners in the petrol station.

...and I picked up all the glass from my mirror off the road....

...well only if theres more than about 5 litres...but in reality if theres something slippery on the road we can A wash it off...B get someone to come put sand on it...all you do is Dial 111 ask for fire service and say theres a diesel spill which has caused an accident ... fire truck arrives decisions will be made , problem will be sorted.

Its not a hassle.

[RT527]

i was doing about 65km through it, so all happend pretty quick...

...isn't that section 50 or have they still got it at 70 ...

Either way round abouts are notorious for diesel and oil spills.

Still glad your ok.

[_Gina_]

Yeah, I hit some "have no idea what it was" kinda fluid on the road yesterday avo and got some serious fish-tailing coming onto the Waiuku-Glenbrook Rd, would say that I am lucky that I was spat out the other side, still one with my bike, laughing like a hyena.

Sorry to hear about your off, hope the bike heals quick :)

G

[SlowHand]

just about keeping up with wickedone on the poremo road!! dam that was fun!!!



I wouldnt say that out loud if I were you... :innocent:

[Disco Dan]

...isn't that section 50 or have they still got it at 70 ...

Either way round abouts are notorious for diesel and oil spills.

Still glad your ok.

its 60 zone before the round about then goes into 80 zone... i had just left the 60 zone...

[Disco Dan]

I wouldnt say that out loud if I were you... :innocent:

He was not going for it... even more likely to be going slow so that he didnt lose me.. but it was still faster than i had ever done that section of road! ...and i had a pillion!

[Lteejay]

Sorry to hear about your bin mate, glad your not hurt. Sad about the bike though :( , thats a nice little red trail on the road. A few band aids should do it :yes:

[crazefox]

glad your ok give us a yell if you need help with repairs

[gijoe1313]

:gob: Glad to hear you are okay mate - seems February is "Falling Off" month :no: Seems you must be prescient about these things ... carrying spare levers :lol: izzat well prepared or tempting the biking gods? :innocent:

Well, least your beast is still ridable and you didn't do any close investigations of the flora/fauna/mechanical kind :yes:

Ride on, ride safely! :msn-wink:

[Disco Dan]

:gob: Glad to hear you are okay mate - seems February is "Falling Off" month :no: Seems you must be prescient about these things ... carrying spare levers :lol: izzat well prepared or tempting the biking gods? :innocent:

Well, least your beast is still ridable and you didn't do any close investigations of the flora/fauna/mechanical kind :yes:

Ride on, ride safely! :msn-wink:

hehe, na my bike just 'kicked me to the curb' ! ! ! :innocent: ...meh, i'll take her through some hard twisties and show her whos really boss now...

[Fat Tony]

and i had a pillion!

Did I miss reading it? What happened to the pillion? Still sliding? Shit, that's a fair bit of diesel.

Glad to hear that you're ok, though it's the day after that usually gets you :shutup:

[WickedOne]

Well i binned it. On my way home from wickedones' after the westpac run, going through the roundabout just after the little shell petrol station in riverhead... both wheels just disapered from under me and i slid from one side of the roundabout to the other. The bike went sliding into the opposite kurb. If you look at the pictures you will see the diesel.... farking diesel all over the road!!! arrrgghh!!

few people stopped and helped me get the bike off the road, in the time that i spent popping on 'my handy spare brake lever' a cyclist slid off and several cars fishtailed... then a bike came down... ran over to try and slow him and his pillion and they went back up the hill to warn people.

so glad my helemts fine, but draggin jeans look a bit 'holey' now... :innocent:

Flipping eck... what a long day...

Dude, what can I say...... Glad you're okay though.

[Disco Dan]

Did I miss reading it? What happened to the pillion? Still sliding? Shit, that's a fair bit of diesel.

Glad to hear that you're ok, though it's the day after that usually gets you :shutup:

...no no no, I had dropped off sunhuntin and was riding home through riverhead by myself...

"oooh, bike is lighter.. ...oooh it can do this corner abit faster... oohh how about this roundabout.. diesel? oh."

[The_Dover]

learn to ride, loser.

[gijoe1313]

learn to ride, loser.

:lol: Hey! That's what he said to me when I decided to do a Crusty Demon impersonation, he just turned up, pointed at me and went "Ha ha" :doh:

And then extolled the virtues of a Gixxer...and if I was riding it, I would have cleared the bank and easily be waving from the top of a tree! :shutup:

[Disco Dan]

learn to ride, loser.

as usual you bring to the forum about as much warmth and compasion as a service station chip.

[_Gina_]

[In a Homer voice]

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Chips

*dribbles*

[mynameis]

learn to ride, loser.

Lol sad one! Hey Dan sorry to hear about the bin mate but glad you're ok!

[Disco Dan]

[In a Homer voice]

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Chips

*dribbles*

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm
girlygirl

*dribbles*

[The_Dover]

as usual you bring to the forum about as much warmth and compasion as a service station chip.

aww, do you want a hug? fag.

[Macktheknife]

Bad luck mate, what a bugger! it does look like truck tyres thru the roundabout there eh? and the spill pattern seems too uniform to be done by hand.
Good luck with the repairs and the job searching mate.

[dawnrazor]

dude tht sucks, you where just getting over the last bin and all...

[Guitana]

Time to ban DIESEL??????????

[Indiana_Jones]

aww, do you want a hug? fag.

why? you offering? fag.

-Indy

[ManDownUnder]

What time was the bin? It was all clear when I came through there 1:15ish

[Hanne]

Sorry to hear about that, dan
I must say, before i got on a bike I hardly even thought about oil/ diesel on the roads... But now I see that it doesn't take much :S

[sunhuntin]

dan...bugger dude! that coulda happened to anyone. just glad you are ok!

now for the honest truth, having pillioned for 2 days with disco....out of 6 guys ive ridden with, he is in the top 2. [the first being my partner, who taught me how to pillion] and as for him getting lost....i didnt mind in the slightest. for someone who hasnt been to auckland for roughly 10 years, getting lost is the perfect way to see things!

disco....let me know what parts you need, make model and year of the bike, and ill see what my mechanic/wrecker friend can find.

[crashe]

dan...bugger dude! that coulda happened to anyone. just glad you are ok!

now for the honest truth, having pillioned for 2 days with disco....out of 6 guys ive ridden with, he is in the top 2. [the first being my partner, who taught me how to pillion] and as for him getting lost....i didnt mind in the slightest. for someone who hasnt been to auckland for roughly 10 years, getting lost is the perfect way to see things!

disco....let me know what parts you need, make model and year of the bike, and ill see what my mechanic/wrecker friend can find.

Good to see you somehow managed to get a ride back to the airport...

[The_Dover]

why? you offering? fag.

-Indy

no. i was going to send him to you to get back "that loving feeling".

fag.

[Guitana]

Just another Man Love moment on KB!!

[Disco Dan]

dan...bugger dude! that coulda happened to anyone. just glad you are ok!

now for the honest truth, having pillioned for 2 days with disco....out of 6 guys ive ridden with, he is in the top 2. [the first being my partner, who taught me how to pillion] and as for him getting lost....i didnt mind in the slightest. for someone who hasnt been to auckland for roughly 10 years, getting lost is the perfect way to see things!

disco....let me know what parts you need, make model and year of the bike, and ill see what my mechanic/wrecker friend can find.

Cheers sunhuntin, you were a great pillion; im glad you enjoyed yourself! :yes:

as for my bike? well need right hand mirror and right/front indicator... ...much appreciated!!!

ive had the fairings all off today to inspect the damage, and cleaned the engine while i was at it too. she's all back together now, and I took her for a spin around the block. Fought through the butterflies and was just thinking how confident i was after just falling off... ummmm wheres my brake lever gone? damit... yeah forgot to put it back on in my haste to take her for a spin. At least it forced me to lean right over for the corner as i could not brake very much... :innocent:

[GMGirl]

Hey Disco Dan

Glad that you are okay… we stopped to see if you were all good, we were in Red Commodore and pulled up on the grass next to you andh your three lady attendees who stopped to see if you were okay too. Yeah that oil slick started pretty much at the roundabout, so definitely the worst of it was there and then went on for about 500 metres along Riverhead Road towards Kumeu then they must have pulled over on the side of the road probably realising that their cage wasn't running so well. See ya

[Disco Dan]

Hey Disco Dan

Glad that you are okay… we stopped to see if you were all good, we were in Red Commodore and pulled up on the grass next to you andh your three lady attendees who stopped to see if you were okay too. Yeah that oil slick started pretty much at the roundabout, so definitely the worst of it was there and then went on for about 500 metres along Riverhead Road towards Kumeu then they must have pulled over on the side of the road probably realising that their cage wasn't running so well. See ya

Aww, thank you both for stopping. Much appreciated, yeah the people in the 4x4 helped my get my bike upright again.

and so much diesel! Im kicking myself for not seeing it!

Just unlucky i guess...

[ManDownUnder]

Rule of thumb - if it's shiney it's greasy.

Wet tar, diesel, water, road paint...

[Disco Dan]

Rule of thumb

Rule of thumb? thats a nasty one! ...that originated from teachers and husbands being able to hit their students/wives with a stick no wider than their thumb...

..great advice though ;) Next time you see me, come park next to my bike, so my top box doesnt feel lonely :innocent: hehe

[Chickadee]

Glad you're alright Disco, hope the seats okay too.

Hope the bike and yourself are back to usual Disco form soon. Has the bin effected your biking mojo?

At least no bones broken and the bikes not as bad as it could of come off for the bin

Happy riding

[Disco Dan]

Glad you're alright Disco, hope the seats okay too.

Hope the bike and yourself are back to usual Disco form soon. Has the bin effected your biking mojo?

At least no bones broken and the bikes not as bad as it could of come off for the bin

Happy riding

Mojo? ..Austin Powers would be jelous ;)

Seat is still gorgus!

[sunhuntin]

Cheers sunhuntin, you were a great pillion; im glad you enjoyed yourself! :yes:

as for my bike? well need right hand mirror and right/front indicator... ...much appreciated!!!

ive had the fairings all off today to inspect the damage, and cleaned the engine while i was at it too. she's all back together now, and I took her for a spin around the block. Fought through the butterflies and was just thinking how confident i was after just falling off... ummmm wheres my brake lever gone? damit... yeah forgot to put it back on in my haste to take her for a spin. At least it forced me to lean right over for the corner as i could not brake very much... :innocent:

dude...id pillion with you anyday. :yes:
kinda miss not being on the back right now. lmfao. amazing how quick it becomes a habit...even after only a few rides. :love: just gotta work on getting on without nearly tipping the lot over. lol.

if the shops open tomorrow, ill get in and see what hes got. what model and year? i think you said 89, but not too sure. i know its a 600f suzi. do you need another brake lever? ill check for a screen for you as well.

[Disco Dan]

dude...id pillion with you anyday. :yes:
kinda miss not being on the back right now. lmfao. amazing how quick it becomes a habit...even after only a few rides. :love: just gotta work on getting on without nearly tipping the lot over. lol.

if the shops open tomorrow, ill get in and see what hes got. what model and year? i think you said 89, but not too sure. i know its a 600f suzi. do you need another brake lever? ill check for a screen for you as well.

Cheers :2thumbsup yeah 89, and I used my spare lever :innocent: hehe

[RT527]

Ok after looking at the pics and which way the spill is going then I`d say the truck is from the Kumeu area or its come from just back down the road, theres an earthmoving outfit or two in riverhead and if you take the back road to Kumeu then theres a lot of trucks that park up just a bit further up.

But yeah Id say that spill was fairly recent like no more than an hour old, going by the fact that it hasnt yet seeped across the road and is to uniform as stated previously.

they might have been able to track that spill back to the truck if the fire or police had been notified immediately.

[paveho]

Like I said elsewhere, sorry to hear about this. Good that your'e fine and that the bike's not too bad either.