Loosebruce down but not out, yet!!!

[loosebruce]

Someone forgot to mention to me it was a "calm" ride today, so there i was on my fav bit of road waihi to whangamata playing catch up on matt and chris when it all went pear shaped, those who have ridden the road know its tight, but yeah i don't know exactly what i did wrong, came out of a tight left brush on the brakes, tip into the right and lost the front at about 90 - 95kph and proceeded to check out some of our beautiful native plants on the side of the road. Still trying to figure out what i did wrong, only thing i can think of is up until recently my brakes were shit, you could pull the lever to the handlebar like a clutch kinda shit, now after a service they're great, i think i may of just stabbed the brake to hard and got way more force than what i used to, meh i don't know.

I myself am totally fine not a scratch on me, thank you to my trusty leathers, boots, gloves and helmet, the bike well, the right hand front fairing is smashed to bits, lost the intake peice, mirror busted as well as the indicator. The killer was the broken foot peg bracket which meant riding home without a foot peg, sucky! The muffler has seen much better days too. Behold the brake lever stayed intact though, which was great wouldv'e been a crap ride home without it, coz the rear brake lever was munted.

Anyone out there got some spare bits for a TL "S" let me know.

The best thing about it all is i got it all on video camera, funny how shit always happens when a camera's involved init!!!!

Good ride up until then though, meet chris at BP waterveiw then meet matt at Ellerslie and we left the crap weather that was auckland at the time, to hit the coromandel, weather was average until hikiau (sp) then it was the fine for the rest of the day, we meet quasi halfway through to waihi on the first run through, but he had to shoot off to work later in the arvo.

Ride safe guys and if you don't ride safe make a sure you gotta gooda gear on alright. :2thumbsup

[aff-man]

Glad to hear your ok. Bummer about the bike. Maybe will have to be a street fighter till you get parts. http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motors/Motorbikes/Motorbike-Parts/Exhaust/auction-15751902.htm

and some other stuff

[Madmax]

bad luck
i was stuck in the office all day!! :argh:

[kneescraper]

Sorry to hear about ya bike, hopefully cheap parts come your way. But on a better note at least you made it out in one peice. Ride with only one foot peg must have been a killer :thud:

[loosebruce]

Hmmmm street fighter not a bad idea, up some teeth pn the back keep the 16 on the front, hmmmmmm :niceone:

[loosebruce]

Sorry to hear about ya bike, hopefully cheap parts come your way. But on a better note at least you made it out in one peice. Ride with only one foot peg must have been a killer :thud:

Yea i tried using the pillon peg but my knees ain't what they used to be and they crapped out pretty quick

[Zed]

... lost the front at about 90 - 95kph and proceeded to check out some of our beautiful native plants on the side of the road...
Well that sux the kumara man! Really sorry to hear about this LB. Doesn't sound like the bin has effected your mind towards riding which is good. Maybe it'll tighten your looseness up a liitle? :)

I hope you get it back on the road again soon Bruce. :Punk:


Zed

[Kwaka-Kid]

shit sorry to hear dude,

but you tease us with saying u had a camera onboard and no posting it up here? send it to me brother and ill throw it up on EBR site :)

i say streetfighter tho dude - and good 2 c u is all good, for all teh time u will now have not riding id better bring around hte motogp vids eh

[aff-man]

Yea i tried using the pillon peg but my knees ain't what they used to be and they crapped out pretty quick

hade to do the same when i limped back to coromandel town. Only fifference was that i had snapped the whole gear shift mounting so was stuck in 2nd. Looked pretty funny with 1 foot on the pillion leg hahahahahahhaha. P.s. it looks like someone is wrecking a tl1000 on trademe (saw some parts) so you might wanna ask them to see if they got any others you need

[loosebruce]

Zed - Yea it does suck but it's always gonna happen, i'm long over due for a bin anyway, i fixed the peg this arvo and got a wing mirror, the only real issue id the fairing is in five peices.

KK - yea man, i'll bring the tape and usb cables etc etc when i pick up those motogp cd's and svs gave you a back protecter? Just as well i didn't need that today.

Aff-man - Hard case alright leg tucked up, bits of bike hanging off, covered in mud and leaves. Will check that trade me link out later on, cheers

[Ms Piggy]

Glad you're ok matey! Bummer about the bike! So when do we get to see the footage? :blink:

[White trash]

Zed - Yea it does suck but it's always gonna happen, i'm long over due for a bin anyway, i fixed the peg this arvo and got a wing mirror, the only real issue id the fairing is in five peices.

KK - yea man, i'll bring the tape and usb cables etc etc when i pick up those motogp cd's and svs gave you a back protecter? Just as well i didn't need that today.

Aff-man - Hard case alright leg tucked up, bits of bike hanging off, covered in mud and leaves. Will check that trade me link out later on, cheers

WTF?! Has noone told you, you'll crash when the camera's on? Sorry to fucken hear it, bro.

Let me know what bits you can't get hold of.

Guess you don't eat WT for beakfast after all :sly:

[loosebruce]

Glad you're ok matey! Bummer about the bike! So when do we get to see the footage? :blink:

I have the bike up n running ready for another bin by the weekend, it'll look rangi as, guess it'll match me.
I'll get the footage to KK asap and let ya's know when it's on

[Shafted]

Bad luck mate

Good to hear you are ok

That road is so fantastic - can you describe the corner more precisely? There are some nasties - I have known of a few to go off on that right that keeps on tightenting after you have left Waihi

I wiped off on the Kupu Hikuai once - hit diesel and went down - love that feeling of bike rubbing your legs into the road ! Anyway took me ages on that stetch of road before I felt confident again

Always looking for diesel that can't be seen

Anyway, good luck with the parts search

[loosebruce]

WTF?! Has noone told you, you'll crash when the camera's on? Sorry to fucken hear it, bro.

Let me know what bits you can't get hold of.

Guess you don't eat WT for beakfast after all :sly:

yea cheers jimmy, will do on the parts side of things.

Shit man you know i still eat you for breakfast, part from the fact that'd you'd eat me for lunch, dinner and then dessert with room for leftovers is beside the point :Pokey:

[White trash]

yea cheers jimmy, will do on the parts side of things.

Shit man you know i still eat you for breakfast, part from the fact that'd you'd eat me for lunch, dinner and then dessert with room for leftovers is beside the point :Pokey:

That's coz nine times outta' ten, I'm one twisted, hungover, bitch in the mornings! I'm working on being a better person, really I am!

[loosebruce]

Bad luck mate

Good to hear you are ok

That road is so fantastic - can you describe the corner more precisely? There are some nasties - I have known of a few to go off on that right that keeps on tightenting after you have left Waihi
Anyway, good luck with the parts search

Just as you get into the real tight shit after leaving waihi, the second climb, some of the corners are nasty round there, you just gotta tell yourself to leave opening the throttle that little bit later as it comes back round on ya.

You'll know exactly where once i get the footage up.

[loosebruce]

That's coz nine times outta' ten, I'm one twisted, hungover, bitch in the mornings! I'm working on being a better person, really I am!

:killingme no more wheelies then jimmy. :msn-wink:

[Firefight]

hey Bruce, just read about this, shit mate bad news, if you need a hand to put it all back 2gether let me know, you have been in my workshop b4 so you know what I have got, let me know.

F/F :wacko:

[riffer]

Bad luck Bruce. Any crash you walk away from (let alone ride) is one to be thankful for.

Look forward to seeing the video (in a morbid kind of way;))

All the best for getting it back together.

[FROSTY]

shit bruce that sucks dude :brick:
I must now explain to you gravitronic effect.
A new set of leathers has a pretty good gravitronic effect-sucking the unsuspecting wearer into falling off--ask KK and PT
A new paint job on the bike has a Big gravitronic effect-easily sorted by putting your freshly painted tank on the ground and haviing your son kick it a couple of times :kick:
But the worst ever gravitronic effect is carrying a camera on your bike.
Ask any racer -You know the guy with the camera bike WILL crash

[Andrew]

Hey bro, glad you're ok. One thing that strikes me, is how positive and practical you are about everything. Just pick it up and get on with it. :msn-wink:

[Mr Skid]

I have the bike up n running ready for another bin by the weekend, it'll look rangi as, guess it'll match me.
I'll get the footage to KK asap and let ya's know when it's on

Sorry to hear Bruce, nothing wrong with rangi bikes though, it'll let people know that you ride on the ragged edge, and you won't shed too many tears if/when you drop it next :msn-wink:

Also, it would appear, according to XJ/FROSTY's gravitronic effect, that the more rangi your bike looks, the less likely you are to bin it..

[loosebruce]

hey Bruce, just read about this, shit mate bad news, if you need a hand to put it all back 2gether let me know, you have been in my workshop b4 so you know what I have got, let me know.

F/F :wacko:

yea that R6 in your garage/workshop is looking pretty good. :niceone: i'll be round tomorrow to pick it up

Celticno6 - cheers man, was happy to walk away indeed, i reckon the damage could've been alot worse too.

XJ - you're not wrong mate, i had a camera and near new leathers that i hadn't been down the road in, looks like i was screwed from the moment i left home.

[Zed]

...Ask any racer -You know the guy with the camera bike WILL crash
I remember Kiwistorm with his onboard camera all day out at Puke a few months back. He never binned it, but at one point he strapped his camera to his helmet for a session and afterwards complained of a sore neck...blasting at nearly 300kmph down the back straight on his gixxer1000 caused his head to get thrown around a bit with the extra apparatus sticking up!

[loosebruce]

Hey bro, glad you're ok. One thing that strikes me, is how positive and practical you are about everything. Just pick it up and get on with it. :msn-wink:

Yea for sure andrew just like in the video i pick it up and carry on with it, minus a few bike parts though :killingme , the way i tend to ride i kinda expect to have an off as much as it sucks when you do, but what can you do? If you don't wana have an off don't ride quickly. Or don't ride at all, and that is not an option.

[FROSTY]

I remember Kiwistorm with his onboard camera all day out at Puke a few months back. He never binned it, but at one point he strapped his camera to his helmet for a session and afterwards complained of a sore neck...blasting at nearly 300kmph down the back straight on his gixxer1000 caused his head to get thrown around a bit with the extra apparatus sticking up!
Have you NEVER heard of ironic comments. Sheeesh

[loosebruce]

I remember Kiwistorm with his onboard camera all day out at Puke a few months back. He never binned it, but at one point he strapped his camera to his helmet for a session and afterwards complained of a sore neck...blasting at nearly 300kmph down the back straight on his gixxer1000 caused his head to get thrown around a bit with the extra apparatus sticking up!

Do ya know what camera he had? The one i have is just over 15mm in diameter and about 50mm long, i don't know if it would make to much difference to windflow etc.
Plus nearly all the motogp bikes etc have onboard camera's fitted now, but they are way up there and i'm way down here

[k14]

Oh man, that sucks. Lucky you are alright. Not really much you can do about it now, just get back on and learn from it I guess. Hope you get your bike fixed up sweet.

[James Deuce]

Maaaaaaate

Bugger that for a game of frolicking with Nuns at the hot pools!

Keep us posted with your news, and let us know if any of your bits (not the bike's) fall off.

[NC]

:pinch:

Oh dude!

[saul]

Yeh lb

I binned mine two weeks ago ( I have kept it sort of quite round here :Oops:) and yep I had a camera mounted as well.

After I got home from hospital, my family and I were able to sit around and and have a debrief and a bit of a laugh.

All the right side of the bike was screwed :brick: and I am still out of action, (just starting to walk now) so you have done very well mate.

I know those corners well :sweatdrop they are great.

[V Twin Raver]

Sorry to hear the news LB but glad you are ok. All the best with the re-build dude - see you out there again real soon.

[loosebruce]

Yeh lb

I binned mine two weeks ago ( I have kept it sort of quite round here :Oops:) and yep I had a camera mounted as well.

After I got home from hospital, my family and I were able to sit around and and have a debrief and a bit of a laugh.

All the right side of the bike was screwed :brick: and I am still out of action, (just starting to walk now) so you have done very well mate.

I know those corners well :sweatdrop they are great.

But TL's are such great bikes for camera's, ah well once our bikes are back together, and you're healed up :bye: we'll go for a blat, without the camera's though :wacko:

[saul]

But TL's are such great bikes for camera's, ah well once our bikes are back together, and you're healed up :bye: we'll go for a blat, without the camera's though :wacko:


Hell no, what about this :niceone:

We will put them both back on and get some good sky shots. :banana: :banana:

That sounds like a lot of fun to me. :2thumbsup

I would also like to see what the rear of my bike is doing (suspension analysis and all that).

How about it.? :apint:

[loosebruce]

Hell no, what about this :niceone:

We will put them both back on and get some good sky shots. :banana: :banana:

That sounds like a lot of fun to me. :2thumbsup

I would also like to see what the rear of my bike is doing (suspension analysis and all that).

How about it.? :apint:

Sounds good man, but how's about i put my camera facing back and you can see what the front of your bike is doing :Pokey: :msn-wink:

Sky shots mmmmmmm, i got a nice "tree's" shot today

[Kwaka-Kid]

yaeh bruce igot ur back protector too mate.

sweet as maybe this sunday or something

[saul]

Sounds good man, but how's about i put my camera facing back and you can see what the front of your bike is doing :Pokey: :msn-wink:

Sky shots mmmmmmm, i got a nice "tree's" shot today


Yep I guess I left the door open there :killingme, but I meant it.

I would be really interested to see what the rear suspension is up to :msn-wink:
and get your finger out of my eye :eek:

I am old and slow, until the blood starts to flow :niceone:

[loosebruce]

Yep I guess I left the door open there :killingme, but I meant it.

I would be really interested to see what the rear suspension is up to :msn-wink:
and get your finger out of my eye :eek:

I am old and slow, until the blood starts to flow :niceone:

Haha i'm not one too judge mate, there are a lot of people on this site much faster than me, but i'm never far behind. You just can't tell until you ride with someone how fast they are.

My age says i'm young but shit i feel older n older as the days go by, i think motorcycles just accelarate the ageing process rather than shorten you life span!!

Shit if you're old it's gonna take you a while to heal up, hurry up i say.
I must say there was sweet FA traffic out there today as well.

[saul]

Cheers mate I am off.

I don't even think that I have anything to donate, unless you want a stock right footpeg.

If you do drop me a line and it is yours :2thumbsup

Ciao

[The One]

Hey LB good to hear you are okay. Oh well shit happens and your alright. Keep pushing the limit, and have fun, thats what I think life is about, having fun and einjoying it, and if you ever can again (knock wood) get back up and do it again. (but not binning it)

Good riding, and fun

The one.

[Velox]

Stink bro - not too fun! But at least that's another good thing about having the S and not the R - you can get 2nd hand parts way easier. Good luck!

[Artifice]

that gravitronic effect got my bike when it was parked up in the garage. just had the fairing back from the painters. had to take the front wheel in and the shocks for bearings and a leak... left her on the front stand amd when i got home from work the gravitronic effect had gotten me nice fairing. :bye:

[LB]

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Glad you're okay LB, hope the bike's back on the road soon.
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[jazbug5]

Sorry LB.....

hope you're back in action SOON! Were you going to be coming to Tokaanu next month..? BTW necking Arnica tablets (homeopathic stuff) should help with any bruising if you start asap. May sound poofy to a tough Kiwi male such as yourself, but it does work! Chemists should have them.

[Blakamin]

SHit man... sorry to hear about the bin.... wasnt a lack of rear brakes was it?? :Pokey:

hope you get it back together soon

[Quasievil]

Oh Bruce bruce bruce, ya silly bastard.Just picked up on the thread, I guess you binned after lunch. I must say mate you were giving it a serious nudge with that camera on board to accelerate yourself that bit more so you must have been to close to the edge on the last run.

Im fucken glad youre okay though mate, not good to have the TL out of action, I hope it gets on the road again real soon.
Did Chris and Matt head of first, were you playing catch up?
Did all those Cops hanging around turn up ?
You could have rung mate I would have brought a trailer over to take you back mate.

Anyway chin up and look forward to seeing you on the road soon
:msn-wink:

[Drunken Monkey]

I lay low for a couple of weeks and this is what I come back too...

Bugger!

That reminds me, I should see WTF is happening with my bike...

[Coldkiwi]

bummer bruce. Glad to hear you're ok. I agree with frosty on his theory... my new paint only lasted 2 weeks before it found the gravel. Hope you get it back up and running soon

[loosebruce]

Hey cheers heaps guys, i can see that if someone was bummed about a bin, you guys would make them feel a whole shitload better, not that i'm too bummed or anything just the way it is, the bikes still rideable, jsut don't look too flash, much like me in the morning :killingme

Velox - You'd think parts are easy to find but they're in hot demand, i wonder why :wacko:

Jazbug5 - ain't got no brusing to heal, i'm completely fine (not in the head though, some problems up there :wacko: ) And yes i will be at tokannu :niceone:

DM - Yea shit mate where's your bike at, tell em to hurry up aye!

Quasi - Yea they took off when i stopped to sort the camera so i was playing catch up, I'm already back on the road mate :niceone: No cops showed up i didn't hang round for long, picked the bike up, kicked a few things straight and carried on with it, as you do. Cheers for the offer on the trailer though mate, have a good trip overseas, if you want someone to look after your 6 while you're away, i know a loving caring rider without a complete bike at the moment :msn-wink:

[erik]

Aw man, sorry to hear that.

Glad you're ok and goodluck with getting your bike fixed up.

[DEATH_INC.]

Bummer....
at least the tls's dont seem to crash too bad,c ya out there soon...

[jimbo600]

Someone forgot to mention to me it was a "calm" ride today, so there i was on my fav bit of road waihi to whangamata playing catch up on matt and chris when it all went pear shaped, those who have ridden the road know its tight, but yeah i don't know exactly what i did wrong, came out of a tight left brush on the brakes, tip into the right and lost the front at about 90 - 95kph and proceeded to check out some of our beautiful native plants on the side of the road. Still trying to figure out what i did wrong, only thing i can think of is up until recently my brakes were shit, you could pull the lever to the handlebar like a clutch kinda shit, now after a service they're great, i think i may of just stabbed the brake to hard and got way more force than what i used to, meh i don't know.

I myself am totally fine not a scratch on me, thank you to my trusty leathers, boots, gloves and helmet, the bike well, the right hand front fairing is smashed to bits, lost the intake peice, mirror busted as well as the indicator. The killer was the broken foot peg bracket which meant riding home without a foot peg, sucky! The muffler has seen much better days too. Behold the brake lever stayed intact though, which was great wouldv'e been a crap ride home without it, coz the rear brake lever was munted.

Anyone out there got some spare bits for a TL "S" let me know.

The best thing about it all is i got it all on video camera, funny how shit always happens when a camera's involved init!!!!

Good ride up until then though, meet chris at BP waterveiw then meet matt at Ellerslie and we left the crap weather that was auckland at the time, to hit the coromandel, weather was average until hikiau (sp) then it was the fine for the rest of the day, we meet quasi halfway through to waihi on the first run through, but he had to shoot off to work later in the arvo.

Ride safe guys and if you don't ride safe make a sure you gotta gooda gear on alright. :2thumbsup

Fuck mate sorry to hear about that. Only one thing for it, buy a new gixxer.

[loosebruce]

Fuck mate sorry to hear about that. Only one thing for it, buy a new gixxer.

Yea jimbo i tried that already, with the ammount i owe it won't be happening for a while....... how's your one coming along.

Death - Fucken aye they don't crash too bad, picked up a new fairing, in my colour for $270 bucks, what a score, peg is on it's way, cheers saul :2thumbsup , indicators are here early next week, i should be all fixed up for a ride on saturday, all for under $450. :rockon: and go the credit card oh yeah.

Go the credit card bill too :doh:

[Quasievil]

Hey cheers heaps guys, i can see that if someone was bummed about a bin, you guys would make them feel a whole shitload better, not that i'm too bummed or anything just the way it is, the bikes still rideable, jsut don't look too flash, much like me in the morning :killingme

Velox - You'd think parts are easy to find but they're in hot demand, i wonder why :wacko:

Jazbug5 - ain't got no brusing to heal, i'm completely fine (not in the head though, some problems up there :wacko: ) And yes i will be at tokannu :niceone:

DM - Yea shit mate where's your bike at, tell em to hurry up aye!

Quasi - Yea they took off when i stopped to sort the camera so i was playing catch up, I'm already back on the road mate :niceone: No cops showed up i didn't hang round for long, picked the bike up, kicked a few things straight and carried on with it, as you do. Cheers for the offer on the trailer though mate, have a good trip overseas, if you want someone to look after your 6 while you're away, i know a loving caring rider without a complete bike at the moment :msn-wink:
mmmmmmmm well I do need someone to start it while Im away so the battery doesnt go flat

[Kwaka-Kid]

pick me pick me :P i did a good job of looking after yours didnt i 6chris6? (remember what we talked about, say the right answer)

hahaha.

hey LB sounds good, cept $450? WTF! thats expensive bin dude, just glue and tape ur fairings together dude and shell be sweet as, who cares about looks :P