Patar
13th December 2007, 20:11
I went out for a small evening ride with a friend tonight, just a pootle around since I hadn't seen his bike since he bought it.
After a while he suggested we head out to Piha and have some fun on the twisties out there, being the noob that I am, I have yet to go out there on the bike, so on he leads.
We get out there, all is uneventful, the two of us just enjoying a nice peaceful ride in some nice weather, get down to the beach, have a chat (pretend like we knew what we were talking about and pointing at arbitrary nuts and bolts on the bike, as you do)
After a while he informs me that his missus will give him the lashings if he doesn't start heading back soon; all good, best to start heading back while the light is still good.
It wasn't but 200m from the carparks where we had stopped (and those who know Piha, the cross-intersection at the bottom of the hill when you arrive at the beach) some nutter pulls out infront of my friend at the intersection and almost takes him out! Luckily my friend manages to swerve and the guy stop, phew catastrophe averted, my friend rides on and I follow suit...
Only to have the plonker drive into me when I'm right infront of him! :angry2:
What ensued was him driving into my ankle, crushing my exhaust and hopefully no more damage (we'll see when it gets quoted tomorrow), luckily I managed to not drop the bike.
The obligatory "I'm so sorry I didn't see you!" even though you almost took out my friend mere seconds ago... , the swapping of details and checking to make sure there's no damage that could cause an accident, and I'm off on a slow pootle home, nervous of every car in every sidestreet.
So, here I am typing this, none the worse for wear myself, although my precious has seen better days, only now realising that this could mean that my bike might be out of commision for a while, and reminding you guys and gals to drive safe and never trust a cage to see anything on the road that isn't bigger than themselves!
pics of dmg to follow when I find the cable for my camera.
After a while he suggested we head out to Piha and have some fun on the twisties out there, being the noob that I am, I have yet to go out there on the bike, so on he leads.
We get out there, all is uneventful, the two of us just enjoying a nice peaceful ride in some nice weather, get down to the beach, have a chat (pretend like we knew what we were talking about and pointing at arbitrary nuts and bolts on the bike, as you do)
After a while he informs me that his missus will give him the lashings if he doesn't start heading back soon; all good, best to start heading back while the light is still good.
It wasn't but 200m from the carparks where we had stopped (and those who know Piha, the cross-intersection at the bottom of the hill when you arrive at the beach) some nutter pulls out infront of my friend at the intersection and almost takes him out! Luckily my friend manages to swerve and the guy stop, phew catastrophe averted, my friend rides on and I follow suit...
Only to have the plonker drive into me when I'm right infront of him! :angry2:
What ensued was him driving into my ankle, crushing my exhaust and hopefully no more damage (we'll see when it gets quoted tomorrow), luckily I managed to not drop the bike.
The obligatory "I'm so sorry I didn't see you!" even though you almost took out my friend mere seconds ago... , the swapping of details and checking to make sure there's no damage that could cause an accident, and I'm off on a slow pootle home, nervous of every car in every sidestreet.
So, here I am typing this, none the worse for wear myself, although my precious has seen better days, only now realising that this could mean that my bike might be out of commision for a while, and reminding you guys and gals to drive safe and never trust a cage to see anything on the road that isn't bigger than themselves!
pics of dmg to follow when I find the cable for my camera.