Ducati down

[Richard Mc F]

just a quick one as i am too sore to type for long, put her down on friday, braking and a rotor broke, rotated me over the front, bike is mess from what I remember, I am just home 2 dozen stitches, broken ribs, shouder blade, internal bleeding (minor)...............on a stack of pain relief, spent friday night floating away on a cloud of morphine, Alpinstar jacket & Shark helmet did the job very well.

Won't be riding for a while:doh:

Ciao

Richard

[TOTO]

sounds nasty mate. get well soon.

Did they say how long till full recovery ?

[idb]

Shit mate that sounds nasty...get well soon.

[Scouse]

Sorry to hear that Richard, bugger old bones take a long time to heal so rest up once you are feeling better maybe we can catch up for a coffee in Onehunga?

[gijoe1313]

Now Richard, what did we talk about? No more of that fun stuff eh? :pinch: Jeebus fella, hope the bike is recoverable (note how I asked about the bike first okay? :msn-wink:)

As for you, if you wanted some time off from work, I'm sure the powers to be at Botany would have relented! :sweatdrop

Now for the serious stuff, ow ow and more ow ... :no: I hope everything heals up and you are back on bikes after a wee convalescing :doctor: I'll come around and poke bits and say "does that hurt?"

[Gremlin]

ouch mate... you realise you're meant to keep ducatis looking nice aye?


As for you, if you wanted some time off from work, I'm sure the powers to be at Botany would have relented! :sweatdrop
Yeh, don't worry, I can run in THAT bike for ya, after all, you not being able to ride and all ;)

bet he'll be back at work that day, no matter what

[JimO]

is a disc breaking a common thing???? cant say i have ever heard of it

[98tls]

Bugger,sorry to hear.Glad it wasnt worse.

[vifferman]

That's no good! :no: Sorry to hear it, Dude.
I hope you heal well and quickly.

[CookMySock]

is a disc breaking a common thing???? cant say i have ever heard of itI've heard of it. Not a catastrophic failure though, and never on a Ducati. Disc gets a stress crack for some reason (impact?), and it grows then disintegrates without warning.

Sorry to hear it Richard.. Thats horrible for your bike to just bite you like that. Real bolt-out-of-the-blue stuff.

Steve

[johan]

Sorry to hear, I hope you heal soon!

Your bike is an older model and might be equipped with iron rotors.

Here's a pretty good write down about what to think about, if that's the case:
http://www.ducati.ms/forums/showthread.php?t=30771

cheers

[Marknz]

Ouch! Heal well fella.

[JMemonic]

Ouch, sucks about the damage to you and the bike, but I am sure both will heal.

[BigB]

Hi Richard

Sorry to hear about your off hope you get better soon. I'm sure you'll have the Duc back up and running rings around the sports bikes soon enough.

cheers

B

[Griffin]

Dont know you but sorry to hear you got binned... at least your alive and on the mend. And assuming the experience hasnt put you off riding (would you ever trust a rotor again?) the next silver lining for you is that it will be time for a new Duke...

[Blackbuell]

Not good Richard,old bones take a while,but we know you are are tough old bugga,will catch ya when ya better.

[Maha]

just a quick one as i am too sore to type for long, put her down on friday, braking and a rotor broke, rotated me over the front, bike is mess from what I remember, I am just home 2 dozen stitches, broken ribs, shouder blade, internal bleeding (minor)...............on a stack of pain relief, spent friday night floating away on a cloud of morphine, Alpinstar jacket & Shark helmet did the job very well.

Won't be riding for a while:doh:

Ciao

Richard

Awwwwwwwwwww mate! Really?
What a bastard Richard, truely sorry to read this. At least you are here to tell the tale. Just have to use the Demos when ya get back of your feet.
Rest up and heal well buddy, catch up soon.
Mark

[MidnightMike]

Thats a bugger, its a gorgeous bike (I remember it from the Cheesecutter protest ride in Taupo)

Heal up.

Then get back into it!

[portokiwi]

:doctor: All the best mate. will they fix the bike?
How long are you off for?

[Duke girl]

Glad to hear that you are ok besides feeling sore for yourself as it sounded like a pretty nasty accident.. Sounds like the Ducati is beyond repairing not like you though as time will heal your injuries and have you back on your feet in no time. Takecare and goodluck with your healing process.

[Swoop]

Bugger mate.
Heal up quickly for summer!

[clmintie]

Awww mate, that sucks....... When you're able, we'll go for that coffee we keep putting off and I"LL PAY...... :gob:

Need help with anything, don't hesitate to give me a call.... In the mean time I'll stock up on good jokes,... Only hurts when you laugh, eh?........ :bleh:

Phil.

[scuzeme]

Hope you heal up quick mate dont like hearing of any rider going down much less one on a Ducati.
Let us know what type of disks you have, was there any warning?

Take care.

[beyond]

Sorry to hear it mate :(

Heal quick...... but what a way to pull a stoppie!

[Mom]

Your poor bike :dodge:

Oh Richard not good to hear at all mate. Rest up, and heal as quick as you can. Take care eh

:love: Anne

[McJim]

Sounds painful. Best wishes for a speedy and complete recovery. Even bevel drives are just machines at the end of the day so I hope you heal well.

[MentalFacility]

saw your bike today. She seems fixable.

Speedy recovery. Get well, Ill buy you a beer next time we go for a ride.=)

[screamer]

Dam good that you are hear to tell us about your off Richard. Don't over do it and take the time to heal well.

[discotex]

Ouch :shit:

Talk about freak accident! Farkin rotor :2guns:

Heal up quick.

[idleidolidyll]

oh fuck! that poor old ducati..................oh, are you ok too?

should i text pauly so he can have a giggle?

[ajturbo]

wow.. is it unusual for that to break?...

hope so...

hope you get back on your bike sooner than later!!!

[Okey Dokey]

Oh, so sorry to hear of your accident. Rest up and I hope you heal well and quickly.

[NC]

Heal quickly and enjoy the pain killers

[Richard Mc F]

oh fuck! that poor old ducati..................oh, are you ok too?

should i text pauly so he can have a giggle?

Hell yeah!

Tracked down some rotors, the other evel thought is to go modern brakes and suspension, hmmm he sits and plots...........then go motard hunting:woohoo:

[Kickaha]

Tracked down some rotors, the other evel thought is to go modern brakes and suspension, hmmm he sits and plots...........then go motard hunting:woohoo:

Sorry to hear about the accident,the ribs will probably be the sorest part, I know every time I crack mine it hurts for months

I'm about to go down the brake and suspension road with a Brembo 4 pot conversion on the MHR but using the stock discs for a start as it's an easy conversion

If I can find a 280-300mm floating disc that will "bolt on" I'll also look at doing that, and I have a AP racing adjustable m/c to go on

Robert Taylor is building me some rear Ohlins shocks at the moment and are going to have him do the front end with emulators and different springs

[skidMark]

As for you, if you wanted some time off from work, I'm sure the powers to be at Botany would have relented! :sweatdrop


ASIF, i tried that one when i worked there lol

[OutForADuck]

haven't met you but every downed biker is a mate, Sounds sounds like a bad one. Sorry to hear it and hope you heal up quickly.

Thank God that sort of failure is a rarity.... must have happened in the blink of an eye.

[desmo dave]

Hope you and the bevel are back on the road again soon.? Did you happen to visit Karamea with DOCNZ on there Turismo 2007

[Richard Mc F]

I have told we can the beast on the road easily, cosmetics.....meh later.

Thanks for the links and suggestions, we will ponder the final soloution, havn't been to any DOCNZ stuff, really should get out and play with others, and yes it happened in a blink, slammed onto face and left shoulder..........grrrrr want to ride

[skidMark]

I have told we can the beast on the road easily, cosmetics.....meh later.

Thanks for the links and suggestions, we will ponder the final soloution, havn't been to any DOCNZ stuff, really should get out and play with others, and yes it happened in a blink, slammed onto face and left shoulder..........grrrrr want to ride


Might have to buy a honda from work eh mate :shifty:

[idleidolidyll]

Hell yeah!

Tracked down some rotors, the other evel thought is to go modern brakes and suspension, hmmm he sits and plots...........then go motard hunting:woohoo:

rotflmfao!

that's a good idea, you go motard hunting and we'll just go a bit faster and watch your frustration in our mirrors!

seriously though, modern brakes with those skinny forks might make things a whole lot worse.

and yes, i already sent pauly a txt

[Fatt Max]

Blimey mate, sounds a real nasty cough up,

Get well soon.....

....and always make sure you make time for pies...

[idleidolidyll]

wow.. is it unusual for that to break?...

hope so...

hope you get back on your bike sooner than later!!!

when i finished racing my '87 CBR600, we noticed that every second drilled hole in both front discs was cracked across to the next hole.

i bought new ones for the new owner.

dikfad'n is a hard man, he treats his bikes the way they yearn to be treated and i reckon, like me, he breaks or wears out lots of parts.

[idleidolidyll]

Hey dikfad'n,

you're welcome to a motard ride when you're better; i currently have a spare.

you might want to cross over after though................come to the orange side.......

ha! ha! that'd go down well at the hondog shop eh! perhpas if you threaten to buy a Katoom, the boss'll do a stupid deal on a crf450 or summit.

I reckon 'tard bikes sell when road riders get their arses kicked by em.

you could drop bsiness cards in your wake mate!

[98tls]

Hey dikfad'n,

you're welcome to a motard ride when you're better; i currently have a spare.

you might want to cross over after though................come to the orange side.......

ha! ha! that'd go down well at the hondog shop eh! perhpas if you threaten to buy a Katoom, the boss'll do a stupid deal on a crf450 or summit.

I reckon 'tard bikes sell when road riders get their arses kicked by em.

you could drop bsiness cards in your wake mate! Motard muncher from England.Room full of hillclimb trophies to boot.

[idleidolidyll]

Motard muncher from England.Room full of hillclimb trophies to boot.

in the end, pure talent will overcome any good bike

a good 125cc rider can slay a 600 sportbike with talent on board

a poxy old bevel drive that looks like a rat bike can too

you must love riding in NZ; britain sucks for the most part. sure, the pennines, lake district, scotland and north wales are ok but a good 2/3 of the roads are a pain in the arse with a bloody town every 10km; and that was years ago, i can't imagine what it's like now.

i couriered long distance for years there

[98tls]

in the end, pure talent will overcome any good bike
Yep,i know a bloke with an older GSXR who takes great delight in coming across dark visored blimp suit wearing K whatever riders through the good bits and planting himself firmly within worrying distance,amazing how a bit of pressure turns a novice into a complete fuck-up.

[Richard Mc F]

rotflmfao!

that's a good idea, you go motard hunting and we'll just go a bit faster and watch your frustration in our mirrors!

seriously though, modern brakes with those skinny forks might make things a whole lot worse.

and yes, i already sent pauly a txt

If I upgrade it will get a whole lot worse, :jerry:

[clmintie]

Called in to see Richard on Friday (with the obligatory flat white) and can report that while he's got some pretty gruesome bruising, stitches, bandages and sling, he's in good spirits. Don't think he and the Duke will be off the road for too long. Rest up and heal well my friend....

Phil.