Steps to take after crash?

[Reido]

ok, ninja is a little hurt.. :weep:

what do i do now? bike is back home into garage..

so i assume, contact insurance and tell them about it?
and get bike to bike shop.

missing anything else?

Reido

[PirateJafa]

Contact insurance.

Don't bother with getting the bike to a shop - an assessor wll come around to your place.

[Slyer]

Gutted mate!
What happened?
http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php?t=82789

And holy crap I always thought your avatar was Darth Vader but I just looked at it properly.

[Reido]

went round tight corner,
back slid out (lowsided?) something slippery? dunno.. i wasnt going any faster than i usualy do on the corner (50k)
i went sliding, bike bounced over curb, i bounced over curb.

oh and Quasi jacket is fucking mint, hit my elbow pretty hard and only a small scuff to it. and my elbow is fine =]
one small blessing, "all the gear all the time" is a very good saying

[R6_kid]

At a guess i'd say it'll be cheaper to replace the muffler with a yoshimura than with an OEM one... so don't forget to mention this (or investigate for yourself).

[Reido]

At a guess i'd say it'll be cheaper to replace the muffler with a yoshimura than with an OEM one... so don't forget to mention this (or investigate for yourself).

yeah, thats what i told my dad when he turned up
"well i was gonna change the exhuast soon anyway"

[NighthawkNZ]

missing anything else?



don't do it again...

[Big Dave]

>>steps to take after crash?<<

Any one you can walk away from is a good one.

[Slyer]

Are you running on stock tyres?

[Reido]

Are you running on stock tyres?
yip, i read somewhere that they are crap..

and i came out a lot better that i thought i would when i saw the curb closing in on me, whilst i was sliding along on my butt..

righto time to call insurance people

[Skyryder]

yip, i read somewhere that they are crap..

and i came out a lot better that i thought i would when i saw the curb closing in on me, whilst i was sliding along on my butt..

righto time to call insurance people

At 50 k or even there abouts it won't be the tyres that's with the proviso the treads ok. Most likely some grit oil etc. Just a bad luck. Mind you if you gunned the throttle at the wrong time, could cause the back to slide out. Don't sound like that's the probem just some road shit.

Skyryder

[madbikeboy]

You're in one piece, the ATGATT approach pays dividends despite the mocking you will often receive on this site.

Our roads are gravel covered with a layer of tar and diesel - go back and look at the corner, you'll be able to see what caused you to come off - if you don't go back and look, you won't know what to look for in the future.

Good luck with the insurance company, most are cunts.

:)

[mowgli]

missing anything else?
Reido

Look for an opportunity to go do some riding in the dirt (on a dirt bike). It'll help prepare you for the times when the rear steps out. Forget the brakes, easy on the throttle and above all look where you want to end up (not where you're going).

[CookMySock]

Go to the doc and get checked over no matter how "ok" you are feeling. Don't play doctor and think you are ok, coz two weeks later you might get a bad fright.

Oh, and DO what the doc tells you to do.

Steve

[ital916]

Make a point of finding out why you crashed and learn to avoid it, oh and tires are the most important thing on your bike..well it ties for most important. So no skimping on tires, get good one and always check your pressures.

[vgcspares]

You're in one piece, the ATGATT approach pays dividends despite the mocking you will often receive on this site.

Our roads are gravel covered with a layer of tar and diesel - go back and look at the corner, you'll be able to see what caused you to come off - if you don't go back and look, you won't know what to look for in the future.

Good luck with the insurance company, most are cunts.

:)

Makes me wonder what you did to get that impression of them and also what they consequently think of you.

[Big Chim]

Take up racing!!

That shit teaches ya to put stuff back together again hahaha

[Blackshear]

Take up racing!!

That shit teaches ya to put stuff back together again hahaha

Where's the closest track to practice mah stuff on?
In the Birkendales.
Got a ticket and decided I'd buy a detector and track time. Gonna do at least on of them.

[Big Chim]

if your in Auckland - Pukekohe

Taupo race track is good to

Bummer on the ticket. Track days are like pre paying speeding tickets and you go as fast as you want all day!!!