My first off...

[Ms Piggy]

Glad you & the bike are both ok, those wet slippery roads were got me the 1st bin I had...and stomping on my rear brake to hard.

The loss of skin on your elbow could be due to friction. Get some Arnica onto the bruise and keep riding

[Aaron]

Thanks folks. A quick look over in the light of day shows not too much damage at all, hopefully come tomorrow all that will give it away is some light fairing scratches.

As for me, I actually feel better this morning than last night, hip is pretty sore though

Hasn't put me off riding in the wet, bring on winter

did the same as you at that age, only I used the Bishopdale roundabout.

I use this one on the way to work, push the limits a bit because it's so nicely cambered... but good fun

Well off to source an indicator.

[TygerTung]

Bad luck dude! Lucky you wern't going faster though eh?

I probably won't have that problem though, because my bike has drum brakes all round!!! Front brake is next to useless, so the back brake is a bit better, so you just lock up the back wheel when braking hard and drift along the road.... Ahhhhh so relaxing!

[bear]

I have a perfect way of not getting caught out like that on my bike, I always park with the front tyre facing inwards to wherever, so I have to roll backwards before riding off, if I've forgotten the lock, it'll just stop me gently, so no fall...

You can also get brightly coloured coiled cables that go from the d-lock to the throttle, reminding you a lock is in place. Look a bit gay but should prevent riding off with the d-lock on.

[Aaron]

You need to perform a cost benefit analysis on whether it's more gay to have the cables or drop the bike 5 meters out on the road. I vote the latter.

Re the indicator, $92.00 ex NZ, coming Wednesday so not a bad night out really.

Would rather it hadn't happened but it's probably good to get these out of the way before I get the GSXR-750.

[GSVR]

Re the indicator, $92.00 ex NZ, coming Wednesday so not a bad night out really.

And Suzuki parts are meant to be some of the cheapest.

I did two indicators, gearshift, rearset and a fairing panel december last year.
Won't tell you what it cost as I'm trying to forget.

You can also get brightly coloured coiled cables that go from the d-lock to the throttle, reminding you a lock is in place. Look a bit gay but should prevent riding off with the d-lock on.

My solution was to throw the D-Lock away and get a solid chain and lock.
That way I can put the chain though my helmet and/or jacket.

Only thing I think D-Locks have going for them is their size.

[dveus]

Re the indicator, $92.00 ex NZ, coming Wednesday so not a bad night out really.

Thats the very reason I glued mine back together, still works and at $92 I may as well wait til I really destroy the thing.

[Biff]

Sorry to hear about your bin Aaron. Those nasty lessons can be a right pain , literally. Glad your ok though, and good on you for the positive mental attitude.

I'm thinking of starting up a new company selling spare bits of pride, confidence and ego, for all those people who've need some or even dented or lost theirs.
I think I'd make me a millionaire by this time next year! I'll be my biggest customer.

[**R1**]

Sorry to hear about your bin Aaron. Those nasty lessons can be a right pain , literally. Glad your ok though, and good on you for the positive mental attitude.

I'm thinking of starting up a new company selling spare bits of pride, confidence and ego, for all those people who've need some or even dented or lost theirs.
I think I'd make me a millionaire by this time next year! I'll be my biggest customer.

When u open for buisness?? i'll take one of each. , can i have my own account?

[vifferman]

Re the indicator, $92.00 ex NZ, coming Wednesday so not a bad night out really.

You could fit a pair of aftermarket ones for less than that. Mind you, it's still cheaper than some; the ones for the VTR were $165 each, despite being basically 'parts bin' items fitted to all kinds of Hondas. Luckily, the one I broke popped back together again, with a bit of work and some judicious de-muntering.

[madboy]

Would rather it hadn't happened but it's probably good to get these out of the way before I get the GSXR-750.

You're gonna go from a GSX250 to a GSX-R750? Are you nuts?!

My g/fs GSX250 was like a scooter compared to my FZR400, and the FZR is a scooter compared to the 636, and I can't say I've ridden a gixxer 750, but I reckon that'd be a pretty good step up on that again... the 250 to 750 would be like moving from a Harley to a motorcycle!

Oh, and by the way, bad luck on the bin but good to see no harm done

[Aaron]

Thats the very reason I glued mine back together, still works and at $92 I may as well wait til I really destroy the thing.

Hmm... maybe I'll pop down after work on the off chance it made it into the gutter and is still intact. It's a poorly lit roundabout and I couldn't be bothered searching for body parts

Sorry to hear about your bin Aaron. Those nasty lessons can be a right pain, literally. Glad your ok though, and good on you for the positive mental attitude.

Thanks Biff Baff, glad to see that you're ok too after yesterdays spill.

You're gonna go from a GSX250 to a GSX-R750? Are you nuts?!

That's the third time this week I've been called a nut, what gives?!?

By the time I can affort the GSXR I hope to be 73% of it's total weight, that should slow it down

I don't know about other 250s but this one does have a bit of stick, for it's weight and mine she still goes.

Oh, and by the way, bad luck on the bin but good to see no harm done

Cheers dude

[Lias]

the 250 to 750 would be like moving from a Harley to a motorcycle!

Yeeeeeowch. Give that man a saucer of milk :-P

[Dr Bob]

good to see you are no longer a novice. The lessons will undoubtabely continue, especially when your centre of gravity is still high. Getting a fast sports bike that is very light will open you up to the same sort of slow speed paint slip, it's the price you pay for 'light'. My underpowered heavy bike with a low seat is far more stable on wet, and gravel for that matter. But when I was starting off I had a cb125, and I weighed 110kg, I came off at roundabouts and the such some 9 times until I slammed into the side of a jag. I bought a cx400 that was water cooled and probably heavier than most 750's these days - it was probably the safest bike I have ridden.

[Wolf]

It does raise an interesting point though... how hard would it be to make paint that actually allowed a little traction too?!?

I mean... lemme see...
1/2 bucket of Paint
1/4 Buckey of medium grade sand.
Shake well till dissolved
Apply to road and bake in sun for 2 hours
Remove cones

Hell - I reckon the contractors could get that right...

Mate of mine at work was surprised when I told him that the road markings are dangerous - he had assumed that the paint was gritted for traction. I said: "Nah, that'd be fucking intelligent"

The low sheen paint vifferman mentioned is still not good enough, it needs to be gritted or something - like they do on concrete steps.

Ungritted paint is just their quaint little way of justifying the ACC screwing us blind with levies - if the paint didn't cause so many accidents, they'd have less convenient "supporting statistics" to flash around.

It's really bad on some Dorkland streets where they seem to have painted dotted lines for every possible route through the intersection - screw being leaned over in the wet on some of those corners, a couple I looked at looked about 50% shiny (supposedly "low sheen" but lethal anyway) paint.