no injurys sustained in this crash............but KBers will be pleased to know that i was wearing my ACC protest T shirt when i did crash on the western lakes road just out of Turangi on the first day of my Burt Munro trip this year..........Ran wide on a steep downhill righthander which tightened up on the exit.........got right over onto the still new part of my new front tyre trying to steer round it then she just ploughed on straight ahead off the road and ended up in a stormwater runoff sump hole about 7-8 feet below the road...........
Suffered badly bruised right leg and foot and a number of bruised/cracked or broken ribs on my right side.
Upon hauling the bike out of the hole.........Many thanks to Brenda i believe who stopped and supplied the rope and some extra muscle..........discovered the only damage was both mirrors gone,front brake reservoir smashed and some fairing damage............all levers and controls intact........front brakes still worked......bike still rode straight and true...........so carried on.
replaced reservoir and fitted an aftermarket mirror in CHCH and still had a blast of a trip..........
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