Suzuki vs Kenworth

[sootie]

About 3 years ago I was wiped off the road by a truck & semi. Bike was a writeoff, and wrote off a car travelling in the opposite direction. I was unconscious for a bit & wound up in hospital. Eventually I made a full recovery. The really hard bits for me have been:
* the truck driver was driving sensibly but had to swerve in to me to avoid someone else
* I did nothing wrong (on this occasion!), so why did it happen at all?
* what actually did happen - (even the police are not sure & they decided not to prosecute anybody)
* given the scene of mechanical carnage, how did I get out alive?

I am sure you will have these issues with the what ifs & whys. In the end "Shit happens" as they say, and you just have to shrug & get on with enjoying what you like doing & even accept that a repeat is possible.

Glad you both walked away.

[Swoop]

I'm very happy that Mrs H and yourself are in one piece and without the need for hospital intervention.

Heal up well.






Now, where is Chalky with his normal words of dribble.

[sinfull]

Your lucks timing is impeccable Hitch !

I wish for a speedy replacement of wheels for you, before summer really sets in.

The inconvenience of losing the mods and extras sucks too, though i'm sure some of the forks internals could be salvaged, it still sucks !

Just found what seems like a gallon of fork oil around the lower parts of my upside downs, morning after a jaunt through the same areas you speak of sat with the lads, knew they were weeping, but grrrr. Too much time being tied down in the back of the van for track days (won't mention the crap wheelies), will have to come up with a new system of tying it in !

No where near what you're facing, but still a bloody inconvenience !

[Hitcher]

What was the Kenworth hauling?..or did I miss that bit?

The Kenworth was hauling my motorcycle in an easterly direction as he headed out of Duke Street into SH2. God knows what was inside his trailer. I couldn't see and didn't ask.

The driver was shaken and did apologise.

[Crasherfromwayback]

The Kenworth was hauling my motorcycle in an easterly direction as he headed out of Duke Street into SH2. .

lol. Nice answer.

[Maha]

lol. Nice answer.

I would have bought him a new bike had he said ''it was hauling Trolls Maha''....

[Hitcher]

Anybody passing through Pahiatua should stop and check out the gouge marks from the centre of SH2 north into the middle of the traffic island at the Duke Street/King Street intersection. The wet spot at the end was coolant and may have evaporated by now. Another metre and the wet spot would have included sump oil.

[James Deuce]

That would be the second time you've left your visible mark! May go and look this weekend.

[98tls]

Bugger,sorry to hear of the bikes fate.Very glad to see you and Yours are ok.Hope your back riding soon mate.

[imdying]

What did you kick a kitten in a previous life or something??

[Paul in NZ]

What did you kick a kitten in a previous life or something??

Probably ran over a sack full of chinese ones with a steam powered bike.....

[Pussy]

Glad that you and Jane are okay, Brett!
I hope a new bike is on the close horizon.

[240]

Shit scary stuff!! Glad to see your o.k

[shafty]

The wet spot at the end was coolant and may have evaporated by now. Another metre and the wet spot would have included sump oil.

And the third wet spot?

Phew, must've been terrifying? - or did it all happen too fast ?

Congrats on your evasive action - great to hear you're both relatively unscathed.

So, would Sir like another 1250?

[Hitcher]

So, would Sir like another 1250?

Sir hasn't really thought much about that.