Yup. Binned it.

[flash]

i may of missed it but how fast were you going?

[sunhuntin]

glad to hear you werent worse hurt...big ups to everyone who stopped to help. hope you get back out there soon!

[crashe]

Hi JB,

Mate it wasnt wasting a couple of hours lying around on the side of the motorway, I was also trying to get a nice suntan....

I was totally concerned for your welfare and safety.

Yep the gear saved you from getting some more nasty injuries....
And they were so brand new as well.
I am so glad that you got your helmet changed to the correct size as well....
otherwise your chin and face could have looked really bad.

Rest up.... and can I please sign your cast.

Cheers to Frosty for fixing your bike as well...
He is one good dude.

So when you can get back on your bike again..
do you want to go for another ride out with T.I.E. and me again...?

[Divot]

Ouch! Sorry to hear about your bin - what on earth was that cage driver doing, making an emergency brake on the motorway??

Glad to hear you're all in one piece, and props to Frosty and crashe for looking after you!

You have never driven on the motorways in auckland. everyone follow at a bout quarter the distance required. When they have to stop more often they use the car infront to stop.

[Colapop]

See? Now I wish those people who've 'left' the site could see this thread and see the community that is here.
JB take some time out good to hear you're not too badly beat up (and the bike), and Crashe you deserve a decent tan, everyone else Merry Christmas. (I'm not even drinking!)

[Deviant Esq]

'tis true, I haven't driven on Aucks motorways. But now I think about it, in the times I've been there... I know what you mean. Still, hope the fracture doesn't hinder you too much in the meantime... and back to the bike again soon

[korowetere]

John, sorry to hear about this man. Hope you heal up 100% and get back on the bike. Hope to join you on a newbie's ride in the New Year.

The ex-Minister of Maori Affairs.

[John Banks]

Haha, yes crashe, you can sign my cast, but you'll need to come and see me first.

and Divot, most of the time on the motorways I keep a very large following distance, precisely because I knew that sometimes cars like to brake hard for no reason. It just seems that my reaction was completely wrong.

korowetere, definately. I'm hoping to get everything fixed and back on the bike asap.

[Highlander]

Hey JB,

1) Not good to hear about your oops, best pleased to hear that the damage is superficial.

2) You can type with 2 hands? - I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous.

[Divot]

and Divot, most of the time on the motorways I keep a very large following distance, precisely because I knew that sometimes cars like to brake hard for no reason. It just seems that my reaction was completely wrong.

Hey Banksy, didn't mean you but all the cages out there. Work on the motorway and see it all the time. Been knocked of my self once riding home from work car infront stops I stop the can behind didn't. Lucky it was at 11:30 at night, one lane flowing through some road works