f$#k$ng crashed the bike

[Insanity_rules]

Sorry to hear about your bin. Glad it only really damaged your pride, it could have been worse.

I almost binned it yesterday and it really got the heart going! Turned left hard in the rain and the ass slid. Gave it a bit of gas and it pulled back into line.

[aff-man]

Oh well... It's just part of the game Jhono, atleast you don't have to worry about scratching your pretty bike from now on.

Time to practice some 12'o Clock wheelies and stoppies!!

Mounting bits are coming for the race farings this week so I'll get onto sorting them out. Then I won't have to worry about scratching the bike...ish

Now tell the truth... did the hair get in your eyes???

Well actually..............

[kiwifruit]

Fark!! thats no good Aff
lucky you had the bungs on there....
I hope its not too damaged mate

[The Stranger:Me]

Damn, glad you ok.

Was just looking for the "Find my forks" run and I found this.

Do you feel the bike behaved any different to what you would expect as a result of the recent fork mods?

[loosebruce]

Bummer Jono, i can tell you one thing with almost certainity as to why it happened, yes it was the tyre, but no it wasn't cause the tyre was poked, yes to not having enough heat in it, one of the problems when using race tyres instead of road tyes, short trips and communtes dont get good enough heat onto them, i'd put money on that if you had a road tyre it would had a far less chance of happening.
Sounds like the damage isn't too bad, are you getting race fairings for it?

[aff-man]

Bummer Jono, i can tell you one thing with almost certainity as to why it happened, yes it was the tyre, but no it wasn't cause the tyre was poked, yes to not having enough heat in it, one of the problems when using race tyres instead of road tyes, short trips and communtes dont get good enough heat onto them, i'd put money on that if you had a road tyre it would had a far less chance of happening.
Sounds like the damage isn't too bad, are you getting race fairings for it?

Yip totally agree mate... Although they say they loose thier stickyness after heaps of heat cycles (and I've done over 6000km on it), It was definatley cold tyres.

Yeh I got me some race fairings just waiting for the mountings to arrive later this week, sorting out some lights (to make it somewhat legal) and I think i'll put the expensive suzi ones away. Only thing is that it will piss off the GF if she can't go on the back now and again

[Brett]

sounds incredibly unlucky...By the way...you live out bucklands beach way aff-man??

[aff-man]

That may... or may not be me.... Why?

[Zed]

Shocker Jono, glad it wasn't a major though. Sheesh i'd have thought your chance of looping it would be higher doing all that stunt practise, over just riding down the road and dropping it at the traffic lights!?

Put it behind you, learn from it, and move on buddy!

[Leong]

Bad luck there mate, sounds like you're OK... so hope it doesn't prove too expensive....

[Two Smoker]

Glad your ok Jono and didnt end up like me.... Also glad your bike isnt too bad aswell...

[aff-man]

Cheers guys..... It was me just being oblivious to the conditions I suppose and cocking up.... Just a little humiliating that's all.

Did the worset thing I could do today though... went into colemans and they have a shiny new 06 gixxer600 at the front door..... They are mean mean people.... I didn't really think of selling a kidney..... well not for that long anyway.

[Shadows]

That seems a little rude from someone I don't know.

Sorry man. Poor attempt at a joke. Rest of the thread seemed pretty light hearted too. Anyway, pretty bad form but no offence intended.

[T.I.E]

oh dude, nice work sounds like a good accident if there can ever be such a thing.
so was it a stoppie gone wrong?
but good to hear you and the bike are ok.

[Korumba]

Good to hear your ok...
That front end of the bikes is causeing you some greif,

take three easy steps

1,Sell someone elses Kidney

2,ask "Fat Freddys Drop" to change there name to "Fat Freddys Keep it Upright"

3 Buy the 06 600