Reversing lights? You cannot be serious!

[Drum]

I hope you heal up quick Mr. H.

Chances of that bike going down again must be low.

[madboy]

Hitcher, mate, sorry to hear but glad to hear at the same time. You know what I mean. I'd be struggling to see reverse lights on many cars in those conditions, let alone ever EXPECT to see them on a passing lane. This is taking expect the unexpected a bit far I think!

Has the pool on return started yet? If so, can I have October 12 please?

Or how about this time the pool looks for a worthy replacement that's not vindictive?

[James Deuce]

I hope you heal up quick Mr. H.

Chances of that bike going down again must be low.

One thing I've noticed over the years is that if you are a sometime crasher, the frequency between accidents diminishes until your 4th one. Then you never have another one.

[phoenixgtr]

Oh bugger!!

Thats not good.

Hopefully it won't take too long to get back on the road.

Good to hear you're ok tho

[Wolf]

Sorry to hear of your off and your injuries, Hitch. Do take your point about reacting differently to brake lights - the white glow of reversing lights would be more puzzling than threatening. If he'd just hit the brakes you would have had a far more threatening cue to respond to.

I didn't think you could put an auto into reverse whilst going forwards. I know you can't with a manual - you just get interesting graunching noises.

Another reason why autos are inferior and should be destroyed.

Hope you're feeling better today.

My advice? Ditch the ST in favour of a road-trail and take "alternative routes" that aren't likely to have retards driving Remuera Tractors. Safest place from those bloody things is to ride your bike off-road because we all know they'd never take the bloody things off-road. You could ride the fire-breaks all over the hills around the Wellington region and not once see a RAV or any other toy 4x4...

[riffer]

Sorry to hear mate.

Gini and I saw you heading just by Haywards turnoff as we were going south in the Odyssey and I'd commented how much I wanted to be out on the bike.

Hopefully the STeed is too damaged and you can get a new bike.

As for the knee, hopefully that comes right in a few days... at least you haven't broken anything this time.

All the best for the next few weeks STeedless.

[pzkpfw]

Your Insurance Co don't want you to admit fault. Having the other guy admit fault is like Christmas to them. If he gets a ticket and gets fined as well that like Happy New Year too.

Yes, but if the other guy admits fault, then his insurance won't want to pay. So your insurance company has to chase him direct. That just adds hassle - to you too. It's better to have his insurance pay you in one go, than have some deadbeat pay you $2 a week for the rest of your life.

Your Insurance should pay you, they then try to recover it from the other guy.

Yes, that's how my insurance handled the incident I mentioned.

...but the legal action he was threatened with had to involve me too. For example, I may have had to make a statement and appear as a witness in court.

Much easier if the other guy has insurance AND does not admit fault so his insurance will pay up (assuming it is obvious to them who is at fault).

Cheers,

[Biff]

Mr H, I had to check the date of this thread initially as I thought it must've been about your last incident.

Ditto.
Holy shit Mr H.

When you ride - are you followed by a grey cloud?

[Edbear]

until your 4th one. Then you never have another one.

Hmmmmm! There could be more than one reason for that...!

[Paul in NZ]

Hmmmmm! There could be more than one reason for that...!

Glad I wasn't the only one that thought of that...

[DemonWolf]

Hope you heal up soon Hitcher.

Sorry to hear of your accident, but glad that it wasn't a "serious" incident.. which it could have easily been.

[scracha]

I was wearing my Teknic GoreTex jacket and my Teknic trousers. Both have a cordura outer and armour in all of the right places. The knees on the trousers are a bit chewed, so I'll be up for a new set of those. Gloves were Spidi H2Out (haven't checked these for damage). Helmet by Shoei undamaged. Ditto boots by Oxtar. Bruises by tarmac and knee by contusion are a different story. But worst of all is bike by Honda.

Jinxed no? Glad you scrubbed off most of the speed before impact. Dont take any chances with the helmet [1]. Get it x-ray'd or put it in the bin - it's an insurance job after all.

[1] I never understand folk who buy used lids

[oldrider]

I thought I was having another stroke and getting the forum dates all stuffed up.
Had to read reread and reread before I finally tweaked that you have actually had another unfortunate episode.
Shit that's bad news Hitcher, hey stay with ST1300 though, they are the best bike on the road, it would have been worse on any other bike!!!
You will never be satisfied down grading to anything else, don't waste money and quality riding time buying a substitute.
Maybe you did knock your head a little, don't be hasty the confusion will pass. Cheers John.

[Da Bird]

Glad to hear you didn't go under the RAV as well. The circumstances of the crash are quite bizarre to say the least and I'm sure it probably would have caught out most, if not all of us, with the likely end result that you experienced.
Having said that though, given that you went up the RAV's arse, I'm putting my money on you having to pay your excess and losing any "no claims bonus" you had. As you said, you weren't totally blameless but what a crap way to crash!

BC.

[Hitcher]

The circumstances of the crash are quite bizarre to say the least

At the time the whole thing was just a little surreal, probably due to heightened levels of adrenalin coursing through my cardio-vascular system. The bizarreness of the whole thing only registered later. What are the odds of somebody driving a RAV4 in a passing lane successfully engaging reverse gear and stopping immediately in front of a Honda ST1300 that's going about its lawful business? People have converted to Christianity after flimsier sequences of events.