Crashed my ZX6R :(

[sndrmn]

are you insured with Protecta?

bad luck with the bin mate, twas a nice bike.
and yep, leathers are great, save you skin by wearing some cow, definatly worth the money

yep with protecta...why?

[Postie]

yep with protecta...why?

cos i had to pay 25% when i was insured with them and wrote off a bike(s)

[Zed]

Gave it to much gas coming into a sweeping lefthander, my back wheel must have been crosssing the Cateyes at the time.

I am fine, thank God for my leather suit with the armour....

So yeah no more riding for me for a little while....

And that means no more wheelie practise too! Sheesh at first when i saw your thread title i guessed you looped it or summat stunting, with all our talk about 1st gear wheelies and all...i'm glad you didn't. But bummer about your bin dude, you lost a little skin and came out of it alright, there'll be some bills to pay and patience practised waiting for the body to heal and repairs on the Kwaka to be finished, been there done that and don't wanna do it again.

Get well soon sndrmn.

[kiwifruit]

Ratshit dude! Your poor bike But as you have been told and know at least you are "ok".
Go the leathers best thing you can spend money on

I hope the bike is sorted asap

[loosebruce]

Had a car (or 44t b train )been comming the other way would = death.

nah mate it would've been straight into a nice metal medain barrier, lucky the bike and you didn't decide to collect that. Good bit of road the nui. always some crazy clown willing to give you a go over there, love cresting the top going over to the nui with the front wheel lifting hard on the pwer in 3rd at 170kph+, it's got a good surface and has mega grip in the wet, but yea gotta watch those cat eyes, they dont do shit in the dry, but in the wet, well yea.
Also a good hil;l to kill tyres quikly if ya commuting it everyday.

Hope youre back on it soon enough mate

[mynameis]

Hey mate,

Sorry to hear about the crash pretty sad. But glad you're ok and I hope the insurance fixes it so you can get back on quick. Just a few things.

I can see the big gash on the knee and on your leathers the top bit of the knee armour is damaged. Am i right to assume that your leathers were a bit big and the knee protector was hanging down than staying on the knee?

Also what speed were you riding at when you came off ? Any idea? When you slid down on your back was the armour enough? Or back damaged as well?

Did the crush knobs stay put? Any pics of the bike by any chance. Again good luck with your recovery mate.

[texmo]

I hope this crash wont affect your confidence. Next time your on the bike I hope your pulling wheelies.

[Str8 Jacket]

Ah bummer dude, glad you were able to walk away from it relatively unscathed though! I havent been on that road yet so im not familiar with it. Sounds like you could have come of much worse though. Heal well, let us know if we can help in anyway!

[skelstar]

Its a nice peice of road that. LB is right that its nicely guarded by armco+ all the way up. Strangely the speed Im comfortable at going down the Hutt side is equal to the speed on the way up. Maybe due to the uphill having NO CAMBER AT ALL. Nice and grippy though.

[sndrmn]

And that means no more wheelie practise too! Sheesh at first when i saw your thread title i guessed you looped it or summat stunting, with all our talk about 1st gear wheelies and all...i'm glad you didn't. But bummer about your bin dude, you lost a little skin and came out of it alright, there'll be some bills to pay and patience practised waiting for the body to heal and repairs on the Kwaka to be finished, been there done that and don't wanna do it again.

Get well soon sndrmn.

Yeah stink....yeah I was thought if anythign I was gonna loop it or experience a nice tank slappa on the way down. Thanks for the tips though.

[sndrmn]

Hey mate,

Sorry to hear about the crash pretty sad. But glad you're ok and I hope the insurance fixes it so you can get back on quick. Just a few things.

I can see the big gash on the knee and on your leathers the top bit of the knee armour is damaged. Am i right to assume that your leathers were a bit big and the knee protector was hanging down than staying on the knee?

Also what speed were you riding at when you came off ? Any idea? When you slid down on your back was the armour enough? Or back damaged as well?

Did the crush knobs stay put? Any pics of the bike by any chance. Again good luck with your recovery mate.

The leathers neva felt to big, but you are right. Can't see how i got this gash if the armour was there. I can only assume it twisted to the right with the impact and left my knee exposed.

Speed? honestly don't know, was I speeding?....yes....how fast...not even going to guess as I might shoot myself in the foot if a were to read this. I don't tend to concentrate on speedo when I am mid corner / lean...just working out my lines and concentrating.....especially on the Nui hill where the camber is completely wrong!!!

When I slide it just wore down the leather on the back of jacket....
Crash knobs stayed put, had a look at it and it was there, just really really worn down.....

[sndrmn]

say (LooseBruce) was that u i was following home about a week ago?

[skelstar]

Vasaline warrior rides a yellow GSXR600K1 and lives in the nui...as does his brother on a blue//white GSXR750K5.

[mikey]

ironic. every tweedle saying dont buy the zx10r casue you'll crash it, should of got the 10.......

you the homo rode down wai st last night? obviously bit before you crashed...

fairly busy road on a thursday night eh, a mate text me saying one of your koon mates was racing up the hill an crashed.....

hope you were ahead of the car when you biffed it though, not so you could get run over, just so you were beating him til you thought, ill give the poor cunt a chance an biff my bike down the road an see if i stil beat him to the top.....

[gijoe1313]

Owww - I guess a bit of road rash is better then a column in the back part of the paper. Thanks for sharing your experience so others can benefit from the feedback. Hope you heal up quick and get back in the saddle once your ride is fixed (or replaced!).