Ouch! binned...

[riffer]

I guess it had to happen eventually.

Icy weather this morning when I got up -3°C in Upper Hutt so I took it easy.

Got all the way through the cold roads and traffic this morning and just as I am heading down the motorway from Ngauranga Flyover to Aotea Quay the traffics all stopped.

No worries, just lanesplit through the traffic as usual.

Then this guy in a car with trailer on decides to change lanes in front me into the middle lane (I'm splitting between left and middle lane) and I swerve into the gap he's left.

Argh! Then the bugger sees me and turns back into the lane again!!!

A pull on the bar, a tap on the brake and then - woah! The bike's on the ground and I'm under it...

Fortunately it goes over the tope of me and I roll to the side of the road.

Creep in the car in front of me keeps going but the car behind me stops to see if I'm okay. "Hey mate - awesome lowside - better than on the telly mate!" Yeah, cheers guys...

So the damage. WT will hopefully post some picks as it's in Welly Motorcycles now, but here's what I can remember.

Lots of road rash down the left hand side. No left front indicator. No right mirror. Fork stanchions bent right back. Front tyre is flat. No front brake (hopefully just the lines burst). Nothing that can't be fixed...

Helmet is scratched all up the chin and visor (replace). Jacket has scratches and holes in it. Toe of the boot has a huge rip in the leather. Gloves scratched. Watch ($1500 Citizen Pilots watch ) ruined. Cellphone scratched.

And me? A rather large hematoma is developing on my thigh and my ankle is turning a nice shade of blue/black... Rubbed lots of Arnica Cream and Antiflamme into the sore bits.

Still, any crash you walk away from can't be too bad, especially a 70km/hr lowside through three lines of rush hour traffic.

Guess I'll be off the road for a few weeks now... Looking for some FZR1000 forks to replace mine. Everything else I can patch up once I get the bike home...

Cheers to Nev, Mark Dunn and MatthewT who stopped to check me out.

[Firefight]

I guess it had to happen eventually.

Icy weather this morning when I got up -3°C in Upper Hutt so I took it easy.

Got all the way through the cold roads and traffic this morning and just as I am heading down the motorway from Ngauranga Flyover to Aotea Quay the traffics all stopped.

No worries, just lanesplit through the traffic as usual.

Then this guy in a car with trailer on decides to change lanes in front me into the middle lane (I'm splitting between left and middle lane) and I swerve into the gap he's left.

Argh! Then the bugger sees me and turns back into the lane again!!!

A pull on the bar, a tap on the brake and then - woah! The bike's on the ground and I'm under it...

Fortunately it goes over the tope of me and I roll to the side of the road.

Creep in the car in front of me keeps going but the car behind me stops to see if I'm okay. "Hey mate - awesome lowside - better than on the telly mate!" Yeah, cheers guys...

So the damage. WT will hopefully post some picks as it's in Welly Motorcycles now, but here's what I can remember.

Lots of road rash down the left hand side. No left front indicator. No right mirror. Fork stanchions bent right back. Front tyre is flat. No front brake (hopefully just the lines burst). Nothing that can't be fixed...

Helmet is scratched all up the chin and visor (replace). Jacket has scratches and holes in it. Toe of the boot has a huge rip in the leather. Gloves scratched. Watch ($1500 Citizen Pilots watch ) ruined. Cellphone scratched.

And me? A rather large hematoma is developing on my thigh and my ankle is turning a nice shade of blue/black... Rubbed lots of Arnica Cream and Antiflamme into the sore bits.

Still, any crash you walk away from can't be too bad, especially a 70km/hr lowside through three lines of rush hour traffic.

Guess I'll be off the road for a few weeks now... Looking for some FZR1000 forks to replace mine. Everything else I can patch up once I get the bike home...

Cheers to Nev, Mark Dunn and MatthewT who stopped to check me out.

Bad news mate, did the guy who stopped to help, get the dickheads rego number ? Failing to stop would be a reasonble ticket I guess !.
Glad your okay.

F/F

[James Deuce]

Bugger!

And here I was feeling bad because I tapped someone's mirror this morning.

[PuppetMaster]

Icy weather this morning when I got up -3°C in Upper Hutt so I took it easy..

i didnt realise it was that cold. no wonder i couldnt feel anything when i got to work.


Bummer bout the bin. Give us a yell if ya need a ride or anything.

[Ghost Lemur]

Glad to hear you aren't to badly hurt.

Hope the damage to the bike isn't too bad.

Sounds like the Trashman has been busy this morning.

[White trash]

Yo, yo, yo! Trashy in da hoUSE!

I'll post pics soon,

Celtic', Steve can drop your bike at home for you tomorrow night if you're keen. FOC.

Let me know man.

[Hitcher]

Woo hoo! When it happens it happens fast... It's good to know that you're all in one piece and mobile. Shame about your ride...

[k14]

Ohh, guttered. Hope you and your bike gets fixed soon.

You can claim for your helmet and gear under house and contents insurance. They will pay out for everything sweet as.

[jrandom]

Ouch! Done the same thing myself in the rain at about 40kph. Glad to hear you're still in one piece. Filtering with less-than-perfect traction conditions is always a risky business; I now try and keep to a speed differential where I can always pull up suddenly behind a random lane-changer, rather than having to swerve.

Looking forward (in my usual macabre, rubber-necking way) to the gory photographs of rider and steed damage. Take it easy mate, GWS.

[vifferman]

Bummer, Dude. Crashing sux, big time!
Hope you heal quickly.

The bike is easy enough to heal (just expensive and a damned nuisance).
I guess the fact you were lane-splitting means that whatever the trailer guy was doing is irrelevant, seeing he wasn't involved in the crash?

By the way - I never wear my watch (also an expensive Citizen) on my bike just in case I crash (which I did last year). Besides the possibility of it getting trashed, there's also a strong likelihood of it wrecking your wrist!
When I crashed last year, it was similar, in that I anticipated what the guy was doing (pulled out in front of me), acted accordingly (slowed down), then he did something sensible (pulled into the kerb). I decided he'd seen me, then he did something unanticipated (cracked a U-turn). Unfortunately, I hit him AND the road...

Just goes to show - you need to expect the unexpected, and anticipate some very stupid behaviour.
[Easy to make with the platitudes and "after the event wisdom", isn't it?]

Well, at least you were sensible and wearing good gear. Hope you heal quickly. (I've just about stopped hurting after 11 months...)

[Funkyfly]

Glad your not badly hurt, you will feel it more tomorrow for sure!

Sounds like the bike might be a write off! Hope you have insurance dude.

Thankfully i dont have to travel on motorways, they are good fun but scare the hell out of me, your a brave man lane splitting at 70kph.

Im impressed by you guys that ride pretty much in any weather, rain, cold etc, im too much or a wimp.

[Cajun]

Thats no good celticno6, nope you and your bike are better soon.

I do not wear a watch ever due to possible of damageing it or myself i come off, and i don't like the feeling of a watch on the wirse under the jacket makes it tight on the arms.

[merv]

Sorry to hear it Celtic. If only bloody drivers could stick to what they are doing instead of rapidly changing their mind.

So are you going to be riding the trains for a few weeks then?

[FROSTY:Me]

sorry to hear about the bin dude. sounds like its not too bad though.

[Zed]

Man celticno6, that suxs...worst news I've heard all day. Sorry to hear it but I'm thankful you are not too seriously injured.

Please keep us up-to-date with your progress back to the road. May you have a speedy recovery!


Zed