Excessive use of expletives

[What?]

Started out a nice day today. Spending this week commuting to Rotorua, decided today was too nice to take the ute, so took my F650. That's the brand new one, not yet had it's 1000K service. Way to go!!
Over Pyes Pa, bit of a slide on the 15K corner in the gorge, then onwards. Until the last bridge before Hamurana... Black ice!
First off in 24 years and it went down so fast I don't recall the transition between riding and sliding at all. But I DO recall the shower of sparks watching my nice new bike sliding down the road. And the number of times I used the in-and-out word...
S'pose it could have been worse - damage mainly cosmetic (couple of weeks and around 700 NZ pesos to fix), but my Dririder jacket & pants, plus my megabuck winter gloves are toast. Minor scuffing to one boot and lid never touched the deck.

[Cajun]

bad luck What? that black ice is bad this time of year, espically around that area


See if ya house insurance will cover your gear, that is if your excess isn't pretty low

[Holy Roller]

Sorry to hear of your off what?
Nothing hurts so much as seeing your new ride blazing a trail of its own.
And the cost of replacing the gears.
But thats a great road to ride, I have to look out for ice on the Rotoma's there plenty of places that the sun dont shine at all. Glad nothings broke on you though have a great day
Gordon

[What?]

Damage to bike isn't worth claiming on insurance, but contents should cover the riding gear. Hope so, it will cost more to replace than fixing the bike

[James Deuce]

Oh no!! I've done that road in similar conditions on my old CBR when my Grandmother was dying. I rode through driving rain and 120km/h wind in the Wairarapa, a blizzard on the Desert Rd, and thought I'd done the hard bit. The Gorge bit was like a skating rink, and that 15k corner had me flat tracking all the way round on the ice. I stopped at the top of the hill on the Tauranga side, and the campervan full of UK tourists who'd been behind me stopped and made me a cup of tea.

I hope you get everything sorted relatively painlessly, and I'm pleased you're OK.

[wkid_one]

Man - disappointed - I was looking for the excessive use of expletives?

[Lou Girardin]

Damage to bike isn't worth claiming on insurance, but contents should cover the riding gear. Hope so, it will cost more to replace than fixing the bike

Bugger, if I can help with replacement gear, call me.

[Racey Rider]

See,,,,Things like that wouldn't happen, if they would just change the colour of the ice to yellow!
I mean,,, "Black" ice! ,,,, "Black" road!,,,,,,,,,,,,HELLO. :spudwhat:
Can't they see thats gonnr create problems!!
Put some nice yellow in it I say!


:confused2 Sorry to hear it Mr What.

[Motu]

The ice was black - the air was blue.I'd love to have a new bike to smash up - there,does that make you feel better? Damn,I hate it when you're on the ground even before you know you've fallen off.My sympatheez.

[Zed]

Started out a nice day today. Spending this week commuting to Rotorua, decided today was too nice to take the ute, so took my F650. That's the brand new one, not yet had it's 1000K service. Way to go!!
Over Pyes Pa, bit of a slide on the 15K corner in the gorge, then onwards. Until the last bridge before Hamurana... Black ice!
First off in 24 years and it went down so fast I don't recall the transition between riding and sliding at all. But I DO recall the shower of sparks watching my nice new bike sliding down the road. And the number of times I used the in-and-out word...
S'pose it could have been worse - damage mainly cosmetic (couple of weeks and around 700 NZ pesos to fix), but my Dririder jacket & pants, plus my megabuck winter gloves are toast. Minor scuffing to one boot and lid never touched the deck.

That sucks the kumara man! Sorry to hear it.

The graphic description of your bin made me cringe...but most importantly you still have your health!


Zed

[digsaw]

waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat what,i not tell i soul

[LB]

Really sorry to hear about this What? but glad you're okay.

Good luck with the new gear/insurance.

[riffer]

Sorry to hear about your off, what?.

Look on the bright side. You got to see the shower of sparks. I missed it when I fell off two weeks ago. Apparently its a beautiful sight, especially when its still a bit dark.

All the best for a fast insurance payout and a happy outcome.

[Devil]

Doh! Bad luck dude.
Good to hear you came away in one piece.

[Firefight]

Sorry to hear about your off What, glad your okay, and bike suffered minimal damage, Had a few run ins with black ice in my truckie days, but always a lot worse on a bike. take care.

F/F