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  1. 10th December 2006, 20:34 #1
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    Unhappy First post. And i crashed :(

    Yay my first post. Sad subject though. Had my Hyosung GT250 for a couple of weeks now. And what did I do? Did a U-turn without shoulder checking and a car bloody hit me. Hardly any damage to the bike. Snapped brake lever and cracked front guard (anyone have an idea on price to get the guard replaced?) and a sprained foot. Dent to her car though but it won't be much to get fixed. Moral of the story - don't rely on the mirrors. I feel so stupid but lesson learnt
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    nice entry to the site!

    sorry to hear of your bin, welcome to the site!

    You may be interested in the AWNMR thread....
    "Speed has never killed anyone. Suddenly becoming stationary - that's what gets you."
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    wow that sucks....its usually the cars that do the unchecked U turns in front of US...bad luck, don't let it stop you though...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Disco Dan View Post
    nice entry to the site!

    sorry to hear of your bin, welcome to the site!

    You may be interested in the AWNMR thread....
    a link might be handy dan, not even sure where it is myself
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    Quote Originally Posted by Disco Dan View Post
    nice entry to the site!

    sorry to hear of your bin, welcome to the site!

    You may be interested in the AWNMR thread....
    He may need to get started now to get up here for the ride.......

    What a bummer..........still you are ok, bikes can be mended......can the guard be welded or did you break it properly????
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    Bugger!!
    Good to hear your ok tho.
    Nice entry lol
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  7. 10th December 2006, 20:42 #7
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    oh yeah... hehe

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    Sorry to hear about your run-in with a large metal object Glad to hear you are okay and you know what you did wrong! I'm paranoid about my head-checks (they're called life-savers for a good reason!)

    A rough way to post, but welcome anyhows and I know you will be a safer, better rider for the future! Just keep learning and putting into practice all the good skills you can!
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    Welcome to the mad house. Sounds like you learnt a very valuable lesson?
    See you on a Welly KB ride sometime
    May the road rise up to meet you.
    May the wind be always at your back.
    May the sun shine warm upon your face.
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    That sucks dude. Expensive lesson. Have a yarn to Stew at TSS (Alicetown). Bloody good bloke.
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    Welcome.
    Sounds like the car will be the most expensive thing to fix, if you don’t mind going with a cracked front guard for a while. I had my front lever snapped for me, and got a GSXR W one as a replacement, seemed to improve brakes, but probably a placebo effect.

    Unfortunate, but lessons learnt. Good luck with the repairs. Ha you could just go for the bling and carbon fibre stuff!
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    Welcome, what a hard way to introduce yourself, but it seems like you have learnt the lesson, I am sure it is a mistake you won't repeat

    See if you can find a mentor to help you along, or read BuckBucks thread below, it is a very good breakdown on getting started

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    welcome to the site :-)

    don't forget the head checks!

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    I don't know if they teach it in this country, but the headcheck is called a "lifesaver" for a reason.....

    Glad you are ok, that could've been a lot worse. Welcome to the site!
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    Hey idontknow... well - you're safely in the majority in respect of hitting (or being hit by) a car, and as others have said - glad you came out all right.

    Welcome to KB too - a fine choice and a (remarkably) large group of people of all walks, riding everything you can imagine, and possibly then some.
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