Pics of my off and thanks again.

[beyond]

Hi all,

Just wanted to say thank you very much to all those who made sure I was ok, who helped load the bike onto the trailer and stayed with me on the side of the road after my off. For those who don't know what happened:
http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...ad.php?t=39925

Sorry if I did not seem quite with it at the time as my ankle was giving me a lot of pain but the Nurofens certainly helped. You guys and girls are great and I appreciated your company very much. Was a stink day all around apart from you all being there.

I'm out of action for another 5-6 weeks and my bike is being brought back to new at the moment. It didn't look to bad but to get it back to what it was is going to cost $5300.00. I'm insured with an $800.00 excess. If the swingarm had been damaged it would have been written off but only the axle and retaining nut need replacing in that section. The rest is tank, side cover, front wheel guard, mirror, handlebars, rear cowling, footpegs and hangers, indicators and left lower engine cover.

My gear is all good to go again with only scuffs, which suprises me when you consider the distance I slid and my helmet has only got a slight scratch.

Ride safely and I look forward to catching up again in the New Year.

[Switch]

Sorry to hear about the damage of the bike. I hope you get it all fixed and working. All the best.

[WickedOne]

Heal up soon mate!!!

[Edbear]

"Any landing you can walk away from..."

Bummer about the bike, but glad you're okay apart from the limp!

[JimO]

thank dog for insurance eh!

[kiwifruit]

i hope that 5-6 weeks goes quickly for you mate
see you out there

[BarBender]

Might be time to call Chris and get that ZX14 eh Paul?
I'm counting 2 random bins on that Zook.

Glad to hear the ankle is getting better.

[2much]

Glad to hear you're on the road to recovery mate. Berdien says hi and sends her best wishes.

[SixPackBack]

What gear were you wearing Beyond?

[beyond]

What gear were you wearing Beyond?

Ok, the gear I was wearing:
1. Tony in Christchurch was selling out his Minotaur two peice zip together leather suits. They held up really well. Only a back panel needs the Kevlar stitching redone, the backsides a little thinner than it was and both sliders got a work out. Glad I left them on. I won't ride without leathers from here on.
2. Quasimoto gloves. Shaved a bit of hard matter off the knuckle protectors. Real good gloves.
3. Forma touring boots. They look remarkably undamaged. A few scuffs. My ankle went when the bike came down hard on it after the footpeg snapped off. Maybe Sidi or similar race boots may have prevented the break. Dunno??
4. HJC AC-11 helmet. No contact except a scratch on the back.

[mikey]

Hi all,

Just wanted to say thank you very much to all those who made sure I was ok, who helped load the bike onto the trailer and stayed with me on the side of the road after my off. For those who don't know what happened:
http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...ad.php?t=39925

Sorry if I did not seem quite with it at the time as my ankle was giving me a lot of pain but the Nurofens certainly helped. You guys and girls are great and I appreciated your company very much. Was a stink day all around apart from you all being there.

I'm out of action for another 5-6 weeks and my bike is being brought back to new at the moment. It didn't look to bad but to get it back to what it was is going to cost $5300.00. I'm insured with an $800.00 excess. If the swingarm had been damaged it would have been written off but only the axle and retaining nut need replacing in that section. The rest is tank, side cover, front wheel guard, mirror, handlebars, rear cowling, footpegs and hangers, indicators and left lower engine cover.

My gear is all good to go again with only scuffs, which suprises me when you consider the distance I slid and my helmet has only got a slight scratch.

Ride safely and I look forward to catching up again in the New Year.

mr ride safe himself, goes for a slide down the road eh?

[Kornholio]

Hey Paul, good to see you'll be up and running again soon, it wasn't good to see I must say.

Have a good rest man and see ya soon

[dawnrazor]

Maybe Sidi or similar race boots may have prevented the break.

probably not, they did their job - protected your foot ankle from abrasions and serious twisting and mangling - sorry to be crude

[Lou Girardin]

What tyres were on it when you binned?

[beyond]

Hiya Lou,

Was my new black GSX1400 running the tyres they came out with.
Bridgestone BT020's. The UK 1400 forum is full of tales of these tyres on this bike. They don't go together. May be fine on other bikes but not the 1400. They had 2600kms on them when it went down.

I hated them in the wet but never had a moment in the dry. On this particular corner I wasn't going hard, the pegs weren't scraping, only maintenance throttle and they just gave out for no apparent reason.

Some people say to me, I hoped you learned something from this. I say, well no. How can you learn from something when there was nothing to learn. I was doing everything right and have no idea why they would just let go with no warning or feedback. The corner was clean, it was fine????

While the bikes in the workshop, I've told them to get rid of those tyres. I'll never run them again.