That will be a really interesting insurance claim

**FROSTY:Me** · 15th January 2007, 12:46

I did the second round of the nationals at levels this weekend--bloody good fun
There is a marshal however who is going to have to put in a VERY interesting insurance claim.
itll go something like
I had my vehicle parked in a feild alongside a very solid tyre wall.
There was a road the other side of the wall
A high powered motorcycle leapt 3.0m in the air OVER the tyre wall and landed on my bike.
The rider ran off and about 5 minutes later I saw him going past at extremely high speed on an identical motorcycle.

On a serious note --Young mister Fitzgetrald has a bruised knee a buggered bike but otherwise got off from a high speed crash very lightly -thank gosh

**Macktheknife** · 15th January 2007, 12:53

Ooooooerrrr bugger! lucky little bugger then.

**slinky** · 15th January 2007, 13:01

gee.... the most you expect is a ball flying over a fence and smashing the windscreen at a sport event.....
But a motorbike flying over the fence and smashing your whole vehicle! i bet no one saw that coming!!! thats crazy!

**Kickaha** · 15th January 2007, 13:07

wouldn't be to suprised if it's a write off, it was a Terrano the bike landed on, and it landed on the roof

**FROSTY:Me** · 15th January 2007, 13:10

Id like to put a smallwager on that the guy will be driving a NEW sang yong soon

**limbimtimwim** · 15th January 2007, 13:33

I remember years ago at a Nissan Mobil 500 an open wheeler of some kind (Probably Formula Ford) had an accident and a wheel came off and bounced down the road, over a fence and went into a car. Smashed the windscreen, bent the roof in good.

**Toast** · 15th January 2007, 13:36

Can someone explain how the hell this magician managed to launch a bike 3m in the air and clear a fence? The world's greatest highside? Hit an obstacle? Out of a corner? On a straight?

**Joni** · 15th January 2007, 13:52

Originally Posted by Toast

Can someone explain how the hell this magician managed to launch a bike 3m in the air and clear a fence? The world's greatest highside? Hit an obstacle? Out of a corner? On a straight?

Thats the million dollar question I reckon...

**nadroj** · 15th January 2007, 14:12

Hayden may have to revert to coming on out Pie n Pints again for more practice.

**onearmedbandit** · 15th January 2007, 14:33

Originally Posted by limbimtimwim

I remember years ago at a Nissan Mobil 500 an open wheeler of some kind (Probably Formula Ford) had an accident and a wheel came off and bounced down the road, over a fence and went into a car. Smashed the windscreen, bent the roof in good.

I remember that. And one of the sponsers was (iirc) Winstone Glass. They paid for the repairs as it was great publicity. The replay got played over and over. Amazing with each bounce how much higher the wheel got!

**_Gina_** · 15th January 2007, 16:39

Originally Posted by limbimtimwim

I remember years ago at a Nissan Mobil 500 an open wheeler of some kind (Probably Formula Ford) had an accident and a wheel came off and bounced down the road, over a fence and went into a car. Smashed the windscreen, bent the roof in good.

this one?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6DsYlaGuj4

**onearmedbandit** · 15th January 2007, 18:17

Different to the one I was thinking of.

**limbimtimwim** · 15th January 2007, 18:20

That's the one I remember. Funny, I remember the car being on the other side of the road and facing the other way.

Still, it was a zillion years ago and I was probably about 2 years old or something.

**Shaun** · 15th January 2007, 19:21

Originally Posted by Toast

Can someone explain how the hell this magician managed to launch a bike 3m in the air and clear a fence? The world's greatest highside? Hit an obstacle? Out of a corner? On a straight?

I think it was caused by some riders braking sooner than Heyden expected them to, his handle bar got caught up on top of one of the Yamaha seats and tipped him off, and then the bike just started to bounce and tumble along and off the track and landed on the vehicle