Chisanga bites the dust!!

[Chisanga]

That's right. My immaculate new VTR250 is no more thanks to an ignorant cager.

The story:

Proceeding along Clovelly Road, Bucklands Beach towards Musick Pt and was approaching the intersection of Waller Ave and Clovelly which as locals may know is a right hand turn for me past the intersection with traffic on the left (waller Ave) on a stop sign.

Saw a Nissan at the stop sign, as I was coming around the corner at about 40km/h he pulled out right in front of me. I hit the brakes and my bike hit the road, I slid for 5 meters or so on my right arm/ right side. I managed to avoid hitting the cage who saw me at the last minute and slammed on the brakes.

I got up and sprinted over to the cage unleashing a torrent of abuse that any sailor would be proud of, I was in shock screaming at the driver that he could have killed me!

Driver was about 17-19 years old driving a car his dad had insured with 4 mates in the car. Guess what...... He didn't see me! What a suprise.

Apparantly a passing cager didn't think to stop and check I was ok but rang the ambulance to report a "Major Accident" involving a motorbike. Therefore an Ambulance with 5 staff inside turned up and three incident cars from Howick Police.

The cops assured me it was totally the drivers fault and they are ticketing him, plus no warrant.

I am ok... just a few friction burns on my right arm.... my neck is getting a bit sore as I write this but nothing too bad.

So the damage:

This mornign my VTR was immaculate and beautiful.

Firstly,
Cordura Jacket written off as I slid down the right side on my arm
Leather boot s have scuffing downthe side


The Bike:
It was soo beautiful and now:
- Front mudgaurd scuffed and damaged at the front
- Front wheel rim scuffed
- Right mirror and brake lever scratched up and bent
- Right peg scuffed and feels loose
- Side of headlight smashed in
- Front right indicator smashed but still works!
- Instrument cluster smashed but seems to work
- Scraping all the way down my beautiful shiny exhaust pipe and maybe a chunk or two out of it
- fairing behind the seat marked slighly

Managed to ride home (Less than 1km away) but brakes feel spongy too.

I am very glad I am ok. My mother is REALLY upset. It could have been so much worse if I was going faster and slid further into oncoming traffic.

I don't think I could have done anything to avoid coming off, it happened so very fast.

Thanks to "The Scottish Rider" who has given me advice over the phone on how to approach the insurance issue.

[Disco Dan]

aww that sucks dude! Hope you gave the spotty little gits more than just verbal !

...dam cars all over the roads... geesh..

Get back into the game soon dude!

[thehollowmen]

Sorry to hear about your off, glad you're ok though.

Take care of yourself

[Macktheknife]

Sounds like you got off lightly mate, well done.
Glad you are ok, hope the insurance thing goes well.

[Chisanga]

aww that sucks dude! Hope you gave the spotty little gits more than just verbal !

I think I really scared him. Stuck my head through his window and yelled for quite a while, suprised myself cause normally I'm the laid back sort... funny what a near-could-have-been-worse-death-type-thing experience will do for you. After I calmed down he was very apologetic and admitted fault straight away.

Hope to be back riding as soonas the bike is fixed and my mother stops crying

[Jantar]

Good to hear that you came away reasonably OK. Too bad about your bike though. Get back on as soon as you can.

[Karma]

As long as the police have charged him that means he's officially 100% at fault, so you shouldn't have to pay any excess or anything to get the bike fixed and hopefully have insurance for the jacket as well.

[mstriumph]

I think I really scared him. Stuck my head through his window and yelled for quite a while, suprised myself cause normally I'm the laid back sort... funny what a near-could-have-been-worse-death-type-thing experience will do for you. After I calmed down he was very apologetic and admitted fault straight away.

Hope to be back riding as soonas the bike is fixed and my mother stops crying

at least he was apologetic - hopefully, realising how much damage he'd caused will make him more aware next time he's out on the road


------------ good that you are reasonably ok
really sorry to hear about your bike though - HATE it when that happens

[Switch]

Ouch. Gutted to hear about that. *sigh* i hope you get your bike back to the way you had it! All the best

[KLOWN]

that sucks dude, hes probably used to driving a 4x4 and expects everyone to get out of his way (lol, piss take due to another thread)

good thing your ok. Bikes are easy to fix and you have a good story to tell your mates.

When I had my first off I didn't tell my parents till about 3 months later cause I knew my mum would be upset. Don't let it get you down if he admitted fault and the cops were there you'll at least get the bike back up to scratch. Maybe buy some leathers to replace the cordura so you dont' have to keep buy new when you bin (but still put in insurance cailm )

[Leong]

Oh man, not another one... hope your injuries aren't worse than what they seem and insurance etc doesn't take too long to sort out!!

[Edbear]

Wot they all said! Scary stuff, it could happen to anyone. I always assume they haven't seen me even if they are looking right at me! Always have my light on, though and I'm absolutely convinced it's important and has saved me grief more than once!

[jtzzr]

Dude hope all is well ,well done giving to the cager , I hope your mum recovers well too ,good luck with the insurance.

[Scorpygirl]

Not good news to hear but glad you are OK, matey. Take care!!!

[Black Bandit]

Jees ... another one down. I guess February is a good month to miss when you can't ride. I'm starting to feel glad that I'm out of action at the mo. Glad to hear you're OK - good on ya for blasting that motorist ... you may have saved a fellow bikers life in the future. Hope he learns to be more careful in future.