i binned it...

**FilthyLuka** · 18th March 2007, 13:36

well, i binned my bike a couple hours ago... going round a curve at 50, and the next thing i know im sliding my white arse down the road... Heres the thing, i didnt even feel anything slip or start to give. It was pretty windy, so my brother suggested it mightve been a strong gust of wind, i only weigh 50 so im not exactly stable in strong weight... But heres the thing, i just got my shiny new helmet yesterday! a HJC carbon fibre race lid... i wasnt panicing when i binned, i just kept thinking "HEAD UP!!! HEAD UP! NOT THE HELMET!!!"

so my new lid is still in primo condition, and the old girl only has some minor cometic damage, indicators, bent handle bars and such... and i just repaired a wee little hole in my downpipes too... i swear im gonna hunt down and kill that murphy bastard...

anyway, heres a pick of my new lid!

**Disco Dan** · 18th March 2007, 13:38

suck dude... where abouts did ya bin?

That wind is nasty out there....

**FilthyLuka** · 18th March 2007, 13:41

Originally Posted by Disco Dan

suck dude... where abouts did ya bin?

That wind is nasty out there....

Dont know the street name, out in glendene. Its a curve just before hepburn road... apparently my brother beemer 325 got blows across a lane... and thats considerably heavier than my ginny! anyway, now i have an excuse to go and buy shiny new things to put on her...

BUT THE HELMET IS OKAY!!! i dont think i can emphasise enough how happy i am that i didnt screw my new $800 helmet... it has a cool breath guard thing in it that make your look like a fighter pilot too...

**Disco Dan** · 18th March 2007, 13:44

I know the one... know heaps of people that live round that way...

Yeah i know the feeling when you bin wearing a new lid! I'll never forget my first bin when I had just bought my brand new shoei ($900) after waiting for it to be ordered in and everything... first thing my mate said to me.. "is the helmet ok?" fark... hehe Thats all i thought about too... "keep head off ground".

Glad to hear ya ok dude... get straight back out there ya hear!

**FilthyLuka** · 18th March 2007, 13:48

Originally Posted by Disco Dan

get straight back out there ya hear!

Hell yeah! the second my handle bars, indicators, center stand, clutch lever, left mirror, footpegs and a wee little seal on the fork is replaced....

hmm, now, pink or purple bars... hmm...

**ninjac** · 18th March 2007, 14:08

Glad you and hemet are alright. It must reaaarrrrlllly hurt having your helmet scratched. LOL.
Jokes aside I had a big one (crash not helmet). I didn't atempt to save my helmet, but it was the only part of me or the bike that was unmarked.

**Macktheknife** · 18th March 2007, 14:13

Glad you are ok, damn that is quite a few bikers down this last few days, take it easy out there guys'n'gals.
Hope your repairs are cheap and easy FL, might pay to go back to the site and check the road for spills and such, might have been wind, might have been oil or something else.

**sunhuntin** · 18th March 2007, 15:19

Originally Posted by FilthyLuka

Hell yeah! the second my handle bars, indicators, center stand, clutch lever, left mirror, footpegs and a wee little seal on the fork is replaced....

hmm, now, pink or purple bars... hmm...

hmmm... be cheaper to buy a new bike!

get ahold of...judecatmad i think. she binned her ginny the other day, and may have parts for you.

and as for the bars....do em like a candy cane, with alternating stripes! then you get the best of both worlds!

seriously, glad you are ok, and i think the helmet has more than paid for itself!

**FilthyLuka** · 18th March 2007, 15:42

Originally Posted by sunhuntin

hmmm... be cheaper to buy a new bike!

get ahold of...judecatmad i think. she binned her ginny the other day, and may have parts for you.

and as for the bars....do em like a candy cane, with alternating stripes! then you get the best of both worlds!

seriously, glad you are ok, and i think the helmet has more than paid for itself!

nah, shouldnt be too expensive to fix. Its all minor cosmetic damage... looks like ill be ringing up me buddy ol' pal at colemans... Besides, the bars on there now are (bent) 1/2inch rise MX bars, i got em for $50, so ill just get another set... im only kinda worried bout the price of the center stand... knowing suzuki, itll cost me seven million dollars...

**apteryx_haasti** · 18th March 2007, 16:20

*mental note to stay off my gn250 this weekend....*

FL - glad you are OK! Can't have been any fun to bin like that. 2 gns in 2 days...it's a conspiracy!!

**mud boy** · 18th March 2007, 16:39

mybe oil spill or soting on the road
i only binn it on the race track but no on the road...but i have no licne

**FilthyLuka** · 18th March 2007, 16:54

Originally Posted by mud boy

mybe oil spill or soting on the road
i only binn it on the race track but no on the road...but i have no licne

Im pretty sure it was the wind, coupled with my newly jetted carb, sealed up exhaust, some 4th gear throttle and some wet road... walking the bike back home i almost got airborne cause the wind was so bad, seriously now. I know it wasnt just too much throttle because A) i can feel when my rear tyre starts to slip and B) i didnt open the throttle that much (honest). it was pretty much one second leaning, the other second on the road looking at the pretty orange sparks coming from my bike (which funnily enough kept on running after it was dropped... bloody bullet proof GN's)

took a look on colemans site for bits and pieces, wont be too bad...

hmm... i feel like ice cream...