Binned Bandit (7 April)

[speeding_ant]

Just binned it about 30 mins ago. Went round a right hand corner around karori, there was a strange lump of road, a lot higher that the rest right in my path. Tried to avoid it but the exhausts hit it and the bike lurched. Down i went! I was going 40-50km/h.

Thankfull I had just installed crash knobs so the majority of the damage has been done only to the exhusts. The back brake lever has been snapped off and the exhausts are completely scratched up.. The forks are also out of alignment. Also the right back indicator is buggered. Hopefully all this won't be too expensive.. We'll see. You should see the crash knobs... impressive!! Saved a lot of bike

I walked away scratch free, thankfully only a short "graze" up the side of my jacket. Buying top of the line gear really does make a difference!!

Now to start getting busy.. Its gotta be ridable by tomorrow!! Thank goodness I happened to have a spare brake lever and back right indicator. What are the odds??

[skidMark]

oh dear well at least your ok

but hey you made the guy fall off his scooter, justin timberlake was right , what goes around comes all the way back aroundddd...yeahhhh

[tl_tub]

You fool! We only just made those forks semi straight! :P Glad to hear your ok man!

[Jantar]

So what was the strange lump in the road?

[pzkpfw]

So what was the strange lump in the road?

A scooter?

[Chisanga]

A scooter?

A scooter rider?


P.S. Glad you're ok man

[speeding_ant]

Hahaha! Enough about the scooters!! The road was raised... Shoddy road working maybe?

And yeah, karma maybe? *rustling trees* maybe.......

[dogsnbikes]

lucky for you the Big Reds are no longer or you may have been his strange bump in the road

at least your ok and damage is minimal now just get back out and conquer that bump

[speeding_ant]

Big Reds? Please explain.. I dont enjoy being a bump in the road more than the next guy

[dogsnbikes]

Guess your not from the 70's then or you would of remebered the big red buses of the 80's known as big reds there brakes werent the best

and being a bump in the road for someone else isnt a plan any off us have

[speeding_ant]

fair enough. Not one of my ambitions, to be hit by a big red bus.. I'm sure I'm speaking for a majority!

I'm not too angry about the crash, those big black bungs really work! Hopefully its just a re-align of the forks too. Wish me luck... :| I need to be in palmy tomorrow.

[rwh]

Just binned it about 30 mins ago. Went round a right hand corner around karori

Oh shit. Orange and black bandit, with pillion standing on the footpath, just down from the fire station? I saw you there, and contemplated stopping, but you seemed ok; I figured you were just collecting or dropping off your pillion.

Glad to hear you're ok.

Richard

[Ronin]

Glad your ok mate.

[skidMark]

fair enough. Not one of my ambitions, to be hit by a big red bus.. I'm sure I'm speaking for a majority!

I'm not too angry about the crash, those big black bungs really work! Hopefully its just a re-align of the forks too. Wish me luck... :| I need to be in palmy tomorrow.

um is your pillion ok?

[cynna]

karma.........