Sniff, sob, my cbr600 is gone. RIP my baby

[davereid]

Give up the job, no one is awake at that hour of the morning, its simply not safe to travel to work. Very pleased to hear you are more-or-less ok !

[Chickadee]

Yowza, that had to hurt.

Glad to hear you're okay, hope the other party has insurance or deep pockets for replacing your CBR

Heal up - and glad you lived to tell the tale!

[judecatmad]

Sorry to hear about the accident - sounds like you were very lucky, could've been a whole lot worse.

Get better quickly

[HungusMaximist]

Granma that's some serious shit!

I remember reading some thread about tips on motorcycling, there was one that told you to pause for a sec and check both sides of the road before you take off from the lights to check for red light runners. Ever since then I have beeen taking it into my normal riding practice, even though how much I love blasting off at light speed when the lights turn green.

Hope you heal well and crikey, you nearly a Granma aren't you?

(I thought your login name was some what a joke until I checked your profile)

[Max Preload]

And another biker gets nailed by a red light runner. They just don't think when they run the red. When are the Police and Courts going to sort these people out. They're always sorry when they have an accident...

Never - that would involve work. As long as they're not speeding when they run the red they must be safe. Don't you watch the TV road revenue... ummm I mean 'safety' ads?

...are these people who follow traffic through the lights and keep going when it goes orange then red, or are these people who just drive up to a light that's already red and don't bother to stop?

They are either follow through (mostly) or oblivious to the signal.

You guys need a videographer so we can see just what you lot get up to in the far north

An afternoon at nearly any major intersection with a camera would give enough footage for a 10 part documentary.

[granma2]

far be it from me to suggest anything sensible, but did you get a concussion when you played headbanger on his windscreen? you *may* want to consider avoiding situations where you could hit your head again for 6 weeks or so.......cumulative concussions aren't fun.

No problem there, I wasnt knocked out and didnt even go into shock. I did put a big dent in the windscreen which was a 1cm from the pillar. Dont remember hitting anything that hard until I hit the road, head first.

I have too much bruising on my legs to ride this next weekend.
The rest of my body has healed quickly.
So I guess I am on scoring duty, or flag marshalling.
Bugger tho.

[granma2]

Granma that's some serious shit!

I remember reading some thread about tips on motorcycling, there was one that told you to pause for a sec and check both sides of the road before you take off from the lights to check for red light runners. Ever since then I have beeen taking it into my normal riding practice, even though how much I love blasting off at light speed when the lights turn green.

Hope you heal well and crikey, you nearly a Granma aren't you?

(I thought your login name was some what a joke until I checked your profile)

Yes I am a granma of two.
Both kids just love the bikes. My 3yr old grandson was devastated when he saw my crashed bike. The look on his face said it all.

As I approached the intersection I looked both ways and then across the intersection as well. The cars were all stopped at lights.There were no cars in front or behind me, at all, for miles.The road is extremely bumpy, (through the intersection), and at slow speed (30-40km) will shift the bike around. I was looking down at the road( a split second) to see if I needed to shift left or stay right and then a dark coloured bonnet was in front of my front wheel.
Then I heard the bang and thought, f^%k...my bike.Then I was flyin.

[granma2]

The driver of the Legacy has been charged with careless use of a motor vehicle and dangerous driving.

[Rashika]

The driver of the Legacy has been charged with careless use of a motor vehicle and dangerous driving.

good... nice to see some actual justice for once.
I wonder if it will act as a deterrent as well or if he (it was wasn't it?) will just despise motorcyclists from now on?
Shame no racing for you next weekend, but better to heal up properly i guess

[BigG]

The driver of the Legacy has been charged with careless use of a motor vehicle and dangerous driving.

Good to see them get done, wish I could have charged the pine cone that caused my bust up.

[granma2]

good... nice to see some actual justice for once.
I wonder if it will act as a deterrent as well or if he (it was wasn't it?) will just despise motorcyclists from now on?
Shame no racing for you next weekend, but better to heal up properly i guess

Rasika, you know me, if I can ride, I will. But I dont want to make my injuries worse. We have a two hour endurance race in Nov, which I need to be real fit for.

I dont think he despises bike riders.
He has been in contact, and continually apologises, which is lucky for me I guess. I dont think he will be too popular with his best mate tho. His mate rides a CBR1000.
I know a lot of accidents dont even get the guy who did it.
He knows he screwed up big time and will take the punishment dished out.

I consider myself very very lucky.

[Rashika]

Rasika, you know me, if I can ride, I will. But I dont want to make my injuries worse. We have a two hour endurance race in Nov, which I need to be real fit for.

yep I know the feeling... 1 hour endurance race this weekend, but all fit and healthy after my last wee off at the track (no cars involved!) about 5 weeks ago.

I dont think he despises bike riders.
He has been in contact, and continually apologises, which is lucky for me I guess. I dont think he will be too popular with his best mate tho. His mate rides a CBR1000.
I know a lot of accidents dont even get the guy who did it.
He knows he screwed up big time and will take the punishment dished out.

I consider myself very very lucky.

Thats good to know, glad hes learnt from it, its nice to know people can. Hope you are healthy by the time of the 2 hour event