Rawberry's last stand....

[fireball]

what a bitch, im selling my bike and well....

let me set the scene....

Saturday night just been was doing what i usually do at night, i was at work (in a bar) was running a 21st function until the early hours of sunday morning and i had only had half a glass of wine before leaving work at 330am. it had not long stopped raining, so the roads were slick and rawberry has a new front tyre about 100kms old now.
put my gear on like always warmed the bike up and set off home.

i was not speeding as i had a HP car behind me (80km zone) and was minding my own biz when the lights go orange..... time to make a split second decision try and stop, or hit the gas and get pulled over for speeding, running a red, after cerfew, no L plate etc.

i go for the cheaper option try and stop..... stop i did indeed, on my face yep i hit the white arrow under breaks on a new front tyre and BANG!!!! 70 odd km into the seal i go! bounce, rolll, ohhh fuck that hurts.....
now not many people can say they have binned in front of a cop car but i did the best 20m slide on my stomach ever! and i swear the cop hit his lights before i had even hit the ground.

so i stand up a bit dazed, cops help me pick my bike up and an ambulance pulls up, how convenient! big hole in my pants no road rash rain suit is fucked but leather jacket is fine, get checked out by the ambos and off i go back on the bike head pounding all the way home and ego smashed into little bits!

now i have whiplash, fricton burn from my jacket liner and pissed off for making a dumb stupid noob mistake about a week out from buying a new bike...

BUGGER

[NordieBoy]

You told your old bike you were getting a new one didn't you.

Rookie mistake.

Never let them have a chance for revenge.

[Nasty]

that sounds so not nice ... I am glad you are sorta ok .. and hope that the pounding in the head has gone away ... Grub is always trying to embed into me to be so aware of white lines in the rain .. and I guess this proves his point.

At least you are ok .. that is the most important thing ... hope you don't bruise too much ... and re the cop .. its prolly not the worst thing for you to have done .. .at least he stopped other cars from coming too close to you.

[Trudes]

BUM!!! Glad you're ok though Fireball, the Rawberry had it's last revenge (get rid of me will ya!!) Wonder what the cop was thinking? "Oh look, she's doing a stunt for me!"

[MSTRS:Me]

Ohhh bugger. No curse involved though, just a bad decision (in the circumstances). No ticket(s)?

[Devil]

... Grub is always trying to embed into me

Sorry. Couldn't help it.

[fireball]

im kinda pissy about the whole thing trade in value now is going to suck thank god its a cruiser!!!! only a smalls scuff and knock to the wheel so steering is out a little easy fix

but i have to replace my 2 month old helmet, mr plod said i hit my head but there isnt even a scuff on my lid and i cant remember if i hit down or not

[fireball]

Ohhh bugger. No curse involved though, just a bad decision (in the circumstances). No ticket(s)?

no tickets! the cops were good about it, they knew why i went down and they knew my speed.

its their fault i binned if they werent there i would has gassed it on and rode through just one of those things really, bad luck i hit the paint

[MSTRS:Me]

Braking on paint esp when it's raining is always to be avoided. Now you know why. And the new tyre didn't make it worse...they all let go in those circumstances. Lucky on the ticket thing (fingers crossed) , but watch the mail for the next month...they have a habit of sending them out later in these cases.

[jrandom]

Bugger bugger bugger. You poor sossidge. Very glad to hear you're in one piece. Keep those painkillers and anti-inflammatories going in for the whiplash.



Claim the helmet and rain suit on contents insurance.

Y'know, I don't think you would have been ticketed if you'd gassed it through the orange. Even if you had been, you could certainly have written in and had the ticket waived.

The road regs say that you must stop at an orange light if it is safe to do so, and in this case, it obviously wasn't safe to do so!

It can be a real headfuck when you realise just how little traction you have on certain surfaces when it's cold and raining, aye?

Never mind. At least you've been mentally programmed to avoid losing the front in the rain under brakes now. You never know, that particular awareness could well save your arse on some future occasion when the results of such a bin could be far nastier.

[MSTRS:Me]

Y'know, I don't think you would have been ticketed if you'd gassed it through the orange. Even if you had been, you could certainly have written in and had the ticket waived.

Understandable to stop tho...that little thing called 'outside licence conditions' can be a real bastard.

[fireball]

Bugger bugger bugger. You poor sossidge. Very glad to hear you're in one piece. Keep those painkillers and anti-inflammatories going in for the whiplash.



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thanks.... i think it was time i met the pavement. im gutted today is perfect for test riding and i cant lift my arms up let alone turn my head.

[MyGSXF:Me]

Bugger chick!! glad to hear that you are (relatively) ok though!!!

[Number One]

Oh no..sorry to hear that, hope you got some good drugs to ease your pain...Glad to hear you are otherwise ok though!!!! Take care S

[Katman]

its their fault i binned

I'm assuming that's said tongue in cheek.