Biker Down Wellington (2)

**Sparky Bills** · 25th February 2005, 23:00

Originally Posted by Redstar

so your the sucker who bought my R1! well those mint fairings are because I stored them while I fitted race fairings for the season>>If you look carefully at the sump plug you will see that its drilled and secured for the circuit but hell the motor needs

a good rebuild and that frigging whine from the clutch tween forth and fifth was givin me the shits> Im so glad you like it

NA MATE!!
This is a fresh import!
Im the first NZ owner.

**Gunner** · 25th February 2005, 23:11

Last weekend a guy binned it on the tukas just as you get to the summit and are about to pull in, saw it happen but still dont really know how he did it as he wasnt going fast but the bike ended up against the post and managed to fling one of the railings about 20m up the road. Helped pick the bike up which i would say will be a write-off.

the bike was a aprilia factory, a month old i think

**Sparky Bills** · 25th February 2005, 23:35

Yeah I heard about that!
Poor guy.
And poor bike.
Was he ok?

MD · 26th February 2005, 09:21

Rode it last night. Its a mess. Some dickwad must have moved a herd of cows the entire hill road. Dried shit every 2 metres was playing havoc with grip on the corners. After two rear wheel slides I backed right off to cruise mode. Then come around a corner, 2 HP & 2 fire engines attending a car that failed to take a corner at the end of a straight- how do you do that with a clear view of the approaching corner? Car ran up a 2 metre steep bank, bounced off a tree stump then wiped out a section of fence.
That road is the pits now. The sea side is covered is loose dirt, middle section is covered in cow shit and if that doesn't get you the 4wd that cut every blind corner will. NEVER CROSS THE CENTRELINE GUYS, there's no room for error on that road. As the poor yellow GSR rider found out being on your own side isn't enough. The 4 wheel pricks still take us out
MD

**titus** · 26th February 2005, 14:37

that diabolical Piecok road should have a thread all of its own I reckon. I use it a bit myself on a bike, frankly I get the shits every time from some of the driving behaviour observed. It hosts flocks of boy racers with pedals to the metal and also commuters late for work trying to beat the foul ups on SH1. There's always some wit trying to push the limits on that road. Me I don't worry bout the loose gravel and cow shit...get a big traily! I'll still use that road if only to escape the dullness of SH1.

**Gunner** · 26th February 2005, 23:04

Originally Posted by Sparky Bills

Yeah I heard about that!
Poor guy.
And poor bike.
Was he ok?

Yeah seemed to be ok, just some scuffed up leathers and a few bruises i would imagine, proberly would have been more pissed off than anything about his bike.

**Gen** · 27th February 2005, 13:26

I would breathe easier if that were me and I was fully insured.

**Fraggle** · 4th March 2005, 09:29

Hi, I'm the girlfriend of Mark who you saw on the side of the road. He has some broken ribs and damaged his spleen but he got to keep it. He is still in hospital but is doing Ok and is expected to make a full recovery, although can't move much at the mo. The bike is a write off. He would dearly love to get his hands on another one though. He had a 2001 GSX R 750, Yellow and Black.
By the way the reason this happened was because some bastard in a silver and green Mistral 4x4 had just passed someone else and was on the wrong side of the road when Mark came around the corner. Hence mark had no option but he ditch. The bastard driving the 4x4 did a runner. So if anyone has seen this car we would dearly love the number plate.

Looking foward to any info on the 4x4 or on a new bike for Mark

**White trash** · 4th March 2005, 10:25

Welcome to the site Fraggle, say Hi to Mark for me and I hope he gets well soon.

I'll keep an eye out in my travells for the Mistral, it's probably someone who lives up there.

I can help Mark out with another Gixxer when he's well again too. But you knew that.

**Sparky Bills** · 4th March 2005, 12:39

Originally Posted by Fraggle

Hi, I'm the girlfriend of Mark who you saw on the side of the road. He has some broken ribs and damaged his spleen but he got to keep it. He is still in hospital but is doing Ok and is expected to make a full recovery, although can't move much at the mo. The bike is a write off. He would dearly love to get his hands on another one though. He had a 2001 GSX R 750, Yellow and Black.
By the way the reason this happened was because some bastard in a silver and green Mistral 4x4 had just passed someone else and was on the wrong side of the road when Mark came around the corner. Hence mark had no option but he ditch. The bastard driving the 4x4 did a runner. So if anyone has seen this car we would dearly love the number plate.

Looking foward to any info on the 4x4 or on a new bike for Mark

Best wishes to him!
And tell him to get well soon!!!

Im sure ive seen one of those on the hill before.
Myself and my other partsman go over the hill everyday! So will keep a look out!
Lets screw this guy/girl over BIG TIME!!!

WHY THE FUCK WOULD SOMEONE EVEN THINK ABOUT PASSING THERE!!
I WOULDNT EVEN THINK OF PASSING THERE ON A BIKE!

**Madguitarist!** · 4th March 2005, 14:09

Originally Posted by Fraggle

Hi, I'm the girlfriend of Mark who you saw on the side of the road. He has some broken ribs and damaged his spleen but he got to keep it. He is still in hospital but is doing Ok and is expected to make a full recovery, although can't move much at the mo. The bike is a write off. He would dearly love to get his hands on another one though. He had a 2001 GSX R 750, Yellow and Black.
By the way the reason this happened was because some bastard in a silver and green Mistral 4x4 had just passed someone else and was on the wrong side of the road when Mark came around the corner. Hence mark had no option but he ditch. The bastard driving the 4x4 did a runner. So if anyone has seen this car we would dearly love the number plate.

Looking foward to any info on the 4x4 or on a new bike for Mark

Hi Fragile and welcome! :spudwave:
Hope Mark is doing ok and recovering well!! Get him to join us KBers once he's back on his feet!

**Bartman10** · 4th April 2005, 18:09

Hi Guys. Thanks for the support on the website. I'm back and looking for another late model GSXR750 or maybe a K5 GSXR600. Love to hear from you if you've got something. Still no info on the guy in the 4X4 but I didn't really expect any. Thats 4x4 drivers for you - generally absolute #@$&'s. If only I had $19 grand for an anniversary model! Donations greatly appreciated. My ribs are still a bit sore and so are my guts but I'm getting beter by the day. Crashing is not fun and I recommend avioding it if at all possible, becasue it might mean no beer or sex for a month or more while laid up in hospital!

Cheers

**sAsLEX** · 4th April 2005, 18:14

might be a write up of a new 750 on the site soon!!!!! Not the annivesary model though!!! It is unlucky "TS" blue..........................

glad to hear you want to get straight back in to it!!