**Sigh**

**Ms Piggy** · 28th March 2009, 15:54

Arrrghh Jim! what a bugger! Glad it's all fixable and the bike is still rideable. It sure did get windy in town yesterday!

I had several brown pants moments coming home at around 5:30 that just about blew my bike over with me on it!

**Maha** · 28th March 2009, 15:56

Since when does it blow in Wellington???

**yungatart** · 28th March 2009, 15:57

Bugger!
Don't you just hate when that happens...

**Str8 Jacket** · 28th March 2009, 18:27

Buggar Jim!! Dont worry about the insurance, some gardening with me...

It was fucken windy yesterday, I actually stopped twice on the motorway to reagin some composure. The wind hit me so hard at one point that I had to kick myself off the concrete barrier. Poor little GN in front of me was blown across three laners at 2 occasions. New undie time....

**DingoZ** · 28th March 2009, 18:34

Gutting. But good on you for making sure the other guy's/gal's bike would not suffer the same fate.

**Clivoris** · 28th March 2009, 20:37

Originally Posted by Str8 Jacket

Buggar Jim!! New undie time....

Only at gun point.
And.....errr...umm. Do you have any plans for the old undies?

**tigertim20** · 28th March 2009, 21:25

thats a real bastard, hope the insurance sorts your baby out quickly so shes all shiny again, and bloody good on ya for thinking about the other bike mate, you deserve a beer

**nudemetalz** · 29th March 2009, 07:13

If ya have a 600kg Moto Guzzi, then the wind gets too scared to blow it over

Bugger about that ay, Jim. Hope all goes well with fixing it.
Likewise what's been said, kudos for thinking of others

**jrandom** · 29th March 2009, 08:51

Originally Posted by Motu

What crap do they make Renthal's out of these days?

Jim's ones are, like, road bike bars, not springy MX jobbies (like the Pro Tapers wot I put on the 1400, which I continue to hope won't bend if and when they hit the ground).

What an arse about the wind, Jim, but then, well, you will go living in Wellington, won't you?

**bane** · 29th March 2009, 10:49

Originally Posted by jrandom

What an arse about the wind, Jim, but then, well, you will go living in Wellington, won't you?

Well it's not just a Wellington phenomenon... I feel for you Jim. Same thing happened to me 2 weeks ago at the Coroglen pub. Parked up (bike on side stand), ordered a drink, then crash! Bike had been blown over onto the opposite side, (of the side stand). Luckily the bike next to me was just far enough away to not get collected.

Didnt break any levers, but bent the RHS handle bar/brake lever, took chunks out of the fairing, and scratched/dented pipe.

managed to stay calm and still enjoy the day out on the bike (thankful it was still rideable), but it raises my blood pessure every time I look at the damage.

**kanny** · 29th March 2009, 12:22

Yep that sucks.Having a wine so i will have 2 on you

**Motu** · 29th March 2009, 12:51

Originally Posted by jrandom

Jim's ones are, like, road bike bars,

So you pay money to have the name of the strongest motorcycle handlebars ever made on your bike - and they bend when your bike falls over in the wind? What would happen if he actually crashed the bike at speed?

I've got Renthals in trials,MX and speedway bends,and only bent the trials bars (present ones are 27 years old) The speedway bars have been down countless times on dirt tracks,and also a couple of times on the road - and they are still bent....but they were made that way.

**jrandom** · 29th March 2009, 13:06

Originally Posted by Motu

So you pay money to have the name of the strongest motorcycle handlebars ever made on your bike - and they bend when your bike falls over in the wind? What would happen if he actually crashed the bike at speed?

'Om nom nom nom'?