Broke my Volty

[NotaGoth]

I also made a conscious decision to STOP at this stop sign every time - I tried 'going with the flow' and treating it like a give way (like most others do) but I felt that wasn't safe and it put me at greater risk.

So I made my choices and now I have to live with the consequences.

When Volty gets better I think I'll find a new route to work.

The reason it felt unsafe to flow through is purely because it ISN'T... You made the right choice to stop.. That is safe riding/driving... It doesn't say "stop" for no reason... Sadly other people have made the wrong choice...
Right now your going through the "kick myself" stage.. "what if i hadn't done this.." "what if I had done that" You'll be playing through your mind what you could have done differently, that could have ended in a better out come.. Believe me.. I should know I've been there..
All I can say to you is to stop getting the damn well boot in.. You followed the rules... Good on you.. There was nothing that YOU did wrong....

[Metalor]

Aww man! That sucks! Poor Volty, I'll have to give you a ride on mine while yours is out of action. Glad that you're alright though, and it sounds like you'll have no trouble getting the bike fixed.

[Bass]

There was nothing that YOU did wrong....

Agreed.
However, defensive driving courses suggest tapping the brakes in this situation so that your brake lights flash and call attention to your presence. This is a technique I use often when going home from work in the cage because in 2 places I have to join queues which can extend to blind bends, both cases in 100 km areas.
Even this is no use though where the intersection slopes and you need your brakes simply to stay stationary.

[imdying]

I brought a Craft RX6 in matt black. Major increase in space given to me by cars now. Fully recommend the black darth vader helmet with the black visor... nobody likes to think their car is going to get kicked in, so they avoid you like the plague Works best in conjunction with a race pipe

[tri boy]

Heres to a speedy recovery for you and the Volty.
Bloody Cages.

[klingon]

Thanks all for your support. Now (24 hours later) I've started to feel a little emotionally fragile and it's always nice to get some virtual hugs from fellow bikers (They're also gentler on the ribs than real hugs! OW!)

Aww man! That sucks! Poor Volty, I'll have to give you a ride on mine while yours is out of action. Glad that you're alright though, and it sounds like you'll have no trouble getting the bike fixed.

Yeah I might have to come over and give your bike a little pat because I'm missing my Volty already! I wonder if Colemans will let me visit my Volty and take her special blankie? LOL (I'm having you on... I'm not really THAT soppy about my bike. Just almost.)

Defensive driving courses suggest tapping the brakes in this situation so that your brake lights flash and call attention to your presence...
Even this is no use though where the intersection slopes and you need your brakes simply to stay stationary.

That's the case with this intersection. It's on a hill so I needed my brake to stop me rolling away! But I will keep that technique in mind in the future. By the way, the tail light and the brake light were both working and the left indicator was flashing at the time!

I brought a Craft RX6 in matt black. Major increase in space given to me by cars now. Fully recommend the black darth vader helmet with the black visor... nobody likes to think their car is going to get kicked in, so they avoid you like the plague Works best in conjunction with a race pipe

Shopping list for Volty: Race pipes, klaxon horn, Xmas tree lights.
Shopping list for me: Helmet with nasty-looking face painted on the back. Or Hells Angel to ride pillion.

[slinky]

Got rear-ended by a car this morning when I stopped for a stop sign. Poor wee Volty is at Colemans waiting for insurance to get sorted.

The rear guard is folded completely under and pressing against the tyre, rear light broken, both left indicators broken, clutch lever broken etc.

I've got bruised ribs & upper arm and a bruised bum. Ouch! Also generally stiff & sore all over. (Got checked out at the A&E so I know I don't have any neck, back or other hidden unjuries.)

Poor Volty. Poor me.

Perhaps you should change the title to "some bastard broke my volty"

[Metalor]

Yeah I might have to come over and give your bike a little pat because I'm missing my Volty already! I wonder if Colemans will let me visit my Volty and take her special blankie? LOL (I'm having you on... I'm not really THAT soppy about my bike. Just almost.)

Haha, I think it'll need a bit of a pat now too, cos I just dropped it coming up my drive... I took the turn too quickly and the front wheel slipped out on some dirt, first time I've fallen off and hopefully the last. It's alright though.. lucky, or else there might have been two broken voltys!

[gijoe1313]

Haha, I think it'll need a bit of a pat now too, cos I just dropped it coming up my drive... I took the turn too quickly and the front wheel slipped out on some dirt, first time I've fallen off and hopefully the last. It's alright though.. lucky, or else there might have been two broken voltys!

That home stretch is always the doozy! Glad to hear you're okay!

[klingon]

Perhaps you should change the title to "some bastard broke my volty"

If I knew how to change the title I would chage it to "Blonde in a Beemer broke my Volty!" Since people around here seem to like stereotyping so much, that will really set their typing-fingers tingling!

Haha, I think it'll need a bit of a pat now too, cos I just dropped it coming up my drive... I took the turn too quickly and the front wheel slipped out on some dirt, first time I've fallen off and hopefully the last. It's alright though.. lucky, or else there might have been two broken voltys!

Oh no! Multi faulty Volties!

[slinky]

If I knew how to change the title I would chage it to "Blonde in a Beemer broke my Volty!" Since people around here seem to like stereotyping so much, that will really set their typing-fingers tingling!

click on edit, and then go to advanced, n then ya can change the title n cause some havoc

[paturoa]

I went to Colemans today to get some glove rain-proofing stuff and there was this poor volty outside with its rear guard folded under.

Doesn't look too bad.

[klingon]

I went to Colemans today to get some glove rain-proofing stuff and there was this poor volty outside with its rear guard folded under.

Doesn't look too bad.

OOOOOH yay for not looking too bad! I have nothing to guage "too bad" against so I'm glad to get an independent opinion. Of course it looks horrible to me because it went from smooth shiney chrome to all buckled and messed up I'm just hoping any damage is confined to the visible bits, rather than some secret nasties lurking underneath.

Next time you go, please give her a pat and tell her I'm thinking of her!

[paturoa]

Next time you go, please give her a pat and tell her I'm thinking of her!

hmmmmm... visualising me walking past, does the suspicious head swivel thing to make sure no-one is watching, then pats volty and talks to it. Van turns up, men in white coats hop out and cart me off!

[McJim]

I actually passed you yesterday morning in the car - I saw you and the bike and thought you were a local that had parked your Volty there over night and were preparing to go to work - thought "your Volty would last better kept in a garage".

Must have been some time after the impact as there was no car, you had no helmet on and I think you were organising your stuff at the time. If I'd realised you'd had a ding I'd have stopped (I'd just dropped off the trailer we hired for Taupo Trackday)