Laxed out rides

[nanahc]

So this is what happens when your street bike decides it wants to try and be an adventure bike ( i swear it had nothing to do with the rider cocking up and making a right muppet of himself )

Cheers for everyone's concern and help picking my bike up, sorry for the inconvenience but some of you looked tired and i thought you could use a break

[rideon]

Doesn't look so bad with all the mud and grass pulled out of EVERWHERE Maybe a pic of the riding gear would let everyone know you really did go 'off-road' LOL

All jokes aside, glad it was just a minor lapse and that no major damage to bike or person resulted - apart from that thing called pride.

[nanahc]

Doesn't look so bad with all the mud and grass pulled out of EVERWHERE Maybe a pic of the riding gear would let everyone know you really did go 'off-road' LOL

All jokes aside, glad it was just a minor lapse and that no major damage to bike or person resulted - apart from that thing called pride.

HAHA yeah the old pride is feeling a bit tender. i believe mikey has some photos of my muddy gear, havent seen them yet, maybe he can post them for us to have a laugh at. still trying to get it all out of my gear, trying to wash it off has just seemed to soak it into it

But all an all its all good, i was able to walk away and ride away so i cant complain, hopefully its lesson learned and ill be more careful in the future.

[ckai]

Plans for a ride on Sunday? Metservice says crap Metvuw says maybe. The old man is keen for another blat although if there is high precipitation we'll be poofters.

[Murray]

No planned ride this weekend

Sunday 24
Rain easing to showers early morning, and winds changing lighter southwest. Showers clearing later.

[roadrash_69]

Plans for a ride on Sunday? Metservice says crap Metvuw says maybe. The old man is keen for another blat although if there is high precipitation we'll be poofters.

yeah metservice doesn't like sunday and saturday looks like its downgraded again

[mikemike104]

Keep us posted on how NAC Insurance treat you too.

[sil3nt]

Keep us posted on how NAC Insurance treat you too.

I have the 250 insured with them so will be good to hear feed back on them as well.

[BigAl]

If the insurance company write it off may be worth buying back as fairings could be plastic wielded, new stickers etc....
Doesn't look like much other damage.
What happened? Too quick, lost grip.....
Hope it gets sorted for you.

[nanahc]

Keep us posted on how NAC Insurance treat you too.

We already disscused this, im not with NAC im with Swann

[nanahc]

If the insurance company write it off may be worth buying back as fairings could be plastic wielded, new stickers etc....
Doesn't look like much other damage.
What happened? Too quick, lost grip.....
Hope it gets sorted for you.

The shop dosnt seem to think its to bad and they recon its in mint nick so i doubt it will be written off, i wont let them lol.
As for what happened, im not really sure now, i think i lost sight of where the corner was going so thought i was going in to hot so i braked to slow down a bit and then lean in but the rear locked up and i was skidding away and by the time i got it straightened up i was heading off the road and not long after hitting the grass it went down. shouldnt have brake, should have just leaned it over but i didnt think i would make it.

[insomnia01]

should have just leaned it over but i didnt think i would make it.

Counter steer, counter steer, push,push, push..... I remember having a chat with you @ Kingsgate about this type of evasive action before we took off on the ride, worth practising I reckon

[caseye]

We already disscused this, im not with NAC im with Swann

My wife and I are both insured with SWANN, when she had a nasty accident on her first bike they were fantastic.
Like all insurance companies they will try to get out of things like excess but stay on top of them and they will perform well.
All our dealings with them were professional, courteous and productive.
We are still both insured with them and these days both our bikes are classed as classics, so it costs less and as and added bonus our gear and the gear of any pillions is insured for up to $1500.00 for the pillion and up to $3000.00 for ours.
Any off that you can walk away from is a good one and the learning is invaluable, talking about any sort of action / reaction is ok but the best thing is to go out with an experienced rider/trainer and let them show you(demonstrate) what they are saying, you get it much faster that way and it sticks.
Hope you're back on the road soon.

[mikemike104]

We already disscused this, im not with NAC im with Swann

oh yeah... I remember now. Still.... keep us posted.

[kevie]

If the insurance company write it off may be worth buying back as fairings could be plastic wielded, new stickers etc....
Doesn't look like much other damage.
What happened? Too quick, lost grip.....
Hope it gets sorted for you.

mate done that with a writeoff..... got the bike for next to nothing and got the fairings from Auckland aftermarket.

Your ones for a ZX6 are around $500 by the looks of it
http://fairingsolutions.co.nz/nocate...ac185b0034a4dc