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    Binned it, F@*K

    I crashed tonight. I was on my way home from work, riding along Remuera Road coming up to the speed-camera before meadowbank road. I was planning on changing into the left lane and was checking my mirror. There were cars on my inside so instead of changing lanes I continued on. When I looked in front traffic had slowed noticably. When I hit the car in front of me I was probably only doing about 35kph and the car I hit was doing about 10kph, then I was on my left side, and sliding down the road.

    I got my wife to come and pick me up and take me to the A&E, where I got a thorough check over.

    Damage to me
    #Bruised hip
    #Dislocated thumb and possible ligament damage.

    Damage to bike
    #Exhaust rooted
    #Handlebars Bent
    #rev-meter thingy rooted

    To be honest I'm more worried about the bike, as it is my only means of transport, and only having third party insurance means I am completely rooted. I am just recovering from a virus that had me bedridden for a month, and those medical bills plus my xray and A&E bills and a job that pays very little means I am going to be riding the bus or catching the train for a while.

    I guess I have learnt my lesson about minimising the amount of time I spend looking in my mirrors, and making sure I dont get careless. I was very silly, and I will be taking a shitload more care in the future.

    The people I hit weren't worried about their car, just about me. I have had my faith in humanity restored, they sat with me and made sure I was OK until my wife came. Also to the kind lady who was driving behind me, and who leapt out of her car and helped me pick up my bike - thank you.

    So, if anyone has a spare srx250 (or maybe a tzr/fzr) front end lying around that I can buy cheaply, or knows someone who can make me a new exhaust for a reasonably low price please let me know. I'm not able to spend much, but I will be able to get a few dollars together.

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    Cant help with bits mate but am glad you came out okish.Best of luck with it eh.
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    Sorry to hear dude, I know how you must be feeling and it sucks. I'm feeling a bit sore tonight myself after my run in with the tarmac this morning.

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    glad you're alright mate. i cant help with the parts either, but if you do find what you need, i might be able to help fix it.
    did you get the bike home alright?

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    Check your PMs.
    Quote Originally Posted by skidmark
    This world has lost it's drive, everybody just wants to fit in the be the norm as it were.
    Quote Originally Posted by Phil Vincent
    The manufacturers go to a lot of trouble to find out what the average rider prefers, because the maker who guesses closest to the average preference gets the largest sales. But the average rider is mainly interested in silly (as opposed to useful) “goodies” to try to kid the public that he is riding a racer

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    Quote Originally Posted by daaatomic View Post
    glad you're alright mate. i cant help with the parts either, but if you do find what you need, i might be able to help fix it.
    did you get the bike home alright?
    Luckily my mums place was only a short ride from where I binned, so I managed to ride it to her place. It was ok to ride, but the fact that the doctors had just popped my left thumb into its socket made it hard to change down gears (I can manage clutchless shifting up through the gears, but not down) Bike didnt seem to have any major handling issues. Thanks for the offer of helping me fix it if I can get the parts, I'm pretty useless mechanically, but I can provide beers and steak on the bbq.

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    bummer man
    cant help much , but know how your feeling
    hope you get it sorted

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    Sorry to hear about that, glad that you are relatively ok and just make sure you mend up right!
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    Sh*t mate, not good, but main thing is you are ok. The bike doesnt sound too bad, hopefully someone in this community will have the bits you need..

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    Far out man! Sounds bad... I hope you get the Grandpa Scorpio fixed soon lol

    All the best!


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    'S'not a Granpa Scorpio. That was the XT225. The SRX was a different design fork. Never went anywhere apart from the XT350 . A pity. It is a veyrry nice engine indeed.
    Quote Originally Posted by skidmark
    This world has lost it's drive, everybody just wants to fit in the be the norm as it were.
    Quote Originally Posted by Phil Vincent
    The manufacturers go to a lot of trouble to find out what the average rider prefers, because the maker who guesses closest to the average preference gets the largest sales. But the average rider is mainly interested in silly (as opposed to useful) “goodies” to try to kid the public that he is riding a racer

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ixion View Post
    It is a veyrry nice engine indeed.
    Pity about the carbs, eh? Have a mate trying to re-jet his. He's just about ready to give up lol.

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    Quote Originally Posted by xerxesdaphat View Post
    Pity about the carbs, eh? Have a mate trying to re-jet his. He's just about ready to give up lol.
    It is a weird system, two carbs shaing one float bowl. On the SRX600's apparently you could replace the setup with the ones from a Kawasaki GPX250, I dont know if anything similar could be done on the 250's.

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    Sorry to hear about the bin mate....

    Few days and the thumb wont feel so bad, bit of a straighten here and there and you should be back on the road hopefully!

    I found after a week with a broken left arm i could ride my CBX years ago

    When ya just got to use it as daily transport anything is possible!

    I am a bit far away to be much help...

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    Sorry to hear about your off mate. I know what it's like to be pretty much broke then have something happen to add to your financial woes! I'm also a bit far away to be of any help, but best of luck in getting it pieced back together.
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