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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