Well, about the tinted visor in low-light conditions - that's poor planning right there.
The Summit Road is dodgy during winter, there will be lots of grit around so do take care up there.
Main thing is that you are ok and that the insurance plays ball!

Originally Posted by
Skunk
Glad to hear you're OK, but I can't believe anyone would just bypass a crash!


Originally Posted by
MVnut
Not good the other bikes didn't stop, all the best for your next toy, why not another 800 ?

Originally Posted by
SuperSonic
Thanks for that. Tell me about it so pissed I was

You can not expect other bikers to stop. Yes, we all hope they will - but don't expect it, you're just going to be disappointed.
I'd like to think I would stop myself - but honestly I would most likely just slow down and unless the person in question signaled for me to stop I don't think I'd stop.
Of course if some unlucky fella is pushing his bike along or crawling out of a ditch it's an entirely different story...
I spent about 15 minutes fiddling around with my bike on the side of a North Island road this sunday. I had one of the fairing panels off and was mucking around. A whole lot of cars and one bike zoomed past in that time - not one even slowed down. It didn't make me angry or disappointed though - if I had needed help I would have flagged someone down... Not a whole lot they could have done anyway. Karma and all that - no reason to waste your energy on these questions.
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