Andy has scuffed his knee sliders............

[kasandrich]

......in the bushes and grass.......does that count?

ooops :oops:

Clocks have suffered badly

[Biker Dude]

has he binned it again then?

[Gazdaman]

He alright?

what happened? fixable do we think?

Gaz

[kasandrich]

Yes he's binned it! :oops:

He is fine, and he rode it home OK, took some summersault lessons tho'

bike is ok apart from clocks, dunno if they will work or go back together yet, thats our next task.

[Spider]

not again i think he needs to go to the police riding thing no offense intended but i think he needs it i honestly dont know anyone that has crashed twice!

[stu600cc]

not again. :roll: as loong as his ok

[Gazdaman]

Spider havn't you crashed twice?

I've crashed twice I suppose, but that's over 6 months apart, and in completely different ways.

Gaz

[Spider]

yep but thats over 3 yrs

[kasandrich]

HaHaHa, I've been a member since dec 2003 and I remember both incidents so thats only 15 months :lol:

He bought some knee sliders and I think went loking for some action, he found a REALLY tight bend and never quite made it around the corner, went gently up on the grass verge, saw he was heading at a post, so he jetisoned, (his mate is out of action with a broken femur after coming off and coming into contact with a post).

I've told him the rubber is supposed to go downwards :lol: :lol:

clocks is the biggest casualty, but I think I've sorted it now.

[nori1000]

or u could look at it this way, if u aint never crashed

ur not trying hard enough :evil:

[Gazdaman]

This is what happens when you play truent to the KD school.

Hope he's ok, hope the bike's ok.

I had a couple of missed calls from him earlier, my phone was in my jeans under my leathers.

I'm sure we'll see him back up and running before long.

Gaz

[Juvenilerider]

"or u could look at it this way, if u aint never crashed

ur not trying hard enough "

i binned my bike after 2days of being on the road, does that mean i tried too hard? lol

[nori1000]

everbody will bin it at one timr or other,weather its something daft like droping it cause u didn't kick the stand rite out ,to steaming into a corner to fast and and crashing big styileee,the trick is (as long as ur still breathing)to LEARN FROM IT and dont make the same mistake twice

[Spider]

lol yeh 15 months lol ok but one wasnt fault honest ;) live and learn

[Biker Dude]

lol...i'm keeping quiet about my amount of crashes...

[kasandrich]

lol yeh 15 months lol ok but one wasnt fault honest ;) live and learn

...exactly Spider, as long as you come out OK, and you learn from it then its OK.

.........He just seems to be on a steep learning curve at the moment :lol: :lol:

All done, bike is back on the road, total monetary cost, £4.48, for bulbs for the clocks.

PS. I am now an expert at plastic welding 8)

[Spider]

lol sorry rich i think i came off a bit harsh before i wasnt trying to be mean or anything i realised after i said it but as i said live and let learn

[kasandrich]

OH SH!T, he has binned it BIG TIME now!

car slowing down, proceeds to overtake, car swerved into middle of the road and brakes sharply, bang in front of him straddling the middle of the road, no indication, uninsured loss recovery/ legal people reckon he has a case against the car. :cry:

But the bike is totalled :cry:

front wheel, brake, forks. bollock shaped dent in the tank :oops: and back end of frame bent.

[Ride-or-die]

wow i can really understand what happened from that description but sounds like its not be the best month for him, is he ok?

[gixer400]

poor guy. he has been having a rough time.

[kasandrich]

Let me rephrase it.

He was following a car
the car started to slow down, no indicators, no brake lights
Andy decided to overtake
mirrors
indicate
lifesaver, as he eased out
looked back, and the car had suddenly moved into the middle of the road right in his path and anchored up sharp.

The car was straddling the middle of the road, and Andy hit it in the middle at the back.

The driver said he never knew he was there until he felt the impact, classic SMIDSY :shock:

[nori1000]

hope his alrite mate,reading ur last post he done everything rite just as they teach u,but this is also the problem,wot they teach u is to pass a test,not how to ride in real life,and some parts of the test r decades old,1 being the life saver,it mite of been a good idea 35 years ago when bikes were like old bsa's,nortons etc but bikes r so,so, very fast now that the time it takes to take that last look over ur shoulder,focus ur eyes,make sure its clear, look back the way ur going uve traveled a huge distance the tin box driver does something stupid and u have no where to go,this is wot bikesafe is all about real world riding,and ud be surprized wot the instruters have to say about the "LIVE SAVER"

[Biker Dude]

LOL...i love them type of people... For those that don't know SMIDSY means..

S orry
M ate
I
D idn't
S ee
Y ou.... :shock:

Hope the lads ok. Step learning curve u say.....i thinks it's more of a shear rock face.

[Gazdaman]

Jeesus.

Any explanation as to why the car did what it did?

Gaz

[stu600cc]

asshole :evil: i take it hes ok

[kasandrich]

He is fine, he has a rather tender area, caused by the impact with the tank, .......leaving a large dent in the tank. :shock: :shock:

.....and no, no explanation of why the car stopped in the middle of the road!

[r6paul]

****, andy's not having much luck this month is he? I hate cars that do stupid things and hate it even more when they use the excuse of SMIDSY. :evil:


Is the bike fixable or are you going to get andy a new one?


Paul

[kasandrich]

Paul,

No the bike is not fixable (and even the exhaust is no good :lol: .....sorry mate)

He has no more money to buy another bike, and I don't intend to buy him another. If he is lucky he may get a claim against the car driver and get a pay out there.

[r6paul]

Thats a bit of the bummer. Not to worry about the exhaust, my mums blokes brother reckons he can weld it back together. Don't ask me how, but he is a genious when it comes to welding.

Hope andy gets atleast some money back!


Paul