Domino effect in force!

[Doninha Princesa]

Yup thats it, little miss careful bottled out of a corner, straightened up, panicked, looked over my sholder to make sure i wasnt about to take a car out, and hit the kerb, well thats about all i remember, the front wheel went up the kerb, i thought "**** this is gonna hurt" and next thing i remember is a police officer asking if i could hear him, spent the evening in broomfields, fractured right across my knee, got a splint on and cant put ant weight on my left leg at all! so no work and lots of practise on the crutches, not easy in our tiny flat!

Ah well, did the gym induction first and spent a nice afternoon at Elly's so cant complain.

Be careful guys!

[rembrandt]

**** sarah hope your not in to much pain ?you and the guv could make a double act :grin2 , heal quickly and dont be to down hearted

think I will just give mine a clean this afternoon and carry on with the house:reading :reading

[becky]

ah **** dude elly told me that u had an accident yesterday, cant beleive u've broken ya knee.......i hope ya not in to much pain. get well soon xxx

[skid]

oh no!! The pub will soon have to have a crutch night maybe on a Thursday. Get well soon sweetheart xxx

[harriebird]

awwww sarah!!!!! i had to go straight on at a bend this morning, VERY FORTUNATELY i was able to carry on down a neatly laid farm track but f*cking hell i was lucky.

heal quick and heal good, do everything the physios tell you and you'll be sorted soon

xxxx

[monkreadusuk]

Sorry to hear about your accident, if its any consolation, I did the same today almost, was about an inch from the grass verge, fortunatly for me I managed to just lean that little bit more :P

Hope you get better soon!!

[MickyGixer]

Aww hun...sorry to hear that.....lets us know if we can do anything to help...chin up...xx...:laugh1 :clap :laugh1

[Ride-or-die]

holy poo people, holy poo. get better soon

[Doninha Princesa]

Pain isnt too bad, knee is strapped up in a big blue splint, so as long as i stay still im fine, but im so bloody hot, cant go out coz i keep bein sick and/or fainting (ive never fainted in my life, its a new experience!) so im layin on the sofa, keep hobbling to the bed, laying down, getting bored, coming back. head hurts but ive got a good nurse (he went out this morning for food and pain killers and has just gone out again for ice cream!) so im doing ok.

Bit gutted bout my bike, dont really know what the damage is like, but it seemed to be mostly front end, fairings, screen and forks so dad's calling to pick it up from malden tomorrow, will see how it goes!

I think its the opposite leg to the Guv (i've done my left) so we could help each other along! haha

anyways can only have the pc on for a few minutes, it hurts my head.

Thanks for the best wishes

[auroredj]

Ouch, **** sweetie, poor you and poor bike, hope you ain't in too much pain and that you get better soon, also hope the bike is repairable too. Was it just you versus the kerb hun, you should have known the concrete hits harder :laugh1 :laugh1 When your out and about go and hit it with a hammer and see how it likes being broken, just don't get caught. :jumping2

[Doninha Princesa]

yup just me verus the kerb, but the stinging nettles and small bush provided a softish landing, plus they gave me morphine at the site so i barely even noticed the nettle stings!! It was on the a12 so cant see me taking a hammer to the floor very inconspicuously!

But i could have done this in winter, then i wouldnt be so hot, its ridiculously unbareable. plus living in the first floor means just getting out of the flat is so hard its not worth doing till im stronger on my feet, wellllll foot! lol

[harriebird]

ON THE A12??????? blimey!!!!

[Doninha Princesa]

ON THE A12??????? blimey!!!!

Tell me bout it, had just left Elly's in chelmsford! theres a nice tight right hander there, well it wasnt that nice clearly, luckily the roads were quiet and there was a police car a few cars back who didnt see it but was able to block the road off, not that it mattered, i was no-where near the road! lol

[harriebird]

blimey again mate, sounds like you were v lucky. glad it wasnt worse. xxxx

[AlexG]

Get well soon!

[WebTone]

Sorry to hear you have been in the wars. Hope you mend real quick.

[r6paul]

sugar. sorry to hear. hope u mend up well and quickly

[messie]

Sorry to hear that sweetie. Only just met you on Wednesday. You sound in pretty good spirits considering, so keep going and I really hope you feel normal again soon.

[Juvenilerider]

Glad you're ok!!

Can people stop crashing now? I know it's the 'thing' to be doing and it seems to be all the rage at the moment, but it's not big and it's not clever! :p

[WebTone]

Thought:

What about those that have more than 10 years (5 years - just thinking out loud) accident free riding getting together with some of the younger members and maybe pointing out some obvious do's and don't's? Perhaps a seperate thread? Maybe a ride out with alternate 'oldies' and 'newbies'?

A lot of riders just can't afford professional training I guess. I reckon there are so many experienced riders around here that could offer some advice and practical tips for the younger ones.

Ideas peeps?

[Doninha Princesa]

Yea im ok, feeling a lot better today, got the strongest painkillers tesco's would sell him, back and neck is starting to ache and got a bit of gravel rash on my lower back coz my leather jacket must have lifted slightly, but its all bearable, gutted bout the bike, still havent heard from my dad, i dont think i even wanna see her, will break my heart, ahhhh well, new bik time maybe, Ross keeps tryin to talk me into a 6 but im quite happy on a 4, i just want my baby back! Tone, no offence but there wasnt really much of a mistake on my part other than looking ahead and not bottleing out of the corners like i usually do by slowing up, but by bottleing too late and straightening up. Plus thanks to Essex Police I'm likely to get advanced driver training! Rather than punish drivers by giving out fine's and points when they have an acident that the police put down to carelessness. they know try to educate them by putting them forwards for this advanced course, they say i fit the cryteria coz no one else was involved and i wasnt speding or doing anything stupid, like reading the directions on my tank pad (which were luckily directions to Elly's in chelmsford and it was clear i hadnt been needing them anymore!) the only sting in the tail is it costs £170 which i have to pay, so i guess thats my punishment and the last of my birthday money gone!

[Mistress Pussycat]

Hey Pickle! Sorry I've got rid of my phone for a few days coz of the dreaded ex not leavin me alone. I'm glad you're feeling a bit better today. I drove up the A12 a couple times but really didn't know where to look for your missing shoe. Sorry we didn't retrieve it for ya!! Am contactable by email at the moment only cause I need a break from my phone for a bit!! I'm checking in alot tho so will get back to ya fairly quick!
Hugz
xxxxx

[The Guvnor]

Hun, sorry to hear this ! Guess its that time of year..........all I can say is keep your chin up ..............unlike me !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Its bloody hard, its bloody hot and your anything like me who iss to bloody stubborn to accept anyones help then it is bloody depressing !

Hope it dont take to long to heal. Good luck. xxx

[Doninha Princesa]

Hey Pickle! Sorry I've got rid of my phone for a few days coz of the dreaded ex not leavin me alone. I'm glad you're feeling a bit better today. I drove up the A12 a couple times but really didn't know where to look for your missing shoe. Sorry we didn't retrieve it for ya!! Am contactable by email at the moment only cause I need a break from my phone for a bit!! I'm checking in alot tho so will get back to ya fairly quick!
Hugz
xxxxx

Ahh okie, well i guess its new shoes for me then. bugger, they could have foungd the other one, cant beleive they gave me the left one back but i cant use my left leg!

Guv, I know, its sooooo bloody hot! Least you got a rather nice beer garden to sit in, Im stuck in a tiny flat, with a flight of stairs between me and the outside, nowhere to go if i do risk the stairs, and my other halfs gone to work, im just trying to decide if its worth fighting my way over to the fridge for a cold bottle of water! Its bloody boring and im so stuborn that i wanna go out, but i dont think my arm muscles could get me all the way too town! Just gotta sit here and wait for my mum to come save me, will ask her if she'll bring the cage to the WH this week so i can come along, we can have our own cripple corner! lol :cuddle

[The Guvnor]

Cripple corner !!! lmfao.................
I know what its like with the stairs...I have a flight to get down to the pub........and another flight to get to my office, its in the cellar !!!!!!!.....joys of havin your own business means you still have to feckin work !
But hey ho.............another 6 weeks and Ill be on the raod again!.....missin it already !

[DoodleBug]

6 WEEKS!!!!!

It'll be winter by then mate.

[Doninha Princesa]

Cripple corner !!! lmfao.................
I know what its like with the stairs...I have a flight to get down to the pub........and another flight to get to my office, its in the cellar !!!!!!!.....joys of havin your own business means you still have to feckin work !
But hey ho.............another 6 weeks and Ill be on the raod again!.....missin it already !

Bloody hell! I just text the restuarant manager and told him to cover my shifts for the next two weeks, just gotta sort out a sick note so i can still get paid. At least they cant write on my leg, i got a nice blue splint at the mo, mind u black markers would work. hopefully wont take long to heal, its only a tiny fracture but its right across my knee cap!

Hayfever has kicked in, heads gone all wooooo and ive given up on the cold water, got a bottle of just slightly cool water from last night that'll last! lol

[Doninha Princesa]

Cripple corner !!! lmfao.................

Hey this is a great idea, drinks delivered to us, as well as several of those yummy burgers, people waiting on us hand and foot! I think we should play on it, what ya recon Guv'? lol :laugh1

[The Guvnor]

i reckon you've just come up with a plan !!!:rockon :clap

[Doninha Princesa]

Cool, now just gotta talk someone to pick me up in a car! lol, hope mum is easily talked round, she's on her way over with mcd's, banana milkshake and a mcflurry yummmm


Dads just called, its gonna cost £270 just to pick it up from the storage company! that sucks!!

[harriebird]

your insurance should cover that though surely???

i agree on the riding skills sarah, it's not necessarily the younger ones who are the most inexperienced tbh.

i rode with someone yesterday (who shall remain nameless because his head is big enough already :grin2 ) who is a lot younger than me, has had their licence for considerably less time than me but rode really really safely i thought. and they didnt hang around by any means.

i like (most of) the rideouts we go on because of the mixture of riding skills that everyone brings. most people are sensible enough not to push themselves too far beyond their own limits - and to be honest if they;re not, then i'm not sure it's advanced training they need, more like a smack in the gob!!!

i learn loads from riding with everyone but am stubborn enough not to let anyone else lead me into trouble......i'm quite capable of doing that myself as yesterday's spot of impromptu farming proved!

[stu600cc]

oh my god glad your still hear:clap

[redrat]

If Sarah's done her LEFT leg & the Gov's done his RIGHT, does that mean theyre gona go shoe shopping together & share? :laugh1

[Doninha Princesa]

If Sarah's done her LEFT leg & the Gov's done his RIGHT, does that mean theyre gona go shoe shopping together & share? :laugh1

How long u been waiting to say that! Wity my bloody huge feet we prob could! haha, i normally buy mens trainers anyway, altho i can get both those flowery shoes, I just cant do the left one up. But saves me hurtin my foot with no shoe's on in town!

[wazza_R6]

hope u get well soon trouble- im a bit worried about the ammount of riders taking a fall recently?! even the world famous Rob Tuck managed to stack it?!

wonder how and when i'll do it...?

[redrat]

wonder how and when i'll do it...?[/quote]


You don't wana ride out with that on your mind. The club is closed for new entries. Positive thinking.

[Doninha Princesa]

hope u get well soon trouble- im a bit worried about the ammount of riders taking a fall recently?! even the world famous Rob Tuck managed to stack it?!

wonder how and when i'll do it...?

The posts about the crash club is talkin bout that, the number of people who have crashed so far this year. its like having our own crash club, but no-one else is allowed to crash coz too many people have! Its a joke.... Get it? :clap

[RaceMeNSee]

hope u get well soon trouble- im a bit worried about the ammount of riders taking a fall recently?! even the world famous Rob Tuck managed to stack it?!

wonder how and when i'll do it...?


Meh, Robby's o.k! everyone just be bloody carefull! have spoken to Sarah......And just so everybody knows....cause i was a tad confused! - - - She didnt actually crash on the Gay 12....i was wondering - being as there arent really ANY corners on the Gay 12.......It happened on part of the old A12.....i cant remember what the roads called now, the one that wwaaayyy before the sarah crash bit would have had the army and navy....That road, Sarah came off on the sharp right that goesinto the roundabout, and the next roundabout goes to BP and Mc-donalds....It is quite a shaprp and speedy corner......i LOVE it, but have been cought out a few times by it!


Also warren........i dont think its gonna happen to you for a while....somthign tells me! you been wearing your skid lid in the car again!?!? lol:clap :clap :rockon :rockon

[The Guvnor]

Sarah,
did you end up in a bush ? And was there an unmarked cop car behind you, the guys got out and helped i think ??

[Doninha Princesa]

Sarah,
did you end up in a bush ? And was there an unmarked cop car behind you, the guys got out and helped i think ??

Yup that was me, in the bush! Was u there? I dont know bout any cars, marked or unmarked, wasnt really up to noticing!! lol

[RaceMeNSee]

right, i looked at the accident spot on the way home....it looks like there were alot of feets involved hun - but im afraid they have taken EVERYTHING away!everthings been cleared, there is still a little bit of tassle attached top some grass , and the odd black plastic bracket...Oh and also was your bike a D-reg!? other than thoise things nothing im afraid...no shoes or trainers! sorry

[WebTone]

i agree on the riding skills sarah, it's not necessarily the younger ones who are the most inexperienced tbh.

i rode with someone yesterday (who shall remain nameless because his head is big enough already :grin2 ) who is a lot younger than me, has had their licence for considerably less time than me but rode really really safely i thought. and they didnt hang around by any means.

i like (most of) the rideouts we go on because of the mixture of riding skills that everyone brings. most people are sensible enough not to push themselves too far beyond their own limits - and to be honest if they;re not, then i'm not sure it's advanced training they need, more like a smack in the gob!!!

i learn loads from riding with everyone but am stubborn enough not to let anyone else lead me into trouble......i'm quite capable of doing that myself as yesterday's spot of impromptu farming proved!

I did say "younger riders" didn't I? Well maybe I meant less experienced. Don't really know now. All I meant was it would be good to think about to see if there is anything that we could collectively do to help reduce the chances of a member having an off.

I wasn't trying to preach, only see if someone could expand on my ideas on how to help.

Clear as mud? :grin2

[harriebird]

i don't think you were preaching at all. but i was just trying to clarify that younger ones sometimes aren't the least experienced.

(i've booked a day's training with One Stop in colchester, coming up soon!!! mostly because i scared myself silly on sunday!)

[troutslayer]

tch, thats wimmin riders for ya....








;)

:D

[DoodleBug]

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[harriebird]

tch, thats wimmin riders for ya....;) :D

:confused: :confused: :confused:

[RaceMeNSee]

Blah blah blah!

[becky]

tch, thats wimmin riders for ya....








;)

:D



u better start running.......:motorbike

[kasandrich]

With regard to the idea, of more experienced riders giving instruction/guidance to less experienced riders, I think this is REALLY DODGY ground, if people are to give instruction they need to be qualified and have insurance backup etc..............what if someone were to misinterpret instruction or guuidance given, then have an accident and try to claim compensation from the person who gave them the instruction, on the grounds that they did what that person told them??????????

I think it is good advice, to watch everyone elses riding, (because you can learn as much from others mistakes as you can instruction), if you have respect for someone elses riding, on an individual bassis you can ask advice etc.

Best advice is to remain analytical of both your own and others riding, this way you continually learn and hone your riding.

I have two other things to say on the subject:

1) its not just the inexperienced who have accidents..........Ricky is probably one of the most experienced riders on here and he has had an off recently.

2)As an instructor once told me...........motorcycles are by nature less stable than cars, and sometimes even cars end up on their sides or roofs! No matter how good a rider you are, at some point you are going to come off, and your pride and joy will end up on its side...........get used to, and accept this, the sooner you do the sooner you will relax and ride well.


Stay safe everyone

[stu600cc]

Well said and very much agreed

[DoodleBug]

I always said I am either too brave or too stupid to ride a bike. I was right. ;)

[kasandrich]

I always said I am either too brave or too stupid to ride a bike. I was right. ;)


......but have you worked out which yet?

[RaceMeNSee]

Sarah........what reg was your bike?! and wasnt the Domino effect about comunism!? lol

[Leo]

Oh no!! Not another one!!


Take care, and get well soon missy!


xXx!!

[Doninha Princesa]

Sorry for not replying sooner. Yes Jon my bike is a D-reg, and we went and had a look at the corner in the car today, the grass on the side has two flat lines where me and the bike seperated, didnt realise it was sooooo long, reached mums ribs, we parked up in a lane and mum went to have a look, found lots of random car parts, a few pieces of my pink tassels (which she bought back) and...... My shoe!!!! yayy, its a bit soggy but it made me laugh when she came back with it.

Went to Broomfields today, another nicely spent 2.5 hrs, re-did my xrays. checked me over and plastered me up, full length plaster cast on my leg, then sent me to oldchurch, where the very busy doctor had a look at my xrays, and changed my appointment from next thurs to monday so they can have a look and decide mwhat they wanna do, they are talking about metal pins and plates and surgery now, which sucks soooo much! but will see how it goes.

Trout, how fast does that bike of urs go, coz i think u'd better start it up before this lot catch ya ;)

[harriebird]

ooohhhh baby it sounds nasty, i hope it all heals nice and you don't get any unscheduled metalwork xxxx

make sure you take it easy !

[Spider]

arr the old kurb trick that hurts dont it like when i hit the kurb at 120 on the a12 lol remember that! fortuantly i only had burns! hows the bike cnt be assed to read thro being lazy! least u gettin lots of sympothy all i got from jamie was " YOU TOOL"

[Doninha Princesa]

I remember the burns! Luckily ive nothing that bad. Just read thru the topic, theres loads of info in there. too much to explain properly. lol

[RaceMeNSee]

Oh you found it...****....well it WAS rainign when i went to look, so was musch less visability! lol, DID find your tassles and your number plate though!

[Doninha Princesa]

Oh you found it...****....well it WAS rainign when i went to look, so was musch less visability! lol, DID find your tassles and your number plate though!

You have my tassles? really? And my number plate, weird how dad didnt notice it was missing, or just didnt tell me, haha, whats the reg? pm me!

Yeah it was sopping wet and really mucky but at least i got it, quite lame but i was gutted bout losing my best trainers (no lectures bout trainers on a bike, ive already had it all! i know i was wrong!)

Did u pick up my tassels? If you did i will love you forever :cuddle

[kasandrich]

least u gettin lots of sympothy all i got from jamie was " YOU TOOL"


.....but he was right wasn't he Spider??

[Doninha Princesa]

hahaha well i havent been called a tool, prob coz i havent spoken to jay, but ive been called a silly cow a lot, nd a few other things, but most people find it amusing to watch me concentrate so hard on moving in a straight line.




Im sooooooo bored, people come visit me, and bring food, ooooh and chocolate, think i'll ring work and get someone to deliver some food and pop into the shop for a mars bar or six for me! im starving!

[Doninha Princesa]

Got a letter from Essex Police this morning saying they are taking no further action, so thats a relief, i would have totally understood any punishment they had given out, but its a big releif thats its over and done with.

Just stumbled over and bashed my leg tho, ouch ouchy! think i'll grab some painkillers to take on my picnic (one of my mates is takin me out :) ) and will go to mums after for pub tonight. See y'all there.

I was gonna say something else but Ross called me and i've forgotten now :( ah well :laugh1

[Gazzy]

late again in reply (story of my life) but get well soon