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Well, after 2 years of incident free riding yesterday i joined the club and had my first off 
I ride a CBR 600 F3, have done for the last 2 years since passing my test. Im 27 years old. I went to have a look at a Honda Blackbird on an 04 plate in the week, loved the look of it but left the shop to have a think and do some more research. Well yesterday morning I went down to the shop to have another look and they said take it for a test ride.
I hopped on the bike, and headed towards home and the villages I know. It was quite overcast so didnt want to go far and was contemplating stopping in the house and getting my wet suit. Anyway..
I was in one of the local villages, travelling up a gently inclining hill, travelling about 30 mph, maybe a shade less as there were people on the pavements, odd parked car and I was on a strange bike so doing nothing silly.
There was a small white van up ahead, travelling at I would say 20 MPH, he was on the left hand side of the road, being a small hill i guess what was going through my head was he had little power in van so was slow or maybe was going to stop on side of road. There was no indicators going.
I moved out towards the middle of the road, as from the pictures below you can see there is hash lines, lots of space should I choose to overtake or him pull over and I can pass.
Then all of a sudden he is infront of me! He was turning right! No indicators, crazy road position for such a manoeuvre completely didnt see it coming. What you can see from the pics but not from being on the bike is that the road he wanted to turn into doubles back on itself, so i assume he was over on the left hand side of the road to give himself a nice wide turning circle. With no indication and a somewhat irratic turn the side of his van was directly infront of me like a wall and i had nowhere to go and no time to act.
I didnt even have time to apply any brakes, went straight into the side of the van and ended up in the red circle. I wasnt under the bike, i had come right off it, the van was creeping forward and i felt myself being run over so moved like a ninja from the back wheel it just pinching my side a bit.
I was on the floor. everything seemed ok except my balls REALLY hurt! Further details probably not much interest, but following ambulance ride and pelvis xray - im completly fine. Just bruised nads, bruised leg, knee hurts. The helmet has a large scrape on it, and leathers / gloves done their job. Few marks on leathers and on glove knuckle protector - i have no scratches / road rash at all. No breaks, very lucky!
It goes without saying, i wont be buying that bike, its a bit broken! I did love the bike though, so give it a couple of weeks then ill be looking for a blackbird
I ride a CBR 600 F3, have done for the last 2 years since passing my test. Im 27 years old. I went to have a look at a Honda Blackbird on an 04 plate in the week, loved the look of it but left the shop to have a think and do some more research. Well yesterday morning I went down to the shop to have another look and they said take it for a test ride.
I hopped on the bike, and headed towards home and the villages I know. It was quite overcast so didnt want to go far and was contemplating stopping in the house and getting my wet suit. Anyway..
I was in one of the local villages, travelling up a gently inclining hill, travelling about 30 mph, maybe a shade less as there were people on the pavements, odd parked car and I was on a strange bike so doing nothing silly.
There was a small white van up ahead, travelling at I would say 20 MPH, he was on the left hand side of the road, being a small hill i guess what was going through my head was he had little power in van so was slow or maybe was going to stop on side of road. There was no indicators going.
I moved out towards the middle of the road, as from the pictures below you can see there is hash lines, lots of space should I choose to overtake or him pull over and I can pass.
Then all of a sudden he is infront of me! He was turning right! No indicators, crazy road position for such a manoeuvre completely didnt see it coming. What you can see from the pics but not from being on the bike is that the road he wanted to turn into doubles back on itself, so i assume he was over on the left hand side of the road to give himself a nice wide turning circle. With no indication and a somewhat irratic turn the side of his van was directly infront of me like a wall and i had nowhere to go and no time to act.
I didnt even have time to apply any brakes, went straight into the side of the van and ended up in the red circle. I wasnt under the bike, i had come right off it, the van was creeping forward and i felt myself being run over so moved like a ninja from the back wheel it just pinching my side a bit.
I was on the floor. everything seemed ok except my balls REALLY hurt! Further details probably not much interest, but following ambulance ride and pelvis xray - im completly fine. Just bruised nads, bruised leg, knee hurts. The helmet has a large scrape on it, and leathers / gloves done their job. Few marks on leathers and on glove knuckle protector - i have no scratches / road rash at all. No breaks, very lucky!
It goes without saying, i wont be buying that bike, its a bit broken! I did love the bike though, so give it a couple of weeks then ill be looking for a blackbird
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