What did you do to your bike today?
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Ooof! Glad you're ok - shame about the bike though - my favourite ever sports bike the K5.
Today I took a last minute day off work and actually rode my bike hard for pleasure rather than commuting. Loved it! Perfect weather, quiet roads and the ideal bike for the North Yorkshire dales.
Did a brief bike swap with a mate who has a GT1600 but I much preferred the GS. I think I just prefer a twin as whilst the 1600 was powerful it was just too smooth and refined - its how I imagine an electric bike would feel. The wide bars of the GS just make it more fun to chuck around on twisty B roads too, although a stretch on a fast A road did allow the 1600 to stretch its legs a bit and I could imagine it just demolishes long rides on major roads.....but I'll definitely be sticking with the GS
Today I took a last minute day off work and actually rode my bike hard for pleasure rather than commuting. Loved it! Perfect weather, quiet roads and the ideal bike for the North Yorkshire dales.
Did a brief bike swap with a mate who has a GT1600 but I much preferred the GS. I think I just prefer a twin as whilst the 1600 was powerful it was just too smooth and refined - its how I imagine an electric bike would feel. The wide bars of the GS just make it more fun to chuck around on twisty B roads too, although a stretch on a fast A road did allow the 1600 to stretch its legs a bit and I could imagine it just demolishes long rides on major roads.....but I'll definitely be sticking with the GS
Thanks for messages all!
Had the day off work yesterday, everything still pretty stiff and sore, walking hurts!
I managed to get out and strip the bike though, I am not making the same mistake as last time and they write it off and I loose all my expensive mods!
I think insurance is all sorted, agreed on a pay out for the bike, told them what injuries I have so waiting for anything on that, and now just need to send pictures of my lid and boots to sort out a claim for those.
Salvage company has to come take the bike, check it and then hopefully give me the option to buy it back, and depending on the price and whats broken I will be buying it back and turning it into a track bike, frame looks ok, as does the forks, but one of the discs has taken some damage and possibly the wheel.
Yep same bike
Yeah helmet and boots will be claimed for.
Don't let it put you off, this is the first big incident in 10 years of riding where its been someone else's fault
Had the day off work yesterday, everything still pretty stiff and sore, walking hurts!
I managed to get out and strip the bike though, I am not making the same mistake as last time and they write it off and I loose all my expensive mods!
I think insurance is all sorted, agreed on a pay out for the bike, told them what injuries I have so waiting for anything on that, and now just need to send pictures of my lid and boots to sort out a claim for those.
Salvage company has to come take the bike, check it and then hopefully give me the option to buy it back, and depending on the price and whats broken I will be buying it back and turning it into a track bike, frame looks ok, as does the forks, but one of the discs has taken some damage and possibly the wheel.
Yep same bike
Yeah helmet and boots will be claimed for.
Don't let it put you off, this is the first big incident in 10 years of riding where its been someone else's fault
Oh and a sneak preview from one of the videos....
Eeeeeep!
You did well to hobble away from that matey, no wonder it mashed every damn panel bar one on the bike.
First I have to apologise. I'm sorry. And it's really harsh because if I had gone through that I wouldn't be laughing. But that picture is hilarious! (in terms of your flailing arms and legs) 
Amazed and glad you're ok though. Even better that it's all on camera and in no way your fault.
Any reason why you're not uploading the video? How does it affect insurance??
Amazed and glad you're ok though. Even better that it's all on camera and in no way your fault.
Any reason why you're not uploading the video? How does it affect insurance??
@Fireskull I put my foot down with my insurance company & wouldn't let them take my bike away, Having recovered the bike to my house myself at no cost to them & not wanting my bike laying out in the open & I want to buy the bike back asap I told them it's not going anywhere.
They sent 2 assessors (sp?) out then phoned me within a couple of days with an offer/deal.
They sent 2 assessors (sp?) out then phoned me within a couple of days with an offer/deal.
Hmmm they didn't give me that option, said the salvage company would take it and assess the damage and go from there about buying it back.... might give them a call again and see if an assessor can come out rather than the bike being taken away....
Just insist on it, I made sure not to swear on the phone but just told them the bike is not going anywhere. I'm not having it chucked in the back of a van then left out in the open in some yard lent up against countless other bikes. Because of the low value of the bike & the damage it was obvious that it would be wrote off & I told them I want to buy it back regardless.
To paraphrase an old saying, any crash you can walk away from is a good crash. When I had my, and I hope only, crash in 1990 I had to lift the bike off myself as the 2 women who stopped, one had hit me, couldn't lift it up and even though i had a broken ankle I hobbled away and was damn grateful I could.
End of the day all that matters is you could walk away and come here and tell us about it.
Unfortunately it also makes me think of a friend of mine who can't.
End of the day all that matters is you could walk away and come here and tell us about it.
Unfortunately it also makes me think of a friend of mine who can't.
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I have one on the rear of the zr7 nice tyre, I will be going with them again when I need to replace them.wazza300 said:
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