What did you do to your bike today?
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Left it in the garage....... Because I ******* binned it yesterday!!! **&&%^%$&£$&£$^£$%£$%£$
No idea what happened really, following a line of traffic out of Winchester so doing what 10-15mph, rounding a slight downhill left hander and I feel the bike sliding away from me... so naturally the brain craps itself and shut off the throttle, grips and throws itself over the other side
Crash bung did its job, bent rear brake lever, bit of a scuff on the exhause, but worst of all, somehow she managed to snap the clock brace, which on the GSXR is the whole front end brace lol, so I managed to ride most of the way home holding the front end together!
Could be more damage but it was dark and I was too annoyed to look at it any longer.
Oh and to top it all off the battery died so once I had put the front end back together went to start her and chug chug chug....dead...
So any rider who has been in this situation knows the rage I am feeling now, I was quite ready to leave the bike there and go get the train lol.
Calmed myself down, pushed the bike uphill to a side road with a bit of a downhill and managed to bump start it
Incidents like this really annoy me, fairly dry roads, warmish most of the day (9c), not riding like an idiot and end up crashing, when I have ridden in horrendous rains, even snow with no problem :/
Ordered a new clock brace on eBay last night so should hopefully be back on the road sometime next week.
Sorry to hear that mate, chin up. Happens to all of us.
Seeing as I had a half day off work today I had my first ride out on the new beast. Only managed about 30 miles as the roads were lethal and it was freezing cold.
I popped into H-Cafe to warm up... 1 of only 2 bikes there unsurprisingly.
I popped into H-Cafe to warm up... 1 of only 2 bikes there unsurprisingly.
So yesterday I fitted my new MRA screen and tail tidy along with a smaller plate. Jobs that I thought would take 1hr or so.... 4hrs later.
Screen Before:
New MRA Screen:
Huge plastic thing before:
Tail Tidy:
Next stop... remove pillion pegs and fit blanking plates and maybe some carbon.
Screen Before:
New MRA Screen:
Huge plastic thing before:
Tail Tidy:
Next stop... remove pillion pegs and fit blanking plates and maybe some carbon.
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The police officers who would have a problem with the angle are likely to be the same ones who have a problem with slightly smaller plates anyway.. so I'm not going to win no matter what with them.
Never had any bother in 5 years running that plate size. *touches wood*.
Anyway, the angle is fine really, about the same as my previous bike. Still readable from behind.
Never had any bother in 5 years running that plate size. *touches wood*.
Anyway, the angle is fine really, about the same as my previous bike. Still readable from behind.
Haha, how ironic.. that is the exact one I am looking at, it's just a slip on... so not a huge amount more noise, but it will do
Im doing my insurance at the minute and finding quotes for my renewal. I forgot to put in a false telephone number on the comparison site and now MCE have called me 3 times today and 6 (!!!) Yesterday. I stopped answering after the first call but they really are just a bunch of money grabbing ****s. (I have had a bad experience with them in the past.... like many).
anyway, rant over.
anyway, rant over.