A kwaka in any colour...

[Pabs]

Hey
welcome
speedy recovery

[nahima]

Thanks to all for the warm welcome and well wishes - in answer to Yankee who asked how I came off (and managed $8k of damage to my new baby) I was hit by a car door opened by a passenger who was in a hurry to go to work. I was in my own lane travelling at about 30kph - coming to a stop when WHAM! next thing I knew I was looking at clouds and thinking "crap, I'm facing the wrong way..." I had a nice ambulance trip to the Alfred - most of the impact was on my right leg which colided with the door - the bike, from what I was told by the car driver behind me, first went up on its front wheel, the back came down and the front then lifted and it flipped right then left and skidded to a halt under the car in front of me. I satyed on the entire time but have no memory of the accident itself.

I have spent the last 3 weeks on crutches and was told today they would operate the ankle and the knee next week - one tendon in the nkle has snapped in two places and the cartlidge in the knee is damaged. 6 weeks in palster tehreafter and 6 months of physio after that and all this woman got was a fine...

My girl is being well taken care of by Brighton Kawasaki who are rebuilding the damaged bits - all new bits and panels - no 'fixing' as such. GIO were awesome - they processed the claim in 1 day and approved repairs the next and allowed me to choose my repairer.

Zombie asked if I was a Pommie - no, I'm French but have lived most of my life here in the beautiful land of Aus. I know everyone thinks the French are arrogant, and they're right but don't see me as a French, see me as a Kwaka lover instead - that puts us all in the same mad basket.

[diesel]

I am a project manager for the IT arm of a finance company - love my job, love the company - enough said.

couldn't be the NAB then.

welcome to the forum liz.
sorry to hear about the off.
hope u get better soon and back on a kwak.

[aardvark]

'owdy

[nahima]

Hey Diesel,

No not the NAB, Liberty Financial - lots of work, lots of rewards for dedicated people - it's the workplace you go to when you've paid all your karmic debts - or there's something in the water

[Smitty]

..snip...
My girl is being well taken care of by Brighton Kawasaki who are rebuilding the damaged bits - all new bits and panels - no 'fixing' as such. GIO were awesome - they processed the claim in 1 day and approved repairs the next and allowed me to choose my repairer.....

thats good
BKwaka have repaired a few of the bikes here.....
mine included, after my 'off on the Westgate last year 'coz of road debris'
will have a word to Ken to make sure it gets the 'extra' touch

and I hope the ops go well
us human are a bit harder to fix than bikes

cheers

[Smitty]

....
Zombie asked if I was a Pommie - no, I'm French but have lived most of my life here in the beautiful land of Aus. I know everyone thinks the French are arrogant, and they're right but don't see me as a French, see me as a Kwaka lover instead - that puts us all in the same mad basket.

as someone who has spent a bit of time in France
(mainly up north near the Somme/Amiens and south in Vaucluse,Provence...
btw, my old house is named 'Avignon')
the French are ok..its some of the Parisians that make it
hard, coz they think we are poms..its no problems when they
find out you are an Aussie, especially up north round the WW1 sites
they even forgive my mangled 'schoolboy' French

cheers

[photomike666]

Welcome aboard

[Gosling1]

Bonjeur Mme Liz entrez vouz un site Kawasaki, pour que ? ( that spelling is probably fully wrong ) . Of course the only other French I know is voulez vouz couchez avec moi, ce soiu ? ( being entirely inappropriate under the circumstances )

Love your siggie, I tell my boss the same thing all the time...

cheers

[nahima]

Yoda you're right - the Parisian are the worst - they're like new Yorkers but with a funny (ier?) accent, the rest of the french people pretty much love a chat over a glass of wine even if your french is rusty. I am originally from Grenoble (near Lyon) but most of my visits are in the Lavendoux (south) where my uncle has a holiday house by the beach - life's tough sometimes.

So you know Ken at BKawa - he's pretty awesome. Phil is the only mechanic allowed near my bike - not because I lack trust in others but because Phil looked after my NSR for me and it ran perfectly at all times so its only fair to let him enjoy working a fine piece of machinery now that I have upgraded. I have a lot of trust in Ken and the operation he runs - everyone was telling to get the bike written off but Ken had a long hard look and the damage is mostly cosmetic so I just asked that he make her like new again. He's always looked after me and he has my undying loyalty.

With regards to the two french sentences - the first one is a little bit wrong but easy enough to understand - the second, I will translate for my husband and allow him to respond

I'm enjoying this forum - very lively and lots of proud bike owners - just makes me want to get back out there all the more. Anyone know how to carry crutches on a bike?

[gigksrc]

Hey Gosling. Stop asking your boss to sleep with you & I reckon he'll like you more.

Hello Liz. Those injuries dont sound like too much fun but at least you are still keen. You'll get plenty of sympathy here as everyone is scared of those nasty splots that we hear about. At least you'll get your bike back all pretty & new. Welcome!

[Gosling1]

Hey Gosling. Stop asking your boss to sleep with you & I reckon he'll like you more.

never crossed my mind , besides, *she* is as ugly as a hat full of arseholes and just not my type really

cheers
SleepYourWayToTheTopDave

[Smitty]

.... I am originally from Grenoble (near Lyon) but most of my visits are in the Lavendoux (south) where my uncle has a holiday house by the beach - life's tough sometimes.

when in that part of the world*
We usually take a fast train ....jump on at Gare d'Lyon and 2hrs10mins
later get off at Lyon, hire a car and dawdle off somewhere...Aix, Orange
Nimes (our fave area is around Beaumes d'Venise)..somewhere and stay a few days....or longer ..its tuff leaving

So you know Ken at BKawa - he's pretty awesome. Phil is the only mechanic allowed near my bike - ...

hmmm, known Ken since....a long time and Phils a...bit of a character but bloody good with Kwakas, he looks after mine too



*in 3 weeks, will be there again

[nahima]

Phils a...bit of a character

He is indeed - have you seen his scooter - commonly referred to by the guys at BKawa as 'the love boat'?

[ZX6Angel]

Allo, and welcome!

Coming from a fellow female rider that had an off - get back on it as soon as possible! My accident was on my previous bike, no real damage to the bike, but my foot is permantly scarred, severed sensory nerves, scraped bones, operations up to a year later! My accident was 04/04/04, and I still have pain. I was on crutches for 2 months, unable to ride a bike myself for 3 months. I was actually on the back of one with in a week! (Only around Sandown racecourse though for the Easter Nationals!)

Good luck with the healing of you and your girl. I nearly went crazy not being able to ride! Look forward to meeting you on a ride!