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awwww shit
here we go again

sorry to hear about your off mate.......heal quick and get back out there

Oh no not another one Hope you mend up ok & go for a ZX-6R next Dave

Smitty1955 wrote: ya know what happened??

Yeah, it went a little something like this .....

Riding down the on-ramp from the Pacific Hwy onto the Gore Hill, traffic was constant but fairly light.

As we get towards the end of the merging lane I am doing a head check over my right shouder when the car two in front of me decides to stop rather than merge ... this is at about 80 km/h though !

The car in front of me brakes heavily to avoid the car in front of him, and I look back to see a bumper-bar about 12 inches from my front wheel and closing fast.

I brake hard and fast, lift the rear wheel a little but remain in a straight line until I hit the car (which is still moving about 20 km/h I guess) while I'm doing 60-70.

After hitting the car I lost control and seem (things get pretty hazy here) to have gone over the bars and landed on my right wrist - the impact fractured a bone in my elbow. My brain-bucket also had a bit of a slide along the tar - dunno how or when, as did the right shoulder of my jacket. I actually don't know how I missed landing on the car, but I guess I must have kept it together just long enough.

When it all finished the bike was facing back almost in the direction I was coming from

I've got to say that I'm damn glad I was wearing good safety gear 'cause as sore as my elbow is, I don't have a single scratch on me and it could have easily been much worse.

Oh well, new bike here I come

Bluefly wrote:Geez. Damn.

It's interesting that Team Crashed '05 is now abbreviated to T/C '05 in the thread title, and everyone knows straight away what it means.......

What Bobbi said Dave glad your drinking it off mate. I didnt know what T/C was short for ...unfortuanately i do now. Chin Up mate bring on the Ninja. Stiffer frame, better brakes, better, better ......

Cheers Brett

Sorry to hear the bad news Dave.
Sadlly I think it happens to all of us eventually.
How awsome is the safety gear nowadays?
Take your time findind a new bike and decide what YOU want.
Hope the aches stop soon.

tough luck there mate :-\. if you need a beer assistant & i'm not working that day then i'll gladly help with any remedials .

Oh and insurance wise do you know what the outcome is looking like? I hope you've got insurance, or if not, the guy you smacked into (or the guy in front of him) does (this is where i'd bitch and complain if they attributed blame wholely or partly towards you).

Good luck matey.

Accident is entirely my fault ... it's up to me to dodge each and everyone in front of me - you can stop for whatever reason you like.

Insurance will cost me $400 excess and no loss of no-claim, and this includes $500 to replace my helmet - my only gripe so far is that they can't tell me where to take it for repairs and can't say if they'll pay the towing if I get it brought back up here for repairs

Still, all in all they've been pretty good !

Sorry to hear Dave...
all the best for a speedy recovery...

dude, bad news..sorry to hear...dunno how many times ive had similar things
happen, the knob in front stops instead of merging....u sure u dont have a
chance of blaming him??
i had it happen in the ute on the way to work one day, OLD (i mean like 70
plus) bugger decided the freeway was moving too fast at 100kph....so he
stopped with abt 5 cars behind him...we nearly had a 6 car pile up...i cut
across the merging bit & almost buckled a rim doing so (they have these lump
things on the roads here to stop u cutting corners) & the cars coming down
the freeway saw it & merged right to avoid a huge pile up...needless to say
there was a lot of horn tooting going on!!
good luck dude, look at a cbr600 ;p top bikes those....lol
Neka
2000 CBR 929RR
1988 KDX200 thrasher
1996 VS SERIES 2 UTE
"dont hate me cos im sexy, hate me cos ur mrs thinks im sexy"



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neka79 at optusnet.com.au wrote:dude, bad news..sorry to hear...dunno how many times ive had similar things
happen, the knob in front stops instead of merging....u sure u dont have a
chance of blaming him??

No chance - as I understand it the dude at the front can stop for no reason at all and it's up to me to dodge him !

neka79 at optusnet.com.au wrote:i had it happen in the ute on the way to work one day, OLD (i mean like 70
plus) bugger decided the freeway was moving too fast at 100kph....so he
stopped with abt 5 cars behind him...we nearly had a 6 car pile up...i cut
across the merging bit & almost buckled a rim doing so (they have these lump
things on the roads here to stop u cutting corners) & the cars coming down
the freeway saw it & merged right to avoid a huge pile up...needless to say
there was a lot of horn tooting going on!!

It would be nice if people were taught to drive hey

neka79 at optusnet.com.au wrote: good luck dude, look at a cbr600 ;p top bikes those....lol

You really are a funny farker aren't you ... a ho .. ho .. you know what I mean

sorry 2hear m8, heal quick & get back out there, in the meantime...drink more

Man that sucks I hope you get better soon

Lisa

oz4x4 wrote:

Smitty1955 wrote: ya know what happened??

Yeah, it went a little something like this .....

thanks Dave.....
its a bugger and one hard to avoid when the cages don't do what they should!
legally right... roadsense wrong!
if people would only do what the writers of roadrules think they should...

Where did this term "cage" come from? I drive a car and ride a bike but would never refer to myself as a "cage" driver. Seems to me the distinction should be made between those who drive cars and not bikes and those who have both - and consequently have an awareness of the dangers of riding - not lumping everyone in together everytime someone in a car does something stupid. We all do stupid things - in the car and on the bikes.

Bluefly said
. "We all do stupid things - in the car and on the bikes."
Neka says
Speak for ya farken self!!




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