Got shoved off in town this morning - with the missus on the back.
About an hour or so ago. Crossroads from single road into dual carriageway through town. Traffic lights all round.
Lady in car in front and we're sat in the single crossing road and turning right, onto the dual carriageway. We missed the previous green light, because this lady driver was crawling along so slowly and the couple of cars in front made it through green - she was really dawdling.
When the lights turned green again, she pulled away really slow again - and started pulling to the left lane of the dual carriageway, so I pull to the inside of the turn (which would be onto the outside lane in the dual carriageway) to ride past and she suddenly pulls over to this lane and I put the bike down to avoid hitting her.
Missus falls off the back and I have my leg under the bike. Fortunately, injuries are minor - my knee is purple and the skin is gone from the kneecap and my ankle is painful, where it was twisted and trapped under the bike. Gear-wise my brand new boots are ruined - toecap was ground off. Missus is a little bruised, but otherwise okay.
Thankfully, four blokes jumped out of different vehicles to help her lift the bike off me - but I couldn't stand for a while. Also, the bike is not bad. The handlebars are a write-off - badly bent. The fairing is just a little scuffed, as is the engine casing and the leading edge of the silencer. Oh, and the new mirror is scraped, of course.
The woman (seemingly of Eastern European origin) did stop and come and apologise - she was very shocked. Anyway, I have no idea who, if anyone, was at fault - but I decided to let it go. I can repair the bike and I was looking at replacing the handlebars anyway. Okay, my boots are buggered, but what the hell, you know I'm just happy we are all okay - especially the missus - all I could think of for the first few minutes while I was trapped under the bike! Thank god it was such a low speed.
I was able to ride the bike home (with the missus on the back) but the steering was, of course, well off, with the handlebar bent.
Renthal 758's are the way to go, I think.