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My first motorbike accident was entirely my fault and happened on September the 11th;

So after tearing across country in the morning to make an appointment I'm now looking forward to a nice, relaxed ride back home on a beautiful sunny day. I've had an early fish and chips for lunch and headed off for the motorway. Just before joining the M3 at Junction 4, going uphill on what was at first a nice sweeping right hander, then straightened out a little then cut back to almost 90 degrees left, tightening as it went. Hadn't noticed how much speed I'd picked up going into the left hander and had to brake very hard which stood the bike up just as I'm exiting onto the M3. Just as an artic truck is passing. Initially it looked like I was going to go right under the middle of him, but I almost got far enough back ...almost. Everything was going in slow motion. What must have happened in seconds seemed to go on forever but with unstoppable, palpable inertia. The artic was now speeding past me on my right and we're nearing the end of the slip road, just when I get some small hope that I might miss the back end it clips the right side of me with a massive bang and I go flying. The bike is pulled out from under me and somersaults, I come down behind it in a mess on hands and knees and roll. At this point I become acutely aware that I am wearing denim trousers. I spin and roll a couple of times, the back of the helmet smacks off the ground, the small of my back loses some skin as my leather jacket rises, my legs pound into the ground. I hear the bike crash and bang ahead of me and it starts to over-rev. I come to a stop in a lot of pain and immediately look up for following traffic; one car has just come round the corner quite wide but has seen me and I can see the surprise on her face. Petrol is pouring out of the bike but I can't stand back up. I try to get to the bike to shut off the engine but can't put weight on my leg - I look down at my right knee and it's just like white hamburger with large flecks of road grit in it, some red flesh, a bit of bone - is that my kneecap sliding out? I push it back in and pull myself off the road somehow and get onto the verge and lie down. I'm starting to feel light headed so try to control my breathing...time does funny things, I see a face with a phone pressed against her ear; she tells me not to move, gives me a thumbs up and moves out of my vision. I see a pale blue sky. 2 small airplanes high in the sky. My knee is agony, my arm begins to throb, my back is sore against the ground. The woman comes back and I ask her to get my phone from my topbox and give her the key. I try to elevate my leg onto the metal rail but it's too high and I'm at an angle, half on the curb. Off duty policemen. Reassurances. An on duty policeman. I give him details. Ambulance, paramedics, checks... I get cut out of all my clothes and put on an immobilizer board which is when my ankle starts to feel sore. They give me gas for the pain which is increasing. In the ambulance the policeman wants to breathalise me but the medics want to get going - I tell him to give it here, it only takes a second. My ankle starts to get sore...we get to hospital.

They gave me morphine which helped a lot and then a few shots of local around the knee before pulling out the grit and cleaning it and cutting out bits of dead flesh. They tell me it will heal but I'll have a scar, I'm thinking "you don't say?". X-rays show a broken ankle but no bone damage to the knee thankfully.

At least I'm still here and able to learn from all the mistakes I made that day - I really did think I was going under that artic truck...

Well due to lack of use im selling my mk1 fazer 600 for a bargain price of only £850  :eek need a quick sale and she needs a couple of jobs doing eg broken manifold stud (not blowing) and front tyre getting low on tread but still legal.
I will throw in a complete givi wingrack and 2 panniers (please note i havent got a fixing kit for the fazer) also ill leave the remus can on the bike and can include the original if wanted 

Haynes manual included as is the oxford bike cover and heavy duty chain and padlock  8)

Helmets available free as well,also have some textiles going with the bike,so you can see peeps there is alot going with the bike for only £850  :eek

Mot Not Due till aug 2013

Collection from Grimsby ,lincolnshire 

Lee

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My two year old nephew decided to play a game of hide and seek with my only set of bike keys. It seems as though my only two options are to replace the ignition barrel or have a new key made by a locksmith using the existing barrel. Either way I have to remove the barrel from the yokes, unfortunately for obvious reasons, the Haynes manual and service manual have omitted any instructions on this procedure. I was wondering if any of you fellow foccers have done this or have any experience in these matters.


I have removed the dome headed bolts securing the ignition barrel cover. However it seem that there are two bolts underneath the the ignition housing that will need to be undone to remove the unit from the bike. Due to the awkward positioning of these bolts (which incidently also seem to some sort of domed bolts) what is the best way of getting them out. Please advise.

I have stripped the engine out of the bike. A few bolts had to be roughly persuaded out and a few maybe missing.
Whats the easiest & cheapest  way to measure the correct thread sizes etc and get good quality replacements that wont rust up in a few months?

hadta fit my old oxford heated grips and repair a bodge so thought id widen the bars a tad whilst i was at it to seeme through until i decide whether to fit 758s or not.
bodge was a previous owner had snapped off the locating lug in the throttle, and used emery tape clamped in to stop it twisting, though this was moving. so first job was to drill out switch body, turn down a delrin plug, drill switch body, glue in plug, then drill out centre and insert other end of drill and cut off inside to make belt and braces repair.

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fatbars removed from new ktm. 672 bend, pre filled at factory with anti vibe silicone. as new and straight....bar mounts..polished alu with stainless bespoke cap heads, designed to fit straight into existing bar mounts utilising oe bolts. bar ends are stainless expanding type (high quality, heavy, expensive) taken down on lathe to fit fatbar internal diameters.
look absolutely pukka fitted, but i prefer the less sporty position of the standard bars so stuck with them, albeit widened.
everything as good as new and ready to fit, ktm bars undrilled and uncut
£90 posted all in

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can anyone comment original yam c £120,brembo c £85, or chinese c £35...are chinese  and brembo as good as original? thanks

[size=1em]Hi all,  I was a member of the old FOCU site but I just re registered at this new one (good job btw).[/size]

[size=1em]Anyway a few  weeks ago I went into the back of somebody at a junction at about 10 - 15 miles an hour. I only have third party, fire and theft  for money saving purposes (never again).  After I hit the car,the bike went down heavily to the right causing more damage. [/size]

[size=1em]I live in Bristol and I asked Bristol Kawasaki to give me a quote for parts which came to £1822, not including labour.  However, they just gave me a long list of expensive parts needed (see below).[/size]

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[size=1em]I asked them if they knew a breakers that might be interested who offered between £200 - £250. The bike milage is around only around 18,000 miles. [/size]

I'm not mechanically minded and have no idea about ordering 2nd hand/aftermarket parts and fitting them. I'm hoping I won't need to replace all these things, and the ones that do can be sourced second hand.

[size=1em]I really don't want to lose this bike but I have no mechanic/biker mates to ask for help. I have a car to see me through the winter so am not in any urgent need to get it repaired.  Is there anyone out there willing to help me get this lovely bike back on the road at an affordable price?  [/size]

[size=1em]Thanks for reading.[/size]