02-09-16, 08:25 PM
[color=rgb(48, 59, 67)]This guy is a legend. 73 years old![/color]
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[/color][color=rgb(48, 59, 67)]Speaking from a hospital bed, he told the [/color][color=rgb(0, 102, 204)][size=inherit]BBC[/size][/color][/size]: "The bridge was coming down, almost like in slow motion, because it's eating its way through the lorry.
[/color][color=rgb(48, 59, 67)]"But then it tore away from the other side. As that came down, it was a matter of throw the bike on the floor and go for it.[/color][/color][color=rgb(48, 59, 67)]"I've a few broken ribs, but they mend."[/color][/color][color=rgb(48, 59, 67)]He added: “I moved to the outside lane. There was only one place to go. I threw the bike on the floor and went under.”[/color][/color][color=rgb(48, 59, 67)]His Yamaha MT-07 was left trapped under the bridge, which came down on the London-bound carriageway between junctions three and four, near Maidstone, Kent, shortly after noon on Saturday.[/color]
[/color][color=rgb(48, 59, 67)]“My first thought when I came to rest was, ‘Oh well, there goes my bike’. It was a great bike.”[/color][color=rgb(48, 59, 67)]
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[/color]http://www.visordown.com/motorcycle-news...m20-bridgeI would've thought that Yamaha UK could donate him a new bike.........[size=14px][color=rgb(48, 59, 67)]
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[/color][color=rgb(48, 59, 67)]Speaking from a hospital bed, he told the [/color][color=rgb(0, 102, 204)][size=inherit]BBC[/size][/color][/size]: "The bridge was coming down, almost like in slow motion, because it's eating its way through the lorry.
[/color][color=rgb(48, 59, 67)]"But then it tore away from the other side. As that came down, it was a matter of throw the bike on the floor and go for it.[/color][/color][color=rgb(48, 59, 67)]"I've a few broken ribs, but they mend."[/color][/color][color=rgb(48, 59, 67)]He added: “I moved to the outside lane. There was only one place to go. I threw the bike on the floor and went under.”[/color][/color][color=rgb(48, 59, 67)]His Yamaha MT-07 was left trapped under the bridge, which came down on the London-bound carriageway between junctions three and four, near Maidstone, Kent, shortly after noon on Saturday.[/color]
[/color][color=rgb(48, 59, 67)]“My first thought when I came to rest was, ‘Oh well, there goes my bike’. It was a great bike.”[/color][color=rgb(48, 59, 67)]
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[/color]http://www.visordown.com/motorcycle-news...m20-bridgeI would've thought that Yamaha UK could donate him a new bike.........[size=14px][color=rgb(48, 59, 67)]
If it ain't broke... hit it harder..