Crash

[Grant1Shepherd]

The engine will be fine.


A guy recently drained the oil out of an old merc on YouTube and it ran for about 17 minutes before failing.  It actually takes a little while for the surfaces to run dry, so a few seconds will not impact anything.


As said, replace the side casing and all good.  Looks like the silencer will slide straight back on.  You could fix that up for less than £100 I reckon.


As mentioned above though, did the ped's not hang around to make sure you were alright.  Technically they have just left the scene of an accident, especially as you were avoiding them.  If you had a helmet cam with footage you could take them to small claims court to cover the cost of your bike repairs.  For the price to repair you may not be bothered about that though, but a helmet/bike cam is worth the investment for things like this.


Some might disagree, but I'd not have swerved, simply emergency braked and controlled the bike to stay upright.  I don't mean deliberately hit them, simply make a controlled stop with a blast on the horn.  It's easy for someone to nip out of the way of a bike compared to a car so probably wouldn't amount to anything.

Cheers thanks for the advice mate. I know exactly what video you're on about as well from CarThrottle  :lol


The exhaust could be put back on but I'm thinking to replace it now anyway with another brand


Sadly to answer the question i forgot earlier no the peds did not hang about, I don't remember much from the accident apart from what I've been told by another bypasser who said I came off, immediately crawled to the bike and turned it off (kill switch) bypasser had no idea what I was on about when I asked if it was kill switch :lol  and then apparently just screamed in agony holding my right arm, apparently I did shout at the peds who ran across the road to help me but she said that 4 people she recalls ran off down another street (I'm not angry about this, just disappointment in human compassion).


Thank you for the tip about just braking next time, I will take that on bored and remember it in case it happens again, I only swerved as I remember being told to avoid sudden incidents like that when I did my A2 Testing in the summer last year.