16-06-15, 07:14 PM (This post was last modified: 16-06-15, 07:16 PM by red98.)
After 35 years of accident free riding ive had an accident :\...filtering through very busy rush hour ,lady decides to do a U-turn, said she looked but did'nt see me.pulled out hit my left bar end, steering the bike into her drivers side door, bike went down on its right side leaving me standing there ......bit shook up with bruises on my legs just above the boot line and
a sore / bruised right wrist......my speed 4/5 mph, cars speed 1/2mph we both stopped dead....
admitted she was doing a u - turn but would not admit liability, said the same to police lady who stopped to see if we were alright :thumbup
Two vans stopped, turned out to be brothers and bikers, gave me their card as were witnesses, and then loaded bike onto their van and gave me a lift home......you dont meet people like this very often , its foccin good when you do.top guys :thumbup
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Glad you're ok Red, doesn't look like too much damage, be interesting to hear the liability outcome, despite the cross hatches, doing a u turn without being 100% it's all clear has got to be a complete no no.
My heart always sinks when I see a bike laying in the road , but glad to hear you are not too badly injured and hope the damage to the bike not too bad also.
(16-06-15, 10:22 PM)bigralphie link Wrote: you know she is going to say "never expected a bike to be in cross hatchings "
Could have been a cyclist, a jogger, a horse (and cart) a pedestrian, a dog, a zombie or a white walker. Hatchings are 'avoid' in that location shown, nothing to say any of the previous were illegally there at all. She was impatiently waiting in a queue, passed the physical barrier of the splitter island and clearly didn't look before turning. Glad no major injuries Red, keep us posted.
Will try and PM you an insurance letter I kept some time ago (may even have been on here) which may prove useful.
Sorry to hear that Red. Hope your bruises heal quick and that you bounce back soon Fella.
Some say that he eats habanero chilli peppers dipped in oil of capsaicin for extra bite and that his pyjamas are made from Nomex. All we know is, he's called Ad the Bad
What the foc was she doing trying to do a u turn there? She should have spun around at the roundabout down by the vw garage. She's bang to rights in the wrong there. If she was so desperate to go back she could have even flung it round into the carpark on the left.... mind you I see all sorts of shite driving around wycombe daily.
Cheers guys.....been one of those days, more work than I can handle today and had plumber coming round this evening to quote for a new boiler then my bro in law arrived for a natter and here it is nearly 11 and I aint had any dinner yet :\
but, yes your all right as usual.the bruises are getting a bit painfull now, not sure how i got them though, parhaps I put my feet down before I hit the car and bashed them on the foot rests when I hit the car.see what there like in the morning, could of been a lot worse
Only had a quick look at the bike, front indicator has been pushed into the fairing cracking it, slight mark on bar end, slight mark on one of the engine covers but there was one there already.no damage to tank or exhaust so I think I got off lightly, shame though, had the bike for over 14 years now , had no plans to get rid of it, always looked after it and then of course theres my "stuttering thread "..........it lost a lot of oil whilst it was on its side, Iam hoping this was from the oil breather pipe, major engine damage and it will be a write off, the down side of having an older bike....probs be the weekend before I get a chance of a proper look, tempted to take a sickie tomorrow and sort insurance and wot not out......just got too much work on really, see how I feel in the morning...
........Q GARDEN MAINTENANCE, you'll find them in yellow pages under T.........Top guys.......
, but glad to hear you are not too badly injured and hope the damage to the bike not too bad also.
