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Re: Hell of a start to the day...
Posted: 26 Mar 2010, 22:34
by airboatr
there there Ian , your no monster. mate
I once rode my bike through an intersection where I had the yield ... boy you should have seen what my bike did to that car
and the street curb after taking a pounding from my face.....

that'll teach me.
turns out this guy driving the car was on his way to pick up a girl for a date who happened to be a friend of my older sister...
anyways the girl had wanted a date with this boy for some time , and I ruined it

... boy was she ticked, ...wanted to beat me up
But I was safe in the hospital , having all those nurses caring for me....

Re: Hell of a start to the day...
Posted: 27 Mar 2010, 10:38
by Filonian
Sorry to hear of your trials and tribulations Mark.
Speedy recovery mate.
Graham
Re: Hell of a start to the day...
Posted: 27 Mar 2010, 13:12
by Prop Jockey
Speedy recovery my friend

Hope you're back on a bike a.s.a.p.
Cheers
Rich
Re: Hell of a start to the day...
Posted: 27 Mar 2010, 19:05
by Kevin Farnell
Sorry to read of your accident, Mark.
I'm sure that you'll make a full recovery in a few weeks.
Best Regards
Kevin
Re: Hell of a start to the day...
Posted: 27 Mar 2010, 19:35
by jonesey2k
Cheers for the kind words
To be honest I'm not so sure. I was lucky this time, I might not be next time....
You can't think like that though can you? Maybe Ill just get a massive R1200GS and paint it yellow with a race can so I'm a bit more obvious

Re: Hell of a start to the day...
Posted: 27 Mar 2010, 20:49
by DaveB
You can't think like that though can you?
NO.. you bloody well can't
To be honest with you mate.. exactly the same happened to someone I know near a gas station and he was driving a CAR!! I'll grant you there's a much better chance of walking away from any prang in a car but hey.. if you ride everyday thinking you're gonna hit something, maybe it's time to take the bus
ATB
DaveB

Re: Hell of a start to the day...
Posted: 28 Mar 2010, 10:32
by Jon.M
Do get back on Mark. I was shaking the first time I rode my bike after this photo was taken. But then it gets better.
I admit I only had a badly sprained wrist and some bruises. But you don't forget sliding along the road towards a crash barrier with the sound of the bike following you.

I don't remember the flying bit that came immediately before it though.
I also never quite trusted this bike again, which is illogical, and sold it about a year later.
This accident was caused by a tw*t on another bike.

The only time I've done a highside.
Jon