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Planed a meet for a ride today looked pretty wet and wonderful so decided to leave the falco behind, am I glad I did. I took a run down to the local superstore for a top up you entered on a tight curve slightly up hill with a revers camber. I'd already spotted what I thought was a river of water running towards me on an already wet surface boy was I wrong. Bloody Diesel torrents of it, cursed myself for not spotting the stuff earlier but down I went like riding on marrbles no chance.
Now the old Honda XL600 is strong and all that really broke was a mirror, bruised my ribs a bit but I survived.
Stood the bike up and thought how horrible it would have been on the falco
I then hear hissing sound and watched the tyre deflate Christ this is going to be one of those days.
Pulled out the puncture repair kit and guess what the bloody rubber bungs had perished it's getting better all the time.
Called up a friend who had just used his puncture kit that very weekend you're out of luck he says Ive tried every motorcycle shop in 10 miles no kit's around. !! Ended up buying an aerosol and plugging the hole with chewing gum shxx I love motorcycling

To however dropped a shxx load of diesel off the M4 junction 12 Sunday behind Mcdonalds, I hope you win the lottery and loose the ticket.

Sorry to hear of your incident Thumper.

Glad youre ok though, couldve been a lot worse.

was'nt there an article in mcn where you can make a claim for accidents caused by diesel spills,still glad your ok.

The thought had crossed my mind fastasfuck but you have to prove someone was negligent, I stopped a local police car and they to their credit, delt with the spill very quickly but how do you prove who was responsible?

What really surprised me was a group of bikers who had noticed it after entering by chance from another entrance and had been talking close by. They did nothing to warn anyone coming along saying it was only a matter of time before someone came a cropper on it !!!

Sorry to hear of your "off" Thumper .... and the problems fixing the puncture.

At least you weren't hurt (well, you didn't say you were so I guess you're OK) - and a good thing you left the Falco at home.

What I want to know is who can afford to dump gallons of diesel these days!

The lack of action of those bikers is also very disappointing.

Glad it wasn't worse Thumper.

Sorry to hear that, but at least you can now wear the t-shirt (I've got 4)

Hope you're OK Thumper, it'll get worse tomorrow though. I didn't feel too bad at all on the day I had mine, felt a bit sore in loads of places, but rode the bike home and stuffed it in the garage. Felt a lot worse the next bloody day!
Felt even worse again when I plucked up the courage to look in the garage.
Hope the Honda's OK, and yes it would have been worse on the Falco. Financially that is, my bike took things incredibly well, just that the plastics and other bits cost an arm and a leg, (and another leg, and numerous other bits of your anatomy).
It's scary though, imagine meeting something like this when your really pushing it, frightening.
Look after yourself mate.

Thanks Guys, Howard's you are so right got up this morning with bruised ribs and a sore shoulder but most of all I'm mad as hell with myself for not spotting the hazard sooner.
The old XL600 took it in it's stride these things are practically bomb proof, its not the first time I have crashed this bike but until now always on the dirt.
My real problem is the wife, she has given me a real ear bashing says it's time I though about giving up the bikes.
I have been riding regularly now for the best part of 40 years only laid off whilst me children were very small. In all that time I only had a couple of bad spills, got knocked off by a idiot charging from a side road once and sufferd badly bruised back and I dropped the bike on gravel whilst trying to impress myself resulting in a badly broken arm.

I always said I would pack it in if I found myself loosing it, to this end I got advanced motorcycling training and for what it's worth aparently made the grade but there comes a time for all of us to give in to age and that's a difficult decision it's not that you are incompetent but you just don't bonce so well over 50

I'm 54 and had a couple of offs fairly recently but no way ready to give up yet. My father was riding up to 65 and gave up do to ill health.

Keep going, since when have you listened to the Mrs

Thumper wrote: My real problem is the wife, she has given me a real ear bashing says it's time I though about giving up the bikes.
I have been riding regularly now for the best part of 40 years only laid off whilst me children were very small. In all that time I only had a couple of bad spills, got knocked off by a idiot charging from a side road once and sufferd badly bruised back and I dropped the bike on gravel whilst trying to impress myself resulting in a badly broken arm.

I always said I would pack it in if I found myself loosing it, to this end I got advanced motorcycling training and for what it's worth aparently made the grade but there comes a time for all of us to give in to age and that's a difficult decision it's not that you are incompetent but you just don't bonce so well over 50

It's good to know she cares about you Thumper!

I guess there comes a time for each of us when we have to make that decision to 'retire' ... and before that, a number of points at which we are forced to review whether that time has come.

You've got to do what's right for you .... but give it a bit of time to decide - although an incident like this ahould be considered in your thinking, maybe straight after the 'incident' does not entirely put it in perspective. Maybe cut down a bit while the bruises settle and the wife's heightened concern subsides a bit and then decide what's right for you.
My betting is that noone on here is going to encourage you to give up - we'd certainly miss you if you stopped talking to us - but make your own decision in your own time.

Well whatever age you give up at, just think of this, Sir John Gielgud (think he got a Lordship at some point) rode his until he was 84. So I've got another 31 and a bit years to go

Just realised, If im right, you're the first binner of RS Version 4. NOT that there's a competition, just I thought i'd mention it.

I suppose we all look for sympathy when misfortune strikes and I always try to look at the positive side of things. I was on the old banger and I didnt bust anything neither did I hurt anyone.


I could always replace the wife

Bloomin' right! I mean, she didnt even bother doing her hair