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Oh dear

#1 Post by blinkey501 » Sat Sep 28, 2013 8:03 pm

On the way to meet Geoff at buxton today I stopped off to check my phone.
One of the futura boys came along for the ride, he stopped at the side of me whilst I checked my phone.
Unfortunately he lost his footing and nearly laid his bike on my right leg.
I moved my bike forward and put it on the side stand.
I didn't notice we was on a slight hill and helped him lift his bike.
You know when you see something out of the corner of your eye and it seems to go in slow motion?
New mirror, lever required and the belly pan is damaged. :smt012
Glad I had the crash bungs fitted as things could have been worse. :smt083
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#2 Post by zoidberg » Sat Sep 28, 2013 9:10 pm

Lucky you never hurt yourself there!
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#3 Post by Kwackerz » Sat Sep 28, 2013 10:30 pm

If it's any consolation i dropped the Mille in london the other day. Lost footing.. well my leg gave way.. when i stalled it and laid it down quite gently, with a nice padded cushion for it to lie on...
bike and rider survived. pride got dented
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#4 Post by flatlander » Sat Sep 28, 2013 10:40 pm

Tell the truth you forgot your legs don't reach the floor!!
For the avoidance of doubt and for the benefit of my wife, not everything I may say here will be absolutely true I may on ocassion embellish a little for effect.
That said when it comes to motorbikes, I like to ride side saddle with a nice frock
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#5 Post by Kwackerz » Sat Sep 28, 2013 10:51 pm

Haha nope, reached the floor but on my bad leg, which was suffering from 2 days of commuting ipswich down to west london(now got accommodation) Always used to hate crash bobbins but thankful i had some fitted.. saved me a fortune in repairs
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#6 Post by Firestarter » Sun Sep 29, 2013 8:05 am

Which one, the magpie?

Glad it wasn't worse, still annoying I guess. Hope it's easy to sort
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#7 Post by flatlander » Sun Sep 29, 2013 8:28 am

Yup the magpie and I'd like to point out I was nowhere near at the time!
For the avoidance of doubt and for the benefit of my wife, not everything I may say here will be absolutely true I may on ocassion embellish a little for effect.
That said when it comes to motorbikes, I like to ride side saddle with a nice frock
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#8 Post by Aladinsaneuk » Sun Sep 29, 2013 12:47 pm

Glad you are ok

And hobbit tried my m star boots..... Once we lifted them into them, they seemed fine....


Let's face it, you wouldn't go to a nurse to get good advice on a problem with a Falco - you'd choose an Engineer or a mechanic...

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Re: Oh dear

#9 Post by randomsquid » Sun Sep 29, 2013 4:45 pm

blinkey501 wrote: You know when you see something out of the corner of your eye and it seems to go in slow motion?
Yup, horrible isn't it? Glad you mostly got away with it.
I walked away from a bike once without putting the stand down at all :smt017
Don't tell anybody though, they'll think I'm a right twat.
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#10 Post by fatboy » Sun Sep 29, 2013 4:58 pm

randomsquid wrote:
blinkey501 wrote: You know when you see something out of the corner of your eye and it seems to go in slow motion?
Yup, horrible isn't it? Glad you mostly got away with it.
I walked away from a bike once without putting the stand down at all :smt017
Don't tell anybody though, they'll think I'm a right twat.
:smt005
That's classic
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#11 Post by flatlander » Mon Sep 30, 2013 6:59 pm

I fell of a bike and sidecar once ... Forgot I'd taken the sidecar off ... But don't tell anyone they'll think I'm a bigger twat than Squid!
For the avoidance of doubt and for the benefit of my wife, not everything I may say here will be absolutely true I may on ocassion embellish a little for effect.
That said when it comes to motorbikes, I like to ride side saddle with a nice frock
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#12 Post by randomsquid » Tue Oct 01, 2013 4:54 pm

My mate fell off his Gpz at a junction because he forgot he wasn't in the car.
He's a bigger twat than both of us.
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#13 Post by fatboy » Tue Oct 01, 2013 6:07 pm

How about this for Uber Twat, we had a young agency kiddie at work last week, he was certainly a bit odd.
He came in on friday morning and said I fell asleep on my scooter last night, I had my elbow holding the throttle open and I fell asleep on the bypass.............. :smt017
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#14 Post by blinkey501 » Tue Oct 01, 2013 6:38 pm

The damage is worse than I first realised.
Fairing damage around the headlight :smt089
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#15 Post by flatlander » Tue Oct 01, 2013 8:54 pm

I fell asleep on a piushbike once and ended up across the road hit thew kerb flew through the air and landed by someones front door
For the avoidance of doubt and for the benefit of my wife, not everything I may say here will be absolutely true I may on ocassion embellish a little for effect.
That said when it comes to motorbikes, I like to ride side saddle with a nice frock
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