Another one bites the dust.

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blinkey501 · #1 Post by **blinkey501** » Thu Dec 19, 2013 3:14 am

I hope the rider was ok

Firestarter · #2 Post by **Firestarter** » Thu Dec 19, 2013 7:56 am

Ouch!

DavShill · #3 Post by **DavShill** » Thu Dec 19, 2013 8:55 am

Seven Hells !!! - that's almost folded in two.

D-Rider · #4 Post by **D-Rider** » Thu Dec 19, 2013 9:17 am

That'll polish out ...........

HowardQ · #5 Post by **HowardQ** » Thu Dec 19, 2013 9:58 am

That's what happens when the fuel tank expands too much, it snaps the bike in two!

Was it somewhere local Jay?

#6 Post by **mangocrazy** » Thu Dec 19, 2013 10:35 am

It almost looks like 2 Falcos in some kind of weird mating ritual... I really hope the rider was thrown free into something soft. The force of impact there looks hideous.

Obiwan Kenobi · #7 Post by **Obiwan Kenobi** » Thu Dec 19, 2013 1:25 pm

Ouch!

Good job he had those crash bungs on the front spindle or who knows what the damage would have been....

falcomunky · #8 Post by **falcomunky** » Thu Dec 19, 2013 2:52 pm

Hells teeth! Is that even physically possible!?!?

Looks like Hulk had a stab at bike-origami!
Hope the rider is ok.

stumblebum76 · #9 Post by **stumblebum76** » Thu Dec 19, 2013 4:13 pm

Bloody hell!

fatboy · #10 Post by **fatboy** » Thu Dec 19, 2013 7:39 pm

At first glance that looks horrific...
But there seems to be no impact damage, so it seems to me the bike has been driven over by something big and nasty when it was parked up or not moving at much speed.
rather see it as a runner though

Dalemac · #11 Post by **Dalemac** » Thu Dec 19, 2013 9:17 pm

Couldn't find that reg on the DVLA database...

D-Rider · #12 Post by **D-Rider** » Thu Dec 19, 2013 10:12 pm

Yes I noticed the forks weren't bent and there seemed to be little damage other than the obvious bits in very much the wrong places.

If I had to take a wild stab at this one, I'd guess it was another of these heavy-landing-wheelie-merchants had performed the trick one time too many and snapped the headstock (as we've seen in a collection of pictures over the years).
The separated parts seem to be dumped on top of each other.

randomsquid · #13 Post by **randomsquid** » Thu Dec 19, 2013 10:15 pm

I can see what happened there. It's been hit by that yellow crane thing.

randomsquid · #14 Post by **randomsquid** » Thu Dec 19, 2013 10:21 pm

D-Rider wrote:
If I had to take a wild stab at this one, I'd guess it was another of these heavy-landing-wheelie-merchants had performed the trick one time too many and snapped the headstock

Yup, I'd guess it's a broken headstock dangling by the plumbing. I have seen one bike that ended up L shaped. It had broken down on an unlit country road and was hit at speed by a drunken wanna be rally driver. Luckily they both walked away from it.

blinkey501 · #15 Post by **blinkey501** » Fri Dec 20, 2013 5:41 am

It was on ebay broken up. I messaged him to ask if he was ok. A car hit him. He has torn his thigh muscles and damaged his knee. Bloody lucky I think