What Goes....

[Ian Porter]

....."Waaaaa, bump, bang, scrape, sky, floor, sky, floor, ooh ya fecker that's going to hurt"?




That would be a Viffer being chucked down the road after finding some wet leaves

they crash well though, just a bent gear lever, a totalled crash bobbin and a few nasty scratches on the fairing

picked it up, started first time and rode it home

now, why is the box of ibuprofen always empty

 

[Lutin]

Ouch! Hope you're not too knocked about either.

 

[Whealie]

Ouch! Take it easy. Our old bodies take longer to recover these days.

 

[Ian Porter]

less of the OLD Chris

I'll have you know I'm only 18 (been a hard life so far)

I'm OK just a bit battered and bruised, think I'll skip running tonight

 

[Hudders]

18 you got a magic mirror in your house

 

[Ian Porter]

18 you got a magic mirror in your house

got it from the same place as the one you bought to make you look a normal height

 

[Ian Porter]

Crash bobbin took the worst of it

 

[Rubberchicken]

18 years and how many months?

Could've been worse from the looks of it, that crash bobbin was money well spent. Still, sucks.

Put some Heidenaus on it for added grip on shite roads? And some old Transalp crashbars...

 

[Ian Porter]

Lots of months Michel, lots and lots of them [emoji23]

Just trying to get hold of R&G for replacement bits

New gear lever has already been ordered

 

[Rubberchicken]

Might I recommend you a GS Ian? Something sturdy like an 1150, they crash a lot better.

 

[Ian Porter]

Might I recommend you a GS Ian? Something sturdy like an 1150, they crash a lot better.

a lot further to fall though

I suspect the GS would have sustained more damage too, and I would have been more upset about that

maybe that tells me something......

 

[Philwhiskeydrinker]

Might I recommend you a GS Ian? they crash a lot better. [emoji38]

Yours never [emoji2]

 

[Philwhiskeydrinker]

Sounds like you had a lucky escape Ian, err, or is that unlucky!?

 

[Rubberchicken]

Might I recommend you a GS Ian? they crash a lot better. [emoji38]

Yours never [emoji2]

Mine crashes fairly well all things considered. Plow a viffer into the side of a car at 30 mph, see what's left of it...

 

[Ian Porter]

Might I recommend you a GS Ian? they crash a lot better. [emoji38]

Yours never [emoji2]

Mine crashes fairly well all things considered. Plow a viffer into the side of a car at 30 mph, see what's left of it...

I would like to bet it would be in better shape that you might think, it seems very well put together

not that I plan on trying any time soon!

 

[Hamster]

Welcome to the club mate, we,ve all done it at sometime, ask rob, he got quite good at it at one time haha.
Main thing is you walked away from it.

 

[austin]

Glad you are ok. Them leaves are slippery feckers. Do check where that bobbin mounts to. While they will absorb a bit of the impact they also transfer it to elsewhere that probably isn't designed to take force from an impact. I know because my son dropped his hornet 250 and broke a casting on the engine where a bobbin was fitted. I
A right bugger to repair too

 

[Ian Porter]

Do check where that bobbin mounts to. While they will absorb a bit of the impact they also transfer it to elsewhere that probably isn't designed to take force from an impact. I know because my son dropped his hornet 250 and broke a casting on the engine where a bobbin was fitted. I
A right bugger to repair too

on these it's an engine bolt that runs right trough to the other side, it'd bent right where it comes through the fairing so doesn't look to have caused any damage

new bit's will be here tomorrow so I guess I'll find out over the weekend

 

[OhJ]

Glad your well Ian. Take some paracetamol with the ibuprofen better hit.

 

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You're here to tell the tale, that's always good!