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Mr_grumpy
Posted on Sunday, July 08, 2007 - 04:17 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

OOps had a bit of a accident, no bones broken, walking ,or rather hobbling about.
Good job I was wearing all the kit.

Hey Mr Insurance man, time to do your bit.....



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Eboos
Posted on Sunday, July 08, 2007 - 04:39 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Good to hear that your OK.
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Mr_grumpy
Posted on Sunday, July 08, 2007 - 04:46 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

stiff & sore but that's the advantage of riding well kitted up, if I'd been in a paddock jacket & jeans I'd be in intensive care, & without a helmet I'd be the wrong side of the grass!
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Gentleman_jon
Posted on Sunday, July 08, 2007 - 05:22 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

OH NO!

I do sincerely hope that this is not the first of a series of guys totalling their Tubers just to justify/finance the purchase of an 1125R!



PS. If anyone else is planning on dropping their bike off the back of the truck in order to simulate an accident, it might be useful to remember that in a motorcycle crash, the forks are normally bent backwards, not forwards.

OK?
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Reepicheep
Posted on Sunday, July 08, 2007 - 05:26 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Ouch, those front mirrors tell a story. A scary one..
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Ocbueller
Posted on Sunday, July 08, 2007 - 07:46 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Mr. Grumpy,
What the hell?
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Phat_j
Posted on Sunday, July 08, 2007 - 09:47 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

i'm curious to know ecactly what happened....
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Iamike
Posted on Sunday, July 08, 2007 - 10:37 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Innes,
I hope you weren't trying out that sticker position while riding?

p.s. Oz says high. We had a great time this weekend.

Mike
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Eboos
Posted on Sunday, July 08, 2007 - 11:04 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

"the forks are normally bent backwards, not forwards."

That's just another Buell chopper with a raked out front end.
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Tdiddy
Posted on Monday, July 09, 2007 - 05:28 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Big jump, Evil Knivel style?



I'm very glad to hear your not hurt to bad.
What happened?
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Steve_mackay
Posted on Monday, July 09, 2007 - 07:16 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Hey Grump, isn't this a sign or summthin' to just go out and buy that Super TT now? : )
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Ragnagwar
Posted on Monday, July 09, 2007 - 07:46 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Looks like an OCC theme bike! Sorry about the bike, but glad you're o.k.!!!!!!WOW!!!
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Mr_grumpy
Posted on Monday, July 09, 2007 - 08:27 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I've already got a set of USD forks in the garage; Going to take it to a friend who's an indie Buell/HD specialist & if the frame's not bent it'll get rebuilt.

Needs, Forks, Headlight, front wheel (had a new pirelli on too, dang), exhaust system, isolators, rear light, clutch cable & a few other odd bits & pieces.

What happened was this,

I've been running back & forth France/UK for the last 3weeks, got home sat afternoon after 7 days on the road. Wife & boy gone out so I'll go for a blast, had a great ride round some of my favourite local roads, & stopped at a friends place about 3 miles from home to say hi;
Well from his place to mine is twisty lumpy back road & I know it very well, I came on a left hander & saw a van coming towards the bend from the other way, reflexes took over & I braked & dived to the side to avoid him he did the same, problem is it was the UK reflexes that took over & I went left, in the front of a Renault extra van & over the top, landed flat on my arse & back in the middle of the road.

I'd like to say a very big thank you to Mr Shoei & a number of anonymous cows.

The only visible traces are a slight abrasion on the right shin & a puffed up right hand, oh & the fact that I walk like a man of ninety & swear more than usual.

to all & sundry thanks for your thoughts & best wishes, & WEAR YOUR GEAR that's what it's for, better to sweat than bleed.
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Road_thing
Posted on Monday, July 09, 2007 - 09:46 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Damn, Grumpy, that looks bad--glad you're OK!

Uh, that's not a big puddle of oil under your bike, is it?

rt
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Bomber
Posted on Monday, July 09, 2007 - 09:54 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

WTF, grump! yikes -- glad you're OK-ish, and hope the scoot's back up and lookin good soon

swear more than usual? hard to imagine! good thing you are relatively close to the source of good pain management liquids!

Heal quick, sir!
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Mr_grumpy
Posted on Tuesday, July 10, 2007 - 05:46 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

RT, yeah oil filter got taken out by the front wheel. Engine cases look good, motor appears untouched.

Bomber, thanks for the thought, gotta wait for the insurance to inspect & tell me what's what. If it's a write off I'll maybe go see about a TT.
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Rick_a
Posted on Wednesday, July 11, 2007 - 02:08 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Man, sounds like you came out better than the bike. A rare thing, that is!

(Message edited by Rick_A on July 11, 2007)
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Mr_grumpy
Posted on Wednesday, July 11, 2007 - 04:17 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I'm still a bit sore, groin, right hand, & back, but drove the Discovery today with no problems for the gears.
Very lucky but well equipped, I bounce well evidently.
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Etennuly
Posted on Wednesday, July 11, 2007 - 04:52 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Mr_g,

I know how you feel physically. I hope your pain is gone in a very short time. I wouldn't want the normal double whammy of physical recovery and having to repair my bike. There is a certain feeling of relief to have crawled away from a wreck and not have the bike be the main worry.

I hope your insurance program is as pain free as possible, here's to fixing the bike! and healing fast!
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Ducxl
Posted on Wednesday, July 11, 2007 - 05:03 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Mr.Grumpy sorry about the crash.Did the upper fork clamp break away as it's designed to do? My wife had a similar crash with our X1 and it did.And the frame was tweaked as well.GMD Computrack had a jig and straightend it out fine.You CAN BTW send your frame back to Buell for a replacement,with your VIN#
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Mr_grumpy
Posted on Thursday, July 12, 2007 - 06:16 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Ta for that info Duc any idea of cost?
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Newfie_buell
Posted on Thursday, July 12, 2007 - 01:04 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Geeeesus Grumpy,

Get that thing fixed up again......

You should have stayed here for a couple months, there are aboslutely no Renault Vans this way.
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Mr_grumpy
Posted on Thursday, July 12, 2007 - 02:17 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

There's one less around here now!
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Oz666
Posted on Wednesday, July 18, 2007 - 10:26 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Holy %^$#&**&%!!!

Glad you are OK, the bike can be fixed/replaced.
Keep us (me) posted...






Oz


"Nobody gets in to see the Wizard. Not nobody, not no how."
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Blake
Posted on Wednesday, July 18, 2007 - 06:48 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

You must be one tough hombre! Sure am glad to hear you are okay. This might finally be reason enough to invade Britain to force them to drive on the right side of the road.
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Lake_bueller
Posted on Friday, July 27, 2007 - 03:27 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Innes...

Thanks for the phone call yesterday. I'm sorry I needed to cut it short. I'll let you know what happens.

Good luck getting the Duece back on the road! Let me know if you need any parts shipped;)
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