sweban 0 Posted January 30, 2012 today thinking i would do a short ride in the sun but after a few hundred meters it was to too much ice so i turn back home Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Davehutch-hutchs 0 Posted January 30, 2012 I have done the same a few times through our winters, but I wont put them away with out washing them to get the salt off, so I realy think about now before i go out Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dick65 0 Posted January 30, 2012 dont blame you m8, where my bikes kept the roads got sheet ice either side so im going nowhere Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stue11 0 Posted January 30, 2012 @madsod wrote:Better to be safe Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
streetfighter 0 Posted January 30, 2012 @Stue11 wrote:@madsod wrote:Better to be safe with the others you done the right thing in turning back home Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
madsod 0 Posted January 30, 2012 from the gsxr forum well bad well sun was shining so thought I would take the bike out for a spin up to westgate road to pick up some bits and pieces to carry out a oil change etcgot about 10mile up the road and decided to turn around as roads greasy as hellthat was the second mistake that day the first being going out in the first placecoming back past hallgarth manor on the right hand bend lost the frontnext thing i'm seeing road,sky,road,sky.road,grassbike ends up about 100yds away from me and from the bits I can see all over the road it's worse of than mei'm lying face down on the grass verge and every time i try and sit up or turn over I'm in agonycouple of cars stop one is a off duty paramedic who basically tells me to lie still the ambulance is on the wayI'm asking how my bike is she tells me to concentrate on myselfPolice and paramedic turn up followed by ambulance put on a spinal board etc taken to hospitalx rayed looks like I have a couple of fractured ribs and they tell me I will be covered in bruises in the next couple of daysI'm given a couple of pain killers and told if I delevelop any breathing difficulty's or swelling in the abdomen to ring my doctor?? and sent on my wayI'm aching from the tips of my hair to my toe nails.roll on the next couple of daysthis was not me by the way but as said now is not a good time to go out Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lee1 1 Posted January 30, 2012 roll on spring thats when mine will come out roads are far to slippery at the moment Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
XS1100 0 Posted January 30, 2012 Hoooo No sorry to hear that I think pay out is quite quick these days,Hey 20 year ago you would have picked the bike up and rode it back home. The times I rode home with bent bars and levers.........Hope you feeling better soon Gaz Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dick65 0 Posted January 30, 2012 sounds nasty m8 feel for the guy my mot's in march and ill be getting new hoops fitted im dreading taking the bike home as there are two really tight roundabouts just up from the garage i just hope the weathers ok by then if not the mot can wait. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stantheman 0 Posted January 30, 2012 my mot is due next month but it can wait if the weather is bad Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
madsod 0 Posted January 30, 2012 my mot is march for both my bikes , and the project bike will be then i think also . crap day in Bristol today as most of the UK i think . still lot better then last year Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dick65 0 Posted January 30, 2012 @madsod wrote:my mot is march for both my bikes , and the project bike will be then i think also . crap day in Bristol today as most of the UK i think . still lot better then last year your right there garry,bit frosty this week lets hope it doesnt last Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
