Continuing - So what did you do to your bike today...?

[Hooli]

I got an email saying my stator has been posted back. That's damn quick as I sent it last tues & they say 7-10days!

I really must get that reg/rec mount refitted so I can put it all back together soon.

[Mrg]

Hi guys long time no see from me
Being a bit busy so sorry for that guys hope your all ok and bikes are all as good as they can Be,
But a little sad 😭 news from me , Friday going to work on a nice sunny day on a roundabout minding my own 15/18 mph Center lane banked to the right , when a blur from my left comes at me bank I am up in the air and then hitting the ground sliding across the ground came to rest next to my lovely bike ,, then a bloke in my face saying that he didn't see me the sun was in his eyes 👀 ,,,, my reply having got air back into my lungs that he'd knocked the fuck out of was ... you no those fucking things in the car above your head called sun visors well if  you'd have pulled that down you would have seen me . So off to hospital I went bike of to a yard from the police 👮 good thing was that two guys from my Hmp saw the hole thing and stopped to get traffic control and get his details and to help me out call my work ,  so the bike is looking as a write off from what the insurance says from my discption of the damage and I can't  got to work for two weeks ,got the bike back home sat  but the damage is
Ping farming gone
Both crash bars both exhaust gone front left brake is binding right foot rest is us and it's moved the mounting to wear it was into the frame tank took a handle bar strike rear faring  r h d brake calliper gone as well as the brake reservoir grounded rear faring rear wheel took a bashing  handle bars gone scratch and bumps all over both sides  oh and my helmet is fucked to  as well as jacket bottoms gloves boots

The piss thing is that she was just fitted with new front and rear brake pads discs and tyres full service and mot and new fog lights tyre were the new road Michalien road 5  so I wait and see as to
What the insurance says and to weather I take the first offer or wait and tell them to fuck off cos of all the work I've done or hope for a good payment from the bike and my gear and for injurys and buy the bike back and put her back on the road again  wait and see 🙁

[Notty]

Hi guys long time no see from me
Being a bit busy so sorry for that guys hope your all ok and bikes are all as good as they can Be,
But a little sad 😭 news from me , Friday going to work on a nice sunny day on a roundabout minding my own 15/18 mph Center lane banked to the right , when a blur from my left comes at me bank I am up in the air and then hitting the ground sliding across the ground came to rest next to my lovely bike ,, then a bloke in my face saying that he didn't see me the sun was in his eyes 👀 ,,,, my reply having got air back into my lungs that he'd knocked the fuck out of was ... you no those fucking things in the car above your head called sun visors well if  you'd have pulled that down you would have seen me . So off to hospital I went bike of to a yard from the police 👮 good thing was that two guys from my Hmp saw the hole thing and stopped to get traffic control and get his details and to help me out call my work ,  so the bike is looking as a write off from what the insurance says from my discption of the damage and I can't  got to work for two weeks ,got the bike back home sat  but the damage is
Ping farming gone
Both crash bars both exhaust gone front left brake is binding right foot rest is us and it's moved the mounting to wear it was into the frame tank took a handle bar strike rear faring  r h d brake calliper gone as well as the brake reservoir grounded rear faring rear wheel took a bashing  handle bars gone scratch and bumps all over both sides  oh and my helmet is fucked to  as well as jacket bottoms gloves boots

The piss thing is that she was just fitted with new front and rear brake pads discs and tyres full service and mot and new fog lights tyre were the new road Michalien road 5  so I wait and see as to
What the insurance says and to weather I take the first offer or wait and tell them to fuck off cos of all the work I've done or hope for a good payment from the bike and my gear and for injurys and buy the bike back and put her back on the road again  wait and see 🙁

OMG - words cant describe how u must feel-could be anyone of us in ur position-at least ur ok ! 

[Kiwifruit]

Pleased you're ok Mrg. Sorry to hear about the bike. Hopefully you get a good result from your insurance.
Feel for you bro. 

[ARH]

MRG... bikes can be repaired/ replaced... not that saying that will make you feel any better....just glad to hear you're ok!

[seth]

Sorry for your news buddy
I hope you heal fast .
If the bike is cheap from the insurance sell the bits here or if we can help get it fixed up .
If not just take the cash and start again .
Main thing is you are going to be ok.

[grog]

Mrg, feelin for you mate. Such bad luck but youre not too badly damaged, main thing.

[shanered6]

glad your ok bud .... that f***ing sentence pisses me off  OH I DIDN'T SEE YOU ..... mate !!  imnot your f***ing mate you bleep bleep bleep... you get the picture , i hope you get sorted fairly quickly by the insurance .

[Mister Fishfinger]

Really sorry to hear your bad news. I hate it when they come out with lame excuses. If you can't see where you're going, don't pull out. Dozy bastard.

Anyway you'll be feeling down for a while but the main thing is you will live to ride another day. We love our bikes but at the end of the day they are just metal and plastic, they can be repaired or replaced.

Hope you feel better soon.

[Mrg]

Thank you guys for the very positive help and surpport  and I always could count on your help and support thank you brother and lady's out ther ,
The one piss thing is I was only on the bike cos the mot on the car was being done
Lol 😂 I blamed the wife as I stopped to text her ten mins earlier if I'd have just gone to work I'd have missed the car 🙂
But yes wait and see how long they drag it out
I'd like to get cash and buy the bike back and put her back on the road ,but wait and see

[northern]

@Mrg hope you get well, mate! Bike damage is nothing comparing to health damage.

But regarding "I did't see you". There is noting to do. We have to accept we are invisible, and act like this. We are invisible, but not invincible, so we have to do what ever we can, to predict and avoid accidents. Unfortunately - not always it succeed.

[Dan B]

Really shit news Mrg, thinking of you mate.

Some light hearted news that some of you might like to hear:

After a year of owning the 1400 and not being fully satisfied with it's performance (due to poor care from previous owners) i got it working perfectly last night. I'd done everything I could find on this forum but I finally pulled my finger out and did the external filter mod and WOAH MUMMA!
No more flat spots, revs hard to redline, smooth as too!
Also installed a DNA air filter which seems to work way better then the K&N filter or the stock filter I've used in the past: it has a +50mm opening 

Anyway just wanted to say thanks heaps really glad I stuck with the bike!

[Kiwifruit]

Thats my mantra Northern.
"I am invisible......they never see me"

I learned that at 15 courtesy of some old duffer that said the same old "l didnt see you"

[Kiwifruit]

Thats great Dan well done

[KiwiCol]

That's real bad news MRG.  The positive is you're going to mend, doesn't sound too good for the bike though, could be frame damage in the mix as well. To buy it back for parts, only you can tell whether it's worth the price at the time, you know what's there & what condition it's in.  Like the tyres, brand new etc.
Get well soon mate & make the decisions slowly.