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Gerrard
Guest
As we were on about telling funny(?) stories one came to mind that happened to me.
I owned a CBR1000 at the time (I know, I know) and I was riding down a duel carriage way when I passed a bike that had broken down so being biker friendly I slowed down and stopped about 60 yards or so past it as there was plenty of room on the hard shoulder. I put the bike on the side stand and walked back to the guy who had broken down, and after making sure he was OK we started nattering away (like you do) when a 40 tonner went by and knocked or blew me bike over.
I dashed back to the bike and one side of the faring was scratched and badly damaged.. you can imagine I was not too happy but there was nothing I could do so I rode off.
The resulting ?700 in damage was an expensive lesson hard learned.
It makes you wonder some time don't it?
I owned a CBR1000 at the time (I know, I know) and I was riding down a duel carriage way when I passed a bike that had broken down so being biker friendly I slowed down and stopped about 60 yards or so past it as there was plenty of room on the hard shoulder. I put the bike on the side stand and walked back to the guy who had broken down, and after making sure he was OK we started nattering away (like you do) when a 40 tonner went by and knocked or blew me bike over.
I dashed back to the bike and one side of the faring was scratched and badly damaged.. you can imagine I was not too happy but there was nothing I could do so I rode off.
The resulting ?700 in damage was an expensive lesson hard learned.
It makes you wonder some time don't it?