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| Stagger_Lee | | Set |  |  | | Reg. Date | : | 18/09/2010 | | Posts | : | 64 | | Location | : | Australia |
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| | Posted : 23 Dec 2010 - 11:10 Post title : Re: Wrecked my Bird (Re: Keets) | | | Keets 
Wow! glad you survived that one, it sounded spectacular. If you watched your crash in replay how many marks out of ten would you award yourself? Allow extra points for style and bonus points for plenty of sparks!
Glad to see your sense of humor has survived too. 
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| Keets | | Set | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 24/02/2009 | | Posts | : | 453 | | Location | : | Australia |
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| | Posted : 23 Dec 2010 - 12:07 Post title : Re: Wrecked my Bird (Re: DizzE) | | | mat1600 wrote:
Dare we ask about the few seconds before the mangled wreck. Was there speed and a corner involved ? |
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Nothing out of the ordinary and on a corner i've taken a hundred times before. Apparently the marks indicate a slide off the road into the gravel and then it was all over.
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Riding more metal than rubber, also? |
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Oh yeah...my last memory was alot of metal on road.
Stagger_Lee wrote:
Keets
Wow! glad you survived that one, it sounded spectacular. If you watched your crash in replay how many marks out of ten would you award yourself? Allow extra points for style and bonus points for plenty of sparks!
Glad to see your sense of humor has survived too. |
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Stueyb was behind me and tells me I executed 2 ariel moves with a high degree of difficulty finishing off with a rag doll down a gully. Any dismount you can hobble away from is a good one. The judge gave me an 8 with 50% bonus for difficulty...so I guess that clinches the gold...Let see your chinese gymnast do that lol
The bike did a full cartwheel and a 180 in the horizontal parking it self upright against a big rock. . I dont know that the Storm is in my future...I finally had the 'Bird how I wanted it.
The good news is the insurance company is writing the 'Bird off. Thanks to all of you for your words of encouragement, it cheered me up. Have a safe Christmas and a trouble free new year.
| Cruisin' on thru the junction i'm flyin' 'bout the speed of sound
Noticin' peculiar function i ain't no roller coaster show me down.
I turned away to see her woa! she caught my eye
But i was rollin' down movin' too fast;
...Doh!
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| mat1600 | | Thunderbird | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 06/03/2010 | | Posts | : | 8,596 | | Location | : | Bridlington, Democratic Independant State of Yorkshire, United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 23 Dec 2010 - 12:28 Post title : Re: Wrecked my Bird (Re: Keets) | | | Amazing that you walked away. I had someone pull out on me last year and it was a straight on T-boner, I flew over the bonnet, helmet came off (not fastened - lesson learnt) and I landed on my back on the tarmac. Got up - no injuries, I was the happiest bunny in the forest and almost wanted to congratulate the bitch for a great collision. It sure did teach me a lot about keeping my eye open for idiots.
Good to know that you can ride again. It is my biggest fear that 'if' I have another smash I will never ride again.
Hope you have some lives left.
| My first natural instinct is to breathe. My second is to evade tax's.
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| Loubird | | Set | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 09/12/2009 | | Posts | : | 105 | | Location | : | Campbelltown, NSW, Australia |
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| | Posted : 23 Dec 2010 - 21:37 Post title : Re: Wrecked my Bird (Re: mat1600) | | |
Dude !!! I loved the look of your bike. Forget the storm Keets....do it over again exactly the same, but with the 1700 !
I'm always happy to hear how a good helmet has saved someone's life, or quality of it, and that your protective gear did it's job.
I'm also glad that you have good enough spirits to wanna get another bike and get back on the horse.
Thanks for the report of your off.....reminds us all to not only enjoy our biker lifestyle, but to be careful all the same while ripping that throttle and railing those bends. Hope you recover well both physically and headspace.
Just think....you get to enjoy a brand new bike and customising all over again.
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| Stagger_Lee | | Set | | | | Reg. Date | : | 18/09/2010 | | Posts | : | 64 | | Location | : | Australia |
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| | Posted : 24 Dec 2010 - 04:42 Post title : Re: Wrecked my Bird (Re: Keets) | | | Keets "The German judge only gave me a 5.5"
Love your signature  
Great news that your insurance company is coughing up - means you can spend your rehab planning how to spend the money
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| molinoman | | Set | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 26/09/2010 | | Posts | : | 189 | | Location | : | Molino, Florida, United States |
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| | Posted : 24 Dec 2010 - 07:00 Post title : Re: Wrecked my Bird (Re: Keets) | | | Well Keets you've gone and done it. I am very glad that you didn't get hurt any worse and your attitude is commendable and enjoy that new 1700.
Dennis
Back "home" for the holidays (in Afghanistan)
44 dtg Dubai
45 dtg Home (1700 Thunderbird time)
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2007 Triumph Rocket III (sold in April, 2010)
Have finally ridden my 2010 Phantom Red Haze Thunderbird, picked it up in Feb 09, 2011, enjoyed the ride...now I am back in the sand box.
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| simons_thunder | | Set | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 20/07/2010 | | Posts | : | 248 | | Location | : | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
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| | Posted : 24 Dec 2010 - 07:46 Post title : Re: Wrecked my Bird (Re: molinoman) | | | Hi Keets,
Really sorry to hear about it, but glad your sort of ok.
I did like the sound of 3 women stripping naked at the scene, oh sorry stripping you naked, well thats different. Don't suppose you could appreciate it at the time. In all seriousness I wish you all the best and hope you make a full recovery & have as merry Christmas as possible.
Simon
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| Keets | | Set | | | | Reg. Date | : | 24/02/2009 | | Posts | : | 453 | | Location | : | Australia |
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| | Posted : 26 Dec 2010 - 01:15 Post title : Re: Wrecked my Bird (Re: simons_thunder) | | | Cheers guys
Christmas was just as boozey as always lol. The St.Johns girls were awesome...having 3 broads fighting over my pants cant be a bad thing.
I'll be OS for a little while so this season is done for me...1700 next
| Cruisin' on thru the junction i'm flyin' 'bout the speed of sound
Noticin' peculiar function i ain't no roller coaster show me down.
I turned away to see her woa! she caught my eye
But i was rollin' down movin' too fast;
...Doh!
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| Brian | | Set | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 10/06/2010 | | Posts | : | 44 | | Location | : | Herford, Germany |
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| | Posted : 26 Dec 2010 - 10:56 Post title : Re: Wrecked my Bird (Re: Keets) | | | SHIT HAPPENS, and always when you least expect it. 3 St Johns girls you lucky bastard, I got 2 fat buggers who stank of garlic
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| mad_angler1 | | Chaac | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 18/10/2009 | | Posts | : | 511 | | Location | : | United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 27 Dec 2010 - 22:33 Post title : Re: Wrecked my Bird (Re: Brian) | | | Been off for a while, 4 week old baby and all that gutted for you Keets mate, glad your OK, a close call is never good, hope you get back on a new bird ASAP.
its always scares the shit out of me after a close call, you then think is it really worth riding with the danger then you see the bike and all you want to do is ride.
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| Keets | | Set | | | | Reg. Date | : | 24/02/2009 | | Posts | : | 453 | | Location | : | Australia |
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| | Posted : 31 Dec 2010 - 02:20 Post title : Re: Wrecked my Bird (Re: mad_angler1) | | | Cheers mate...A friend has been trying to talk me into a VRSCX lol
| Cruisin' on thru the junction i'm flyin' 'bout the speed of sound
Noticin' peculiar function i ain't no roller coaster show me down.
I turned away to see her woa! she caught my eye
But i was rollin' down movin' too fast;
...Doh!
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| molinoman | | Set | | | | Reg. Date | : | 26/09/2010 | | Posts | : | 189 | | Location | : | Molino, Florida, United States |
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| | Posted : 31 Dec 2010 - 03:07 Post title : Re: Wrecked my Bird (Re: Keets) | | | I know what you mean...why would you want to take a step backwards. Though in it's defense it is water cooled.
Dennis
37 dtg Dubai
38 dtg Thunderbird'n time
152 dtg Dubai
153 dtg HOME for good!
| Last bike owned:
2007 Triumph Rocket III (sold in April, 2010)
Have finally ridden my 2010 Phantom Red Haze Thunderbird, picked it up in Feb 09, 2011, enjoyed the ride...now I am back in the sand box.
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| Birdy68 | | Thor | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 16/07/2009 | | Posts | : | 3,352 | | Location | : | Bad Zurzach, Aargau, Switzerland |
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| | Posted : 05 Jan 2011 - 14:10 Post title : Re: Wrecked my Bird (Re: Keets) | | | I too have been away for a few weeks - Christmas etc.
Twas a bit of a shock to read this post... but I hasten to say I'm please you're OK keets
Take your time and recover well!
Keets wrote:
Cheers mate...A friend has been trying to talk me into a VRSCX lol |
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So he's not a friend then..
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| Druid | | Jupiter | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 14/10/2009 | | Posts | : | 1,359 | | Location | : | United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 05 Jan 2011 - 14:23 Post title : Re: Wrecked my Bird (Re: Birdy68) | | | Nice choice Keets a real HD
| Socialism is the philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery - W.Churchill
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| mat1600 | | Thunderbird | | | | Reg. Date | : | 06/03/2010 | | Posts | : | 8,596 | | Location | : | Bridlington, Democratic Independant State of Yorkshire, United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 05 Jan 2011 - 14:39 Post title : Re: Wrecked my Bird (Re: Druid) | | |
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It is the nicer looking HD but also the most uncomfortable bike I have ever sat on. And service intervals every 4K - just leave them your wallet.
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| Thatch | | Thor | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 24/06/2009 | | Posts | : | 3,655 | | Location | : | Savannah, GA, United States |
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| | Posted : 05 Jan 2011 - 23:23 Post title : Re: Wrecked my Bird (Re: mat1600) | | | I don't know.. I have given the nod to the vrod in the past but I just went to the HD site and saw the 2011 vrod...
Thats just nasty. Leave it to HD to F-up a good thing
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| BlueNose | | Thor | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 29/09/2009 | | Posts | : | 2,478 | | Location | : | United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 05 Jan 2011 - 23:39 Post title : Re: Wrecked my Bird (Re: Thatch) | | | I have ridden one and it is the best HD in my opinion but as Mat says uncomfortable, expensive to buy and run so not for me.
Looks like they have put a dress on the new 2011 model.
As you say Thatch a F-up!
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