Ant1
Junior Member
Well, it was my turn to lay it down today.
Went to supermarket up the road (about 1 km) for dog food.
On my way home traffic was banked up because a car was turning to a side street.
So i decided to split between the parked cars and the stationary cars.
As i was approaching the first car waiting, the car that was turning moved slightly forward. This gave the first car waiting an opening... he swerved in front of me just as i was coming past.
From what i can gather, my front wheel hit his front wheel. This caused my front end to wash out and i came down on my left hand side. The crash was not fast - perhaps 10-20km/hr.
It is summer here in Oz, luckily i was wearing my textile armoured Triumph jacket. My shoulder hit the deck, no damage at all to the jacket, but the armoured panel left a slight rubbing welt on my shoulder. I was wearing jeans however. As i came down, my knee and shoulder took the impact. Jeans ripped and have small coin sized gouge on my knee. Helmet did not hit the deck, BUT, the top did hit a wooden pole on the footpath just as i finished my little slide. My main concern and pain is from the bike landing on my lower left leg. Calf muscle has seized up from being caught between the road and bike. I'm hoping it is just bruising, not anything serious like muscle/tendon tear.
Unfortunately the part of the bike to take the main impact was the tank.
Big dent on the left hand side of the silver tank right on the Yamaha logo. Left bar end, left side frame join has small scuffs along with a couple other places. Riding the bike home it seemed fine (actually noticed the shifting was slightly smoother ), but the bars seem a little off.
All in all, my fault for splitting, although the driver had no idea i was there!
Lesson learned.
Will post pics in the morning and ask for advice on repair.
Would the bars have bent on impact? Or just shifted?
Went to supermarket up the road (about 1 km) for dog food.
On my way home traffic was banked up because a car was turning to a side street.
So i decided to split between the parked cars and the stationary cars.
As i was approaching the first car waiting, the car that was turning moved slightly forward. This gave the first car waiting an opening... he swerved in front of me just as i was coming past.
From what i can gather, my front wheel hit his front wheel. This caused my front end to wash out and i came down on my left hand side. The crash was not fast - perhaps 10-20km/hr.
It is summer here in Oz, luckily i was wearing my textile armoured Triumph jacket. My shoulder hit the deck, no damage at all to the jacket, but the armoured panel left a slight rubbing welt on my shoulder. I was wearing jeans however. As i came down, my knee and shoulder took the impact. Jeans ripped and have small coin sized gouge on my knee. Helmet did not hit the deck, BUT, the top did hit a wooden pole on the footpath just as i finished my little slide. My main concern and pain is from the bike landing on my lower left leg. Calf muscle has seized up from being caught between the road and bike. I'm hoping it is just bruising, not anything serious like muscle/tendon tear.
Unfortunately the part of the bike to take the main impact was the tank.
Big dent on the left hand side of the silver tank right on the Yamaha logo. Left bar end, left side frame join has small scuffs along with a couple other places. Riding the bike home it seemed fine (actually noticed the shifting was slightly smoother ), but the bars seem a little off.
All in all, my fault for splitting, although the driver had no idea i was there!
Lesson learned.
Will post pics in the morning and ask for advice on repair.
Would the bars have bent on impact? Or just shifted?