Disco down but not out and all good!

[Discofrank]

basically A MNR 7/17

got separated from the group , shadow 78's damn mv would not shift so i stopped to help him but no luck,he left and so i went on after the group
another rider,reggie let trepidicous know the group was 2 down and came back looking for me
he saw me coming and turned around
got to a set of lights and went left as i knew where ( or though i knew ) where they would have stopped, as the light went green i saw the group ahead at the shops, BUGGA !
ok so i take off up armadale rd at speed limit as no rush as i knew there was a right turn further up so i went to do a U turn basically
bloody bike hits some sand and i low side sad.gif
be lucky if i was doing 30kmhr if that

reggie all teh while had caught up and was behind me saw me go down he moved left to avoid me and in so has hit same part of road and sand and had a low speed minor high sided sad.gif as he has slid past the sand and then tyre has griped and then flung him off sad.gif


both bikes are damaged mine seems worse than reggies wont know for sure untill tomoz

both of us are all good we where up straight away making sure each other was ok

cheers to beno who came and picked us both up and took us to freo hospital for a checkup, i have some tenderness in r/h shoulder and the rear of thigh lower rh but cheek



btw names are from ppl in at perthriders.com



bike has around 5k damage and all been authorised to be repaired
4-6 wait

got to love that part!

 

[Wolfman]

Far out.....dont you hate that, your riding the wheels off the bike, and no problem, slow down, take it easy.....and $hit happens...

Gladf your all ok, never nice to hear of a fellow rider having a spill, and glad your bike can be fixed...but as for the wait, that just sucks!

 

[ozzieboy]

Crap on the roads:spank:. My first ever off as a young fella was due to a dude unloading gravel from a trailer at the road side and leaving inches of the stuff on the road:spank:.

Hope your sore shoulder aint serious and hope the time flies by 'til you're back on your bike. Ditto for your mate:thumbup:.

 

[MattyA]

ah bugger mate, i get my licence back this weekend.
Hope your ok.

i have heaps of spares if you need them. rear sets ect....

 

[Wavex]

Did you hit your head? Cause I couldn't understand half of your post

Glad you're ok though apparently lol

 

[Red Wazp]

Did you hit your head? Cause I couldn't understand half of your post

Glad you're ok though apparently lol

Me too, I think he was speaking in Aussie

 

[psnbye]

Glad you're ok, thats a frustrating feeling trying to catch your riding crew and then crashing just sucks. Didnt really understand some of your refrences...... got the gist of the story though:thumbup: I liked the accent!

 

[MattyA]

it all reads fine to me...

 

[Kazza]

Bad luck Frank. I hope you're ok.

If we're in Midland tomorrow and you're working, we'll pop in and say hi.

Hope you're not too long without a ride. She is a sweet looking bike.

 

[Kazza]

it all reads fine to me...

Me too.

You guys have gotta start speaking Australian.

Makes sense to us.... hahaha

 

[Stumbles06]

Damn, not good to hear Disco, hope the injuries heal and the bike is fixed sooner then the 4-6 weeks.

As for the language.. It must be a Perth thing, I had trouble reading it myself...lmao.

:rockon:

 

[Kriswithak]

I'm Aussie and I barely understood it, maybe not enough beer? From what I could translate he came off on sand and damaged his bike, going to cost alot to repair?
Where you actually doing a U-turn when you hit the sand and came off, or did you just come off because there was sand on the road. Should probably contact council in the area about it since it sounds pretty dangerous (assuming you where in a town).

Good lesson to be learnt about being observant of your road surface! Hope your bikes get repaired soon, and your both fighting fit in no time!

 

[Kazza]

Unfortunately, sand is a daily hazard in Perth. We don't have soil here but sand is everywhere. When you build a new house, it's basically a sand pit with a house on it.

If only it was just at the beach.....

 

[ozzieboy]

The Esplanade is our summer sand pit. Although, when they work on the foreshore in front of Glenelg, it gets horribly sandy all through the place.

 

[fzme]

periods. please. thanks. sorry. about. your. luck.

 

[Kriswithak]

If sand is a common hazard people should be riding with it in mind.
Really starting to get dissapointed to see riders constantly making excuses and not taking responsibility, if you want to end up dead thats great, motorcycling requires a little bit more.

 

[Discofrank]

Far out.....dont you hate that, your riding the wheels off the bike, and no problem, slow down, take it easy.....and $hit happens...

Gladf your all ok, never nice to hear of a fellow rider having a spill, and glad your bike can be fixed...but as for the wait, that just sucks!

lol not really riding the wheels off the bike at all just was a pretty nice paced ride!

and basicalyl when i had my 1st crash thats what i did slowed down on the way home and crashed! bah!

ah bugger mate, i get my licence back this weekend.
Hope your ok.

i have heaps of spares if you need them. rear sets ect....

cheers, but everything has been covered by insurance!
pretty happy about that

Did you hit your head? Cause I couldn't understand half of your post

Glad you're ok though apparently lol

bah bloody americans!

Unfortunately, sand is a daily hazard in Perth. We don't have soil here but sand is everywhere. When you build a new house, it's basically a sand pit with a house on it.

If only it was just at the beach.....

totally aggree

most of the roads are good just was a semi industrial area with heaps of construction work



cheers for the well wishes

now i think the bike is goign to have to go as i live at home folks are not happy, even though this was a very minor off
they kinda upset and worried as the last off i had in 06 nearly killed me..

 

[Wavex]

Actually, I am french

Hope you get to keep the bike... good luck with it... sometimes, listening to your old folks is no a bad idea either