Peter wrote:
> Glad you bounced OK even if the bike didn't.
> Have a blue one!

From the bike's perspective it was a relatively gentle lowside. It
broke the knob off the clutch lever, but barely scratched the left
engine case/footpeg/muffler.


BTH

On Sun, 14 Mar 2010 23:33:16 -0700 (PDT), BT Humble wrote:

>JohnO wrote:
>> Ouch! you be careful mate - you have that mad mob to look after in
>> May.
>>
>> Johno
>>
>> Girly drink?
>
>No thanks Johno, I'm on the Strong Drugs. It's beginning to feel like
>a cracked rib, rather than just a bruised one. (My left side ribs are
>a bit weak, having been broken twice before).

Those things hurt! Suggest you mix Strong Drugs with He Man drinks -
the browner the better.
Get well soon

--
GWD

--
GWD

BT Humble wrote:
> About an hour ago, on the way to work.

Sorry to hear about the bingle but glad to hear you are (mostly) ok BTH.


G-S

BT Humble wrote:
> About an hour ago, on the way to work. So far as I can tell I either
> took too long for a lane-change head check or chose precisely the
> wrong moment to make it, because when I looked back ahead the queue of
> traffic had abruptly stopped.
>
> I *almost* made it, too. I swerved hard to the left of the car in
> front but clipped the guy's left taillight and hit his back bumper
> with my right fork leg, which snapped off the AVDS doohickey:
>
> http://www.khi.co.jp/mcycle/museum/g...ges/p_avds.gif
>
> That pretty much sealed the deal for a relatively low-speed lowside, I
> took a tumble down the road and just for once didn't end up with 250kg
> of motorbike lying on my leg.
>
> So the damage amounts to a broken left taillight and a plastic bumper
> with a gouge out of it on the car (a Peugeot hatchback). My bike has
> a broken front indicator, a chunk snapped off the top of the fairing
> screen, and the anti-dive unit cracked off the right fork leg. The
> forks are slightly twisted in the triple clamps, hopefully the
> stanchion tubes aren't bent.
>
> Oh, and my long-suffering left ribs have taken another bruising, but
> they're not hurting enough to indicate cracks or breaks this time.
>
>
> BTH

Get well soon.

I did that once...nearly missed it, minor injuries, damaged 1 tailight
on a Patrol ute - did about $3000 worth to the bike.

On Mar 15, 2:34*pm, BT Humble <b...@humbletown.org> wrote:
> Peter wrote:
> > Glad you bounced OK even if the bike didn't.
> > Have a blue one!
>
> From the bike's perspective it was a relatively gentle lowside. *It
> broke the knob off the clutch lever,

And separated the other knob from the seat?

Get well soon mate. Beer?

Theo

"BT Humble" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:1428fa04-9d9f-4ad9-8c73-(E-Mail Removed)...
> About an hour ago, on the way to work. So far as I can tell I either
> took too long for a lane-change head check or chose precisely the
> wrong moment to make it, because when I looked back ahead the queue of
> traffic had abruptly stopped.
>
> I *almost* made it, too. I swerved hard to the left of the car in
> front but clipped the guy's left taillight and hit his back bumper
> with my right fork leg, which snapped off the AVDS doohickey:
>
> http://www.khi.co.jp/mcycle/museum/g...ges/p_avds.gif
>
> That pretty much sealed the deal for a relatively low-speed lowside, I
> took a tumble down the road and just for once didn't end up with 250kg
> of motorbike lying on my leg.
>
> So the damage amounts to a broken left taillight and a plastic bumper
> with a gouge out of it on the car (a Peugeot hatchback). My bike has
> a broken front indicator, a chunk snapped off the top of the fairing
> screen, and the anti-dive unit cracked off the right fork leg. The
> forks are slightly twisted in the triple clamps, hopefully the
> stanchion tubes aren't bent.
>
> Oh, and my long-suffering left ribs have taken another bruising, but
> they're not hurting enough to indicate cracks or breaks this time.

Sounds like you came out OK but Peugeot parts can be pricey, hope the
insurance is paid up.

Good luck.
--
Deevo
Geraldton Western Australia

On Mar 15, 10:07*am, BT Humble <b...@humbletown.org> wrote:
> About an hour ago, on the way to work. *So far as I can tell I either
> took too long for a lane-change head check or chose precisely the
> wrong moment to make it, because when I looked back ahead the queue of
> traffic had abruptly stopped.
>
> I *almost* made it, too. *I swerved hard to the left of the car in
> front but clipped the guy's left taillight and hit his back bumper
> with my right fork leg, which snapped off the AVDS doohickey:
>
> http://www.khi.co.jp/mcycle/museum/g...ges/p_avds.gif
>
> That pretty much sealed the deal for a relatively low-speed lowside, I
> took a tumble down the road and just for once didn't end up with 250kg
> of motorbike lying on my leg.
>
> So the damage amounts to a broken left taillight and a plastic bumper
> with a gouge out of it on the car (a Peugeot hatchback). *My bike has
> a broken front indicator, a chunk snapped off the top of the fairing
> screen, and the anti-dive unit cracked off the right fork leg. *The
> forks are slightly twisted in the triple clamps, hopefully the
> stanchion tubes aren't bent.
>
> Oh, and my long-suffering left ribs have taken another bruising, but
> they're not hurting enough to indicate cracks or breaks this time.
>
> BTH

Bad luck, Mate. It could have been worse though -- you could've hit
a Rolls Royce (tail light sections cost $2000 each). How fast wast
the traffic moving?

"VTR250" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:64034664-f472-4799-8378-(E-Mail Removed)...
On Mar 15, 10:07 am, BT Humble <b...@humbletown.org> wrote:
> About an hour ago, on the way to work. So far as I can tell I either
> took too long for a lane-change head check or chose precisely the
> wrong moment to make it, because when I looked back ahead the queue of
> traffic had abruptly stopped.
>
> I *almost* made it, too. I swerved hard to the left of the car in
> front but clipped the guy's left taillight and hit his back bumper
> with my right fork leg, which snapped off the AVDS doohickey:
>
> http://www.khi.co.jp/mcycle/museum/g...ges/p_avds.gif
>
> That pretty much sealed the deal for a relatively low-speed lowside, I
> took a tumble down the road and just for once didn't end up with 250kg
> of motorbike lying on my leg.
>
> So the damage amounts to a broken left taillight and a plastic bumper
> with a gouge out of it on the car (a Peugeot hatchback). My bike has
> a broken front indicator, a chunk snapped off the top of the fairing
> screen, and the anti-dive unit cracked off the right fork leg. The
> forks are slightly twisted in the triple clamps, hopefully the
> stanchion tubes aren't bent.
>
> Oh, and my long-suffering left ribs have taken another bruising, but
> they're not hurting enough to indicate cracks or breaks this time.
>
> BTH

Bad luck, Mate. It could have been worse though -- you could've hit
a Rolls Royce (tail light sections cost $2000 each). How fast wast
the traffic moving?

********************

I would guess by his description of the event that the traffic had abruptly
stopped

On Mar 16, 12:24*pm, "George W Frost" <georgewfr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> "VTR250" <goo...@m-streeter.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
>
> news:64034664-f472-4799-8378-(E-Mail Removed)...
> On Mar 15, 10:07 am, BT Humble <b...@humbletown.org> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > About an hour ago, on the way to work. So far as I can tell I either
> > took too long for a lane-change head check or chose precisely the
> > wrong moment to make it, because when I looked back ahead the queue of
> > traffic had abruptly stopped.
>
> > I *almost* made it, too. I swerved hard to the left of the car in
> > front but clipped the guy's left taillight and hit his back bumper
> > with my right fork leg, which snapped off the AVDS doohickey:
>
> >http://www.khi.co.jp/mcycle/museum/g...ges/p_avds.gif
>
> > That pretty much sealed the deal for a relatively low-speed lowside, I
> > took a tumble down the road and just for once didn't end up with 250kg
> > of motorbike lying on my leg.
>
> > So the damage amounts to a broken left taillight and a plastic bumper
> > with a gouge out of it on the car (a Peugeot hatchback). My bike has
> > a broken front indicator, a chunk snapped off the top of the fairing
> > screen, and the anti-dive unit cracked off the right fork leg. The
> > forks are slightly twisted in the triple clamps, hopefully the
> > stanchion tubes aren't bent.
>
> > Oh, and my long-suffering left ribs have taken another bruising, but
> > they're not hurting enough to indicate cracks or breaks this time.
>
> > BTH
>
> Bad luck, Mate. *It could have been worse though *-- *you could've hit
> a Rolls Royce (tail light sections cost $2000 each). *How fast wast
> the traffic moving?
>
> ********************
>
> I would guess by his description of the event that the traffic had abruptly
> stopped

Dubya is right: "was" could mean any time, so I haven't been specific
enough.

BT: it's a good job you weren't hurt.

On Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:07:07 -0700, BT Humble wrote:

>
> I *almost* made it, too. I swerved hard to the left of the car in front
> but clipped the guy's left taillight and hit his back bumper with my
> right fork leg, which snapped off the AVDS doohickey:
>

I did exactly the same thing myself this evening, except when I swerved I
missed the car in front by millimetres. Glad to hear you're (relatively)
undamaged - ribs are supposed to heal well if you don't alter the
positions of the broken bits by doing something silly, like e.g.
breathing.

What I did wrong was starting to accelerate to make the lane change as I
was doing the head check. If I'd just pootled into the adjacent lane like
some of the car drivers further up, I wouldn't have got so close to the
suddenly stopping car in front.

May be it's a Canberra thing?

--
Regards

Andrew