Me In the carpark at Excel. Fucking disklock, sneaky bastard. Completely busted off the brake lever, and none of the stands had a pattern part. Nice warm ride home in a recovery van. -- Dan L http://thebikeshed.spaces.live.com/ 1996 Kawasaki ZR1100 Zephyr BOTAFOT #140 (KotL 2005/6) X-FOT#000 DIAABTCOD #26 BOMB#18 (slow) OMF#11
Whinging Courier coughed up: It was an interesting end to the day. Fortunately my new blacker than black Shoei did not hit the tarmac as I managed to roll gracefully from the wreckage, whereupon I proceded to piss myself laughing - until I saw the brake lever. For a fleeting moment I did consider riding back through London with rear brake only, but soon realised this was not a very good idea. On the way to Excel we encountered a complete psycho on the A40 who wanted to stop his vehicle in the outside lane for a punch up, only because I give him a short blast on the horn when he carved in front of me (it was purely to let him know I was there, no gesticulations or Bloody scary it was, the mad fucker chased us all the way to Hanger Lane, but was unable to get on the slip road as my associate "protected" his entry to it. Whilst watching all this I failed to realise the traffic in front had stopped, resulting in smoking tyres and a near Zephyr / BMW interface. Fair shook me up it did. -- Dan L http://thebikeshed.spaces.live.com/ 1996 Kawasaki ZR1100 Zephyr BOTAFOT #140 (KotL 2005/6) X-FOT#000 DIAABTCOD #26 BOMB#18 (slow) OMF#11
So you've never ridden home without a front brake after a little mishap? It can be an interesting experience. If only you had sprained something picking the bike up you could have put in a claim for FBOTY
Eiron coughed up: If it had been just down the road I prolly would have just ridden it home. But as I was in Docklands and live near Oxford I thought better of it. -- Dan L http://thebikeshed.spaces.live.com/ 1996 Kawasaki ZR1100 Zephyr BOTAFOT #140 (KotL 2005/6) X-FOT#000 DIAABTCOD #26 BOMB#18 (slow) OMF#11
In uk.rec.motorcycles, Dan L belched forth and ejected the following: My blacker than black remained untoched when I dropped the XT a few weeks ago and yes, many moons ago I cried when I broke a clutch lever on my DT125. My gravel-embedded knee hurt but the loss of the lever was much greater. I did it from Islington to Willesden with no front brake in the rush hour with Mrs. Courier on the back. It did not make for a relaxed ride home. The world's full of arseholes mate but that doesn't help when the cunts are bent on ruining your moment. Ah, see, Dan, that's what the throttle's for. I'd have thought even your Zepher could outrun most cars, especially on a road that can be as clogged as the A40 coming into town. Get up here soon and we'll do Cock's Hill[1]. The place is mostly full of knobs so we won't stand out too much. [1] Ahem, I mean Box Hill.
Wimp, I passed my bike test with a rear brake only, many moons ago on an Ariel Leader, after the torque arm on the front brake fell off on the way to the test and wrapped the front brake cable round the front wheel when I applied the front brake...
I was in two minds whether to go to Excel myself, If I had realised you were going Dan I may have made to effort to go and meet up with you for a swift half... if I had known you were going to bin it I would have certainly gone. David
Pah. I'll see your Islington to Willesden with no front brake and raise you a Chiswick to Ealing with no clutch, including the level crossings on Bollo Lane.
In uk.rec.motorcycles, ogden belched forth and ejected the following: <Tut> I rode all round the city with no clutch after being knocked off by a Dixons wagon turning right into Gt.Eastern St. It was such a regular occurence for me I didn't think it was worthy of mention.
Lozzo coughed up: The last thing I said to my mate when we had parked up was to remind me about the effing thing. He obviously forgot. The ****. -- Dan L http://thebikeshed.spaces.live.com/ 1996 Kawasaki ZR1100 Zephyr BOTAFOT #140 (KotL 2005/6) X-FOT#000 DIAABTCOD #26 BOMB#18 (slow) OMF#11
Lozzo coughed up: Guilty as charged, your honour -- Dan L http://thebikeshed.spaces.live.com/ 1996 Kawasaki ZR1100 Zephyr BOTAFOT #140 (KotL 2005/6) X-FOT#000 DIAABTCOD #26 BOMB#18 (slow) OMF#11
David Thomas coughed up: Heh, that would have been fun. The recovery driver was a scream, ex HA chap, a real bike nut. He was a truly top bloke, made the journey home a good laugh. -- Dan L http://thebikeshed.spaces.live.com/ 1996 Kawasaki ZR1100 Zephyr BOTAFOT #140 (KotL 2005/6) X-FOT#000 DIAABTCOD #26 BOMB#18 (slow) OMF#11
Rope coughed up: Particularly on your bike Rob, ISTR it's fucked, so sitting on it under the car port making brumm brumm noises doesn't really count -- Dan L http://thebikeshed.spaces.live.com/ 1996 Kawasaki ZR1100 Zephyr BOTAFOT #140 (KotL 2005/6) X-FOT#000 DIAABTCOD #26 BOMB#18 (slow) OMF#11
Rope coughed up: I have already come to the same conclusion. At the end of the day, simply parking it alongside any other bike is a good enough anti theft strategy. -- Dan L http://thebikeshed.spaces.live.com/ 1996 Kawasaki ZR1100 Zephyr BOTAFOT #140 (KotL 2005/6) X-FOT#000 DIAABTCOD #26 BOMB#18 (slow) OMF#11
