To the rider who suffered fairing damage on the Tulla...

To the fellow rider who suffered (silver) fairing damage on the
Tullamarine freeway on Friday... I sincerely hope you weren't injured
in the incident...

Next time, maybe you'll take 2 minutes to remove the FUCKING fairing
pieces from the freeway, so poor buggers LIKE ME don't wipe out on them
in peak hour traffic. Have you ever experienced the sensation of a
piece of fibreglass being jammed under your front wheel?

And no... I wasn't seriously injured, but the gouges in my engine
casing and muffler are not overly appreciated.

 

Did you keep the fibreglass because my platic welder needs them

thanks mate

 

LOL - that does deserve a beer!

Johno

 

Err.... Tell me, have you ever stopped on a 100km/h freeway to pick
something up?

You were moving at peak hour traffic speeds and you weren't able to
avoid the debris?

 

I know what you mean, truckies exploded tyres all over the highway annoy the
**** out of me, don't think I've ever seen one clean up afterwards. Did you
ever think the bike rider was maybe in no shape to pick up the pieces
though?

Al

 

There's a bloody good reason why RACV patrol vans refuse to work on cars that are broken down in freeway emergency lanes. Idiots
have hit them a freeway speeds in the past.

Someone dashing out into a traffic lane to pick up debris would be suicidal.

Think first Rod.

And anyway, aren't most bike fairings plastic, not fibreglass?

 

It could have been a racebike on the way to the Island which explains why he
didn't stop to pick it all up.

Them damn crazy racers.

justAL

 

Yeah,

Most of use AVOID things on the road.

Hammo

----Perhaps you need some tutelage?

 

It's spelt "yous", Hamish.

-----sharks

 

isnt it youse? Ask Jeff Fenech..

 

Or if you were a Kiwi it'd be 'ewes"

DJ

 

Y'know... it took me all of 10 seconds to pick up the piece of fairing,
and toss it of the roadway, seeing has how all the traffic was stopped
anyway.

That normally happens when there's a bike lying in the middle lane...

Cockhead.

 

The thing about peak hour traffic, is that you are often close to the
vehicle in front. By the time I saw the piece of PLASTIC come out from
under the car in front, I had no time to avoid it. Also, the car in
front had actually clipped the offending piece of PLASTIC, meaning it
was moving when I hit it, making it even more difficult to avoid.

 

Plastic... Fibreeglass... I don't know. I've never owned a faired bike.
I guess I'll take your word for it.

In the 3 seconds it took for me to hit it, and end up on the road, I
didn't have time to perform a detailed analysis on it's make-up. All I
can tell you is that it was silver, and looked like it came off
something with a round headlight.

The fact that I didn't see any frayed fibres along the broken edges
would indicate that it was indeed plastic.

 

By the time I saw the piece of PLASTIC come out from under the car in front, I had no time to avoid it.

So you were too close? YES/YES?

 

NEWS FLASH: Man Wrong on Usenet!

-----sharks (****, that's twice in two weeks someone's been wrong!)

 

That was you i seen the other day wearing velcro gloves?

 

Baa to that!
G.

 

Hi Rod,

Ignore the shit stirrers. This could happen to anyone. I would be
fucked off totally if that happened to me. The bright side that you
didn't stack it... and you're still here.

cheers

 

You're really Hamish, aren't you?

-----sharks