Goodbye to my roadking

  • STROPP
    STROPP
    1 year ago
    Well Friday the 13th was lucky and unlucky, I was out on the bike and made a rookie mistake, had a car in front weaving a bit and was watching him in case he came into my lane and unfortunately didn’t see the road straighten a bit and got caught in the gutter 😞 bikes a repairable write off so I’m taking the cash for now as it’s insured for 40k and I’ve done 40k in 20mths, for now I’m going to take 6 months and travel in the car and caravan and look at resurrecting the pan when I get back. I’m lucky to only have a cracked rib and some skin off.
  • Grease Monkey
    Grease Monkey
    1 year ago
    We getting a bit long in the tooth for bouncing down the asphalt Stropp, glad you are basically ok, shame about the bike mate but it's just a bike at the end of the day.
  • paulybronco
    paulybronco
    1 year ago
    Good to hear your relatively unscathed mate. Hard to believe its a repairable write off....see plenty more with less damage being non repairable.
  • obisteve
    obisteve
    1 year ago
    Bugga!
  • STROPP
    STROPP
    1 year ago
    Quoting paulybronco on 22 Jan 2023 01:51 AM

    Good to hear your relatively unscathed mate. Hard to believe its a repairable write off....see plenty more with less damage being non repairable.

    Yes, apparently the wheel never touched or marked the frame , how I don’t know and apparently no paint fractures on the head stem however I told them I didn’t want it back so it will be written off.
  • WideglidingNZ
    WideglidingNZ
    1 year ago
    Quoting STROPP on 21 Jan 2023 11:32 PM

    Well Friday the 13th was lucky and unlucky, I was out on the bike and made a rookie mistake, had a car in front weaving a bit and was watching him in case he came into my lane and unfortunately didn’t see the road straighten a bit and got caught in the gutter 😞 bikes a repairable write off so I’m taking the cash for now as it’s insured for 40k and I’ve done 40k in 20mths, for now I’m going to take 6 months and travel in the car and caravan and look at resurrecting the pan when I get back. I’m lucky to only have a cracked rib and some skin off.

    that sucks I'm sorry to hear that, at least you ok-ish
  • tussuck
    tussuck
    1 year ago
    If you can walk away from a crash then thats always a day to celebrate!
  • paulybronco
    paulybronco
    1 year ago
    Quoting paulybronco on 22 Jan 2023 01:51 AM

    Good to hear your relatively unscathed mate. Hard to believe its a repairable write off....see plenty more with less damage being non repairable.

    Quoting STROPP on 22 Jan 2023 02:28 PM

    Yes, apparently the wheel never touched or marked the frame , how I don’t know and apparently no paint fractures on the head stem however I told them I didn’t want it back so it will be written off.

    Front fork snapped off and wheel visibly closer to motor ...i agree with you take the money! 
  • obisteve
    obisteve
    1 year ago
    Quoting tussuck on 22 Jan 2023 09:17 PM

    If you can walk away from a crash then thats always a day to celebrate!

    Even if you gotta crawl.
  • keith
    keith
    1 year ago
    Not good news, but could have been a worse outcome. Enjoy the caravanning adventures!