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Playing at Cadwell.

StMarks wrote:Playing at Cadwell.

Seriously??? If that's your bike St Marks I hope you are ok.

Looks like a new bike day coming up

StMarks wrote:Playing at Cadwell.

Crap mate. You did joke you would be collecting grass.

Start a new thread and give us the details.

Hope you're OK.

Serious Dude, you make the Kiwi look good!

Hope you're ok though?

Monty wrote:Serious Dude, you make the Kiwi look good!

Hope you're ok though?

I was thinking that to, that's a proper job!

Oh no StMarks really hope you are OK mate

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Hope you're ok StM, the bike looks a bit worse for wear, fingers crossed you look better. As per Kwacky's post let us know what happened.

cripes what corner was it ? hope your not injured bikes can be repaired

Firstly I'm fine thanks guys.
I tucked the front at the bottom of the mountain. Very stupid.!
It would have been about the last lap of the session anyway, and I was just starting to get back into the swing of things at last.
Out of the chicane WOT, up a gear, WOT, brake & down a gear, drop it hard left for the apex. Just as my left knee started to feel touchdown the front seemed to jump away from me & off we spun.!
This was literally right in front of the Marshall's post, and he reliably informed me that my front let go.
The TDO called an early lunch, so the next session who were in the collection area waiting to go out missed out due to my carelessness.

Damage consisted of:
Nosecone smashed
Fuel tank dented
Ignition key broke off in the ignition
Front subframe obliterated
Instruments broken off
Front brake fluid reservoir broken off
Rear seat cowl broken
Gear change lever folded back on itself
Front mudguard cracked across
Left shoulder rather sore (landed pretty hard on that)
Various other bits & bobs.

Ouch. Let's hope your shoulder is back to its best soon.

Are the forks ok?

Kwacky wrote:Ouch. Let's hope your shoulder is back to its best soon.

Are the forks ok?

LOL, I think my shoulder is past it's sell by date Kwacky, & will never be "back to it's best". At least my collar bone held up.

The forks looked straight, & seemed ok in the afternoon sessions.

Wowsers - glad your relatively ok.

You used the bike in the afternoon?

what tyres you on ?

StMarks wrote:
The forks looked straight, & seemed ok in the afternoon sessions.

How the hell did you get that back on the track?? You have a van full of spares??

Like Cookie says

Hope you recover quickly mate with your shoulder

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Meh, it'll buff out.


Hope you feel well soon


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Perkles wrote:what tyres you on ?

Metzler Racetec's mate. It wasn't the tyres fault IMO

Fair play for going back out.

StMarks wrote:

Perkles wrote:what tyres you on ?

Metzler Racetec's mate. It wasn't the tyres fault IMO

nope they are more than sticky enough

Fair do's you must bounce! Kudos on getting it back out there! What sort of state was it in when you went back out? I wondered the other day at what point they wouldn't let you out again?