Not a good day

[BSA500]

Not the best start to the day. Approaching the Shipbourne Road roundabout(near the Shell station in Tonbridge) and I had to slow for a car on the right when the front wheel tucked under,damp and greasy, no saving it. Hit the road hard, went down like a bag of s**t. Lesson here children wear those leathers they saved me alot of damage as I slammed down on my elbow and hip, they hurt but that's all. I must have tried to dive off as I hit my right thumb on the deck but also moved my left off the bars otherwise it would have been pinned and probably broken my hand/wrist.
I must at this point thank the van driver for waiting for me to pick myself and the bike up so he could continue his journey w****r. One car stopped and asked thank you, and as fate would have it a road sweeper stopped and swept up the glass  . Went to A&E xray nice and clear no breaks and thanks to them as well quickly seen and helpful. They must see lots of us biking idiots. Some pictures









One artistic shot pre accident

[Greybeard]

All I can say is the obvious platitudes like, Sorry it happened; glad you and the bike lived to ride another day.

I might start a forum thread to allow member's to regail us with their falling off motorcycle stories; I have a couple.

[RichardL]

I understand Graybeard's point, but I think it is worthwhile (so, not platitudinous) to let a friend know that you are glad he is well or, at least, in one piece. Very glad. As for the bike, well, at least there won't be any casts getting in the way of holding the tools.

Richard L.

[BSA500]

I have already started to price up the parts. I hope to straighten out the headlight ears as they are difficult to get hold of(for a cheap price  )

[Topdad]

 Compare it to a crashlanding "any you can walk away from really aren't to bad " Its an absolute bummer particularly when you can't do anything , glad nothings broken . my last one was due to road grit after they'd "repaired the road by throwing grit on top of wet tar but on the corner they'd missed a pile and i went down so quickly , exactly the same as you but other side . The only real damage was the footpeg slider which looked ok but when tightened slipped ,when checked found that the footrest had been forced past its normal position and wasn't gripping on the spline .I fitted a cut down bush from a fork to stop it moving in to far ,a temp measure , still on now 2 yrs later and not moved since. Hope you and the bike are fighting fit sooner rather than later, Bob.

[bsa-bill]

glad your ok, bit of a bummer tho

[BSA500]

The surface near the roundabout is crap and broken/worn away so that doesn't help. Just  the gods conspired against me

[terryg]

Know how you feel. Had something similar a month or two ago.
Pleased both you and the bike look set to recover quickly.

[BSA500]

That's the plan, depending on cash etc.

[WozzA]

OUCH...        Glad your ok...  the bike & you will be back on the roads in no time..   

[Rocket Racer]

All I can say is the obvious platitudes like, Sorry it happened; glad you and the bike lived to ride another day.

I might start a forum thread to allow member's to regail us with their falling off motorcycle stories; I have a couple.

I think we all have a couple, shows we were lucky enough to survive them. At least the old stuff is fairly durable and typically repairable from minor offs.

Could end up being a case of "I lived in a cardboard box in middle of road" type thread though   

[duTch]

 I had some of them....first one I remember was a sudden stop at a Stop sign on a slightly wet road with a 'out-of-round' front brake ('58 RR) and nylon TT100 copy....last time I used cheap tyres...

  Some years later twice in one day, first on the way home from work on the Gutzzi stopped in town, pulled over-enthusiastically into a parallel park with oil drips... ...then an hour later pulling into my own shed on a gravel driveway- still over-enthusiastic... .... .