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Out for a blast yesterday all going great then i hit a monster pothole on the apex bike kicked up a bit spat me off but she kept going chased her for all my worth i was 2 metres away she fell over so cracked fairing needs new indicator and the bloody tank is scratched only had her 3 weeks she's in for a price on friday sick as a parrot whose just ate poo.

U-n-n-n-n-n-lucky !!!!

Awe m8.....

bad news eh......

how sickening that must be..... just reach the bike..... over it goes...

Bad luck Sparky

Good to see that you are ok though.

Cheers mainly bent pride but she's in for a price on friday so i'llsee how much its really gonna hurt then

What a bummer. Can you sue the council for the hole in the road? There were 4,000 in Blackburn Lancashire apparently. If you are under forty then you probably won't get that!

I think I'd be more upset about the bike than myself if I had a spill!

Not sure if i can be bothered with the hassle of chasing the council for it got my price today 450 all in with a set of braided race lines fitted too. I was absolutly gutted when my bike went down don't care about bones and skin but my bike enough to make me cry.

Not sure if i can be bothered with the hassle of chasing the council for it got my price today 450 all in with a set of braided race lines fitted too. I was absolutly gutted when my bike went down don't care about bones and skin but my bike enough to make me cry.

sparky750 wrote:Not sure if i can be bothered with the hassle of chasing the council for it got my price today 450 all in with a set of braided race lines fitted too.

Ain't that the British 'mustn't grumble' way!!
If you really beliee that their crappy road surface caused you to crash then they DESERVE to be made to pay. The next poor bleeder may not be as lucky as yourself and the only way you can improve matters is to hit them where it hurst -in the wallet

And its not a big hassle, just a few letters and a long drawn out process


Ben

My girlfriend has said she's gonna chase it up she's been and took pictures and measurements pics of my bike and jacket and my legs (not pretty ) teach me to wear just jeans for a week or 2 . she works for the goverment so knows all the jargon etc plus beacuse i dont care as she put it she gets to keep any money bloody women

Had a friend over here (oz) who got a solicitor to do the letter thing in the same circumstance. The council settled, so definitely worth chasing up. Maybe you've got a "friend" at the bike shop who reckons there might be a tad more damage than 450... ?? Keep us posted!

Cheers she's spoke to them on the phone and they said no problem send in the pictures we'll check it out but we will pay for the damge caused so she's buying a new pair of bloody jimmy choos or something like that frightend to ask and learnt a while back its better not knowing

Sparky wrote
frightend to ask and learnt a while back its better not knowing

Too right there Sparky, what you don't know won't hurt you mate

On a more serious note I'm glad to hear its going to be resolved (fingers crossed)
Chris.

PS Well done to your girlfriend!

Sweet god it got my interest quick search found "jimmy choos" are shoes that cost about 500 notes now i buy expensive things but we're talking about a girl who has 100s of shoes already and apparently already has some jimmys as she puts it from now on i'm not even gonna ask

I've got one pair of nurse shoes & about 6 pairs of boots. I reckon if I added them all up, they might come to one pair of said "jimmy's" . The Storm's my only transport, so there's not much use having anything else. Think there's an old pair of Dunlop Volleys in the back of the cupboard somewhere for tennis...