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Title: would you be pissed off? Post by: melvin on April 28, 2009, 04:10:03 AM (http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3558/3483155308_ac4fc1556e_o.jpg) (http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3360/3483155244_19451d4938_o.jpg) (http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3626/3482339133_0053a36605_o.jpg) Title: Re: would you be pissed off? Post by: bazz20 on April 28, 2009, 04:13:59 AM hell yes but the helmet seems to have saved the day , i wish they still put centre stands on
Title: Re: would you be pissed off? Post by: dragonworld. on April 28, 2009, 04:36:21 AM And the Richard Craniums wonder why we park on footways!! [roll]
Title: Re: would you be pissed off? Post by: Spider on April 28, 2009, 04:38:08 AM Now I understand why my gloves have carbon re-enforced knuckles....for such a situation!
Title: Re: would you be pissed off? Post by: Betty on April 28, 2009, 04:41:28 AM Yes I would be pissed off ... but do you know the circumstances?
Knocked over? Pushed over? Dodgily parked? Helmet does seem to have taken the brunt of the impact ... but that is probably not a cheap fix either ... nor would it lessen the pain. Title: Re: would you be pissed off? Post by: Jukie on April 28, 2009, 04:54:16 AM poor baster coming back to see this heart breaking [bang] :'(
Title: Re: would you be pissed off? Post by: melvin on April 28, 2009, 05:03:49 AM Yes I would be pissed off ... but do you know the circumstances? no, just came across it in my travels on a saturday nite ...btw: BlackBerry has to have the worst camera on the market ....mind you, the guy is an ass and has got only himself to blame ... taking a bike like this - or any bike for that matter - parking it and leaving on Oxford St on a saturday nite is plain stupid Title: Re: would you be pissed off? Post by: EGAS1 on May 01, 2009, 01:02:27 AM I'd be even more pissed off if someone knew my bike had fallen over and walked away and left it like that.......................Did you pick it up MELVIN???? [roll]
Title: Re: would you be pissed off? Post by: melvin on May 01, 2009, 02:50:49 AM no, i most certainly did not ........ and why? because it is already lying there so it can not get any worst than already is and secondly picked up bike can get tipped over again. Title: Re: would you be pissed off? Post by: bazz20 on May 01, 2009, 03:05:14 AM no, i most certainly did not ........ and why? because it is already lying there so it can not get any worst than already is and secondly picked up bike can get tipped over again. Title: Re: would you be pissed off? Post by: Spider on May 01, 2009, 03:20:18 PM and if the stand is broken...you going to pick the thing up....and then either have it fall (again) or have to gently lay it down....
Title: Re: would you be pissed off? Post by: loony888 on May 01, 2009, 03:37:53 PM yeah, best to leave it as is, the last thing you want is to be picking it up as the owner walks around the corner!!! his helmet has definitely saved him a fortune in repairs, i'll bet someone has backed into it ever so gently causing the sidestand to auto retract (DUMB ASS DESIGN!) and driven off, possibly not even knowing as it may have moved enough to sit there for a while teetering on the stand before retracting fully. My 900 monster was backed into in a similar way years ago and it cost the woman in her landcruiser, who was on her phone at the time around $4000 iirc. Oh, and yes, i would be very pissed off.
paul. Title: Re: would you be pissed off? Post by: Spider on May 02, 2009, 01:41:52 AM Paul....I had the same idea...you're picking it up, he (taking a punt) and comes flying at you screaming whilst you get out a "no,no,no!" as he clubbers you (whilst both your hands and on the bars pulling the thing up!
Disaster! Title: Re: would you be pissed off? Post by: dragonworld. on May 02, 2009, 01:50:28 AM And sure as shit no-one saw the car knock over the bike but, a million witnesses saw you "tampering" with the poor mans motorcycle and are urging the police to be called, and for you to be arrested and flogged unmercifully for your transgression. [roll]
Title: Re: would you be pissed off? Post by: Spider on May 02, 2009, 03:33:01 AM and Gazza, speaking off being cynical...you hear about the woman in Doncaster this past week...
Drunk (blew over .05) Unregistered vehicle (therefore uninsured) disqualified driving license mother with her 2 kids in the back.... school zone at 8:45 in the morning....did I mention...drunk! booked... now if she'd been on a motorcycle....the media would have been ALL over that...woman in a car....barely a mention! Title: Re: would you be pissed off? Post by: dragonworld. on May 02, 2009, 11:42:58 AM and Gazza, speaking off being cynical...you hear about the woman in Doncaster this past week... Drunk (blew over .05) Unregistered vehicle (therefore uninsured) disqualified driving license mother with her 2 kids in the back.... school zone at 8:45 in the morning....did I mention...drunk! booked... now if she'd been on a motorcycle....the media would have been ALL over that...woman in a car....barely a mention! Yep. yep, I hear ya. [roll] And if the truth be known there would a few more like that around if they bothered to look !! >:( Title: Re: would you be pissed off? Post by: Jukie on May 03, 2009, 12:59:58 AM yes it gives me the hebbies too
Title: Re: would you be pissed off? Post by: bmroxm5 on May 15, 2009, 05:23:33 AM and Gazza, speaking off being cynical...you hear about the woman in Doncaster this past week... Drunk (blew over .05) Unregistered vehicle (therefore uninsured) disqualified driving license mother with her 2 kids in the back.... school zone at 8:45 in the morning....did I mention...drunk! booked... now if she'd been on a motorcycle....the media would have been ALL over that...woman in a car....barely a mention! Even if she's in her car, betcha the media would have been ALL over it if she were a P-plater!!! Title: Re: would you be pissed off? Post by: roy-nexus-6 on May 19, 2009, 03:05:15 PM I always worry about parking,.. generally prefer to leave the bike on the footpath.
However, my brother worked for 5 yrs as a copper in Melbourne... and warned me that a trend with some young guys was to 'tip' bikes - for fun. If I caught someone doing that to my bike, I'd be more than a little pissed. >:( And nearly as bad - tip enough bikes, and insurance premiums go up for everyone. >:( |