Whoops a Daisy
Whoops! – Windsor’s Honda X11
Date: May 30th 2015 Location: Junction of the A422/B4092 near Inkberrow Bike: Honda X11 – written off Rider: Windsor – broken leg, shoulder, thumb.
Whoops a Daisy is the most common thing said when biker drops his bike (OK that’s a lie but if I said what we all thought then this site would end up blocked)
This area of our website contains details and photos regarding the very few occasions when one of us a come a cropper on our bikes, thankfully none of the injuries has been too bad.
Date: May 30th 2015 Location: Junction of the A422/B4092 near Inkberrow Bike: Honda X11 – written off Rider: Windsor – broken leg, shoulder, thumb.
Poor old Ray had slid off his bike while coming round an island near Cardiff and while Ray was OK (except for some bruising) Initial inspection showed that the bike had slid down the road on it’s left hand side and as well as snapping off the mirror/indicator and sand Read more…
The day started out as normal, we were due to meet up with Bonzo and Ray just outside of Ross-on-Wye for breakfast and then spend the day riding around Wales, that was until a car driver decided to take a swipe at Bob, forcing him off the road where he Read more…
Oops! Dam! and Blast! – These were probably the words uttered by Ray as he slid off his Fireblade while going around a hairpin bend and started heading for the armco barrier…then again maybe he used slightly more colourful words. Thankfully Ray wasn’t hurt but his precious Fireblade was slightly scratched.
Windsor’s got no excuse for this little incident, whilst approaching a bend his Honda VFR was happily content with the usual method of going around via the bit in the middle (known as the road) but Windsor had an idea and wondered what would happen if he went straight on, Read more…
Bonzo had just had a new set of tyres fitted, travelling home from the tyre centre in the pouring rain, by a bend in the road he crossed the white painted markings and the bike slid from under him. Bonzo and bike went up the kerb and hit a telegraph Read more…
Watch out for crazy taxi drivers when riding your Fireblade! You may write off your bike and possibly even more. This is what happens when you’re forced off the road by some **** of a taxi driver who cannot use his mirrors.
Andy was riding over a manhole cover in the rain and the front wheel went from under him resulting in damage to the right hand side fairing, indicators, footrest, front brake master cylinder, exhaust, rear cowling, clip-ons but Andy managed to get the bike repaired and back on the road Read more…