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Post by ian on Aug 26, 2020 20:51:46 GMT
What was supposed to be a relaxing ride to Peel turned into out anything but today. Lovely sunny day, but after all the rain yesterday we expected a few puddles around so we left the Interceptor & Ninja in the garage & took the 250NB & GB250 - just as well! Another bit of luck was getting stuck behind an artic which struggled to get round a sharp bend followed by a steep drop down to the quay, so I was crawling behind it in 1st gear & slipping the clutch and put my feet down which just slid all over the place. What looked like just another wet bit of road turned out to be a massive oil spill! The guy next to Gill is the poor tractor & trailer driver who suffered a total loss of hydraulics when a hose popped.   My 250NB is the lowest of my bikes & I can easily get both feet on the ground, so I was able to slide down the hill with my feet on the ground until I could slide onto oil free pavement to stop the bike. Gill wasn't so lucky & ended up in a heap. After sliding around trying to lift her bike up, we managed to stop another biker before he got mixed up in it. Turned out to be a friend of ours, Robbie. He phoned the police, who put us on traffic duty 'till the DoI road sweeper arrived to clean it up & we found a couple of handy cones to help us. Luckily, Gill was ok apart from jeans soaked in oil. Damage to the GB was minor, the tank & panels escaped unharmed, just a couple of scratches on the (new  ) screen, a smashed indicator & bent headlight ear & foot peg bracket.    We eventually made it onto the quay & a welcome coffee & ice cream   |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 26, 2020 20:56:13 GMT
Sorry to hear this but glad you guys are okay. Just some minor damage which I am sure you will have repaired in no time. Terrible to have grease and oil on the road like that, I recall many years ago seeing a truck taking a roundabout which was spilling out diesel from its faulty (or overfilled) filler tank / cap.....not good.  |
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Post by BritPete on Aug 26, 2020 21:06:23 GMT
Regards to Gill and pleased she is OK - I assume you are taking her shopping tomorrow for a new pair of jeans
Will you get the parts for the GB OK
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Post by ian on Aug 26, 2020 21:24:57 GMT
Yes, I think I can straighten the bent bits & Classicbikeshop have the indicators. Just lucky she wasn't on the Ninja - certain expensive fairing damage. Not sure I'd have stayed upright on the higher Intruder or early SDs either!
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Post by buster on Aug 27, 2020 5:15:22 GMT
ouch, but glad your both ok
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Post by duffer on Aug 27, 2020 5:44:27 GMT
Very sorry to hear about your accident. Something very like it happened to me on a mini roundabout outside local Sainsbury's petrol station with no one there. The result to my AJS was about the same, jeans about the same, myself a busted collar bone which mended overlapped. Like you I took a few pictures after I dusted myself off and just before going to A&E, then later reported it to my insurance company. The short story is that they then took up a personal injury claim which they took out first with Sainsburys, who deflected it to MIB (Motor Insurance Bureau).
I am not a fan of the "whiplash" culture, but I pay my insurance and this bloody hurt. The result after a bit of messing about-£7500. I have since had to turn down all my old Poldark and Daniel Craig body double work, but the bike is fixed and I have new jeans. Just a thought.....
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Post by ian on Aug 27, 2020 20:47:11 GMT
Ouch! compared to that, we were lucky, stuck behind the big truck we were virtually stopped so it was more putting feet down to hold the bike up only to find feet sliding from under you . The jeans washed ok, there's a bit of abrasion on the denim but the kevlar inside is undamaged. I've ordered another indicator, £12, straightened the footpeg bracket and pulled out the dent in the headlight ear  As often happens, while sorting these problems, I found something worse. There was loads of up & down play in the gear lever. I'd not noticed it riding the bike & changing gear with my foot, but it was obvious moving the lever by hand & I could see the arm was moving around the change shaft, which wasn't moving. First thought was worn out splines, but then I saw the gap in the arm hadn't closed up even though the clamping bolt was tightened up hard. Turned out the thread was damaged & cleaning it up with a tap sorted it - clamps up fine now. And Tyrone, the unfortunate tractor driver was relieved when I said I could sort the damage out myself so there wouldn't be a claim. His job is shellfish & has promised us a box of queenies - every cloud as they say |
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Post by terryc on Aug 28, 2020 18:03:16 GMT
That's good news then all sorted (bar the screen) but I have to ask , what are Queenies ?
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Post by buster on Aug 28, 2020 18:43:39 GMT
That's good news then all sorted (bar the screen) but I have to ask , what are Queenies ? food of the gods  my mouths watering just thinking about them |
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Post by ian on Aug 28, 2020 20:21:18 GMT
Manx queen scallops Terry. Slightly different species to king scallops, a bit smaller but total scrum - sounds like Buster's tasted them. Got an email from Classicbikeshop yesterday to say the indicators been posted, but it's a 4 day bank holiday over here so it's unlikely to arrive before Tuesday. There's a VMCC ride out on Monday & if the roads are wet & mucky the GB might be needed (no point in being precious about it after the Dales ride last year), so I injected a bit of Superdream DNA to sort the broken lens & get it back on the road   |
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Post by BritPete on Aug 28, 2020 20:38:06 GMT
Perfect - where there is a will there’s a way
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Post by Graeme on Aug 29, 2020 4:19:18 GMT
Manx queen scallops Terry. Slightly different species to king scallops, a bit smaller but total scrum - sounds like Buster's tasted them. Got an email from Classicbikeshop yesterday to say the indicators been posted, but it's a 4 day bank holiday over here so it's unlikely to arrive before Tuesday. There's a VMCC ride out on Monday & if the roads are wet & mucky the GB might be needed (no point in being precious about it after the Dales ride last year), so I injected a bit of Superdream DNA to sort the broken lens & get it back on the road I have just read the specs on the GB250 Ian, very impressive for a 250 single. I am wondering if its DNA or vice versa is in the CBX250 (CB250RS). It was a double overhead single and produced around 33bhp. With the light weight it performed quite well and did over a genuine 100mph. I missed out on a CBX250 about 5 years ago for £1000, that's all the fella wanted. Honda racing colour, lovely. Gee. |
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Post by ian on Aug 29, 2020 21:01:29 GMT
Yes Gee, the CBX250RS uses the same engine, although with twin carbs where the GB has a bigger single carb. Gill would say the CB250RS is smoother - it has a balance shaft whereas the twin cam engine, goes for metalastic bushes.
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Post by ian on Aug 30, 2020 20:32:44 GMT
On the subject of oil spills, on our evening walk tonight I wondered what the interesting looking bike parked up in the distance was. Then I saw the cloth spread underneath & new it was going to be an old Brit - a very nice 750 Bonnie when we got close  |
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Post by duffer on Aug 30, 2020 20:49:34 GMT
On the subject of oil spills, on our evening walk tonight I wondered what the interesting looking bike parked up in the distance was. Then I saw the cloth spread underneath & new it was going to be an old Brit - a very nice 750 Bonnie when we got close As a Brit bike owner of many years allow me to explain this common mistake. You see they don't spill oil. Oh no. It is purposely ejected. If yo take a little of this substance between your finger and thumb you will find it is gritty which would cause damage. So this ingenious device gets rid of this harmful stuff. That is why the bikes last so long... True story... Honestly. |
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) screen, a smashed indicator & bent headlight ear & foot peg bracket.
my mouths watering just thinking about them
