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When your bike has gone past the point of no return 
:crybaby2: :BangHead:
I hadn't gone half a mile from home at the start of my weekend trip, and had to pull into a lay-by to wipe off a huge insect which had splattered across my field of vision. However this lay-by had just had a load of gravel spread across it's entrance (which was on quite a tight turn) and so I was turning gingerly into it, but found myself heading for a deep trench so turned sharply to miss it - a bit too sharply as I found myself keeling over! Despite trying to throw myself under the bike to cushion it's fall there was a sickening crunch of gravel and stones :crybaby2::crybaby2:.
Luckily (or more likely embarrassingly) there was someone in the lay-by who helped me pick the bike up, and I could barely look at the damage. Well I will say that the Evotech crash bungs have totally earned their money - the only marks on the bike were some tiny scratches on the end of the brake lever and on the exhaust, both of which can be painted over. Nothing else!!
Not the best start to the weekend but so grateful for the crash bungs and after half an hour of swearing at myself it was soon forgotten!
Another dodgy moment was riding through the small Yorkshire village of Dent. Very picturesque but half of it comprises slippery cobble stones. Anyone who has experienced the rather snatchy throttle on uneven surfaces at low revs, can imagine what the effect of a lengthy run of uneven cobble stones with mossy bits thrown in might have, especially as going round one bend a large van was coming the other way, and barely enough space for two vehicles .... I was never so glad to get onto smooth tarmac again!
Anyway rest of the weekend was brilliant and full marks for the Evotech bungs :icon_thumright:
:crybaby2: :BangHead: I hadn't gone half a mile from home at the start of my weekend trip, and had to pull into a lay-by to wipe off a huge insect which had splattered across my field of vision. However this lay-by had just had a load of gravel spread across it's entrance (which was on quite a tight turn) and so I was turning gingerly into it, but found myself heading for a deep trench so turned sharply to miss it - a bit too sharply as I found myself keeling over! Despite trying to throw myself under the bike to cushion it's fall there was a sickening crunch of gravel and stones :crybaby2::crybaby2:.
Luckily (or more likely embarrassingly) there was someone in the lay-by who helped me pick the bike up, and I could barely look at the damage. Well I will say that the Evotech crash bungs have totally earned their money - the only marks on the bike were some tiny scratches on the end of the brake lever and on the exhaust, both of which can be painted over. Nothing else!!
Not the best start to the weekend but so grateful for the crash bungs and after half an hour of swearing at myself it was soon forgotten!
Another dodgy moment was riding through the small Yorkshire village of Dent. Very picturesque but half of it comprises slippery cobble stones. Anyone who has experienced the rather snatchy throttle on uneven surfaces at low revs, can imagine what the effect of a lengthy run of uneven cobble stones with mossy bits thrown in might have, especially as going round one bend a large van was coming the other way, and barely enough space for two vehicles ....
I was never so glad to get onto smooth tarmac again!Anyway rest of the weekend was brilliant and full marks for the Evotech bungs :icon_thumright:
