Triple Trouble
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So....on my commute home from work today I was following a Porsche 911s through some twisty country B roads.
We came to a T-junction and the Porsche turned right (the same way I wanted to go)! After the Porsche cleared the junction the driver shot off like a dick. I cleared the junction 5-10 seconds later and proceeded to follow the Porsche up a slight incline with a blind left handed.
I noticed the articulated lorry way before he did (advanced driver & rider verses knob in Porsche lol)! By the time he noticed it he was almost along side it and skidding to a halt. He had about a foot and a half of space between him, and the lorry was now stationary as well. I came to a slow and steady stop about 3-4 bike lengths behind the Porsche thinking that he was gonna do the natural thing and proceed with an air of caution....!
Wot he did next not only took me by suprise, it also took the lorry driver by surprise too...!
Without a single look in his mirrors (I know that because I was watching him in his rear view mirror to see where he was looking)! he slammed it into reverse and nailed it backwards... By the time he reached me and my precious Tricia (that's the bike by the way lol)! I had just enough time to jump off and land backwards in a massive bush. He went straight over the top of the bike and came to rest on the front wheel while the bike was on its side.
As u can imagine I was going mental by this point and wanted to rip his throat out. (I'm not the calmest of people, too many tours of duty in the forces I think pmsl)! He got out and said "I'm so sorry I didn't even know you were behind me "! To which I replied "get that fucking piece of shit off my bike before I kill you"!
He then got back in the car and drive off my bike causing even more horrific scraping sounds [emoji22]
I picked the bike up and he came back after pulling out of the way. I quickly told him if he comes any closer I'm likely to lump him there and then. He made a hasty retreat to the other side of the bike and started waffling again about how he didn't know I was there, am I alright, do I need a drink of water...! No I don't need a drink of water I need to put my hands around ur throat and choke the life out of you. Obviously I restrained myself and didn't. I eventually calmed down enough to talk to him and exchange details. It turns out he is a sales assistant from the Porsche showroom over the road from where I work and he was just taking a customers car back to be serviced....!
Anyway...
The bike was recovered back to my mates yamaha dealership and the obligatory damage assessment was started...
It isn't as bad as I thought but it's still almost a grands worth of damage.
I've got a CBF1000 loan bike being delivered tomorrow morning until the insurance claim is sorted and my bike is back on the road.
Here's a few pictures.
Scraped mirror
Scraped clutch lever (good job it was a folding lever lol)!
Scraped Gilles Titanium bar end
Snapped front fender
Scraped rear seat panel
Scraped rear paddock bobbin
Scraped clutch casing
Broken yamaha engine slider (which did a great job of protecting the engine case but once it snapped off and he pushed the bike along the engine case was scraped)!
We came to a T-junction and the Porsche turned right (the same way I wanted to go)! After the Porsche cleared the junction the driver shot off like a dick. I cleared the junction 5-10 seconds later and proceeded to follow the Porsche up a slight incline with a blind left handed.
I noticed the articulated lorry way before he did (advanced driver & rider verses knob in Porsche lol)! By the time he noticed it he was almost along side it and skidding to a halt. He had about a foot and a half of space between him, and the lorry was now stationary as well. I came to a slow and steady stop about 3-4 bike lengths behind the Porsche thinking that he was gonna do the natural thing and proceed with an air of caution....!
Wot he did next not only took me by suprise, it also took the lorry driver by surprise too...!
Without a single look in his mirrors (I know that because I was watching him in his rear view mirror to see where he was looking)! he slammed it into reverse and nailed it backwards... By the time he reached me and my precious Tricia (that's the bike by the way lol)! I had just enough time to jump off and land backwards in a massive bush. He went straight over the top of the bike and came to rest on the front wheel while the bike was on its side.
As u can imagine I was going mental by this point and wanted to rip his throat out. (I'm not the calmest of people, too many tours of duty in the forces I think pmsl)! He got out and said "I'm so sorry I didn't even know you were behind me "! To which I replied "get that fucking piece of shit off my bike before I kill you"!
He then got back in the car and drive off my bike causing even more horrific scraping sounds [emoji22]
I picked the bike up and he came back after pulling out of the way. I quickly told him if he comes any closer I'm likely to lump him there and then. He made a hasty retreat to the other side of the bike and started waffling again about how he didn't know I was there, am I alright, do I need a drink of water...! No I don't need a drink of water I need to put my hands around ur throat and choke the life out of you. Obviously I restrained myself and didn't. I eventually calmed down enough to talk to him and exchange details. It turns out he is a sales assistant from the Porsche showroom over the road from where I work and he was just taking a customers car back to be serviced....!
Anyway...
The bike was recovered back to my mates yamaha dealership and the obligatory damage assessment was started...
It isn't as bad as I thought but it's still almost a grands worth of damage.
I've got a CBF1000 loan bike being delivered tomorrow morning until the insurance claim is sorted and my bike is back on the road.
Here's a few pictures.
Scraped mirror
Scraped clutch lever (good job it was a folding lever lol)!
Scraped Gilles Titanium bar end
Snapped front fender
Scraped rear seat panel
Scraped rear paddock bobbin
Scraped clutch casing
Broken yamaha engine slider (which did a great job of protecting the engine case but once it snapped off and he pushed the bike along the engine case was scraped)!
