Binned the mille tonight

glad your ok mate,thats the main thing!
understanding brother tho lol!!

wow thats some under standing brother mine would have ripped me head off lol
but glad your ok thats the main thing:thumbup

I see your exhaust cover was worth it's weight in gold. nice one.

glad you're ok bud.

how did it happen?

are you sure it's not the new road surace thats being put down everywhere these days, its oil based, and leaks oil onto the surface until the cars/trucks buses have shifted it and can take 2 years to go away. only problem is bikes dont follow cars tracks so we are stuck with it on our part of the road.

Have a look at the surface in the dry, if it looks newish and shiny, contact the council/highways dept, and find out what the surface is constructed from and who/when the work was done.

Then get onto a solicitor and put a claim in for the damage, distress and loss of use.

Beanie said:

are you sure it's not the new road surace thats being put down everywhere these days, its oil based, and leaks oil onto the surface until the cars/trucks buses have shifted it and can take 2 years to go away. only problem is bikes dont follow cars tracks so we are stuck with it on out part of the road.

Have a look at the surface in the dry, if it looks newish and shiny, contact the council/highways dept, and find out what the surface is contructed from and who/when the work was done.

Then get onto a solicitor and put a claim in for the damage, distress and loss of use.

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Mate, always always always follows car tyre lines. How many times have you driven over some roadkill/bricks/anything else in your car with the knowledge that it'll pass easily under the car. Plus the middle is where oil which leaks from cars is also in the middle. If you follow the tyre tracks of cars, they'll swerve to avoid something so just follow them.

milliemonkey said:

Mate, always always always follows car tyre lines. How many times have you driven over some roadkill/bricks/anything else in your car with the knowledge that it'll pass easily under the car. Plus the middle is where oil which leaks from cars is also in the middle. If you follow the tyre tracks of cars, they'll swerve to avoid something so just follow them.

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Dude, i'm on a bike, i overtake things very rapidly, i dont follow any car tracks, i have my own position which is with a clear road in front of me as much as possible, and i'm sat out towards the white line.

I certainly would not follow a cars track hoping that they might try to miss something in the road, i ride with my own eyes and can take avoiding action, hence why after 22 years of road riding, i havn't ever hit any obstacle in the road, on a bike.:doug

Everyone has there own style of riding, hence why i don't enjoy riding with some mates as their lines are awful for me to see where they are around me, but they are happy with theirs, so thats their call.

The advice about following car tracks came from the highways agency regarding this new ***** road service they have been putting down, and advise bikers to allow for the oil leakage from it, and to ammend their road positioning for its lack of grip.

Ain't they really helpful:jack

I am understanding aren't I?you have it for 5 minutes.......nah-its only a bike at the end of the day,as long as you're alright youth!

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I am understanding aren't I?you have it for 5 minutes.......nah-its only a bike at the end of the day,as long as you're alright youth!

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Are you his brother then ? he said you wouldn't say anything coz he can fight ya :biggrin not stiring or anything irate

yeah i am his brother unfortunately:biggrin.

I'm not worried about having a scrap cos he couldn't fight his way out of a wet paper bag:kicknuts