Moderator Cynic Posted July 4, 2009 Moderator Share Posted July 4, 2009 Coming back from dropping some bits up to dirty DT coming round the last bend after a 'spirited trip' home i spy a temporary slippy road sign, odd methinks, go a little easier down to about 40, its a 60 limit decreacing radius bend. Halfway round there is a two foot thick stripe of dry up right across the bloody road about an inch deep. Some dry some as far as i can see wet. No way round it i was thinking about what to aim at for best results from the impending lowside, i went for a dry bit as far as it goes and God knows how but the front slipped and held. I can only think its down to the fact that it had done 60 odd fast miles in the heat hence supersticky and i ran through on a trailing throttle. The back wasnt so happy and started to come round a little and then snapped in prob for the same reasons as the front glad i was out of the throttle.. Trouble is it pulled the muscles in my shoulder as she wasn't subtle when it came to the snapping in bit, sort of tiny highside is the best description. Hence the Ow. Could have been a lot worse really. Its legal apparently too, due to the signs being there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Cynic Posted July 4, 2009 Author Moderator Share Posted July 4, 2009 Breif update, apparently according to the folk next door its deisel, minor shunt earlier dumped it on the road and cars were tracking it around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Airhead Posted July 4, 2009 Moderator Share Posted July 4, 2009 Glad to hear it wasnt worse mate, write a letter to the authorities, It could have been much worse and should have been cleaned up properly, especially as it was hidden from view. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator DirtyDT Posted July 4, 2009 Moderator Share Posted July 4, 2009 Sorry to hear about your "sidways" on the way home. It was great to meet up with you and thanks for the bits. I hope the coffee was up to standard Thanks for taking the effort. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimR Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 Breif update, apparently according to the folk next door its deisel, minor shunt earlier dumped it on the road and cars were tracking it around. Hi Cynic, it was good you controled it and kept the bike on the straight & narrow but I would guess a fuel spill would be administered by the police until such time as the CC could clean it up & lay down the correct signs so it could be a Police problem & not Northamptonshire CC Regards Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Cynic Posted July 4, 2009 Author Moderator Share Posted July 4, 2009 Sorry to hear about your "sidways" on the way home. It was great to meet up with you and thanks for the bits. I hope the coffee was up to standard Thanks for taking the effort. Cheers Well, hmmm let me see. Maybe need a retest sometime...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator DirtyDT Posted July 4, 2009 Moderator Share Posted July 4, 2009 You are always welcome. I can't believe you turned down the offer of a sarnie from my other half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Cynic Posted July 4, 2009 Author Moderator Share Posted July 4, 2009 Hi Cynic, it was good you controled it and kept the bike on the straight & narrow but I would guess a fuel spill would be administered by the police until such time as the CC could clean it up & lay down the correct signs so it could be a Police problem & not Northamptonshire CC Regards Jim Thats a good point, but they were the metal signs not the floppy things the plod use. Either way apparently the slippy sign covers all sins, i am required to take appropriate action. Technically i was culpable for putting myself in harms way???. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimR Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 Thats a good point, but they were the metal signs not the floppy things the plod use. Either way apparently the slippy sign covers all sins, i am required to take appropriate action. Technically i was culpable for putting myself in harms way???. Hi Cynic, in my area it is part of my job to 'correct' fuel spills ... if I run down in the road sweeper I will brush the area at least twice then use the lance of the sweeper to ensure the road is ok and errect signs indicating a fuel spilage ... in this district we use floppy signs (like your police) in order to get them in the sweeper lorry .. tbh after all the cleaning stuff is in the truck you very little room for signs Regards Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator drewpy Posted July 4, 2009 Moderator Share Posted July 4, 2009 we had a fuel spill near a roundabout. the police closed that part of the road whilst waiting for the cleaners. You can normally smell the stuff before you see it, then its keep the bike upright till you find dry road!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimR Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 we had a fuel spill near a roundabout. the police closed that part of the road whilst waiting for the cleaners. You can normally smell the stuff before you see it, then its keep the bike upright till you find dry road!! And when we clean it and put up some signs I would guess you need to slow down .... unless we do a proper job & the road is back to correct Regards Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Cynic Posted July 5, 2009 Author Moderator Share Posted July 5, 2009 And when we clean it and put up some signs I would guess you need to slow down .... unless we do a proper job & the road is back to correct Regards Jim Right got the facts now. Couple of motorcycles had a coming together somehow and ended up on the outside of the bend, ambulances, police etc. Mate of mine came past it coming home from a night out early sat morning(walk of shame drank the taxi fare). The liquid was the life blood of one of the bikes leaking out. So i actually rode through the accident detrius on the way OUT to dirty's without issue, and i had seen the signs on the way out but nothing obvious was there. The dryup on closer inspection is actually catlitter that someone unknown has spread in a wellmeaning gesture on the road as the tarmac looks like it has been eaten by the fluids (petrol probably). So it looks like a bike accident nearly caused a bike accident, you gotta love irony. And if ONE more person tells me most accidents happen within 2miles of home i'll............ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ttaskmaster Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 Most accidents happen within FIVE miles of home. Glad you didn't go down, chap. I wasn't so lucky last time - Lightweight 125 bike, wet road, drizzle and despite being upright, a feather touch on the brakes sent me straight down in a Lowside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barkwindjammer Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 Hi Cynic, in my area it is part of my job to 'correct' fuel spills ... if I run down in the road sweeper I will brush the area at least twice then use the lance of the sweeper to ensure the road is ok and errect signs indicating a fuel spilage ... in this district we use floppy signs (like your police) in order to get them in the sweeper lorry .. tbh after all the cleaning stuff is in the truck you very little room for signs Regards Jim Nice wheels Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimR Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 Nice wheels Jim Hi Jim not quite the truck has bigger brushes tbh I have only gone out in it twice ... as my forte is bin lorries, but both times I have been out have been due to fuel spills on islands which oddly enuff were blamed on the bin lorries but when I got to both problems they were both on the wrong side of the island for the bin lorry to have spilt fuel .... unless the crews had gone out and come straight back in !!! Regards Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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