GeordieSteve Posted October 4, 2006 Share Posted October 4, 2006 About 4 weeks or so ago now me and the misses went for a much earned break in the Lakes (Keswick to be exact). Monday morning I was woken by the phone going off... bloody great news, new job just came through. To celebrate... we took a ride out to Windemere. Weather was great, not a cloud in the sky... perfect Almost at the lake with the misses on the back we noticed that someone needed to cross on the zebra crossing so we stopped to let her over... however the elderly lady behind us had other ideas A quick THUD and I was off down the road at a rate of knotts and the misses went skywards and landed back on top of the bike... great! Police, ambulance, fire brigade etc. etc. etc. were all there. The misses had trouble walking for a while and still can't stand up for too long or gets aches and pains. Me, I just had a black knee and a fooked holiday Got a call from the insurance company today and the old bugger lady has admitted fault and her insurance is paying out for the lot (we didn't do any personal injury or damage to our clothing). Guy from the local garage is coming out Wednesday to assess the damage which is buckled back wheel, exhaust off, scratched plastics, smashed wing mirror, burst tire etc. but it's not bad at all... infact I'm amaized at how little damage there is... considering we were stationary and the lady didn't even brake! I must say an absolute 100% to Windermere taxis who turned up and picked my bike up and kept it in their lock up until I could come back the week after to collect it. They had 4 garages PACKED with bikes, made my misses cups of tea (she kept bursting into tears with shock), organised us lifts back to our digs... even offered to give us a lift back up to Newcastle(!!!!) and refused point blank to take a penny. They insisted that I give them a call next time I'm up and we go for a pint tho... what a fantastic bunch of people... I take my hat off to them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Alex Posted October 4, 2006 Admin Share Posted October 4, 2006 Hope all goes well mate, im still waiting to get the insurance sorted on my old bike. Similar thing however another motorbike hit me! Looked like hardly any damage apart from the backend and rear subframe. However the chasis was twisted and was written off Ended up buying another bike and swapping all the decent bits over, insurance company have been dragging it on for nearly 3 years now!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeordieSteve Posted October 4, 2006 Author Share Posted October 4, 2006 They better bloody not do mate! To be fair I'd rather it was written off. I need the cash to get the car sorted and she was going up for sale anyway when I got back from the Lakes Just so glad she and the insurance company have put their hands up and went "yep... our fault, sorry... here's some cash" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deniseYZF_R6 Posted October 6, 2006 Share Posted October 6, 2006 omfg geordie she wounded your lil baby that old git wouldnt be alive now if shed done me on mine mwahahaa (just kiddin)......but it just demonstates the incredible stoppin power of the R6 dun it eh stop a god dam cager in her tracks pmsl - with very little damage is sayin summut init..... p.s i love taxi drivers as well they dropped me mobile fone back to me after i lost it in one of their taxis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tomg Posted October 6, 2006 Share Posted October 6, 2006 hope that all goes through well for you mate. "p.s i love taxi drivers as well they dropped me mobile fone back to me after i lost it in one of their taxis blink.gif"- Hahaha! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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