What's scared the living crap out of you today ?.

lloydie · Post by **lloydie** » Sat Jul 23, 2016 8:18 am

Took the bike to work this Morning !
Nearly killed myself big time.

I hit a badger on entry to a fast left hander ,as I hit it I got air born ,a car transporter was coming the other way and my left elbow clipped the near side front wing of it .
I landed on the grass verge and passed between the trees And ended up in a field ,it took me a good 30 minutes to get it back to the road so I could carry into work ,

Bike is fine (one broken bracket) I'm fine just badly shaken up .
Just have a image of going slat in my head .

countrymick · Post by **countrymick** » Sat Jul 23, 2016 8:25 am

that sounds as close as it gets.

glad your still in one piece though.

MacV2 · Post by **MacV2** » Sat Jul 23, 2016 8:40 am

Yeah all well & good but what about the poor Badger ? How do you think he feels ?...

Glad no serious injury or damage...Which bracket is it...Frank may be able to help...He doesn't like Badgers...

lloydie · Post by **lloydie** » Sat Jul 23, 2016 8:43 am

MacV2 wrote:Yeah all well & good but what about the poor Badger ? How do you think he feels ?...

Glad no serious injury or damage...Which bracket is it...Frank may be able to help...He doesn't like Badgers...

It's a home made one for the belly pan .
Oh and the Lorry finished the badger off !

Watty · Post by **Watty** » Sat Jul 23, 2016 9:16 am

What is probably going to scare the sh1t out of me is the skydive I'm due to do today, weather permitting

. Glad you and the bike got off fairly lightly lloydie

lloydie · Post by **lloydie** » Sat Jul 23, 2016 9:33 am

Watty wrote:What is probably going to scare the sh1t out of me is the skydive I'm due to do today, weather permitting . Glad you and the bike got off fairly lightly lloydie

Good luck and safe landing ,rather you then I [FACE SCREAMING IN FEAR]

Watty · Post by **Watty** » Sat Jul 23, 2016 9:41 am

lloydie wrote:
Watty wrote:What is probably going to scare the sh1t out of me is the skydive I'm due to do today, weather permitting . Glad you and the bike got off fairly lightly lloydie
Good luck and safe landing ,rather you then I [FACE SCREAMING IN FEAR]

Thanks mate

Kev L · Post by **Kev L** » Sat Jul 23, 2016 10:33 am

Sounds like a close one Lloydie, take care fella.

Good luck Watty

agentpineapple · Post by **agentpineapple** » Sat Jul 23, 2016 11:51 am

sounds bloody scary mate, glad your ok, is this why piggy is up for sale?
I hope it's not a knee jerk reaction dude, and one you might regret.

VTRDark · Post by **VTRDark** » Sat Jul 23, 2016 12:39 pm

Phew close call thee Lloydie. I think most of us have bounced off other vehicles from time to time but I have never bounced off a car transporter. I did bounce off the wall in Rotherhithe tunnel once.

The thing to remember is that it could have just as easily been in the work van if you swapped the badger for a bit of diesel. It all comes down to speed.

MacV2 · Post by **MacV2** » Sat Jul 23, 2016 4:26 pm

lloydie wrote:
MacV2 wrote:Yeah all well & good but what about the poor Badger ? How do you think he feels ?...

Glad no serious injury or damage...Which bracket is it...Frank may be able to help...He doesn't like Badgers...
It's a home made one for the belly pan .
Oh and the Lorry finished the badger off !

Can you go back & get it's tail...Vanstub says he needs a new shaving brush...

adyf · Post by **adyf** » Sat Jul 23, 2016 4:51 pm

Was a couple of weeks ago in Germany on the autobahn , was doing 100 in middle lane indicated to overtake went to 120 , looked in mirror , clear, started to move into outside was aware of something white by my left knee , Jesus big white Mercedes doing 140ish was slightly surprised to say the least , don't like autobahns even on the 1300

bigtwinthing · Post by **bigtwinthing** » Sat Jul 23, 2016 5:14 pm

Watty wrote:What is probably going to scare the sh1t out of me is the skydive I'm due to do today, weather permitting . Glad you and the bike got off fairly lightly lloydie

you will love it, I did my Para course in the Army and was addicted, I've done 112 free falls after i left the army. What a buzz. best one! running out the back of a C130 Herc. Awesome

Wicky · Post by **Wicky** » Sat Jul 23, 2016 5:27 pm

Pete.L · Post by **Pete.L** » Sat Jul 23, 2016 7:40 pm

lloydie wrote: I hit a badger on entry to a fast left hander ,as I hit it I got air born ,a car transporter was coming the other way and my left elbow clipped the near side front wing of it .
I landed on the grass verge and passed between the trees And ended up in a field ,it took me a good 30 minutes to get it back to the road so I could carry into work ,

Okay, You win.
I was going to post about Welsh tractors pulling out on some rather nice twisty roads. Not just once but twice on the way over to Abergavenny and then add to that all the junk they had left on the road around several blind bends.
Your story was much more scary

Glad you are still here to tell us about it!

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