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Things are not going to according to the plan
After buying a 1200gsa for my adventure and hating it i took it back and got the 800 i originaly went to get. picked up my 800 last week and I love it. But riding home form work on it this Friday after a shit week at work all excited and enjoying the ride home stuffed it in to the back of a car that stopped as he did not want to pull out in front of an oncoming police car that i was looking over my shoulder at BANG hit the car that I thought had pulled out What a twat am I I have been riding for over 35 years and make a stupid and costly mistake and have a police witness it as well. I have re broken a metacarpal in my left hand and think the bike is a write off .
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Hi mate,

Know how you feel, stacked my Xr250 after two weeks of riding into a one year trip around South America. Bike went for a cartwheel and I broke my shoulder and lost half of my stuff, wrote off my 350 quid Shoei etc. Can't even remember what happened! Travel insurance covered the costs of medical care but not the bike. I think the thing to remember is that you (presumably) were able to get up and walk away. Could have been way worse, etc. Will insurance pay for the bike?
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Yes i got up and walked away and i am thankful for that but feel like such a twat for making such a schoolboy error
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sorry to hear that mate.
I hope things will work out for ya
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Tell you one thing.

You will be a better and safer rider for it....

These things keep you on your toes. You got comfortable and mother nature gave you a little reminder.

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So true
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Great advice Ted. If all road users were 100% present and aware there would be very few accidents. Maybe they should be teaching basic mindfulness technique as part of CBT. Most of the time we are away with the fairies, worrying or thinking about things yet to be realised.

This is why I love riding, it is a very here now activity but as some of us know all too well, allowing yourself to gather wool, even if it is just for a moment to dither over something in your mirrors, can be critical.

What Mollydog speaks of after a day on the track sounds like what people say they feel like after they meditate i.e. full awareness and a sort of lucidity to everyday actions. I'm too restless to sit still but they say anything can be like meditation if done properly.
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I can not remember the last time i did not have a bike to ride. Having sold most of my bike collection off for my trip. I have put my Harley and my Race bike into storage I could get the Harley out and get an MOT on it I suppose. Luckily I have fully comp ins and will get paid out eventually. Not sure what to do right now I was waiting for the log book to come through so I could book shipping of my bike to USA now I do not know if the bike is repairable or not, so even if the log book comes through i can't do anything till the insurance make a decision on my bike. I think as the top yoke snapped i think the frame may be damaged the bottom bearing is visible as the spindle is also bent. I can not tell for sure with out stripping the bike but can't do that till its been examined. The forks look straight but again can't tell without taking it apart. off to the fracture clinic tomorrow see what they going to do with my hand.
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Do it on the Harley?
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Do it on the Harley?
I have contemplated that but NO
its a tractor only suitable for podding about on in the sun don't think it will cope with the Magruder corridor
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...all excited and enjoying the ride home stuffed it in to the back of a car that stopped as he did not want to pull out in front of an oncoming police car
oops!
I did something similar a few years ago. Riding in Scotland on a glorious day and life felt great. Pulled up behind a car at a junction. Approaching was a very slow tractor & I was keen to go before it. The car nudged forward and I saw that as my cue to go too. Except she stopped again. Fortunately, no damage done to either myself, my bike nor the car.
Now I keep a good distance away & triple check they've moved!

Hope the hand mends well
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Thinking of going back to plan A and buy a bike in the states when we get there.
As I think by the time the insurance is sorted and the bike fixed I might not have time to get it shipped to Florida
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