[zhed44]

Thanks for all the messages of sympathy etc.

I'm very, very sore today, and have picked up knocks in a few unusual places, namely the inside of my left thigh and my right groin. Most of all, I have a swollen knee, a huge purple bruise running half the length of my forearm and an extremely painful toe, which I think may be broken. I might go to A&E tomorrow if it gets no better.

I've also had a good hobble round the bike today. Apart from the stuff I'd already noticed, the RH mirror stay has snapped (some previous herbert must have replaced the proper shear bolt, which is supposed to snap off in the event of an impact), the front wheel has a slight "ding" on the LHS of the rim, and there is a bit of a sort of intermittent rubbing/moaning noise from the front wheel area (query wheel bearing or spindle itself?). Fingers crossed, the forks seem straight and the lock stops are intact.

Accident debrief - this was the first time I've really ridden the 748R in anger on a twisty road, and as I approached a sweeping bend, which I know very well, I simply throttled off a bit as usual, rather than braking. However, the slipperyness of the slipper clutch took me by surprise (the R6's slipper had much less slip compared to the 748R), and it felt like the bike was free-wheeling or had jumped out of gear. This had the triple effect of making me go into the turn faster than usual, made me run wide and just generally distracted me. As I'd not had the engine braking I anticipated, I'd had to use a bit of front brake rather later than was advisable, and I was still on the brakes when I turned in. The combined effect of braking whilst turning on cold tyres, on a cold, slightly damp, off-camber, bumpy road made the outcome inevitable.