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 13-Sep-2005, 07:06 | #1 |
| Registered Forum User Ducati Meccanica Bikes: Ducati 1098R Bayliss Rep  Posts: 2,142 Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Aylesford Kent Mood: Find people who share your values, and you'll conquer the world together. Low flying garden spade. After having new tires fitted to the bike, I thought a good run upto an old mates over 600 km would help get them scrubbed in nicely, however it was not my intention to return home in the dark as I hate night riding, having never ridden my 999R in the dark before the first thing that got a bit of getting used to was the main beam reflecting back up the inside of the screen (not sure I like that) Anyway to cut a long story short, coming round a corner on a dark stretch of road I notice a car and trailer pulled over to right and a person in the road, as I don't like riding in the dark I was taking it reasonably slowly, all of a sudden there were shapes lying strewn across the road in front of me, by the time I had swerved past two of them my brain took in the fact that I was in a gardening shop slalom course  One rake and a watering can later the spade laying diagonally across my path was not going to be missed catching it on the blade it flipped up and nearly decapitating me glanced off my helmet, pulling over relieved to still be in one piece I went over to confront the guy who was busy throwing his tools back into his trailer, picking up his spade he said to me, " thank god its not damaged, its new" not once did he ask if my bike or myself were ok. as I was tired and still had over 50 km to go to get home and was lost for words I simply got back on the bike and continued at a more sedate pace home confused as to how a spade held more importance than the possible decapitation of a bike rider. | |
| 13-Sep-2005, 07:23 | #2 |
| Registered Forum User Ducati Corse Bikes: Monster 1100 EVO  Posts: 3,969 Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: lincoln Mood: I'm A Grandad again :-)  Bloudy hell bro, just be a bit more carefull next time, you could have put the guy on the dole que by knackering his spade Seriously, I can not believe he did not ask if you got hurt or if it had damaged your bike  , some people have no thoughts for others, what ever country you are in.Happy that you are ok & that no damage to the bike, what about your helmet???. Chris.  | |
| 13-Sep-2005, 10:41 | #3 |
| Registered Forum User GTL  Posts: 414 Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Germany, but from Southport Mood: I want to come home ::(:but then | |
| 13-Sep-2005, 14:08 | #4 |
| Registered Forum User 500SD Bikes: 848 EVO & Multi 1000ds  Posts: 533 Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Wolverhampton, West Mids. Mood: When's the sun coming out | |
| 13-Sep-2005, 17:52 | #6 |
| Registered Forum User Ducati Meccanica Bikes: Ducati 1098R Bayliss Rep Posts: 2,142 Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Aylesford Kent Mood: Find people who share your values, and you'll conquer the world together. Yep happend in Denmark, after having had time to think about it today and what the conciquences might have been i actualy started shaking for a few mins, i was just so gob smacked that all he was concerned about was his spade that i could not find words to reply to him. I think that had i not been so shaken at the time he would have needed a new spade to dig his other one out with  Looking at my helmet today ( Arai RX-7 ) there is actualy a scrape and a crack in the left hand side air channel Wish now i had got his details so i could send him a bill | |
Have you checked your bike. Amazed if there are no scratches on that. Mind that isn't a cheep helmet you have there
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