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Goethite

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  1. Better than normal jeans, not as good as proper kit... mine have kevlar lining for the skid areas but honestly they are stiff (the jeans, not the lining), awkward to wear and very badly fitted - though from what I understand that's an issue with the women's kit rather than the mens. I'm wearing a pair 1-2 sizes larger than normal and they're too tight in half the places and too big in the rest. Having come off last week in regular jeans (not even a tear) I'm not sure anything that hasn't got padding in is worth it. It's the padding my bruised knees are wishing for!
  2. I am pretty pissed off the bike is damaged, got to say! Not a good month to be landed with an unexpected bill Thanks for the suport. Will respect the diesel more from now on! Though the little 125 is skittery enough, and I am already longing for something a bit bigger. At least I learnt without breaking myself I guess. Gotta say these bruises are coming up good though.
  3. Thanks for all the replies folk, it's nice to have people to talk it out with. I'm fine - right knee a bit bruised is all. Bike however less happy - cracked the mount for the front left fairing, and the gears felt funny, so got it recovered to the garage. Was hoping they'd ring today but guess I'll chase them Monday for the damage. They mentioned claiming on the insurance but I can't see that as economical - surely any money they pay me now I'm going to end up paying on higher insurance premiums for the next few years! I've thought about it and I think I was turning to the left, not sharply I don't think, but yeah, not completely neutral. Probably 10mph, down a steep hill, not braking just in a low gear. Then next thing I'm on my right side and a moment later I'm trying to yank my right foot out from under the bike as we sprawl in the middle of the lane. I felt nothing off the bike at all - other times I have felt the back slide and brought it back, this was nothing like that. Second-hand bike, I'm the fourth owner, previous two didn't do much on it but first owner put a good few miles down. Last owner had a pair of new tyres put on at the same time; his back tyre is the one I replaced. On reflection I shouldn't have filtered considered I knew there was diesel splash on the road, I was just on autopilot. We were all slow moving and tucked in together but I would have been safer staying in lane and leaving a bigger distance to spot the splashes. I didn't realise how dangerous it was as it was all over the road for previous half a mile and I must have crossed it multiple times (and I surely must have been giving some inputs there as well). Not quite sure why I didn't come off much earlier, I think that's part of why I'm so puzzled. Didn't know about the back tyre needing riding in to that extent - like I said, on my own and don't know any other riders, and garage didn't mention anything though they know I'm pretty new to this, so had no idea. We haven't done fifty miles together on that tyre yet so will be really careful when I get the bike back, thanks for mentioning it.
  4. I've been riding my Honda CBF125 for 8 months, c.1800 miles, in city, country and dual carriageway roads (on a CBT). Had a couple of moments early on with wet ironworks in the road where I've felt the bike slide, but I've been careful since then. I know it's a light bike with narrow tyres, and its a bit skittish. I'm not a crazy rider - I'm in this for the longhaul and I'm 35. Last week had a new back tyre (a Pirelli, don't know specifics) fitted as the old one was almost at the legal limit and I thought I'd get prepared for the poor weather, particularly as I'm starting to commute up the A27 25miles or so once or twice a week. This morning, coming down a 20mph road, filtering alongside traffic, I hit some diesel splashes on a wet road and the bike went immediately onto its side. I've been trying to work out what I did wrong/how to do better next time. Partly I guess I should have just taken a completely different route to work when I realised there was diesel splash on the road. But in a city like mine, with all its one-way streets, there isn't always another route. I was trying to stay in the road-position in line with the wheels of the cars ahead of me had gone, out of the line of any potential splash. What do you do in this situation? I don't know anyone else who bikes so I don't have anyone to learn off or chat to face-to-face. I'm trying to work out why I went immediately onto the side (honestly, I felt nothing before I was skidding on my side) but I've come up with nothing. Is it just a thing that you can just slip so suddenly?
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