Shiney's Crash

[Shiney]

Carrol and I had a great time at the Bottletree Hotel RTE on the 15th of September 2019
We met Draco and his wife in their car as we were riding along and later we met up with jf3000

After this we headed on to the hotel where we met up with everyone

We had a great lunch and a chat then headed off for home

   










We were having a great time until at around 14:10...



A ute began to indicate to merge into us so we watched him for a second to make sure he wouldn't run us over only to find the car in front of us was almost at a stop

* A car ahead of this car had braked hard (at the last second) to turn into a driveway resulting in the car in front of us also braking hard

So with the short distraction of the ute indicating it's intention to merge into us and the hard braking from the cars ahead we had only a second to brake before impact


The mighty ST hit the car in front throwing Carrol from the bike and me into the screen then onto the ground with the bike.
Thankfully we always have full gear on and as a result only have a few scratches and a lot of bruising, the ST on the other hand has a bit of damage.

   

   



Now for the good things

Our gear worked extremely well (I'll list the gear below),
The rear crash bars worked brilliantly in stopping the bike from traping my leg between the bike and the road,
Draco and his wife were there assisting us in about 5 seconds after impact

We were checked out by the Ambos then taken to hospital for x-rays
After we got the all clear (nothing broken, just a lot of bruising) Draco and his wife picked us up and drove us home.

All in all it was a great RTE followed by a unique trip home

Cheers
Shiney


Carrol's Gear:

Bull-it Jeans
   

Shark Boots


Shark Gloves


Aldi Helmet
OzSTOC Jacket



Shiney's Gear

Sidi Adventure 2 boots


Hornee Jeans



Rukka Gloves


Shoei Neotec Helmet
OzStoc Jacket

[Bodø]

Thanks for the RR.  Sorry to hear about your bingle and hope the ST is back up and running for Taswegia.

[Wild Rose]

Sorry to hear about your "off" but glad that you are both not baldly injured. Only your bike and ego
But got that you were all suited up for these type of things
Bikes easily fixed but the old body a bit slower to recover
Good that you had Draco there for assistance
Hopefully quick recovery and ST repaired

[CallMeSteve]

Wow. That sure put a dramatic dint in an otherwise terrific day.

About that same time we were heading up to Currimundi on 4 wheels and were just one car behind an amazing incident, whereby a Ute lost control at 110 and literally did a 360 on the bitumen in solid highway traffic before coming to rest facing the wrong way in the emergency stop lane. Clouds of tyre smoke everywhere. Incredibly there was no impact, but when the driver got out he had this crazed look in his eyes that comes from having your system shot full of adrenaline.

We are so glad you and Carrol are OK, though I expect you’ll be rather sore for a bit. I hope there are no lingering physical or mental impacts.  You sleeping OK?

[Jdbiker]

Sorry to hear this Brother Shiney, wishing you and Carol a speedy recovery and hope the STeed is sorted in time for the National meet.

[Biggles]

Yeah- read Carrol's account on FB- terrible.  Just shows how quickly things go pear-shaped.  I hate it when people pull off into driveways without giving sufficient indication and time for people to adjust.
Here's hoping everything is back together for November.  It is a fair way off.  Maybe you'll have a couple of mismatching panels- better that than missing out!

[Gerard & Sandra]

Ouch for Shiney & Carrol but good to hear no bodily damage.
Was our 1st RTE, will come again and thanks to Shiney for organising.
Rgds
GB

[PC]

OH BUGGER 

Glad to hear no injuries and that your riding gear did there job 

[Gadget]

Glad you are both reasonably OK. Severe bruising still isn't fun.

My daughter has my car at the moment, and should be handing it back later this week, if you need to borrow it to get to work.

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[Shiney]

Thanks everyone
Carrol and myself are sore today but we will be fine
I am waiting to hear from the Insurance company as to the condition of the ST and for now will be using Carrol's car to get around.

Thank you for the offer to borrow your car Gadget but Carrol's car will keep me moving

I'll keep everyone updated as things progress

Cheers
Shiney

[CallMeSteve]

Carrol also has a great little scooter 

STrudel gets called a scooter by my daughter Rachel who rides a CB400 four.  A few weeks ago she said to me "I was coming home from Woolworths and I saw this little guy on a white scooter".  It took about 20 seconds for the penny to drop and for me to call her a Butthead in response 

[Cerebral Knievel]

I'm glad you are both doing well.As Biggles said,Carrols account on FB was rightfully alarming. If you can't ride to Tassie,i am planning on driving down at this stage and am happy to take passengers with some sightseeing along the way in a soon to be purchased vehicle. Rest up and take it easy.

[DavidP]

Not good, and it was so Shiney !  Glad to hear you guys are ok, allways a shock when it happens, and a royal pain afterwards getting it sorted.

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[Skip]

That's just awful news. Wishing you both a speedy recovery. I'm sure an 'off' like that takes it's toll on the desire to "get back on the STead". Take care.

[ruSTynutz]

Just read this thread! 

Sorry to hear about your accident...but glad you're both relatively unhurt! 

[alans1100]

Just noticed this.

Glad you're both okay

[StinkyPete]

Sorry to read about your "off", but sooo pleased to hear that neither of you has broken anything.

[Shiney]

G'day everyone,
Carrol and myself are doing okay we just have a few painful bruises that are starting to colour up nicely but we are in good spirits

The bike is being assessed today so we should find out if it will be repaired or not

We are both keen to get back on the bike (once the bruising is gone )


Cheers
Shiney

[Biggles]

Mrs Biggles was told Hirudoid cream is very good for treating bruising and swelling and it's helping a sprained ankle she recently incurred.

[Shiney]

Thanks mate, I'll grab some today

[Bloodman]

Glad to hear you are both OK after the crash.

Roll the video tape.   

Speedy recovery 

[Shillas]

Good that you're both ok.

[ppopeye]

Awful news. Glad you are both basically ok. Even the ST looks better than expected. Its a shame you cant trust drivers to merge safely and correctly.


Hope the bruises disappear quickly.

[STroppy]

Bugga! But soo glad you too are just a bit bruised with nothing broken!

Hope the bike gets repaired in time for Tassie. A bed here if needed on the trip to/from Tassie.

[spanner]

very gretaful to hear you are alive and well.

I too hate it when a vehicle in the adjacent lane wants to merge with out looking because as you so unfortunatly found out the car beside you takes your attention whilst the cars in front are doing goodness knows what.

All I can say is well done for the ATGATT scenario.